Posted on 12/19/2007 7:52:27 AM PST by SmithL
Besides, it's an energy bill. It's Congress. It's like saying "altar boys" and "the Vatican." What are the odds of something good coming of it?
But oh, there was a glimmer of promise. There was, for the briefest of time, the possibility of a shift, of progress, a bit of light at the end of the bleak, dank Bush tunnel, just enough to maybe let us raise our heads from this seven-year hole of misery and let a tiny drop of hope fall into the collective heart. The bastards.
There was, most notably, the Democrats' rather astounding provision that dared to rescind a rather disgusting $13.5 billion in corporate tax breaks enjoyed by Bush's oil cronies, basically a massive government handout to Exxon and Shell and the rest to keep them fat and happy and flush with even more billions in profit because heaven forfend they actually pay their fair share of the tax burden for keeping the nation hooked on its unbelievably destructive brand of heroin.
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You've been warned
This has to be the first Morford article without the word “moist” in it.
He’s so cute when he’s angry!
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