Dorgan: Withdraw Iraq reconstruction money, invest in renewable energy.
Dorgan: Withdraw Iraq reconstruction money, invest in renewable energy.
In light of a recent GAO report revealing that the Iraqi government may have a $79 billion budget surplus by the end of the year, “Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) said today that he wants $10 billion of U.S. funds that have been so far unpsent on Iraqi reconstruction rescinded,” the Politico reports. Dorgan has proposed using the funds to invest in renewable energy production:
Dorgan said he plans to introduce the Iraq Self-Sufficiency and American Energy Independence Act when Congress returns. The bill would transfer the unspent reconstruction funds to the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in the Department of Energy.
“Today, Americans are paying sky high prices for oil and gas, and at the same time the Bush Administration is continuing to spend billions of dollars a year for Iraq reconstruction even though that country has huge budget surpluses. That is a bankrupt strategy,” said Dorgan.
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Sounds like a better plan.
August 12th, 2008 at 8:18 pmTHAT'S SUCH A GOOD PLAN.....THERE'S NO WAY IT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED.....
IT MAKES WAAAAAAY TOO MUCH SENSE.
August 12th, 2008 at 8:19 pmAnd the Republicans say BOO!!! And the Democrats cave. This will never happen. Pelosi is already saying she is open to offshore drilling. The cowards are still cowards.
August 12th, 2008 at 8:21 pmDorgan is one of the few human beings in the Senate.
August 12th, 2008 at 8:23 pmLet's bring it to a vote.
August 12th, 2008 at 8:31 pmMaybe they can merge it in with the GOP energy bill.
What fun!
FAIZ,
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE STEVENS/HICKELL THREAD?
August 12th, 2008 at 8:43 pmAlejandro Says:
Dorgan is one of the few human beings in the Senate.
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I agree Alejandro! He also knows what the hell he is talking about when it comes to budget spending, offshore tax shelters (Cayman Island) and the dangers of the loss of jobs in America.
Blame Canada Says:
And the Republicans say BOO!!! And the Democrats cave. This will never happen. Pelosi is already saying she is open to offshore drilling. The cowards are still cowards.
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Yup...she caves in to the corrupt republicans but won't cave in to Dennis Kucinich and his atricles of impeachment. Makes ya wonder what the Bushites have on Pelosi and some of the other spineless democrats?
Great plan by Sen. Byron Dorgan. Finally someone that is thinking about the American people.
August 12th, 2008 at 8:55 pmHay!..What's happening to all the post's on all the thread's?...They have been cut by half...Who's scrubbing everything being posted.?...P.B.& J
August 12th, 2008 at 8:57 pmWhat happened to the Bill0 thread? What happened to all the posts about the certifiable lunatic from the 6th Congressional district?
My guess is that the site got hacked or sued. Will we ever know?
August 12th, 2008 at 9:00 pmI guess the asylum has been taken over by the inmates. TP now stands for Troll Party. At least let us know what is happening.
August 12th, 2008 at 9:01 pmWe can't abbreviate "what The Family"? It better be a glitch.
August 12th, 2008 at 9:01 pmWasn't there a Bill O'Reilly thread today?
August 12th, 2008 at 9:04 pmWTF?
August 12th, 2008 at 9:04 pmAnd there was a thread about Sen Stevens, too.
Please explain, TP.
August 12th, 2008 at 9:05 pmWTF? Indeed. Something's screwy.
August 12th, 2008 at 9:05 pmLike I said Zooey. They either got hacked or sued.
August 12th, 2008 at 9:06 pmOur tech team and tech consultants are trying to roll out some new changes to the site, but all it's doing is screwing things up. I wish I had some answers but I don't. It's very frustrating.
August 12th, 2008 at 9:06 pmPete, either way they should explain what's going on. This is not cool.
August 12th, 2008 at 9:07 pmThanks, Faiz.
I hope you can get your posts and comments back. Did you properly vet your tech team & consultants? ;)
August 12th, 2008 at 9:09 pmThanks Faiz. I'm glad it's nothing nefarious.
August 12th, 2008 at 9:09 pmI'm told all the posts after 4 pm have been lost forever.
August 12th, 2008 at 9:16 pmHow can that be, Faiz? This post went up at 7 p.m.
August 12th, 2008 at 9:19 pm"that's a bankruptcy strategy" . . . that's what GDumbya does best
August 12th, 2008 at 9:20 pmFaiz Says:
I’m told all the posts after 4 pm have been lost forever.
August 12th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
That's unfortunate, except for the troll stuff. Don't worry though. I have plenty of angst to fill up new threads. And perhaps you've learned a lesson about fixing stuff that ain't broke?
August 12th, 2008 at 9:21 pmhow would they get the money back from al malaki? - send blackwater in to rob the bank?
August 12th, 2008 at 10:23 pmFaiz,
Did the Repugs pay you to knock all those down!
Sure looks suspicious!
August 12th, 2008 at 11:16 pmBu$$hCo holds the American taxpayer's Iraqi reconstruction money in a secret Swiss bank account then transfers the money to the secret bank accounts set up in the Grand Cayman Islands for Halliburton, Blackwater, Fluor, Bechtel, Lincoln Propaganda Sleaze Group etc. etc....
That way there are no records of these funds having been disbursed or received and transmittal can not be proven so no taxes are ever due.
The upside down world of bu$$hCo where you, your family, your friends, and your good olde boy cronies and the top one percent income earners get filthy filthy rich as the rest of America bleeds from the mouth and the middle class becomes a quaint concept - that just out lived its usefulness and is rapidly being disbanded.
August 12th, 2008 at 11:17 pmHow about giving our money back?
August 13th, 2008 at 12:12 amThat's a great Idea!
Faiz Says:
Our tech team and tech consultants are trying to roll out some new changes to the site, but all it's doing is screwing things up. I wish I had some answers but I don't. It's very frustrating.
Oh goodie! Glad to see some enhancement.
August 13th, 2008 at 12:16 amDamn, chimpy is all in Iraqi's finances.
So while our soldiers lacked proper weapons, hummers and gear, Iraqi accumulated a huge surplus.
Then again the surplus could be in direct correlation to the number of Iraqi deaths.
August 13th, 2008 at 12:23 amI guess I better post once just to make sure I can. Test Test
August 13th, 2008 at 12:51 amByron Dorgan always makes sense, but I never see any of the congress critters taking his advice. I just don't get why not.
While we're at it use some of the Iraq budget surplus to pay back all the money Bush stole from the Social Security trust fund. Plus pass legislature that doesn't allow using the trust fund monies to make the national deficit appear much smaller than it is. Every president since Reagan has used the off budget S.S. trust fund to make the deficit appear smaller than it actually is.
August 13th, 2008 at 12:55 am"That is a bankrupt strategy" supported by a bankrupt ideology known as conservatism. Even their name is dripping with irony considering how they like to spend MY tax dollars like drunken sailors on shore leave.
August 13th, 2008 at 6:54 amI am all for spending our own money here at home, but am I the only one who thinks that, well, we messed up their country, why shouldn't we pay to clean it up? I mean, I am totally against war and can't stand what we did to Iraq, but why should Iraq have to pay to clean up the mess America made? I think the better solution would be for Halliburton and KBR do the work to rebuild Iraq "Pro Bono" and for security while they are over there working to rebuild the infrastructure... Blackwater can provide FREE security 24/7 until the job is done!
August 13th, 2008 at 12:14 pm