BIG OIL Pay "Protection Money: To Republicans & Blue Dogs In Return For OUR Tax $$$

[kpete]

DownWithTyranny:

Cornered like rats over the last few weeks, Republican congressmen who take legalistic bribes from Big Oil-- like John Boehner, Daniel Webster and Paul Ryan-- have publicly promised their constituents to make Big Oil pay their fair share. Given the opportunity to do just that by the Democrats in the House, they all danced away from their promises and voted for tens of billions in tax dollar subsidies to go to the most profitable corporations in history. Why? Simple, Big Oil cuts them in on the plunder. They pay "protection money" (billions) to Republican and Blue Dog politicians in return for our tax dollars flowing their way; it's the scam of the century.

Yesterday Greg Sargent http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/public-blames-high-gas-prices-on-oil-industry/2011/03/03/AFXQFVZG_blog.html reported on a CNN poll http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2011/images/05/09/rel7e.pdf showing that the public overwhelmingly (61%) blames high gas prices on Big Oil. 59% of Americans blame Wall Street speculators "a great deal" and another 31% blame Wall Street speculators "somewhat." These are the Wall Street speculators that were enabled by a Republican filibuster in the Senate that would have brought they outrageous predatory activities under control.

You may not hear or read this in the American media-- which has interlocking directorships with Big Oil-- but yesterday's Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/may/09/ipcc-renewable-energy-power-world reported on a landmark study that shows efforts being willfully suppressed by Big Oil and their right-wing allies could give us a world in our lifetimes where clean energy meets 80% of our needs.

more:
http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/big-oil-gets-what-it-paid

[Oceansaway]

1. K&R...n/t

[CanSocDem]

2. It's criminal the extent...

...the oil industry controls your culture.

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[Frustratedlady]

3. Why isn't Boehner setting a good example for his Rethug & T-Party underlings?

I think he's so busy pulling in the dough, he has no control over his people. What a weak Speaker he is.

[hootinholler]

4. Kick to find later! Thanks! n/t