Congress: The Enemy Within Part 2

You could not write a script any better than this. No sooner are the efforts of Boxer, Oberstar and the rest of Democrat/socialist crew reported [READ EARLIER STORY], then yet another story pops up. The arrogance of the political elite is stunning.

In an interview with Bloomberg TV's "Money and Politics" last night, Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., explained Democrats don't want to increase supplies of oil and gasoline because they want to wean Americans off of petroleum products.

Asked point-blank if Democrats in the Senate would consider how increasing the supply of oil would lower the prices that are pinching U.S. consumers, Cantwell replied: "Oh, we definitely want to move beyond petroleum. And so there will be a supply side offered by the Democrats and it will include everything from battery technology to making sure that we have good home domestic supply, and looking, as I said about moving faster on those kind of things like wind and solar that can help us with our high cost of natural gas." [READ MORE]

Can it be any clearer? Can even those who voted for the Democrat/socialists rulers still hide their heads in the sand or blame Bush? Are we the people going to put up with such arrogance and self righteous idiocy?

Write letters. Make phone calls. Send emails. Challenge your "representatives" in Congress. Demand that they expand drilling for American gas and oil NOW. Remind them that the search for alternative technologies is valid but will not meet the needs of this country for several decades.

Congress must be responsive to the needs and desires of the majority of her citizens. When we speak, our elected employees should listen. And if they don't listen it is up to us to fire the bums and send them back to where ever they came from.