The Haliburton Presidency

Just in from the DCCC - Be sure to watch the video:


Dear John,

Been to the gas station lately? Gas prices have more than doubled since George Bush took office -- it's an outrage.

Thanks to the Republican road blocks in Congress, gas prices continued to skyrocket just in time for the holiday travel rush -- ensuring that millions of dollars flowed into the pockets of their Big Oil friends and out of the pockets of America's hardworking families.

Remember the Bush Administration's secret meetings with their Big Oil friends to develop our nation's energy policy? We need to make sure the Halliburton presidency is in the past -- but with more than 60 Democrats sitting in seats that Bush carried in 2004, this November, Republicans will try to turn back the clock.

But, we aren't going to let them. With less than a year out, help us send a message to the Republican road blocks in Congress and in the White House that you won't stand for their $50 or more for a tank of gas. We want to raise $120,000 by November 30th to target the DOZEN worst Republican offenders and keep our campaign to strengthen our Majority moving forward.

Send Obstructionist Republicans a Message: Contribute today and be sure to add an extra $3.07 for the current average gallon of gas.

Since January, Democrats have been fighting to undo the 12-year era of Republicans who let Big Oil to write America's energy laws.

This year, Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats have led the fight by passing bills to end tax breaks for Big Oil, outlaw price-gouging at the pump, and stop foreign oil cartels from dictating how much Americans pay to fuel our cars and heat our homes. But with House Republicans continuing to block this progress on behalf of their Big Oil friends, we need your help to hold them accountable today.

Contribute today to ensure we never turn back the clock and that we keep America moving forward. Be sure to add an extra $3.07 for the current average gallon of gas.

There are only 3 days left before November 30th and we need to raise $120,000 for our campaign to succeed.

Together we can ensure that House Republicans who help Big Oil at the expense of America's middle class families pay an even higher price at the polls next year than we paid at the pump last week.

Sincerely,

Brian Wolff
Executive Director

Iraqis protest attempted PSA rape & pillage maneuver

Back in May, I wrote about Dick Cheney's attempts to force the Iraqi government into Profit Sharing Agreements. This "deal" would effectively rape the nation of it's primary resource, while diverting nearly all of the profits to the foreign oil companies that would run the show.

About 300 oil industry workers gathered in Iraq’s main oil port of Basra on Monday to protest this draft law that they agreed "would allow foreigners to pillage the country’s wealth.”

To compensate for the military and political failure of the US administration in Iraq, this administration is trying to control the country’s wealth,” said the organizers, adding that "if this is endorsed by the parliament it would abolish sovereignty and hand over the wealth of this generation and the generations to come as a gift to the occupier”!

The protesters, employees of the Oil Pipelines Company, wore black surgical masks over their faces and carried banners and black coffins with the word “freedom” written on the sides. The clause in the draft hydrocarbon law allowing for production-sharing agreements with foreign oil companies is rightly seen by many Iraqis see as a throwback to the earlier era of Iraq colonial exploitation.

“This law, in fact destroys the achievements of the Iraqi masses and especially the Law number 80 of 1961 ( part of a bundle of socialist reforms issued by then-Prime Minister Abdul Karim Qassim, which sharply limited foreign involvement in the oil sector) and the nationalization of 1973,” said organizers.

The Bush administration and it's big oil allies, who sought to ram the draft hydrocarbon law through a government they helped set up and assumed that they controlled, can only be surprised by the awareness of the Iraqi people. As Shakes used to say "Don't fuck with me, boys - this aint my first time at the rodeo". The Iraqi people are used to having conquerors on their backs, and equally experienced in throwing them. . .