MORTADUDE - reference your first paragraph:
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Republican leaders vow to push through a version of President Bush's energy bill when Congress reconvenes after Labor Day.
The nation needs farsighted policies that will help the nation become more energy independent. But the proposals developed by Vice President Cheney are designed chiefly to serve the energy industry, not the public.
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"So what the hell else is new my friend?" Read my piece on the GENERAL SECTION entitled BULL DUNG!
I fear that the mad rush is on to benefit ($$$$) those who need it less again? (opinion)
I have absolutely no problem with a man or woman (any man or woman) making an honest ($) buck, but when the field is slanted in one direction or another, and the other (usually the Middle Class, the elderly, the student or the poor) is made the object of financial rape, then by God man, a few priorities had better be realigned or re-examined! (opinion)
VERITAS