Rockefeller named Senate Commerce chair; steps down from 'Intelligence'

Yeah, but he sucks at representing WV (4.00 / 1)

Did you see his interview in the Shepherdstown Observer's December issue? Here's the link: http://www.theshepherdstownobs...

And here's something particularly relevant (and angry-making) about PATH:

OBSERVER: You voted in favor of the 2005 Energy Bill which called for increased electrical capacity in the Mid-Atlantic region. Are you in favor of the PATH transmission line project?

ROCKEFELLER: I look at it two ways. If we were starting the world all over again and we wanted to put the lines up, I would say no. [Note: Isn't that the point of trying to revamp our entire energy system toward green solutions?] But then look at it the other way. If we have brownouts, which I guarantee we will, particularly as it gets warmer in the summer and cooler in the winter, we will have shut-downs and enormous electricity shortages-which I promise is going to happen [Oh, you mean to ignore the WSJ article on how energy demand is dropping, and started its decline even before the economic meltdown?]-I don't think people want that either. In this imperfect world in which nothing is entirely fair, and in which not all things are solved, we must be willing to sacrifice. [my bold]

OBSERVER: I have heard you say before that this is part of our history, West Virginia being dumped on by the rest of the country.

ROCKEFELLER: You know what I think, states are defined by elections and football teams, but if took those two things away you have something called America. [Gee, I can think of a lot more factors than that which "define states."] It is not a question of what happens in West Virginia compared to Colorado, but what is happening to us, the American people. Things can't be sorted in total equality. We must sort out the problems that will kill us, like Alzheimer's, or freeze us, like the total inability to heat [our homes].

OBSERVER: If it is a national problem, why must West Virginians pay for it?

ROCKEFELLER: Because this is going on around the country. We tend to focus on what happens in our own backyard, but this is happening all over the country with the same kind of problems. Everyone has their fights. That is why I like to think of America as a country, and West Virginia is a hugely important part of that country.

Yes, especially important to provide sacrifice for everyone else's lifestyles. Give me a #$^&@# break!

If I had read this before the election, he wouldn't have gotten my vote.

Oh, that's right - I already didn't vote for him, because of the telecom immunity bullsh*t.

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by: blonde moment @ Tue Dec 16, 2008 at 14:51:07 PM UTC

Does that mean we will get more Sino success stories? (4.00 / 1)

NFTT: Support My Team or I Will Dance

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by: CA Berkeley WV @ Tue Dec 16, 2008 at 16:44:18 PM UTC