37 Responses to “Contact Information For Senators Jim Webb and Mark Warner”

1. Cathymac
   June 27th, 2009 @ 11:50 am

   Crap and Trade.

2. Wolverine
   June 27th, 2009 @ 12:16 pm

   The Hill has become an insane asylum.

3. Prester John
   June 27th, 2009 @ 6:26 pm

   There are only two ways to explain what Congress is doing. Either the members of Congress are:

   1) Totally clueless as to what they are doing and have no idea of what the impact of actions will be, or

   2) They know exactly what they are doing.

   Now given the fact we know there are some truly stupid people in Congress it is hard to dismiss #1 and say that it is #2, but we also know there are many in Congress who don’t have the best interests of the country at heart and never will. Their sole interest is power and money which would lead one to say #2.

   In either case we will once again have an opportunity to replace them in 2010, the question is of course can we do better than the usual voting for the lesser of two evils.

4. Jack
   June 27th, 2009 @ 7:07 pm

   Capitol Hill is a big steaming pile of #2.

5. Kevin
   June 27th, 2009 @ 8:04 pm

   “Their sole interest is power and money which would lead one to say #2.”

   What would make this different than those who would seek to promote the oil industry? Does it matter the difference of where the money goes? I just don’t understand the reluctance to become less dependent on oil and reduce man-made global climate change.

   Or how about a real discussion instead of just resorting back to “1) Totally clueless as to what they are doing and have no idea of what the impact of actions will be”?

6. herndongeezer
   June 27th, 2009 @ 8:07 pm

   We’re wasting our time and fueling the egos of those in office when we email/call them on issues. I had the misfortune of spending some time on capitol hill with some of Virginia’s “representatives”.

   My take away was that they didn’t give a flying f&*k at a rolling donut what we think. They will tell us what is best for us. Finally, “but enough about me, what do you think of me”?

   Until we have a 100% turnover in both the house and senate we will have no power.

   the geezer

   p.s. on thursday there were about 3,000 acorn/cwa/teamsters protesting in favor of bho’s healthcare plan. Meanwhile 300 showed up at a teaparty in Olympia, WA? Make that a ten-fold protest. You can get a bigger turn out to protest the oppression of gay butterflies. Until those numbers reach parity, we are doomed.

7. Right Wing Kamikaze
   June 27th, 2009 @ 11:18 pm

   I don’t have to time to write anybody, I’m too busy cutting firewood for when they ban gas and coal.

8. Right Wing Kamikaze
   June 27th, 2009 @ 11:19 pm

   On a serious note, if they actually pass and enforce this, we’ll easily take back the House and Senate in 2010 and the White House in 2012.

   This is just utter economic and political suicide Carter style.

9. Joe Budzinski
   June 27th, 2009 @ 11:36 pm

   Yeah I think we need to get up to speed about reversing legislation. From what I gather it is not so easy. Look at what happened with the CAFE standards and the disappearance of the family station wagon – swapped out for death trap minivans. If they implement this and it results in a massive increase in the cost of energy to consumers, winning back the Congress will be a small reward if the damage cannot be undone.

10. dans
    June 28th, 2009 @ 12:14 am

    “reduce man-made global climate change.”

    What’s next for Obama ? A trillion dollars to remove the bogeymen from under the beds of children ?

    As much truth in this as there is in stopping man-made climate change.

    This is all about raising taxes, and ensuring the peons do not use the gas meant for their private jets and limos.

11. Kevin
    June 28th, 2009 @ 1:15 am

    “This is all about raising taxes, and ensuring the peons do not use the gas meant for their private jets and limos.”

    I’m all for wind powered jets and solar powered limos

12. Kevin
    June 28th, 2009 @ 1:15 am

    universal healthcare, not so much.

13. Joe Budzinski
    June 28th, 2009 @ 1:20 am

    Dan, you are dead on.

    Kevin, glad we have some more common ground.

14. Had Enough
    June 28th, 2009 @ 3:07 am

    Piglosi once again forced this fast track bill of over 1,000 pages, so that once again no one would know what the hell they were voting on, I haven’t heard who gave a quick summary of what the bill contains or who is responsible for the content.

    We must conserve so that the Usurper and his family can use 2 jets as they did when a few weeks ago, they said it was because his wife and kids were staying in Paris a few additional days. He may have returned early to plan his big luau a few days ago at the white house with carnival dunks, etc.

    He also signed an executive order that it is ok to keep prisoners locked up for an unlimited amount of time, all over the internet he is being accused of the BHO-Cheney order.

    The pro-illegal groups are very happy about the meeting they had with him in regards to Amnesty a few days ago.

    The only thing that may get reaction from the leadership is to threaten to cease all funds to their party, but the white house may take that literally.

    Most people have no idea what is going on inside the beltway, which is the destruction of this country. I think it was the president of Brazil that said last week that this would now be the right time for the new world order since we are all basically on the same level.

    I have said for years that the world would like nothing better than to see us in the position that we are in. They have waited for years to see us brought to our knees, they hate our country, our wealth, our culture, etc.

    Al Gore’s average electric bill for his house is $17,000.00 per month.

15. Lovisa
    June 28th, 2009 @ 4:16 am

    THE SKY IS FALLING

    THE SKY IS FALLING

16. Lovisa
    June 28th, 2009 @ 4:48 am

    Had Enough

    “They (the world)have waited for years to see us brought to our knees. They hate our country (they, the world HATES us?), our wealth, our culture, etc.”

    Then, why do you think so many people are trying to come to this country? To most people no other country in the world is as desirable to live in as the US.

    As for our “culture”. Well, look around the world that hates our “culture” and see the mourning that’s taking place after Michael Jackson’s death. American movies are all over. not to mention McDonalds, Starbucks, and a slew of American chains.

    Joe,

    What do you mean? CAFE standards caused “the disappearance of the family station wagon”?
    Who, or what, was it that forced people to buy the “deathtrap” minivans? Certainly not CAFE regulations. I wouldn’t have bought a minivan for ANYTING. BTW, what was so great about station wagons? As for minivans – would the car manufacturers have built them if people weren’t buying them? We weren’t forced into them, for pete’s sake!

17. zimzo
    June 28th, 2009 @ 9:55 am

    I don’t think the world hates us. I think it’s just you they hate.

18. The Bulletproof Monk
    June 28th, 2009 @ 1:30 pm

    “Al Gore’s average electric bill for his house is $17,000.00 per month.”

    Well, under the Cap and Trade, he may as well warm to the idea of $34,000 per month. Hey, that’s a new car for the rest of us peons.

19. Lovisa
    June 28th, 2009 @ 3:03 pm

    SOCCER

    After 26 min. USA leads Brazil 2 – 0!

20. dans
    June 28th, 2009 @ 3:29 pm

    Monk,

    Won’t bother him, it has been reported that cap and trade will make Al Gore a billionaire due to his investments in carbon credits trading firms.

    Seems that global warming is to Gore what Oxyclean was to Billy Mays. The only difference is that Mays did not get an Oscar for his infomercial…

21. Lovisa
    June 28th, 2009 @ 4:56 pm

    USA got sloppy in the second half and lost
    3 – 2.

22. Cato the Elder
    June 28th, 2009 @ 10:35 pm

    Joke time…

    Q: What’s the difference between Obama’s citizenship and man-made climate change.

    A: Nothing – neither one has been proved.

23. sally
    June 29th, 2009 @ 9:24 am

    Rep. Boehner (R-OH), House Minority Leader, read to the House parts of the 300 page AMENDMENT to the 1,201 page bill, which was filed at 3:09 AM (Thursday am prior to the 5 hour debate in the House before the vote) )in the hopes that representatives (and especially the American people) would not know what is in it.

    Follow the link below to see the video of Rep Boehner reading and explaining parts of the amendment.

    The amendment would require that when you are ready to sell your home it must be inspected to determine its energy efficiency. If it does not meet the federally mandated energy efficiency rating, you would have to have the house rehabilitated to reach tohose standards and inspected again.

    Any guess as to how many thousands, or maybe tens of thousands, of dollars that might cost?

    Would some or all of these and more need to be done to your home? Replacing windows and doors, new insulation in walls and ceilings, new energy efficient appliances, new A/C and heating systems, new roof, new wiring including an outlet for charging electric autos.

    Check out the videos at this link. You will be blown away!

    http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/06/27/boehn ers-amazing-dissection-cap-trade-bill

24. Rachelfriend
    June 30th, 2009 @ 5:37 am

    “I just don’t understand the reluctance to become less dependent on oil and reduce man-made global climate change.” -Kevin

    How do you combat such a statement? How do you point out that old poor people will die in their homes when they can’t afford the increased cost (tax) this legislation will add to their energy bills? How do you explain that right now energy companies have “fuel funds” set up to help people pay their energy bills, because they can’t afford the CURRENT costs? How do you explain that Al Gore, Pelosi, Obama, etc., etc., etc. have financial and personal stakes in companies that will allow them to directly benefit from the legislation they’re proposing, which makes it suspect? How do you explain that you don’t want the government telling you what light bulbs you can use, and how low you can set your thermostat, and whether you can have a wood-burning stove or fireplace, when you were free 20 years ago to use what YOU could afford to pay for?

    The logic of the “cap & trade” crew is amazing. They want to go full steam ahead and impose a huge new bureaucracy on the citizens of this country, set up a market for trading energy credits (that they control), and knowingly increase the cost of energy in this country, but they don’t care that the flaws in the system they are setting up make it extremely dangerous for the vast number of Americans. Our jobs are at risk. Our ability to afford energy for our homes is at risk. Our economic stability is at risk. And, they want us to put all of that on the back burner while they fight the “global climate change” battle on our backs. Oh, and they apparently don’t want nuclear power and they don’t want us to “drill here, drill now” so that we won’t be dependent on foreign oil, and they don’t want us to explore ways of burning coal in a cleaner fashion.

    Our Senators can vote for this mess if they want to. I have no confidence that they will “think straight, think smart, think free” and not be suckered in by the Powerpoint cowboys and tree huggers circling around them.

25. Rachelfriend
    June 30th, 2009 @ 6:17 am

    Forgot to mention three things:

    I WILL be writing my Senators. If they feel puffed up by the number of letters they receive, they won’t be so puffed if they actually read them. If not, they’re delusional and will be thrown out come election day.

    Kimberley Strassel wrote an interesting piece in the WSJ concerning how legislators in other countries are re-thinking this issue: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124597505076157449.html

    Let Freedom Ring put into action an idea I’m sure many of us have had (they’re targeting health care, but I’m going to clone these letters and send them to my Senators in relation to this issue as well): http://www.letfreedomringusa.com/pledge-to-read

    I also plan to make copies of the letters I send to the Senators and send them to key reporters (and management personnel) for MSM outlets as well. It’s time these people stop pretending they don’t have a clue and start covering these topics responsibly. I saw a story recently about a guy out west who embezzled from work and his parents, deserted his family, sent a suicide note to his wife saying he was going to kill himself, and then set up shop in Texas to start his life anew. When the people he met out there found out several years later that he’d lived a lie all of that time and had deceived his family and his new friends, they looked the other way and didn’t publicize this guy’s deception for others in the community so that they would be warned and could protect themselves from future deception. That’s the kind of thing that’s happening today. People see the deception in the bills that are being put forth, but they are looking the other way and protecting the legislators who are putting us all at risk because what they want out of these bills is more important to them than how it will impact us all. This needs to stop.

26. sally
    June 30th, 2009 @ 7:42 am

    Many of the larger corporations (Gm, GE, some of the Dow components, etc.) supporting this bill will be exempt from having to “buy” permits, they will be given permits for free (which will be incredibly valuable, and a barrier to anyone who wants to compete in the future/and an asset that could be sold.) Small business will pay through the nose for their permits, though–and possibly will be put out of business. We have a small flour and corn milling concern that could be put out of business by this unfairness…And individuals will pay. The powerful have taken care of themselves, @#$% the rest of us….

27. sally
    June 30th, 2009 @ 7:43 am

    Just like the Unions will get health care benefits that are not taxed, but the rest of us will pay taxes on our health care benefits….again, the powerful are taken care of, and the rest of us, who have no machine, well, sorry, we pay.

28. squiddy
    June 30th, 2009 @ 9:17 am

    “again, the powerful are taken care of, and the rest of us, who have no machine, well, sorry, we pay.”

    Sally, let me explain this to you in leftist-speak: ”

    “You already have all the power as it is; you’re a member of the exploiter-class, everything you think you’ve achieved in this life has actually been just stolen from the exploited masses. Legislation like this is allows you to feel better about your theft, that in a very small way, you’re doing your part, helping out your brothers and sisters less fortunate than you. And think of the children, you do want to help the children, don’t you? And, after all, it’s only a tiny fraction of your ill-gotten gains. Be grateful we’re not taking back what you truly owe. Yet.”

    Feel better?

29. sally
    June 30th, 2009 @ 12:44 pm

    I have not exploited anyone, and our family business should not have to compete against General Mills–when the big corporations do not have to buy the energy permit and the little family shops do? This puts family business like our out of business. Why should I pay taxes on my health insurance payments when union members do not?

    Broad brush accusations that there is a broad group of exploiters, but some of the biggest corporations are exempted, is simply crazy.

30. Rachelfriend
    July 3rd, 2009 @ 10:55 am

    What will cap-and-trade cost and who’s going to pay? Will it impact the poorest harder than those earning more? The Tax Foundation has a “cap-and-trade burden” calculator that illustrates the point that “cap-and-trade” is “cap-and-tax”: http://www.taxfoundation.org/capandtrade

    Given that we were lied to about national health care (i.e. taxing people’s health care benefits is not in the picture and small businesses won’t be fined) why does anyone think poorer Americans will avoid being burdened by this new policy that’s _designed_ to increase energy costs?

    “Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket.” — Barack Obama, January 17, 2008, San Francisco Chronicle

    http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-268-Right-Side-Politics-Examiner~y2009m6d26-Obama-on-cap-and-trade-electricity-rates-would-necessarily-skyrocket

    President Obama didn’t mention anything about this being a “jobs creation” plan in that statement.

    Let’s be clear. There’s a price to pay for “cap-and-trade” and Americans of all income and education levels should be FULLY aware of it BEFORE any vote in the Senate takes place.

31. Maynard Altizer
    December 19th, 2009 @ 11:04 pm

    Something that all Virginians should read. If China decides to call the debt in, what is the government going to do…..raise taxes? The American people are in deep do-do and Washington is to blame. Republicans and Democrats. I would love to hear what they are planning for us.

    *******************************************

    Harder to buy US Treasuries
    Created: 2009-12-18 0:13:35
    Author:Zhou Xin and Jason Subler

    IT is getting harder for governments to buy United States Treasuries because the US’s shrinking current-account gap is reducing supply of dollars overseas, a Chinese central bank official said yesterday.

    The comments by Zhu Min, deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China, referred to the overall situation globally, not specifically to China, the biggest foreign holder of US government bonds.

    Chinese officials generally are very careful about commenting on the dollar and Treasuries, given that so much of its US$2.3 trillion reserves are tied to their value, and markets always watch any such comments closely for signs of any shift in how it manages its assets.

    China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange reaffirmed this month that the dollar stands secure as the anchor of the currency reserves it manages, even as the country seeks to diversify its investments.

    In a discussion on the global role of the dollar, Zhu told an academic audience that it was inevitable that the dollar would continue to fall in value because Washington continued to issue more Treasuries to finance its deficit spending.

    He then addressed where demand for that debt would come from.

    “The United States cannot force foreign governments to increase their holdings of Treasuries,” Zhu said, according to an audio recording of his remarks. “Double the holdings? It is definitely impossible.”

    “The US current account deficit is falling as residents’ savings increase, so its trade turnover is falling, which means the US is supplying fewer dollars to the rest of the world,” he added. “The world does not have so much money to buy more US Treasuries.”

    China continues to see its foreign exchange reserves grow, albeit at a slower pace than in past years, due to a large trade surplus and inflows of foreign investment. They stood at US$2.3 trillion at the end of September.

32. dans
    December 19th, 2009 @ 11:17 pm

    Personally, I do not believe China will call us on the debt. They now have a degree of control over us because of this.

    Given the level of indebtedness, who is the superpower, us, or them ?

33. Barbara Munsey
    December 20th, 2009 @ 9:21 am

    dans, I read an interesting discussion on a British blog about this subject, and one of the participants said those who are looking at our indebtedness to China should also look at how much the local governments there have borrowed back from us.

    I haven’t done so, but they seemed to be of the opinion that it was significant.

34. dans
    December 20th, 2009 @ 12:56 pm

    Barbara, I look at this as China buying a divide between us and Taiwan.

35. Maynard Altizer
    December 21st, 2009 @ 7:41 pm

    On to something else: It seems as though Jim Webb took his contact page off the internet. I guess he is through dealing with the “common” people. My note to him would be…I thought you and Warner were suppose to represent the people of Virginia. That has not happened since you took office. Now, by the numbers, 49 percent of voters in Virginia oppose Obamacare, 39 percent favor it and 12 are undecided. You, Senator are not doing your job and you will find that out when you come up for reelection. Maybe you will decide not to run again….GOOD. Also good for Virginia.

36. Jack
    December 22nd, 2009 @ 6:54 am

    Webb’s contact page is up now. It probably got swamped with all the angry constituents.

37. Maynard Altizer
    January 2nd, 2010 @ 2:35 pm

    To “Joe”
    I have tried a hundred times to contact Jim Webb….even with your post of his e-mail address above,which does not work, without success. I even went so far as to ask Mark Warner to relay a message to him since both are of the same mind-set. Can’t understand why he refuses to deal with “us”. Do you get the message that he is in denial about the public not agreeing with him on the Democratic Party line? I can only hope that what I hear and see from most Americans, 2010 will be a wakeup call to every politican. That “we” have had enough and your job will be filled by someone that can do it the way it should have been done years ago.

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