Drill For Oil Now!

This is how H.R.6001 would effect us all in both the near and the far term. The house is set to visit this sometime in 2009 and it is a good bill.

About This Legislation:
To rebalance the United States energy portfolio, to increase and utilize the Nation's domestic energy resources and supply, to strengthen energy security and independence, and for other purposes.

Provisions of the bill include:

· Opening the Outer Continental Shelf to responsible energy production, and bringing more oil and natural gas to the American people.

This is all about supply and if we are going to not import oil, propping up less than good governments. We need our own domestic supply.

· Allowing energy development within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which may hold up to 21 billion barrels of oil.

Again this is a supply thing, which we sorely need.

· Allowing new refineries to be built within the United States for the first time in 30 years.

More refineries mean more jobs. Not just to run the refinery but to build them as well supplying the materials needed to build them.

· Supporting the development of Coal-to-Liquids plants.

Also, a good way to supply high-end jobs and making the most out of a resource at the same time.

· Supporting building more nuclear plants, increasing the manufacturing and education base of the industry, and bringing more inexpensive, clean nuclear power onto the electricity grid while reprocessing used fuel for further use.

More jobs, more energy and a good way to return to a viable national economy.

· Providing a three-year production tax credit extension for wind and other renewable energy generation, including solar, efficiency improvements, plug-in hybrid vehicles and befouls.

This makes the purchase affordable to the common person who is really going to pay for all of the above via purchase.

. Investing in Research and Development for the energy needs of tomorrow, including cellulosic ethanol research and further Coal-to-Liquids development.

I think that this iss an excellent long-term idea, which will add jobs for future generations of Americans.

All in all this is a good bill because if creates more jobs that are long term, high wage, and sustainable. Making oil and electric purchase within reach of everyone. Not just a privileged few, not to mention the reemployment of thousands of people.

Your congressman needs to know that they should pass this bill, today!

Main Street U.S.A. Energy Security ActBill # H.R.6001
Original Sponsor:Steve Buyer (R-IN 4th)
Cosponsor Total: 21(last sponsor added 06/11/2008)
21 Republicans

Government Figures To Take Your Next Raise.

The Governor of Oregon is a lot of things, has been called a lot of things, will be called a lot of other things, but apparent intelligence does not seem to be one of the things he is called lately.

Having taking Oregon down the mythic “humans cause global warming” road, he now takes a “government confiscates your raise" detour. He has sent to the mambe pambe Oregon legislature a method to raise money for “road projects. Proclaiming himself to be the Oregon answer to FDR, something he is never going to be, our “great” governor has decided to hurt as many people as possible.

The method he is using is two fold, first he ignores the fact that Oregon already gets money to repair and build road with. The FEDS pay Oregon money to maintain and upgrade National highways, including Interstate 5, and every time you purchase fuel for your truck or car the state of Oregon gets money. Second he ignores that fully half of the road money Oregon spends on road repair goes for anything but roads. Parks, bike paths, public light rail, public bus systems, but not roads because bike paths state wide move .5 percent of the population. That is one half of one percent state wide and only for nine months of the year.

At no point is the money spent on “roads” ever qualified before the public, so the public does not know that Oregon wastes money like there is no tomorrow.

His proposal is to raise the taxes, or fees, on automotive and heavy truck licenses plates, driver’s licenses, registrations and a new fee. We remind you all that Department of Ecological Quality (DEQ) inspections are a scam designed to make the State of Oregon money.

The fee proposal, in money is as follows, notice the new fee:

• Increasing the motor vehicle registration fee from $27 to $81 year to raise an additional $308 million
• Increase the motor vehicle title fee from $55 to $110 a year to raise an additional $100 million.
• Creating a $100 first-time title fee to raise $33 million.
• Increasing the state gas tax from 24 cents to 26 cents per gallon to raised an additional $58 million.
  
  Our governor’s reasoning is that the best thing to do, to help the economy, is to spend money. Spend money building and repairing roads that should have been maintained already. Since the maintenance money has been already spent on non-road things, the governor has decided that the State needs more money. Notice he is not advocating for more thrift in spending or even accountability in spending.
  
  What the effect of all this will be is that the people, the ones the governor wants to put to work, will not be able to get to work because they cannot afford the transportation. Busses and trains you see do not go to road projects. Did we mention that the “unforeseen consequences” is Oregon will have a plethora of unregistered, un-inspected, unlicensed autos and trucks, driven by an equal number of unlicensed drivers?
  
  Heaven forbid that once the “common man” gets a raise they can stick the money in savings, pay down debt, buy a newer car, purchase better health insurance, take the wife and kiddies out to a “real” restaurant. Oh no we need more “transportation” repair and projects. When is the last time the governor actually road the Portland light rail during rush hour? No, better spend money building and repairing roads while denying workers the ability to get to work.
  
  And the people in politics say we never see it coming, indeed!
  
  Egor