The Energy Bill ( HR 2454 ) passed on friday in the house by a 219-217 margin. I was watching it live on C-Span and was actually pretty optomistic as I saw the votes adding up for and againt the bill. With such an obvious Left Wing agenda, I was shocked to see over 45 House Democrats vote "NO" against it. But shocked in nothing compared to how completely floored I was when I saw that 8 House Republicans actually voted for the biggest taxing bill in americas history. Wait a minute, lets do the math again. The Bill passed the House by the narrowest margin of 7 votes, just 7. And what was the # of Republicans that voted for the bill again, was it.... 8 ?? Oh, and I just found out that Republican Representative, Jeff Flake of Ditrict 6, from Arizona, didnt even show up to vote, Isn't his job to represent the people in his district that put him in office on matters like this ?


I think that there is a silver lining to the outcome of the HR 2454 vote yesterday. It was pretty obvious that all the calls, emails and bombarding of the congressional reps, by the 912ers and others in this joint campaign, had an enormous impact on the vote. 219-212 was a very slim margin to win by and that was with only a 4 day effort by most of you and others fed up citizens. We have to realize that we are making ground and are efforts are being noticed. We need to continue to let our "so-called" leaders that we are not gonna sit quiet while they destroy our country. WE WILL BE HEARD !! GREAT JOB ALL WHO PARTICIPATED !!

Please feel free to contact the 8 Reps who so kindly voted in favor of passing this bill and let them know how you feel.


Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-CA 45th District)
7th term, 45th District.
http://www.congress.org/bio/id/668

Rep. Michael Castle (R-DE At Large)
9th term, At Large.
http://www.congress.org/bio/id/697

Rep. Mark Kirk (R-IL 10th District)
5th term, 10th District.
http://www.congress.org/bio/id/40130

Rep. Leonard Lance (R-NJ 7th District)
1st term, 7th District.
http://www.congress.org/bio/id/6493

Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ 2nd District)
8th term, 2nd District.
http://www.congress.org/bio/id/383

Rep. Christopher Smith (R-NJ 4th District)
15th term, 4th District.
http://www.congress.org/bio/id/385

Rep. John McHugh (R-NY 23rd District)
9th term, 23rd District
http://www.congress.org/bio/id/429

Rep. Dave Reichert (R-WA 8th District)
3rd term, 8th District
http://www.congress.org/bio/id/142979

First of all, I want to express my heartfelt condolences to the families of Farrah Fawcett and Micheal Jackson. My prayers go out to all of them. As members of society we all feel an impact when a celebrity or entertainment icon passes. They have touched our lives in some way growing up. They will be missed.

What literally blows me away though, is that on the morning of one of the most highly debated pieces of legislation HR 2454, designed to combat Global Warming, overhaul the Energy Policy and place Cap and Trade into affect, I can't find any headlines or stories about this on the front page of any of our major news sources. You really have to dig to find something about it.

Now, I don't know where to place my frustration. Is it on the media or is it just them giving US what WE want. The "Top" stories get the top placement, I understand this, but where are our priorities?? Where is our focus these days?? It seems like we are focusing more on the life or death of a celebrity who had a social impact on our lives rather than focusing on a major issue, that if it passes, will literally have a direct personal impact on not only our daily lives now, but the lives of our children and theirs. How many people are tuning in today to hear or read the latest news about honoring the life of a celebrity past, when 2 days ago only turned on the t.v. to catch the next episode of their favorite show or surfed the web for the latest update about "John & Kate"??

I know we all want to escape sometimes from all the crap and bad news we get daily from the news these days. Or, would rather turn a blinds eye to current events and lose ourselves in something that entertains us, rather than makes us feel worse. I do the same thing, But, when we tune out, we find ourselves scratching our heads and wondering, What happened ? When things change in our financial world or we notice our utility bills are higher for some reason now, We ask, Why are we paying so much ?? The problem is, by that time, it's too late

All I'm saying is, there is nothing wrong with reflecting on the life of a great entertainer from the past. But we CAN'T ignore what is happening today, that will impact our way of life personally in the future.