Drudge Retort: Red Meat for Yellow Dogs

The 110th Congress, whose term officially ends in January, hasn't passed any spending bills or attacked high gasoline prices. But it has used its powers to celebrate watermelons and to decree the origins of the word "baseball."

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a watermelon thread ??? Kerrin you RACIST

I wonder who is blocking all the legislation?

LOL...never occured to me.

But I kinda like a close seated congress ! The mutha's cancel each other out.

watermelon? red on the inside - green on the outside. i get it.

kerrin - perhaps the most inert congress of all time!

LOL...never occured to me.


I was responding to Fredo.


Silver...While you feel repubs are blocking...I see where dems are loading all kinds of shit onto simple bills like drilling.

have you seen the "send nancy pelousy a drillbit" site? they want to inundate her office with drillbits as a welcome back to work gift!

spew alert!

ohdang, i wish i'd thought of this!

don't'cha just love capitalism?!?

Too damn many pits.

Nancy apparently hasn't invested in oil.


It is difficult to imagine a more unlikely pair of investors than House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens. Pelosi, the San Francisco Democrat, is among the most liberal and pro-environmentalist politicians in Congress, while Pickens has long been associated with Republicans, hedge funds and the energy industry. Yet in May 2007, Pelosi invested between $100,001 and $250,000 to purchase public common stock in Pickens Clean Energy Fuels Corporation (CLNE). Pelosi's CLNE investment was first highlighted by the Michigan Taxes Too Much and #don'tgo blogs.
CLNE is a cog in Pickens$6 billion plan to build a massive wind farm in west Texas and to switch millions of vehicles on American roads from gasoline to natural gas. Pelosis CLNE purchase is listed on her most recent congressional personal financial disclosure form, which can be viewed at Opensecrets.org.

A search of Pelosis official web site found no announcement of the investment in the Pickens operation. A request to the Speakers official spokesman yesterday for information about the investment went unanswered. Coincidentally, Pelosis investment came the same month as the House passed the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007, which she hailed as making the Congress over which she helps preside the most open and honest in history.-- There are numerous ways Pelosi could provide assistance to CLNE and Pickens, including helping secure federal tax advantages. Pickens expects at least 15 percent profits on the wind farm and associated initiatives. At CLNEs $14 per share value, Pelosi appears to own between 7,000 and 17,000 shares.

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