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  <title>The Fighting 29th</title>
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    <title>Big Oil Robocall</title>
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      <name>Rottenchester</name>
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    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[I received the following robo-call yesterday:<br /><br /><blockquote>This is an urgent message from American Family Voices at 202-293-1128. Congressman Randy Kuhl voted for a $13 billion Christmas present for the oil industry in the way of tax giveaways.&nbsp; Meanwhile, Congressman Kuhl has taken thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from the oil industry.&nbsp; Why, with oil prices over $100/barrel, and gas prices on their way to $4/gallon this year, why in heavens name should Congressman Kuhl be giving tax giveaways to big oil?<br /><br />Call Congressman Kuhl at 607-776-9142 and tell him we should be helping Americans at the pump and not rewarding big oil.<br /><br /></blockquote>WETM, Channel 18 in Elmira, also has a <a href="http://www.wetmtv.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=80ee6699-b16e-4095-8a6f-caa521a227d3">story</a> on the call.&nbsp; By my count, this is the fourth robo-call from this group.&nbsp; Other calls concerned <a href="http://www.fighting29th.com/2007/11/unsafe-products-robocall.html">unsafe toys</a>, <a href="http://www.fighting29th.com/2007/10/schip-robocall.html">S-CHIP</a> and <a href="http://www.fighting29th.com/2007/10/antiiran-war-robocall.html">war with Iran</a>.&nbsp; According to the <a href="http://www.stealthpacs.org/profile.cfm?org_id=38">non-partisan Public Citizen organization</a>, American Family Voices is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/501_%28c%29_%284%29#501.28c.29.284.29">501(c)(4)</a> funded mainly by <a href="http://afscme.org/">AFSCME</a>.&nbsp;    ]]></summary>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[I received the following robo-call yesterday:<br /><br /><blockquote>This is an urgent message from American Family Voices at 202-293-1128. Congressman Randy Kuhl voted for a $13 billion Christmas present for the oil industry in the way of tax giveaways.&nbsp; Meanwhile, Congressman Kuhl has taken thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from the oil industry.&nbsp; Why, with oil prices over $100/barrel, and gas prices on their way to $4/gallon this year, why in heavens name should Congressman Kuhl be giving tax giveaways to big oil?<br /><br />Call Congressman Kuhl at 607-776-9142 and tell him we should be helping Americans at the pump and not rewarding big oil.<br /><br /></blockquote>WETM, Channel 18 in Elmira, also has a <a href="http://www.wetmtv.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=80ee6699-b16e-4095-8a6f-caa521a227d3">story</a> on the call.&nbsp; By my count, this is the fourth robo-call from this group.&nbsp; Other calls concerned <a href="http://www.fighting29th.com/2007/11/unsafe-products-robocall.html">unsafe toys</a>, <a href="http://www.fighting29th.com/2007/10/schip-robocall.html">S-CHIP</a> and <a href="http://www.fighting29th.com/2007/10/antiiran-war-robocall.html">war with Iran</a>.&nbsp; According to the <a href="http://www.stealthpacs.org/profile.cfm?org_id=38">non-partisan Public Citizen organization</a>, American Family Voices is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/501_%28c%29_%284%29#501.28c.29.284.29">501(c)(4)</a> funded mainly by <a href="http://afscme.org/">AFSCME</a>.&nbsp;    ]]></content>
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