ALERT! Act NOW to Stop Cap and Tax!!

Extremist environmentalist nutcase algore is working the phones like crazy to help Obama, Pelosi, and other tax-hungry politicians ram through the ominous cap and trade bill.

ACT NOW to stop it! Call your Senators and Representatives to express your strong disapproval of this bill.

The bill will lead to the loss of an estimated one million U.S. jobs in the midst of a deep recession. It will also mean that every household in America will owe at least $3000 per year extra on their energy costs.

Can you afford that? I can't.

This amounts to nothing more than a tax levied on every American citizen--poor, middle class, and wealthy--in order to line the government coffers and 'stick it' to the oil and natural gas industry...the single largest source of energy for our homes.

Call Washington and tell these money-grubbing thieves NO!

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN, NAN?

It seems that Nan has been in hiding since Friday, preferring to withdraw from the public eye after her gargantuan debacle of a news conference in which she accused the CIA of lying to her.

Over the weekend Nan was nowhere to be found. Reports are that she has been holed up with her attorneys attempting to figure out what to do now.

Today she will in all likelihood creep back into the public eye (she has House business to tend), but what will she say?

Notably, the White House has declined a response to Pelosi's allegations.

Second Amendment News Roundup for 5/15/09

Focusing on guns, politics, and news of interest, here is today's Second Amendment News Roundup:

Tam gets us started today on some cool guns, in case you haven't seen it yet.

Kurt Hofmann has a must-read today entitled, 'How to Disarm the Citizenry in 3 Easy Steps.' Beware, my friends. They have already laid the groundwork.

Gun Pundit posts some stats that show the gun sales frenzy is nowhere near leveling off. The 'Obama Effect' continues...

JR blogs about an important piece of legislation in Texas that would end 'sanctuary cities' for illegal aliens. Good!

Mike McCarville presents his periodic and always-interesting 'Gadfly on the Wall' segment, this time doing a bit of well-deserved bragging on his grandson on a recent achievement. Congrats!

David Codrea provides an interesting read, entitled, 'Pursuing Happiness, Government Style.' Wait till you see what our government is actually funding!

Traction Control sends an early report from the 2009 NRA Convention in Phoenix.

Days of our Trailers is also at the Convention and sends these neat pics from the Gun Bloggers Bash.

2A Musing writes about the Remington 1100 20ga 'Magnum' shotgun. I'm sure all of you have one in your collection?

Say Uncle reports that the ATF is interviewing citizens who have bought more than 5 guns. And just how would they know this? That database they claim they don't have???

Sipsy Street Irregulars has one lolly-palooza of a must-read entitled, 'Live Free or Die.' Read it all.

Armed Citizen issues a special alert to gun owners in Florida. The legislature has pulled a last-minute sneak attack. Take a look, and if you are in Florida, ACT!

Sebastian reports that a VERY special guest made an appearance at the NRA-ILA meet & greet. Photo included.

Way Up North posts his Friday news roundup from the great state of Alaska, including comments on the latest Pelosi scandal...

Breda had a little 'fun' with the TSA at the airport on her way out of town.

Robb Allen received a goodie in the mail from Crimson Trace. Pics provided.

Free in Idaho has a highly thought-provoking post entitled, 'What Were They Thinking?' Take a look.

Pax Parabellum posts 2 videos that are worth viewing on the Pelosi scandal.

From Western Rifle Shooters Association: 'Thuggery and Mob Action, Government Style.'

Texas Fred says that the Tea Parties are a-brewin' again, this time for July 4, and it appears this round will be even greater than those of April 15.

Conservative Libertarian Outpost provides the latest news from the GOA. Good stuff!

Congratulations to The Smallest Minority who celebrates 6 years of blogging!

Walls of the City notes that, finally, after four months of the onslaught against our liberties, journalists are beginning to actually report it...you know, which is their job description to begin with?

Alright. It's time for the finest political cartoons on the Internet. And An Ol' Broad's Ramblings has them. Enjoy...

Pelosi Should Step Down

With her integrity increasingly in doubt, it is time for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to relinquish her role as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.

This is the subject of my latest op-ed at Columbia Conservative Examiner.

What can we say about someone who would prosecute government officials for waterboarding, when she admits she knew it had been used as far back as 2003, yet said and did nothing?

Report: 'Nan' Knew About the Waterboarding!

Despite her claims to the contrary, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was fully briefed on the waterboarding techniques used to gain information from terrorists.

The report concerning this briefing in September of 2002 was released on Thursday.

Read all about in my column today at Columbia Conservative Examiner.

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Pelosi: 'Don't Blame Us'

When asked about the circumstances that led to the present crisis in the banking and loan industries, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said of the Democrat-controlled Congress, 'Don't blame us.'

Excuse me, Madame Speaker, but, why not?

Congress, not the President, controls the purse strings of the American economy from a regulatory standpoint. This means that the buck stops with Congress when it comes to monetary policy.

The Democrats have controlled both Houses of Congress for 2 years. This is plenty enough time for policies to be implemented or discontinued that would have drastic implications for the state of the economy.

And we can rest assured the Democrats will blame the President for the entire scenario.

Congress, however, is at least twice as much to blame as the President for failing to do its job in making sure everyone plays by the same rules and that there are no underhanded dealings in the financial markets that could negatively impact the economy. Not only did Congressional Democrats do nothing about these crucial issues but they directly contributed to the problem.

The Democrats in Congress are up to their eyeballs in scandal revolving around cozy relationships with the top officials of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae--all of which led to personal gain. Do the names Patrick Leahy, Barack Obama, and Charles Rangel ring any bells?

And these represent only the tip of the iceberg. Dozens of Democrats have had their hands in the cookie jar in under-the-table deals concerning high-end loans and mortgages--the very thing that led to the present crisis.

The Democrats will not investigate these scandals, however, because it is an election year, and they know that dozens will be implicated, included their own Presidential nominee.

Thus, Madame Speaker, at the end of the day, who else is to blame if not you?

Nan Reneges on Her Openness to Oil Drilling

In less than a week after stating she would be open to the possibility of a vote in the House on offshore oil drilling, 'Nan' Pelosi reneged on her offer by stating unequivocally that she is still 100% opposed to such a vote.

Pelosi maintains the only way she would allow an up or down vote on oil drilling is to lump it together in a bill that would eliminate so-called 'tax breaks' for oil companies, which by the way pay over 50% of their profits in taxes in addition to the taxes per gallon at the pump, and take the money she would confiscate from the oil companies to invest in 'alternative energy.'

You mean, 'big wind' as in T. Boone Pickens' companies, Nan? The ones in which you have invested your personal funds?

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Nan claims that drilling offshore will result in a mere 2 cents per gallon savings in 10 years.

But market analysts strongly disagree. Gasoline prices are based upon oil futures. By merely announcing today that the U.S. is going to drill in ANY area off of our coastline that shows there are bountiful supplies of crude oil, the price would drop by 40 cents per gallon almost overnight.

Nan, however, wants us to believe the worst lies possible about oil because she is banking on T. Boone Pickens' notion that we can 'wind-blow' our way out of the energy crisis, and she has put her personal funds on the line by investing heavily in Pickens' companies.

Under normal conditions that would be considered corruption--conflict of interest. But in Nan's House of Clowns in Washington such a thing is considered normal. Remember, Diane Feinstein, D-California, was the ranking member of the very committee that granted millions of dollars in government contracts to Feinstein's husband!

Yet nothing, nary word, was said by the Democratic leadership.

And Nan is going to get away with her conflict of interest because the criminals are guarding the prisoners. This is the way Nan's House works.

Nan also lied about the GOP plan in the House to approve offshore oil drilling. It is NOT just about oil. The GOP plan includes oil, coal, nuclear, solar, electric, hydrogen energy cell, air compression, and yes, even wind turbines.

The difference is that the GOP correctly believes that it is going to take ALL of our available resources, not just a select few, to meet the nation's energy needs and get ourselves off of foreign oil.

But Nan wants oil, coal, and nuclear off the table.

Apparently the environmentalist wackos that bankroll her political career laid down the law to her about her previous willingness to consider offshore oil drilling.

And as long as Pelosi blocks new oil drilling, she and her puppets can push government contracts that will lead the nation to 'big wind' and none other than T. Boone Pickens!

It's all about the money, isn't it, Nan?

Conflict of Interest, There, Nan?

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, or 'Nan' as Michelle Malkin calls her, is implicated in a potential conflict of interest scheme over her obstructionism on oil drilling and her support for 'wind turbine' technology.

It seems 'Big Government Nanny' Pelosi has hefty investments in the 'big wind' industry of former oilman T. Boone Pickens!

California has also placed on the ballot several initiatives to be voted on by residents this November that have to do with a heavy push toward 'wind turbine' technology, which would supposedly replace dependence on oil by up to 50% in just a few short years.

Of course, in order to reach that goal, T. Boone's companies would have to place wind turbines by the thousands on hillsides throughout California.

This is the plan that Pickens wants all of America to adopt.

Can you imagine a windmill on every lawn, in every field, on every hillside, and on every building in America? This is practically the number of wind turbines it would take to replace 50% of our dependence on oil.

Now back to Nan.

Nan has consistently refused to allow an up or down vote in the House on offshore oil drilling. Yet the entire time she was investing heavily in 'big wind.' In fact, she and T. Boone are practically using the very same talking points.

But what's the difference between that 'evil' enterprise called 'big oil' and 'big wind'?

Health advocates claim that 'big wind' is more damaging to the public health than 'big oil. ' Oregon Live has an interesting report on the ill health effects of wind turbines located near residences.

But Nan and her liberal comrades in California made sure voters' propositions were placed on the November ballot to approve the plan to expand big wind as no other industry has expanded in recent memory.

And guess who would be one of the major beneficiaries of such an expansion?

T. Boone and his investors, such as Big Government Nanny Pelosi.

Do I smell a conflict of interest, there, Nan? Is your opposition to oil drilling related in any way at all to your personal investment in wind turbine technology?

For more on this story, click HERE for the full details provided by Michelle Malkin.