Chuck Schumer: Feel the Love

Perry at Eidelblog refers to the Senior Senator from New York as:

• biggest Congressional hypocrite of all time


• such a goddamn putz


• Moron


• satanic rectal spawn

What a great post!

Seriously, one of his constituents on a blog points out what no newspaper or magazine will dare. The good Putz Senator cannot oppose every refinery project, every drilling project, and every attempt to lighten the regulatory burden on refineries -- and then attack the oil companies for under production.

If Schumer wants to know the fundamental problem with American refineries, he need not look anywhere but a mirror. The New York Times reported two years ago that "Over the last quarter-century, the number of refineries in the United States dropped to 149, less than half the number in 1981." Worse, the United States hasn't seen a new refinery built since 1976. Every time a company would like to build one, they can't get past the hurdles that Congress, and state and local governments too, made to satisfy the tree-huggers. The blame falls mainly on Democrats, but also on "environmentally minded" Republicans who'll court any vote to win elections.
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However, when it comes to getting people to vote for you, truth just doesn't compete with creating fear, including the fear that somebody just might have more than you. So Schumer will continue to harp on "income inequality" and oil companies' supposedly obscene profits, notwithstanding that, as my friend Josh Hendrickson pointed out a while back, oil companies' profits are hardly the highest compared to other industries, when you look at the percentages.

Well done.

Oil and Energy Posted by jk at May 8, 2007 12:29 PM