Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Schumer goes after oil industry...

Senator calls for refinery probe...
Homer: [gulps]  I suppose you want to probe me.
Well, might as well get it over with.


US senator Clinton targets 'Big Oil'
Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary
Clinton Wednesday demanded a probe...


Edwards finds friendly reception...

...he disagreed with a questioner who proposed a "patriot tax" on gasoline, saying that he'd instead push for a windfall profits tax on oil companies."

"To me, any Democrat would be better than what we have currently — Elmer Fudd seems like a brighter person than our current president," said Sasha Kaplan, a Portland-area parent."

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I'll have more on the various taxes and probes in a bit.