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This week we’ve seen DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz caught blatantly lying about her claim that Republicans wanted to “literally” drag us back to the days of the Jim Crow laws. Now Chris Van Hollen, one of Maryland’s collection of Democrat hacks, has suddenly discovered that the world oil market drives gas prices. Van Hollen cites experts “on both sides” who say there are factors “totally beyond the control of the president or the congress with respect to the price.” Here he is today on WMAL:

But as you might expect, Mr. Van Hollen felt differently back when George W. Bush was president. According UPI he blamed the two “oil men” in the White House for conspiring to set high oil prices with a “secret energy task force.” Amazingly, George Bush and Dick Cheney were able to intentionally raise gas prices despite all those factors “totally beyond” their control.

WASHINGTON, July 12 (UPI) – U.S. President George Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney have helped major oil companies raise gas prices, U.S. Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., said Saturday.

The Maryland congressman said during the weekly Democratic radio address that the nation’s top two elected Republicans created a “secret energy task force” and met with oil company officials early in their first term to hear their “wish lists.”

“It’s really no surprise what happened next. With two oil men in the White House, gas prices have nearly tripled, and oil company profits are up over 300 percent,” Van Hollen said.

“We’re all paying the price for these decisions — not only at the pump, but when we buy groceries or when we drive or fly for business or to visit our families.”

Van Hollen also said despite contradictory comments from Bush, congressional Democrats support domestic drilling. But the Democratic official said the drilling should take place on lands already held by the major oil companies.

“In fact, what the president hasn’t told you is that the oil companies are already sitting on 68 million acres of federal lands with the potential to nearly double U.S. oil production,” he said.

Van Hollen said Democrats were creating legislation to require oil companies to use those federal lands or lease them to others to facilitate drilling.

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Come clean,Congressman. That sort of two faced approach isn’t going to help you with the new voters in your newly gerrymandered district.

No surprises here. Lots of federal employees work in DC but live (and vote) in Maryland. Our Democrat politicians are more motivated by how to buy those votes than by what is best for the country. So this tweet from Mikulski is the sort of smoke they blow up government employees’ butts on a regular basis.

Hard working civil servants promote American businesses, protect American ideas and resources and keep our economy moving forward — Barbara Mikulski (@SenatorBarb) March 22, 2012

Mikulski is cagy enough to hedge her pandering in terms of keeping “our economy moving forward” even though what she’s saying doesn’t make any real economic sense. Her partner in crime, Ben Cardin (@SenatorCardin) is less adept at smoke blowing. When pandering to folks who earn their living on the backs of the tax payers, he actually backhands those who work in the private sector, creating the wealth that his constituents consume. As reported recently in the Daily Caller, Cardin said:

“Federal workers are making a sacrifice to serve in the federal workforce. You are doing things much more complicated and difficult and you’re not being compensated fairly when compared to the private sector…”

I hope you Democrat voters who run your own businesses or work for private companies are comfortable with leaders who think what you do is less difficult and has less value than government paper pushing. If you ever want to ruin a good mood, take a look at the Twitter feeds of our Maryland congressional delegation. Maryland deserves better than this.

Glenn Morton for Congress releases a new video ad. Methinks I see Ladd Ehlinger’s fingerprints on this one.

Things are a little too comfortable in the U.S. Senate when the Democrats who haven’t passed a budget in over a thousand days aren’t embarrassed to backslap and boast on Twitter about how long and how “well” they’ve served the country. The Republicans are not perfect, but this is exchange between New Hamphshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen and Maryland’s own Barbara Mikulski depicts Democrats who are quite self satisfied despite their dismal failure to lead.

Delegate Sheila Hixson

Delegate James Gilchrist

Maryland Democrats are bent on killing jobs and small business with new taxes.

Democrat Delegates James Gilchrist (district 17) and Sheila Hixson (district 20) get their way, many services will be more expensive starting in 2013 and the added expense is sure to kill a lot of small business jobs. Here is a list of previously tax exempt services which will now be subject to the state sales and use tax if house bill 1051 becomes law.

1. Commercial cleaning or laundering of textiles for commercial clients
2. Cleaning of commercial or industrial buildings
3. Cellular telephone or mobile telecommunications services
4. “900″ -type telecommunications services
5. Custom calling service
6. Telephone answering service
7. Cable television and pay-per-view service
8. Credit reporting service
9. Security guard, detective or armored car service
10. Security system service
11. Transportation services related to electricity or natural gas
12. Pre-paid telephone calling
13. Motor vehicle maintenance or repair
14. Motor vehicle washing and waxing
15. Road service and towing services
16. Motor vehicle painting, rustproofing and undercoating
17. Parking facility service
18. Barber or beauty service
19. Tanning, massage, or physical fitness service
20. Docking or landing service
21. Shoe repair
22. Tax preparation
23. Sauna or steam bath service
24. Weighing machine service
25. Public locker rental or service
26. Dating or escort service
27. Dieting service
28. Direct mail advertising
29. Commercial photography or art service
30. Stenographic service
31. Exterminator service
32. Employment agency service
33. Temporary help service
34. Management, consulting, public relations or any other business consulting service
35. Real property management service
36. Testing laboratory service
37. Sign painting service
38. Interior decorating service
39. Auctioneering service
40. Business brokerage service
41. Drafting service
42. Independent lecture bureau service
43. Printing brokerage service
44. Notary public service
45. Shop window decorating service

See your business on there? I’m sure you see some services you use on a regular basis. Call your delegates and tell them to vote NO on this horrible legislation.