So much is wrong; consider impeachment
Exxon Mobile has $13.8 billion in profit while General Motors loses $15.3 billion.
That, and our $4-a-gallon gas at the pumps, is the result of Vice President Dick Cheney’s energy policy, which he did behind closed doors under the guise of “executive privilege.”
Under the rule of this bunch, the French were disdained to the extent it was proposed we rename French fries, and now their President Nicolas Sarkozy’s wife alone enjoys the respect and admiration our entire country used to take for granted, while we are now despised the world over.
Yep, when our “unbiased” Supreme Court put this bunch in office, it resulted in the foregoing, as well as one trillion-plus dollars lost fighting an unnecessary and unjust war. Yes, it is all about oil, and John McCain, although a hero, would suggest more of the same.
It’s time to quit dancing around the edges, face the truth as it is, and remember the power of impeachment does exist!
Ron Moser, Missoula
A few still work for us, for impeachment
I hope whomever is reading these comments will have a little bit of concern for the next generation of Americans, who now stand a good chance of no longer knowing what America was created to represent.
We are operating under a quasi-fascist state with corporations and ruthless, greedy lobbyists, political operatives and nongovernmental agencies running the show. The average voter is just a sapless creature, expected to continue as usual, even though most persons, myself included, have a fixed income that continues to shrink as the dollar’s value shrinks, and everything we need is rapidly increasing in cost.
War has become an excuse to tax people to death, steal their social rights, and funnel billions into the hands of arms dealers and manufacturers of arms, ships, planes, uniforms and bullets. If the money that is going to fight for someone else’s oil had been funneled into alternative energy, every citizen in this country would have benefited, instead of now losing their nest eggs or even their homes - all to pay for rigged oil prices and extortion by the grain cartels who answer to no one. It is hard to believe that there is not a deliberate attempt to starve people in the way Stalin starved millions over 70 years ago.
The big surprise may be that not everyone is asleep - and not everyone has been lulled into stupidity by constant entertainment television and lack of significant news due to censorship of any meaningful journalism. I hope more people will be made aware that some members of Congress do care and are calling for impeachment and real justice of officials who act no better than thieves and have blood on their hands.
Eunice Farmilant, Plains
Oil industry the major source of troubles
The current debate over offshore oil exploration is harmful to America.
The causes of current high energy prices and economic instability are directly linked to failed policies of the Bush administration. Corporate Republicans envisioned a windfall from gaining control of Iraq’s oil reserves through military conquest. Instead of creating a sound energy policy that included conservation and alternative sources, the Bush team opted for wars and deception to feed our addiction to oil.
A driving force behind current disasters is the oil industry itself. Both Bush and Cheney are former oil industry executives. Their allegiance to corporate profits supercede their concern over America’s future. Despite the false rhetoric over military surges in Iraq, we continue to sacrifice soldiers on a daily basis to feed corporate profits.
Exxon Corporation recently reported quarterly profits of $11.7 billion. There exists a direct link between spiraling energy costs, mounting military casualties and the absence of a coherent energy policy.
Offshore oil drilling is nothing but a political distraction being orchestrated by those parties responsible for the current state of affairs.
David Daniels, Polson
Chinese people stripped of information
On the eve of the Olympics, free broadcasting into China is being cancelled - at a time when the Chinese people most need uncensored information.
The U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors has handed over programming paid for by the U.S. to the Chinese Communist Party to oversee. Broadcasts such as Voice of America, Radio Free Asia and New Tang Dynasty Television will be censored, making them unavailable to Chinese citizens. The cancellation of the Eutelsat transmission (which cannot be jammed by the Chinese) to AsiaSat (which can be) is significant to free broadcasting into China.
“Reporters Without Borders” recently revealed that European satellite Eutelsat shut down NTDTV - the only uncensored, non-governmental Chinese-language TV program broadcasting to China. Evidence revealed this shutdown was a condition for Eutelsat to gain business from Beijing. The U.S. government is a leading customer of Eutelsat.
The BBG is also canceling its agreement to broadcast freely via Eutelsat into China. This agreement was essential protection for the unique “Open Satellite Window” and assured 24-7 free broadcasting into China since 2005. This U.S. and NGO broadcasting provided a lifeline of information and opened debates for Chinese people.
We as Americans should strongly urge immediate action from our representatives to assure that the BBG maintains the “Open Satellite Window,” and help to restore NTDTV’s signal to the Chinese people.
Please share your concerns with Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester, and Congressman Denny Rehberg.
Laurie Gorham, Kalispell
Pelosi wrong to deny offshore drilling vote
On August 1, Congress left for a five-week vacation.
A bipartisan group had put together a compromise energy bill which included offshore drilling. Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi refused to allow it to come to a vote.
Surveys indicate that the vast majority of Americans want more drilling for oil while we develop alternatives sources of energy. Should not Congress represent the will of the people?
Axel Sorensen, Missoula
No logical reason for Montana’s gas prices
I want to know why it is that the people of Montana are paying $3.97 a gallon for gas when we produce our own oil and refine our own oil right here in our state.
As of August 1, my sister-in-law in Minnesota is only paying $3.69 a gallon, and they have no oil wells or refineries in their state. Stations in Kansas are at $3.59 a gallon and California just dropped their price by 25 cents a gal.
I’m like a lot of other people; I want the oil companies to make a profit, but not bleed us to death. They are hurting the old and the young along with the economy of out great state.
Call some of your family or friends who live out-of-state and see what they are paying, and you will be surprised.
Greg Scheytt, Florence
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