Ohio Boy Makes Bad
I'm pretty miffed at Senator Voinovich. He was one of 51 senators who voted against the Cantwell Amendment. The Cantwell Amendment would have pulled the issue of whether or not to drill in the ANWAR out of the budget bill, where it does not belong. They only put it there to try to sneak it past a public that doesn't want drilling in the Arctic.
Despite hundreds of thousands of calls, letters, and emails, Voinovich and his ilk voted to pay tribute to their corporate masters.
Turns out that George is a fellow graduate of Ohio U., my beloved university. The picture on his web page was taken at OU, and I said in my letter to him this morning that it was ironic because the vast majority of the good folks of Athens would completely disagree with his vote. With ALL of his votes, probably.
The war isn't over, but chalk up the first battle to the Greedy Bastards.
Another thing--three Dems voted for evil, too. One was from LA (do they even let Dems in LA?), the other two were both of Hawaii's senators!? Do you think President Bush threatened them with Bikini Atoll pictures or something? Conspiracy fodder.
Despite hundreds of thousands of calls, letters, and emails, Voinovich and his ilk voted to pay tribute to their corporate masters.
Turns out that George is a fellow graduate of Ohio U., my beloved university. The picture on his web page was taken at OU, and I said in my letter to him this morning that it was ironic because the vast majority of the good folks of Athens would completely disagree with his vote. With ALL of his votes, probably.
The war isn't over, but chalk up the first battle to the Greedy Bastards.
Another thing--three Dems voted for evil, too. One was from LA (do they even let Dems in LA?), the other two were both of Hawaii's senators!? Do you think President Bush threatened them with Bikini Atoll pictures or something? Conspiracy fodder.
posted by lulu | 4:27 AM
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George "Go-Along, Get-Along" Voinovich, a team player to the end, knows which side (of the Cuyahoga? of the Hocking? of the Potomac?) his bread is buttered on. Deals were made, favors were called in, and the U.S. is 3 percent less "dependent on foreign oil" (one of those loaded phrases they love to toss around) than without the ANWR. Hey, what is a 'Wildlife Refuge', anyway? Oh, yeah, it's a holding tank for fossil fuels to feed the industrial/consumer culture/machine.
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