Well my house will be cold this winter
October 7th, 2005 by JoshThe rich get richer and the poor will be freezing to death.
I wish this was surprising. I wish this still made me angry. I wish things were different, but this is George Bush’s America we live in and there’s only one thing the Republican leadership cares about: fealty to their corporate overlords.
The AP says:
The House voted to encourage U.S. oil companies to build new refineries Friday in a raucous roll call that Republican leaders extended 40 minutes while they buttonholed their own members to avoid an embarrassing defeat.
Democrats crying ”shame, shame” — and some GOP moderates — called the bill a sop to rich oil companies that would do nothing to ease energy costs including expected soaring heating bills this winter.
ThinkProgress has the video. I’m not a big Pelosi fan, but she’s been handling things well recently.
I know some of you are probably tired of the recent trend of all politics all the time here. So here are some links that I check out when I’m trying to get away from the pain of reality.
