There is so much oil in Alaska, on the North Slope, that if Congress lifted the ban on production oil prices would plummet. ANWAR is just the tip of the iceberg.

Do a google on Gull Island and Arco.People memories are short, I guess I am just an old dinosaur that is supposed to forget all about the oil discoveries in Alaska during the 1970′s.

I wonder who that benefits?

One person who doesn’t have to worry about staying warm in New England winters is Joseph P. Kennedy II, who (besides his family’s wealth) draws an annual salary of $400,000 from the Citizens Energy Corporation – more than twice his pay as a Congressman.

Joe-4-Oil started the Citizens Energy Corporation, then passed it over to his brother Michael, when he went to Congress (1987-1999). When Michael died in a skiing accident, and Joe discovered what his brother was pulling down from the foundation, the great humanitarian decided that he couldn’t afford to stay in Congress ($160,000 vs.$400,000). Kennedys believe charity begins at home.

Thanks, Pam.

- Shortly after he became Chancellor of Germany in 1933, Adolph Hitler began his campaign against the Jews. Hitler used Germany’s severe economic problems to win support from extremists who had fomented violence. He claimed Germany had been “stabbed in the back” by the acquiescence of German leaders to the Treaty of Versailles. As scapegoats, he singled out Jews and Communists. They were responsible for Germany’s economic plight.
- As the Nazi party grew, Hitler destroyed the constitutional government. Squads of brown-shirted stormtroopers carted off critics and tortured or shot them. Over four thousand people in public life were thrown in jail.
- On April 1, 1933, persecution of the Jews in Germany became official policy, beginning with a Nazi initiated boycott of Jewish businesses and shops. Nazi students and professors burned hundreds of thousands of books, including many written by Jews, as part of a “purification” of German culture.

- As ambassador to England, Joe would later make clear that he thought the Jews had “brought on themselves” whatever Hitler did to them. During a 1938 meeting at the German embassy in London, Kennedy assured the German ambassador that America only wanted friendly relations with Hitler. Joe said that Hitler’s government had done “great things” for the country, and that the Germans were “satisfied” and enjoyed “good living conditions.” Joe told the ambassador that a recent report which said the limited food in Germany was being reserved for the army could not be true. After all, Joe said, the professor who had made the report “was a Jew.”
- Kennedy urged his friend William Randolph Hearst to help Hitler improve his image in the United states. Hearst agreed, and under his own byline he told his readers that Hitler had “restored character and courage. Hitler gave hope and confidence. He established order and unity of purpose.”

- Based on what his father had told him, Morton Downey Jr said, “I think if Joe had his way, Hitler would have succeeded in his annihilation of the Jews….He always found great favor in Hitler. He would have loved to see him succeed.”

Kennedy’s energy-assistance program has won praise from some Republicans, including former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who is running for president.

In 2005 Romney extended his thanks to “all of those around the world working to get lower-priced energy to us,” but refused to answer a question about the propriety of doing business with Chavez.

Joe Kennedy Sr. said Europe would be better off with Hitler in power. Wonder what this Kennedy thinks about the Islamo-nazis?

When did he say that?

“Let the word go forth to all the nations of the world, that we will coddle any anti-American despot, undermine any country (including our own), and kiss-up to any murderous tyrant, as long as it hurts a President we just don’t like…”

The nut doesn’t fall far from the uber-patriarchal tree.

Haliburton, run by our Vice President Dick Cheney

Spin a little harder left could ya? I can’t seem to make out the “truther” logo on your back.

he makes hundreds of thousands off of that “poor non-profit”

coondawg on February 18, 2007 at 10:20 AM

Do you have some proof for that? If you have it I’d love to see it. That’d blow his entire “hypocrisy” argument to pieces.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7QgGErlhtIY&mode=related&search=

he makes hundreds of thousands off of that “poor non-profit”

Just HOW unusual are they??

I saw a news story several months ago about a small Inuit village in Alaska. They had been offered the same deal with heating oil from Hugo, and they told him to use the oil as a suppository.

Florida GOP Rep. Connie Mack hammers the pathetic Joe Kennedy for his shameless pandering to Communist thug Hugo Chavez.

This is actually kinda old news (I thought anyway), but perhaps it’s just that I’ve seen the commercial running for a while now.

RightWinged on February 17, 2007 at 9:43 PM

This commercial has been running (and ruining my breakfast) for months. It turns my stomach to see the way Kennedy exploits the less fortunate to praise a sworn enemy of the country I love!

I am happy to see the rest of the country now getting angry too!

Say what you want about Bobby and Jack Kennedy’s politics. I believe they both loved this country. This guy dishonors their memory by his treasonous antics.

Shear treason period. Shameful.

x95b10 on February 18, 2007 at 2:47 AM

Welcome to America. Where people get prosecuted for not having a good memory even though someone already came forward admiting he leaked the name of the un-undercover agent while real treasonists that lie and leak intel instead of following protocol run free and uninvestigated. Oh, yah, that same political party to which those prosecutors belong is also the same political party that lets child molesters run free. God Save America.

Por Favor Senior Chavez, “May I have another?”