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Oil Prices, please hit me again, harder
ecthompsonmd February 22, 2008

It can not be a coincidence that Oil companies are raking in profits by the tanker and both George W. Bush and Dick Cheney are oil men. So, as prices at the pump surge, what are we to do? Well, we can keep handing our paychecks to the oil companies who have made over 1/2 a trillion dollars in profit since 2001 (a half a TRILLION), we can pressure our congressmen to fight back. The oil tax breaks that are killing our economy need to be rescinded. Secondly, we have to look push for renewable energy. We need more legislation like

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John Bolton – Please don't hit me, sir.
ecthompsonmd July 27, 2006

Looks like Mr. Bolton will get another hearing and will be confirmed as the next UN ambassador.  This shows the triumph of partisanship over reason.  Bolton may be a lot of things but he is not a diplomat.   He has already proven that he has the ability to alienate and has no ability to reach consensus. He should be overwhelmingly rejected by Congress.  Nice editorial in the LA Times and WaPo. Update – Think Progress has more on Bolton’s failures.

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