Way To Go Newt

Along with ALL of us that are keeping the pressure on Congress

Hey folks,

Happy Thursday to you. It has been a busy Thursday morning for me. I had to wade through all the lecherousness over Obama to find any REAL news that matters. THAT is getting to be more and more difficult. Even some in the Media itself is starting to question this mass marketing machine drive by the Mainstreme Media to get Obama elected. Some seem to already SEE him as President. One main reason folks? Yup, you know it's true. The Fairness Doctrine. They want their monopoly back.

Anyway, I came across some interesting things in my quest to avoid this ignorant ramblings tour of Obama. First I found that Newt is still on the front lines in the energy war with Congress. According to CQ Politics - Gingrich to House GOP: Stay on Message By Molly K. Hooper, CQ Staff Wed Jul 23, 7:29 PM ET

Drill, drill, drill is the message Americans want to hear on energy and GOP candidates should stay on that message, former Speaker Newt Gingrich told House Republicans Wednesday.

The former Speaker was "complimentary," of the House Republican leadership, according to Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, R-Ga., who attended the closed-door meeting at the Capitol Hill Club.

"They've had a very good couple of weeks, the question is: can they keep building on that to the next three months -- but they've had consistent focus on energy -- energy feeds into the economy, those are key issues," Gingrich said following the meeting. He was speaking about recent efforts by House Republicans to highlight Democratic opposition to opening areas off the U.S. coast and in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling. Republicans have focused on increased domestic oil production as a means of reducing high gas prices.

He is right. 1,368,393 people have signed the Petition "Drill Here Drill Now, Pay Less" at the time of me writing this.

On a smaller scale, but no less important is Grassfire.org Over 100,000 people have signed their Petition calling for Congress to forgo their month long recess until they lift THEIR ban. In other words, get out of the way, before you get out of town. The President of Grassfire.org said this.

"The energy crisis is crippling American families, and they want real action, right now. If that means Congress needs to stay overtime, and postpone vacation plans, so be it. Lifting the ban on offshore drilling makes sense, and based on the incredible response that we have seen since launching this petition over the last four days, it's something Americans are demanding."

Elliott adds that Grassfire representatives are delivering petitions on a daily basis to both Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. "Time is short, and they both need to see that Americans want the ban lifted right now."

In addition to lifting the ban on offshore drilling, the petition also supports removing restrictions for exploration in ANWR, lifting barriers on Shale Oil exploration, enhancing exploration for natural gas, significantly increasing domestic nuclear power and building more refineries. "It's obvious to all that changes must be made regarding our energy policies. Americans are doing their part. Now it's time Congress steps up and does something constructive and positive for the people," says Elliott. You can "take action" HERE.

I also came across this article written by A.W.R. Hawkins over at Human Events Online - What Part of 'Drill Now' do they Not Understand? He mirrors what I have been telling you for some time now, but he ends it with this.

I am worried about having politicians in office who are more concerned about hoofed creatures than they are about human beings. Like President Bush, we still read our Bibles in West Texas and from it we learn that mankind was placed over nature not under it. Our Founding Fathers concurred.

We need to drill here and we need to drill now, as Newt Gingrich, McConnell, Cornyn, Hutchinson, and others who value America’s independence assert. It’s not a question of whether the oil is or isn’t there -- we know it’s there -- the question is whether we as a people will muster the wherewithal to tell politicians like Reid and Pelosi to remove the Congressional ban on drilling because America, rather than the Democrat Party or the caribou, comes first. In the end, this is tantamount to saying people come first; people of all economic classes who need gasoline for their cars, diesel for their trucks, oils to heat their homes, and the natural gas required to produce the electricity we are accustomed to having at the flip of a switch.

Just what part of “drill now” do they not understand?

They understand it Mr. Hawkins. They just do not care. This is why we need to keep the pressure on. This is why we HAVE to make sure that Congress stops playing games and starts to do their job. Lift the ban on drilling for the betterment of the American people and the betterment of America itself. However, my gut tells me, just like they went on vacation without protecting America first with FISA, they will skip town again without doing this. When they do? Hammer them when they come back home to YOUR State. Let them know you could not care less what the Media Messiah Obama is doing on his world tour, you are still paying over four dollars a gallon. You are mad, and you are not going to take it anymore. Let them know, if they do not do this, they will be out first chance we get.
Peter

Sources:
CQ Politics - Gingrich to House GOP: Stay on Message
Human Events Online - What Part of 'Drill Now' do they Not Understand?