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Bill Nelson
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Post Number:
2020
Registered: 10-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 01:08 pm: |   |
Hillary Flip-Flops on Ethanol
Hillary Clinton did a politically expedient about-face when she proposed to dramatically boost the use of ethanol in vehicles - just last year she voted against a bill calling for increased ethanol use.
On May 23, with high gas prices on Americans' minds, Clinton called for $1 billion in grants for research on making ethanol from plant cellulose - found in a variety of organic materials including corn stalks, wheat straw, grass and wood - instead of making it exclusively from grain.
But Clinton was one of 26 senators who opposed the energy bill passed by Congress in 2005 mandating the use of 7.5 billion gallons of ethanol by 2012.
The bill included a 30 percent tax credit for the cost of installing pumps capable of dispensing fuel that is 85 percent ethanol, plus a program authored by Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, for subsidizing the production of ethanol from plant cellulose, the Des Moines Register reports.
The Senator from New York explained her opposition to the ethanol mandate by telling the Greater Des Moines Partnerships: "I have to look to first protecting and supporting the needs of the people I represent right now."
Clinton's recent proposal called for increasing the tax credit to 50 percent.
Hillary's change of heart was noted by Judicial Watch Inc., which mused on its Corruption Chronicles Web site:
"Could the sudden change have anything to do with the fact that, as a farm state, Iowa would benefit tremendously from corn-based ethanol consumption and the state just happens to host the caucuses that kick off the presidential nomination process?"
But Cullen Sheehan, director of Iowa's Republican Party, accused Hillary of "transparent pandering" and said voters in the state won't be fooled by Hillary's shift:
"Iowans remember her anti-ethanol past and are looking for strong leaders who won't run from their record and change positions whenever it's politically expedient."
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Harry Simenon
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1184
Registered: 10-2003
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 01:37 pm: | |
What is Hillary's political opinion about the tobacco industry? I heard she disliked cigars? |
Fred Dungan
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1708
Registered: 10-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 04:17 pm: | |
Cheap shot, but hilarious nonetheless. I regret that our country's dirty laundry got an international airing. We have yet to approach Europe's sophistication in handling untoward sexual behavior.
http://www.fdungan.com/bushwhacked.htm |
Tom Elkins
Hsympothai Member
Post Number:
467
Registered: 01-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 05:26 pm: | |
Hill-ar-Y-ous?? Fred, you're too much.
Tom Elkins
NORTH of TEXAS
www.authorsden.com/tomelkins |
Fred Dungan
Unity Member
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1709
Registered: 10-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 08:24 pm: | |
Hillary is unique to the annals of politics. If this was major league baseball, we could trade her carpetbagging arse to Harry for Iron Rita and thereby solve our immigration problems.
http://www.fdungan.com/vigilantes.htm |
Pacwriter
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2413
Registered: 04-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 09:42 pm: | |
someone explain this to me - Hillary and Bill do not live together - the press says nothing about it.
Bill can't keep it in his pants so what's he doing with it? - the press is silent
Hillary is rumored to be GAY. No follow-up from the press???????
I mean if Angelina and Brad are being stalked in Nambia and there is an offer of 5 mill for the first baby pic seems to be a pic of Hillary with her lover should be worth at least 500 bucks and a pic of Bill wil his latest cigar loving babe should be worth 5 or 10 bucks.
http://www.perrycomer.com
http://www.blogger.com/publish.g?blogID=20779252&inprogress=true
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Mike Manno
Wandering Member
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112
Registered: 11-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 10:51 pm: | |
I suspect that the next thing Hillary will say is that she has always been an Iowa Hawkeye fan.
Mike Manno
"Murder Most Holy"
Five Star -- June 2006
http://mikemanno.com |
Fred Dungan
Unity Member
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1710
Registered: 10-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, May 29, 2006 - 12:09 am: | |
According to Arkansas state troopers, Bill and Hillary had a passionate love life when they resided in the Governor's mansion. He got beaned with a table lamp when she caught him messing around. It's not uncommon in other countries for a wife to succeed to the presidency after her husband's term in office. Another Juan and Eva Peron in the making? Don't cry for me Estados Unidos.
http://www.fdungan.com/bushwhacked.htm |
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