I'll give you 49 billion reasons why

Can the GOP get any more transparent? It's pretty well known that the GOP is the party of big business, but here's proof beyound a shadow:

Senate Republicans blocked a proposal Tuesday to tax the windfall profits of the largest oil companies, despite pleas by Democratic leaders to use the measure to address America's anger over $4 a gallon gasoline.

The Democratic energy package would have imposed a tax on any "unreasonable" profits of the five largest U.S. oil companies and given the federal government more power to address oil market speculation that the bill's supporters argue has added to the crude oil price surge.

Funny, though, the GOP can't offer any other form of relief for the gas-paying public.

But Republicans argued the Democratic proposal focusing on new oil industry taxes is not the answer to the country's energy problems.

OK, so what is the answer?

The GOP is surprisingly silent on that one.

Maybe because taxing windfall profits means taxing the true base of the GOP?
Want more transparency?

Separately, Democrats also failed to get Republican support for a proposal to extend tax breaks for wind, solar and other alternative energy development, and for the promotion of energy efficiency and conservation. The tax breaks have either expired or are scheduled to end this year.

Could it be any plainer?
The GOP wants higher gas prices. It fought for it for the last seven years. And the rich guys are not about to give it back.

And so it goes.

Equal time Friday

And so it goes.

Easy pickins

Yeah, I know an Obama-Hillary ticket would be formidable.

But do we really need formidable to beat John McBush?

Actually I think all we need is consciousness. A pulse. A few waves on the old brain-o-meter.

If he keeps it up, McBush will beat himself by August. The more he tries to distance himself from the W-imbecile, the more he looks like Bush III. Oh, He'll take Bush's money, and Bush's advice, and his policies and use some of Bush's advisors, but hey, he's his own man, isn't he?

Riiiiiiiiiight.

(To repeat myself, am I the only one who thinks he's looking more and more like an Oompa Loompa?)

And so it goes.

Obamarama

Yeah!

OBAMA '08!

About time.

Now, if we can just convince Hillary to take her campaign of mean nasty spitefulness and go home ....

At least we now have a real alternative to Bush's third term; someone other than John McBush, the man on both sides of every issue. When he's not falling asleep. (Anyone else notice that he looks frighteningly like an Oompah Loompah?)

Maybe, just maybe we can turn this country around. Maybe we can build something we again can be proud of. Maybe we can loosen corporate America's unholy stranglehold on our government. Make it 'one nation of the people, by the people and for the people.'

Let us pray.

And so it goes.

Schmoolz

'Bout time she noticed there are rules:

(I know it's not Friday, but with two primaries today, it may be too late by then. I hope).

And so it goes.