Every time I read an article about continued PUD battles for justice with Enron, I’m enraged! If the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission doesn’t exist to protect consumers and prevent fiascoes such as Enron’s, what’s it there for? And then to argue on Enron’s behalf?! I have been a Republican all my life, but I have to honestly ask myself where my power bills would be if Slade Gorton had won election in 2000 (and I voted for him). I, of course, am no fool. He would have been as useful in fighting for PUD customers as he has been in seeing the American people learn about “Able Danger.”
Then there’s that little matter about “the ports deal.” And the war in Iraq. What the media never says about the disapproval ratings of the president regarding the war is that half those who disagree do so because we’re so exasperated we haven’t bombed the Sunni triangle into oblivion. And how about putting a cap on the out of control speculation on oil futures! I wouldn’t be surprised to find George Soros or some other grumpy billionaire behind it, just to make it difficult for the administration. Stop them! We can’t wait for market forces to correct this problem. OK, so we don’t all agree on how to handle all the issues of illegal immigration. Fine. Can’t we at least agree on a simple bill to secure our borders, first? And no, I’m not fooled by the GOP’s current phony crackdown.
Mr. President, how about vetoing a spending bill? Republican leaders, rest assured, if they don’t get serious about my conservative values by November, my message to them will be, as my wife succinctly put it, “FERC” you!
Philip E. Bickley
Everett
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