Democrats want to nationalize refineries

[ThoughtCriminal]

Fox News

House Democrats responded to President's Bush's call for Congress to lift the moratorium on offshore drilling. This was at an on-camera press conference fed back live.

Among other things, the Democrats called for the government to own refineries so it could better control the flow of the oil supply.

They also reasserted that the reason the Appropriations Committee markup (where the vote on the amendment to lift the ban) was cancelled so they could focus on preparing the supplemental Iraq spending bill for tomorrow.

At an off-camera briefing, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) said the same. And a senior Republican House Appropriations Committee aide adds that "there were multiple reasons for the postponement" including discussion on the supplemental. But the aide said there was the thought that Democrats may wish to avoid a debate today on energy amendments.

Full article here

[knight0334]

Nationalization = socialism and communism.

Just look what happened to our allodial land titles when the federal government nationalized our properties...

[sjl127]

I give up - going into hiding. Waiting for the zombies to awaken.

[PisnNapalm]

Absolutely unbelieveable.

[noofus]

Where do we live? Friggin Venezuela?

[Pector55]

Unreal, there is no way we can afford to allow Pelosi and Obama steer the ship.

[JoeWilliams]

Why should we be surprised that the radical leftists that now run the Democratic Party would want to follow in the path of Hugo Chavez? They share the same ideology.

[reels18]

Sounds like a great idea. Think of the many homeless they can put to work blending gasoline!!!!

[Atomic Dog]

Sounds like a great idea. Think of the many homeless they can put to work blending gasoline!!!!

why make them work? They are just victims of the evil system of corporate greed put in place by the bush administration.

[TonyF]

Among other things, the Democrats called for the government to own refineries so it could better control the flow of the oil supply.

Election year pandering to constituencies.