Pelosi loses a battle – literally handing the Rs a victory

Doug is wont to say "Politics is war by other means…" – and often, he’s right.  All one has to do is watch the goings on in the US House to see that it is often tooth and nail on the ideological battlefield, especially in the Energy theater of operations.

Well, with the vote to go on vacation without doing anything on access our own country’s energy resources, the Democrat leadership retreated from their redoubt on the field of battle when the Republicans refused to leave.

Pelsoi magnified the retreat by acting childish by ordering the lights, mics, and cameras turned off.  What she failed to realize that the Internet technologies are "disruptive" in nature – they do not play by any rules all ready in place.  Shut down the old media – use the new ones (e.g., Twitter, Qik, et al) to get the message out.

It sure was nice to see the Rs get a backbone.  It was really nice to see them get EXCITED too!

So, let’s have fun.  My friend Eric quickly put up DontGo.us for a petition:

United States Congress,

On August 1st, 2008, We The People were hoping to see our Congress take action to relieve the burden of high energy costs for American consumers. As you know, sky rocketing fuel prices are causing stress on virtually every aspect of our lives. It is the duty of our elected representatives to find solutions.

However, the events of August 1st, led by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and her Democrat Colleagues, have shown that many of our representatives are putting self interests before the welfare of the American people. Indeed, the Democrat majority in Congress shut down Capital Hill before holding a vote on the energy bill. In fact, the majority leadership appeared to take extreme measures to stifle any and all discussion related to energy on the House floor, including shutting off lights, cameras, and microphones to ensure that our Representatives’ voices would not be heard by the public.

We find this to be an outrage, and an insult to the American democratic process. We strongly urge you to remain in session until votes have been cast on energy legislation. As our elected representatives, it is your duty to serve the citizens of this great country, and we expect you to do your jobs with the dedication and perseverance most American workers demonstrate each day with their own jobs and families. We call on you to immediately convene a session and provide a respectful bipartisan forum to make progress on one of the most important problems facing our country- a lack of energy independence.

Finding a solution to our energy crises is a priority for us. There for, we demand it be a priority for you as well.

Signed,

Go ahead, go sign it (you KNOW you want to!)

Side Tangent:

What an analogy – just like in Iraq, the Dems think that they can end the war by simply pulling up stakes and leaving.  Here’s to hoping that Pelosi’s blunder will teach them that the energy war between the Dems and Rs is not over.  Neither will the war with Islamofascists (be it Iraq, Afganistan, Iran, India, any where in the world be it warfare, lawfare, or culturefare) will be over just because Obama wants to leave the field of battle.