Gorilla tactics work well, and give the MSM something to report. It’s about time that R’s start to get into the game!

Might just have to email my R. Congresscritter and ask why he’s not there too!

I knew there was a reason we voted for these people.

It didn’t happen or isn’t happening. I hope they thought far enough ahead or at least had the wits to have some staffers go get some video cameras to record this.
There are just a ton of material that could be used in ads. First one that comes to mind is with the lights out a voice over telling the American people that this is the Democrats idea of a sensible energy policy and what they want for all of us.
This is an absolute goldmine if used correctly.
Let’s see how far their savvy goes.

and every one of these participants. It’s Thank God somebody in Congress remembered they’re there for the People.

Damn shame more republicans didn’t follow their leadership.

It didn’t happen or isn’t happening. I hope they thought far enough ahead or at least had the wits to have some staffers go get some video cameras to record this.
There are just a ton of material that could be used in ads. First one that comes to mind is with the lights out a voice over telling the American people that this is the Democrats idea of a sensible energy policy and what they want for all of us.
This is an absolute goldmine if used correctly.
Let’s see how far their savvy goes.

No surprise that Rep. Porter hauled a**, he’s not being seriously challenged this year and has a 47% rating from Club for Growth. The state GOP stands behind this guy. I want to get active about getting him out, but I’m not sure how to go about it.

Rep. Heller, on the other hand, surprises me. He’s a good conservative Republican, with a very good voting record. I would have expected him to stick around to support the leadership.

Rep. Berkley from the 1st District is a Dem with no serious challenger this year. And she’s as left wing as they come.

They should show up on Monday too. If the doors are locked they should hold a press conference outside.

Dent

Nice to see my congressman was involved.

John Shimkus.

is deaf, dumb and blind. Even Fox News. Are the Republicans still meeting in the House chamber? If the Republican’s meet and no one covers it…

Keep the updates coming. This is great news.

at 202–224-3121 and ask why he’s not involved … or praise him if he is!

Its not a live blog on the breitbarts but its getting updated

The GOP members there are apperently in the gallery to stop the cops from kicking the public out of it, and some (GOP members) are inviting visitors onto the house floor to fill the vacant seats of the Dems.

GOP this is awesome. More of this and less of the Stevens and co. corruption and you can win elections again.

Feed ‘em the cold steel!

has the authority to turn out the lights on Congressmen still on the floor.

RJD, that’s the whole point of trying to clear the gallery using the Capitol Police.

Mr. President, time to lead your party on a matter that impacts all Americans.

Call Congress back into session. The Democrats can’t or won’t lead, it is time for you to lead this country.

This is great… hope it gets more press. I emailed my (Dem) Congresswoman on this. We need more guerilla tactics like this to highlight where everyone stands on this issue.

There is a lot of seething anger over gas prices and politicians’ inability/ unwillingness to do anything about it. Even in California (especially in California, home of the $5/gallon). Yes, this is a liberal state, but only until it hits voters’ pocketbook.

I agree, the most successful congress was Newt Gingrich’s Contract with America. Nothing like a good tax revolt to show the “powers that be” who really holds the power.

And I’d love to see Obama have to justify a No-Drilling vote…

Could they lift the drilling ban with only 22 people and no lights?

taken by repubs on the House floor shown on Tv like smuggled video from war zones to show the result of the let them eat cake dems that want $10 per gal gas.

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President Bush needs to call back Congress in an Energy Session. It is time to stand up to this nonsense and drill, drill, drill.

Tell them to get on the floor.

I think the American public should get involved – - maybe sending them food and microphones – - posting the videos on the internet of the speeches by using home video cameras – - etc.

Nancy Pelosi is a thug – - and would rather win in November then alleviate the public’s misery. She can then blame Bush for the gas prices as she blames him for everything else. Someone should pull the plug on her limo and the private jet she’s riding at taxpayers expense.

We should support the brave Republicans who are finally courageous enough to stand up to this little tyrant and her followers.

It seems this an ‘in your face world’ and that’s how the liberals push through their control even though they are the minority. Time for the same tactics for the Republicans.

“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” Plato

My Congressman. This is the stuff that sets Republicans apart; gets our brand back–and quick.

Any projections on a Bush decision to call a special session?

on the floor of the House at this time. I recommended that it might be a good thing to do–politely. She’s not my congresscritter, Bart Gordon-D, is and I KNOW he’s not there. But Marsha is someone who needs to be supporting this.

He’s supposedly on his way back to the floor right now.

I was told his office is being inundated with calls just like mine.

Update 6 – Rep Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) just pretended to be a Democrat. He stood on the other side of the chaber and listed all of the GOP bills that the Dems killed.

He then said “I am a Democrat and here is my energy plan” and he held up a picture of an old VW Bug with a sail attached to it. He paraded around he house floor with the sign while the crowd cheered.

Stella finally got her groove back?

I love it when Republicans finally show some courage and fight for what they know is right. Too bad our new overlord Czar Nancy doesn’t believe in free speech, eh comrade?

That about sum’s it up.

But they did manage to squeeze in “51,000 jobs lost” and “Scientist Under Suspicion Commits Suicide”.

Not a word on what’s happening in Congress.
Unless, of course, you count those 51,000 jobs lost—the price of gas doesn’t necessarily account for all of them, but it certainly accounts for a lot.

Can someone, anyone, in this forum please explain how Drilling Offshore will help the American people?

How will it lower oil and gas prices in the US?

How? How? How?

If you can’t answer this simple question, then how can you stand in protest?

This is freaking brilliant theatre. I have felt much better about the fall ever since the GOP discovered the drilling issue and Obama decided that he is indeed immortal.

The question for you is this: Are you so clueless that you can’t figure it out for yourself?

Hint: It’s supply and demand.

Clueless? How will the potential of 18 Billion barrels of oil found in the OCS impact the supply side of the equation, when the total world reserves are nearly 1.3 Trillion Barrels? (Doing the math for you that represents less than 1.4%)

You do know that oil is a worldwide commodity, not just in the US?

You don’t think OPEC would adjust their output to maintain the current supply and price levels?

Alas, can Janis or anyone else please explain how Drilling Offshore will assist the people of the United States?

assist us.

Just spoke with his office folks…

Really proud to have that guy here…

While Pelosi jets around the country on her book tour Gore-ing the country with her jet-fueled carbon footprint the Dembocrats leave the country in a lurch.

Priceless

Angry White Boy

I just (3:21pm) called my congressman, Frank Wolf (VA-10) and asked if he is on the floor. The lady told me he supports it but he had “other commitments” in his district.

VA-10 is 30 minutes outside of DC, so I told her he needs to get his congressbutt on the floor, (I used more polite language).

She seemed fully aware of what’s happening, so I’m guessing there have been a few calls before mine.

Please everyone, call your Rep. now and tell them to get on the House floor!

You can find your Congressman’s office phone number Here.

petehoekstra Message; Call Speaker Pelosi at 202 225 0100. Demand vote on energy legislation. Tweet your friends and call now. half a minute ago from TwitterBerry

Seriously?

Why are oil prices down in the last 3 weeks?

Supply has increased in the short-term related lower demand focused onto price. The decrease of the fuel subsidy in China by 18% had a notable impact on the demand for fuel in the growing Chinese economy. Additionally, concerns about economic growth in the developed world, with a correlating impact in developing countries, has led to speculation that future demand will be lower than expected. All of that is so obvious it is hardly worth stating.

As for the question of Offshore Drilling. It is clear that this will have little to no impact on worldwide supplies. As OPEC countries have the ability to limit production to mitigate any supply gains from OCS drilling. And even that will be at least 10 years in the future, as the allocation of resources needed to drill in this high-cost area will take time to mobilize when more accessible alternatives representing higher margins are still producing.

Again, we are talking about unproven reserves, in an area that requires tremendous cost for extraction, and potentially represents a small fraction of world supply.

Clearly, conservation, operational efficiencies, and reduction of subsidies in foreign countries will have a greater upward influence on the supply side of the equation than drilling in the OCS.

Next.

n/t

petehoekstra petehoekstra Shame! Shame! Capital Hill police working under strict orders to shut Capital down at 430 pm today. Speaker Pelosi wants this shut down now 3 minutes ago from TwitterBerry

Any chance you can get yourselves to DC to prove yourselves more willing than the incumbent to work for your district on this issue?

petehoekstra petehoekstra Shame! Shame! Capital Hill police working under strict orders to shut Capital down at 430 pm today. Speaker Pelosi wants this shut down now 3 minutes ago from TwitterBerry

Man, Fox is clueless. Do they really think this repeated coverage of nothing happening on poor Caylee Anthony is more
important??

Ahhh!! Bite my tongue – they just announced they are actually going to
start coverage on this.

Need to tune in and wait for my pizza to
be delivered.

I was told by a very charming young lady that although he supports offshore drilling and would like the issue brought up to a vote and is willing to stand up to his own party on this (he’s a Dem), he is already gone for the break. Specifically she said that although he supports the cause of those in the House currently (and she seemed aware that they are in the dark), he would rather the vote be conducted in a more civilized manner. Tchh.. Typical Democrat CYA behavior.

My D Senator has skipped town and my R Senator, although firmly opposed to the recess, has also skipped town. Sad.

Gotta love the house rep from Ohio for leading the charge and also my rep from WV Rep. Shelley Moore Capito for being brave enough to stand up for our rights as people to have our government to work for us not against us.

petehoekstra petehoekstra Manzullo brought the crowd to its feet “Americans want to take back their country!” 11 minutes ago from TwitterBerry

be bumped to the top of the page. Especially if the Republicans are removed from the Chamber by police.

Maybe they can’t cover it with video…
C-SPAN.org

Call Tom Davis’ office said — even if he is leaving Congress he needs to go support this group (yeah like that will happen)

I also e-mailed Pence’s office and given in live in NOVA offerred to come be a gallery body overnight/overweekend — as long as they stay.

I took the train in to DC this am — dare I waste the gasoline to drive back in tonight to watch these events unfold — would I be able to enter the Capitol after 8pm?

Way to go!! Clearly spoken. Keep up the
fight!! Nice follow-up to Rep. Blunt!!
Let us know if we can send you pizza and
where to order!!

Way to go!! Clearly spoken. Keep up the
fight!! Nice follow-up to Rep. Blunt!!
Let us know if we can send you pizza and
where to order!!

Way to go!! Clearly spoken. Keep up the
fight!! Nice follow-up to Rep. Blunt!!
Let us know if we can send you pizza and
where to order!!

petehoekstra Kevin Brady “question isn’t how long we’ll do this. It’s how long will Speaker Pelosi hold up voting on energy legislation?” 17 minutes ago from TwitterBerry

I am so proud that people are finally going for the gusto and doing this for Americans. Way to GO GOP….

conservativealaska aka upinak

Conference staff person said visitor gallery was closed.

Also said calls are flooding in from all across the country with words of support.

This news will get out — all these Representatives have to do is hang with it for 24-36 hours and it will be a news story on all the Sunday morning shows.

Revolution in Congress — please keep going the American people need you.

Does anyone know if those of us in the DC area can go down there and get in the gallery?

Is this going to be going on through the evening and is Pelosi using the police to keep citizens out?

If it’s still open, I can be there in an hour.

Can we get this story “stuck” at the top of the front page for awhile?

While hearing about Obama twisting in the wind as to the justifications of his candidacy is note-worthy and deservedly should be discussed, I think this story deserves to be seen and hope it doesn’t go unnoticed due to it not being the ‘first’ story on the front page.

that Fox News has access to some grainy cell phone video… can you get some more updates and the like from the floor?

One of Sean Hackbarth’s friends has dubbed this the “Boston Tweet Party”.

Speciallist or absentee: you guys got the skills to Photoshop up something for this phrase

I just called my congressman’s office. They said the gallery is open and people can come down and show their support. They are going to be there through the evening. You need to go to your Rep.’s office first to get a gallery pass.

petehoekstra We’re closing: singing God Bless America. Stay tuned for future activities. Thanks for tweeting. I hope you felt the same excitement I did. 2 minutes ago from TwitterBerry

What I would not give for a front row seat at this party! This is one the most excisting things I’ve seen in a very long time. Now if President Bush would just step into the fray. This would be good TV!

Hopefully some video of this makes it to the general public.

Take that you Dem’s…

petehoekstra We’re closing: singing God Bless America. Stay tuned for future activities. Thanks for tweeting. I hope you felt the same excitement I did. 2 minutes ago from TwitterBerry

sad.

I rarely comment on RS because of my job but I was on the House floor today during the “Guerrilla Session” and I was so proud to be there. There was a real electricity amongst the members, staff and visitors to the Capitol. They certainly got to see a part of history today and it’s a day I will not soon forget.

To thank her. It is so nice to have a conservative Representative who stands up for what is right.

We have absolutely flanked the Democrats on energy policy.

Let’s get every GOP House member there now.

Let’s use the press coverage from this event to introduce a “GOP Energy Contract with America.”

Perhaps even McCain can use this to draw attention to the contrast between him and Obama on this matter.

Love the earlier post suggesting that this is a tailor made ad of the Democrats turning the lights out on America.

I will be talking about this in every political conversation I have with friends and family between now and November.

Under the 1982 United Nations Law of the Seas Convention the US has an exclusive economic zone of 200 nautical miles and mineral seabed rights up to 350 nautical miles extending along the Continental shelf. A nautical mile is 6080 feet so our exclusive economic zone extends about 240 miles and mineral seabed rights extend 420 miles. The US has the world’s largest offshore exclusive economic zone totaling 4.4 million square miles. In comparison, the total land area of the United States is only 3.4 million square miles. Because we have the world’s largest offshore coastline which is twenty-five percent greater than our land area, it only makes common sense that we exploit our offshore resources to achieve our energy independence.

The John McCain campaign should use as an example Chevron’s discovery 270 miles southwest of New Orleans and 175 miles offshore. The first discovery well produced 6000 barrels of oil a day. At 44 gallons to a barrel, this first single well is capable of producing a quarter of a million gallons of gasoline a day for US automobile tanks. This well named Jack 2 was drilled nearly 21,000 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico in more than a mile of water. Imagine, they drilled almost five miles deep. This well is within our exclusive economic zone. If Barack Obama and the Democrats had their way, we would not have this production available for the American public.

The Canadian Hibernia oil platform 280 miles southeast of St John’s Newfoundland Canada is also a poster child of Democrat led US hostility to energy production. The first Canadian well at Hibernia came in with daily production of 50,000 barrels a day, almost the equivalent of 2 million gallons of gas a day. Fifty additional development wells have been drilled at Hibernia. Interestingly tugs capture and divert potential icebergs that could hit the drilling platform that also serves as a holding reservoir for over one million barrels of oil. This is the world largest oil platform that was drilled with the help of Mobil Oil and Chevron and loan guarantees by the Canadian government. Obama and the Democrats would never consider government loan guarantees for a sure thing that will produce energy for the American gas tank. Democrat loan guarantees and earmarks are only reserved for off the wall improbable future technologies such as hydrogen power that offer no short term chance of solution for our energy problems.

Democratic disdain for energy production by US companies is evident with the current ownership of former US energy companies. Is it any surprise that the former jewell Arco Oil Company which owned 80 percent of our Alaska Oil Reserves was bought out by British Petroleum Corporation for a song at the end of the Clinton administration due to the hostile Democratic attitude toward energy companies. It is no accident that the largest US builder of nuclear power plants, Westinghouse’s Nuclear Power Construction Division was bought out by Japan’s Toshiba Corporation. While 80 percent of France’s electricity is generated by nuclear power, only twenty percent in the US is generated due to the successful efforts of Democratic party to kill the US nuclear power industry. Significantly, nuclear power is not considered a mainstay of Democratic plans to address our energy crisis. There is also a worldwide shortage and backlog of orders for oil drilling platforms and oil drilling ships but US shipyards are not building these ships. Only one percent of the world’s commercial ships are built in US shipyards. Hold your breath for the Democratic outcry and push for government help to US ship builders to build oil drilling ships in the US.