"Cap and Trade Dead" and "The Health Care Bill is the Worst I've Ever Seen"

Went to a GOP picnic on Saturday in Plano, TX. Had a lot of the local GOP office holders for county, city and state. Also, had one of our two US Representatives from our county, Congressman Sam Johnson. Sam is getting up in years but we are very lucky to have him as our representative. A little background on Sam. Sam is a retired Air Force Colonel where he flew fighter jets in the Korean and Viet Nam wars. In 1966 he was shot down over Viet Nam and was a resident of the Hanoi Hilton for 7 years of which 42 months were in solitary confinement. During this period, he was repeatedly tortured. Johnson recounted the details of his POW experience in his autobiography, Captive Warriors.

Sam spoke to us for approximately 20 minutes. The important points where that Cap and Trade appears to be dead in the senate, the House version of Health Care Reform is the worst bill he had ever seen in his 18 years in congress. He also said that Obama's use of Czars is circumventing the cabinet system and congressional approval of appointments. Under his breath he said it was getting close to being a dictatorship.

Here's a list of the Blue Dogs in the U.S. House of Representatives;
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (SD)
Rep. Baron Hill (IN-09)
Rep. Charlie Melancon (LA-03)
Rep. Heath Shuler (NC-11)
Altmire, Jason (PA-04)
Arcuri, Mike (NY-24)
Baca, Joe (CA-43)
Barrow, John (GA-12)
Berry, Marion (AR-01)
Bishop, Sanford (GA-02)
Boren, Dan (OK-02)
Boswell, Leonard (IA-03)
Boyd, Allen (FL-02)
Bright, Bobby (AL-02)
Cardoza, Dennis (CA-18)
Carney, Christopher (PA-10)
Chandler, Ben (KY-06)
Childers, Travis (MS-01)
Cooper, Jim (TN-05)
Costa, Jim (CA-20)
Cuellar, Henry (TX-28)
Dahlkemper, Kathy (PA-03)
Davis, Lincoln (TN-04)
Donnelly, Joe (IN-02)
Ellsworth, Brad (IN-08)
Giffords, Gabrielle (AZ-08)
Gordon, Bart (TN-06)
Griffith, Parker (AL-05)
Harman, Jane (CA-36)
Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie (SD)
Hill, Baron (IN-09)
Holden, Tim (PA-17)
Kratovil, Jr., Frank (MD-01)
McIntyre, Mike (NC-07)
Marshall, Jim (GA-03)
Matheson, Jim (UT-02)
Melancon, Charlie (LA-03)
Michaud, Mike (ME-02)
Minnick, Walt (ID-01)
Mitchell, Harry (AZ-05)
Moore, Dennis (KS-03)
Murphy, Patrick (PA-08)
Nye, Glenn (VA-02)
Peterson, Collin (MN-07)
Pomeroy, Earl (ND)
Ross, Mike (AR-04)
Salazar, John (CO-03)
Sanchez, Loretta (CA-47)
Schiff, Adam (CA-29)
Scott, David (GA-13)
Shuler, Heath (NC-11)
Space, Zack (OH-18)
Tanner, John (TN-08)
Taylor, Gene (MS-04)
Thompson, Mike (CA-01)
Wilson, Charles (OH-06)

These are the ones that can be swayed when it comes to Obama's agenda. [i.e. Cap and Trade, Health Care Reform etc.]