"What's at stake is the real possibility that many citizens.. will be at risk of freezing to death..

[Indigo Blue]

Gov. Pleads For Winter Home Heating Aid
Mass. To Get $163 Million
POSTED: 7:27 am EDT September 26, 2008
UPDATED: 7:30 am EDT September 26, 2008

WASHINGTON -- Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick urged Congress on Thursday to provide more money for what are expected to be record home heating bills this winter, saying sharp increases in energy prices and the tumultuous economy are affecting many families, not just the poor.

Patrick met with members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation to discuss energy assistance and other issues. He also testified before a House panel on the need for heating aid in cold-weather states.

"What's at stake is the real possibility that many citizens in the colder regions of this country will be at risk of freezing to death without federal help," the governor told a hearing of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming.

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John Drew, executive vice president of Action for Boston Community Development, a nonprofit group that arranges fuel assistance, said there was a long line of worried people in his offices clutching utility shut-off notices and overdue bills on Thursday morning before he left to come to Washington to testify.

"This is my Katrina," Drew testified. "My concern going into this winter is that we're going to see an epidemic of homelessness."

Continued @ http://www.thebostonchannel.com/politics/17563171/detail.html



Hmmm... I wonder whether Senator 'pro-life' mcsame will support an increase in energy assistance funding so people in the colder regions of this country won't freeze to death? Seems to me that being 'pro-life', he would not only support a funding increase, but that he would introduce emergency legislation, suspend his campaign, and parachute into DC to make sure that this legislation is passed forthwith. I mean, if you're really pro-life, you can't let people freeze to death when they don't have the means to heat their homes, can you?

senator mcsame... got your parachute ready?

[valerief]

1. Heating for fetuses only!

Hey, when the bobbleheads had their heads up McBush's butt last night, why didn't they ramble on and on about flag pins? Did I dream about that in previous debates?

:shrug:

[Indigo Blue]

5. Of course! How silly of me to think that anyone but fetuses deserve heating!

And "why didn't they ramble on and on about flag pins?" Because he was a POW! And he's a MAVERICK!!! HOW DARE YOU ASK THAT?????

Watching those bobbleheads last night made me feel like I was living in some king of unreality. Do think that they actually believe the bs they're spewing?

[valerief]

7. No, they just say what they're paid say. "Medication" probably helps

their enthusiasm, too.

[cali]

2. Here in northern Vermont, we know that's true.

It's scary.

[stillcool]

3. I needed that reminder..

I have got to make a few more quilts!

[Lint Head]

4. Good luck Governor. Republicans think the poor are causing the

financial problems. They blame everything on the poor. Republicans think the answer to everything is to kill something.
I have heard Republicans actually say that the poor should all die so the smart people can be left along. That is one of the reasons
I can NEVER EVER be a Republican. :dem:

[Indigo Blue]

6. But they're 'pro-life'!

Aren't they? Hmmm... could it be that they're (GASP) LYING?

[XanaDUer]

8. If dumb people die, then repukes better be careful

it will be a holocaust of conservatives.