[sparkscoffee] Re: How much does it cost to buy the U.S. Senate?
- From: Kelly <kellyutah@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "sparkscoffee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <sparkscoffee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 20:02:54 +0000
I think it's funny how the pipeline issue is being cast as an environmental
issue. This completely masks the real economic issue here. A massive source
of cheap fossil fuel energy that could power a resurgence of the American
economy has been discovered right here on our own continent. Refining and
selling locally to Americans would result in dramatic price reductions in
gasoline and other petroleum distillates. But there's more money in selling it
overseas, so the big oil companies need to build a pipeline to get the oil to a
seaport where it can be put on ships and sold for a higher profit. Oil
companies will get their cake and eat it too. They'll sell local oil overseas
wherever they can maximize profits, while at the same time, keeping a lid on
local supplies and therefore price.
If you support giving Keystone their pipeline you're supporting continued
outrageous prices at the gas pump.
Kelly A.
Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 07:50:44 -0600
From: ristad@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [sparkscoffee] How much does it cost to buy the U.S. Senate?
To:
Left wing billionaire pledges $100 million to buy the Senate.
-RR
One man has answered the question, "How much does it cost to buy the
U.S. Senate?" The price tag and his name came to light as the only
plausible explanation for an otherwise inexplicable event.
Two months ago, an even more bizarre spectacle than usual took place
on the Senate floor. From the evening of March 10th through to the next
morning, about 30 Democratic senators held a 14-hour+ speechathon. The
event was billed as an attempt to push America into addressing "climate
change." Translation: It was meant to publicize measures that would
rectify so-called 'global warming' and protect against environmental
'threats' such as the oil and gas industries....
Thomas
Steyer...has been called the most influential man in America with whom
next to no one is familiar...
... Steyer hosted a
recent fundraiser at his San Francisco home that netted the Democratic
Senatorial Campaign Committee $400,000 and where Senate Majority Leader
Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) and the six other Democratic senators in
attendance openly discussed plans for ...[ the] talkathon, according to
reports."
In other words, the speechathon was planned at the billionaire's home
in Reid's presence. The uber-influencial Reid is the same Democratic
Senator who lambasted the billionaire Koch brothers for their donations
to Republican causes and campaigns. On March 10, the Business Insider
reported Reid as stating, "I'm trying to find a Republican – somebody,
anybody – who will raise an objection to two brothers trying to buy
America." Apparently, Reid wants only the Senate to be up for sale, and
only to a Democratic buyer.
How Much Did it Cost ... Steyer and the Democrats?
So what was the Senate's price tag? Let's see ... the
talk-a-thon reportedly lasted 15 hours. With the dangled pledge of $100
million to Democrats, Steyer was able to buy (or rent) the floor of the
Senate at a rate of $6 million an hour. I agree with the twitterer who
wrote, "Who says Congress is broken?" The fact that someone is willing
to pay $6 million an hour for it is a clear free-market sign of its
worth. Correction: This has nothing to do with the free market.
How Much Does the President Cost?
Political commentary sites are openly speculating on whether Steyer
can buy Obama's final decision on the Keystone XL Pipeline, which would
supply vast quantities of Canadian oil to the U.S. The project has
strong bipartisan and public support; even two lengthy environmental
analyses by the State Department couldn't point to any major
environmental impact. Nevertheless, as the Sunshine State News
(Fla., April 25) reported: "Never mind the Kochs. After assessing who
did what bad to America lately, I nominate Tom Steyer for the top of the
list. Last week the billionaire hedge fund manager from San Francisco
bought off the White House to the tune of $100 million in order to delay
the Keystone XL pipeline decision." (Note: Steyer retired some while
ago from the hedge fund business.)
Predictably, Landrieu broke Democratic ranks to castigate the delay.
She called Obama's decision "irresponsible, unnecessary and
unacceptable" – a move to satisfy extreme radicals while sacrificing
42,000 jobs and billions from the economy. Other Democrats, such as Sen.
Mark Begich of Alaska, joined her.
The man who bought the Senate floor, the man who bought Obama ...
Thomas Steyer may also become the man who thwarted Keystone and drove
Canadian oil toward China. If he fractures the Democratic Party,
however, he may cost them more than he can deliver.
"When you believe in things that you don't understand, then you suffer"
- Stevie Wonder "Superstition"
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