Jowl Of The Day

Introducing Republican Representative Richard Pombo, of California's 11th District.


A face that only a right wing mother could love.

Why him? Well, the Republicans are at it again and are going to try to reintroduce a bill to allow oil drilling in the Alaskan Arctic Wildlife Refuge today in Congress. They are hoping that people will be so upset with rising gas prices that they will change their minds and decide that we should allow drilling in order to help bring down the price of oil - all a bunch of horseshit, by the way. All it will do is allow big oil companies (who had the biggest profits on the face of the earth this past year while gas prices kept rising anyway) to finally ruin that last piece of untouched US land that has environmental protections and that they've greedily wanted for decades.

So why Pombo? Well, wouldn't you know it, he's one of the biggest anti-enviromentalist politicians on the face of the earth and a major supporter of Arctic drilling, along with being one of the most corrupt members of Congress. Here's a little Corruption Bio for you below.


"Vote for me and this is what all your animals will look like soon."

In office since 1993, he has worked hard, as the right-wing asshole in charge of the House Resources Committee, to overturn existing environmental laws and destroy every other good environmental piece of legislation introduced in the House. That's right, he controls the very important Resources Committee - ugggh.


"Fuhgedaboudit"

He's been named one of 13 most corrupt members of Congress and is a protégé of corruption magnet, Tom DeLay. DeLay gave Pombo the chair of the House Resources Committee over 5 other more senior Republicans because of his complete loyalty to DeLay. Now, Pombo is protecting DeLay by refusing to investigate the Jack Abramoff scandal and as chair of the House Resources Committee, it is Pombo's job to investigate Abramoff's illegal dealings with Indian tribes. However, Pombo has refused to do that, all the while accepting large sums of money from Abramoff.

So congratulations Representative Pombo, you are our Jowl Of The Day.