Pleasuredome 2- St.Paul- Looks as though Gustav is going to make more of a direct hit on the GOP convention than New Orleans. Now, President Bush is using it as a convenient excuse not to attend this convention. Oh, the irony of having a hurricane saving him from further damaging the GOP ticket, when Hurricane Katrina destroyed his political standing.
Palinocrity- “I think she is the most inexperienced person on a major party ticket in modern history,” said presidential historian Matthew Dallek. Sarah Palin seems to have been foisted on McShame by the extreme right in his party. Certainly, the McShame campaign will continue to spin this choice as her being a reformer and outsider. What is shocking is they dare say Obama is less qualified than Palin. Governor Palin’s own mother has been quoted saying “ I am not really sure what she brings to the ticket other than being a woman and a conservative” and Mother Heath is also undecided for which ticket she will vote.
Energy Tax Credits- Once again the temporary tax credits for renewable energies expires on December 31st. The Republican Congress has let these expire 3 times already in the past 7 years so this would be the fourth. There is no way new clean energy technologies will ever get footing if the risk of investment is constantly being toyed with by Congress. Meanwhile, windfall profits taxes on the dirty fossil-fuel industry remain off the table as a possible way to fund these investment tax credits. The Republicans in the Senate remain the obstacle to these tax credits being renewed. These credits ultimately should be made permanent so confidence is again regained by investors and innovation can continue without all these fits and starts. I ask all of you to write to your congressional reps and insist these credits not only get temporarily renewed, but made permanent.
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