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Obama: Inflating tires is better than drilling for oil
July 29, 2008 somewhere in Missouri
Obama Insists Inflating Tires Better Than Oil Drilling
Obama"There are things you can do individually, though, to save energy," Obama said. "Making sure your tires are properly inflated – simple thing. But we could save all the oil that they're talking about getting off drilling – if everybody was just inflating their tires? And getting regular tune-ups? You'd actually save just as much!"
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Does Obama really think that accessing our own offshore oil (before the ChiComs & Cubans slant drill it all) would only increase domestic production by 3%? He spends his time in this video picking his ear and community organizing his nose harvestings while flaunting his ignorance. Again, B.O.'s pretentious arrogance makes his profound ignorance all the more laughable.
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Related auto/oil examples of Obama's keen grasp of facts:
Pump up the tires, too.
March 23, 2009
William Amos and HA reader Xiphos send today’s entry, where President Barack Obama waxes nostalgic for the days when cars were truly fuel-efficient. Both the San Francisco Chronicle and the Detroit Free Press reported this late last week:
In his first few months, President Barack Obama has proven an ardent booster of the U.S. auto industry’s future — but he keeps screwing up its history.
Last month, Obama mistakenly called the automobile an American invention, surprising the Germans who claim that mantle. And in a speech in California today, Obama revived an inaccurate jab against the industry that Ford Motor Co.’s original Model T burned less fuel than modern sport utility vehicles. …
“The 1908 Model T — think about this — the 1908 Model T earned better gas mileage than the typical SUV in 2008,” Obama told the crowd. “Think about that — a hundred years later and we’re getting less gas mileage, not better, on SUVs.”
Well, except it didn’t, as the (Detroit Free Press) explains:
But according to Ford the first Model Ts built in 1908 could go 13 to 21 miles on a gallon, depending on the particular variation. The automaker and Model T clubs say typical Tin Lizzies averaged 15 m.p.g.
What remains unclear is how it makes sense to compare a fabric-roofed, four-seat car to a seven-passenger truck stuffed with high-tech accoutrements.
Those first Model Ts weighed about 1,200 pounds, lacked windows, rode on wood wheels and could ease up to a top speed of 45 miles per hour. A modern SUV tips the scales at 4,600 pounds, hits a top speed of 140 m.p.h. and has to meet a bevy of laws for crashworthiness.
The Chronicle includes this pithy quote from the CEO of the Model-T Ford Club of America, emphasis mine:
But with an array of modern regulations, he noted, “You couldn’t build a Model T today because the government wouldn’t let you put it on the road.”
Maybe Ford should check with Obama to start applying for waivers ….
Rush Limbaugh Challenges Obama's Cairo Speech "Facts" About Islamic Contributions
Obama's Cairo University, Egypt, speech of June 4, 2009, is archived in six parts on YouTube. In Part One Obama claims a number of achievements for Islamic culture that have benefited civilization:
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Later that day on his radio show Rush Limbaugh challenges Obama's claims:
President Obama's Cairo Speech: Outrageous, Absurd, Embarrassing
June 4, 2009
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RUSH: Now, we're going to move on here to President Obama's speech in Cairo -- and I understand, ladies and gentlemen. I have studied the reaction to the speech as part of my intense show prep today. And I have detected maybe a consensus in all media quarters that this was a surprisingly good speech, that there's really not a whole lot here to criticize -- and you better not criticize it! If you criticize it, why... Somebody told me -- I didn't hear this, but somebody told me -- that somebody said that this speech is as important, is as powerful, was as important as Reagan's speech, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." (interruption) Who said that? (interruption) Who? Who? Where? Who said it's the equivalent of the "I Have a Dream" speech? (interruption) Well, anyway, doesn't matter who said it. That's the general tenor, the general tenor is it's a brilliant speech. It's better than we coulda hoped for. Don't criticize it. It's only going to harm you, if you criticize it. So, with that in mind, let's play the first sound bite I have chosen to share with you from Obama's speech this morning at Cairo University.
OBAMA: As a student of history, I also know civilization's debt to Islam. It was Islam at places like Al-Azhar that carried the light of learning through so many centuries, paving the way for Europe's renaissance and enlightenment. It was innovation in Muslim communities that developed the order of algebra, our magnetic compass and tools of navigation, our mastery of pens and printing, our understanding of how disease spreads and how it could be healed. Islamic culture has given us majestic arches and soaring spires, timeless poetry and cherished music, elegant calligraphy, and places of peaceful contemplation -- and throughout history, Islam has demonstrated through words and deeds the possibilities of religious tolerance and racial equality.
RUSH: Okay. I know we're not supposed to criticize Obama's speech here. I know it's going way off the reservation here to do this. But, folks, that is outrageous. This is simply outrageous. It was absurd, in fact. Let's see. Where do we start here? "It was innovation in Muslim communities that developed the order of algebra." No. The origins of algebra trace back to the ancient Babylonians. They were not Muslims. Algebra was temporarily developed by the ancient Greeks and later the English. "Our magnetic compass, tools of navigation," Islam gave us these? No. "Recent research suggests that the compass may have been discovered by Central Americans, but if they didn't do it, the Chinese are then its discoverers. In either case, be it the Chinese or the Central Americans, the compass was discovered centuries before the advent of Islam."
Now, what am I supposed to say? I'm not supposed to say this stuff. Now, let's see, let's see. "Our mastery of pens and printing..." Has anybody ever heard of Gutenberg? I didn't know Gutenberg was a Muslim. "Our understanding of how disease spreads and how it can be healed..."? Are there Nobel Prizes for Medicine awarded to Muslims I have missed? "Islamic has given us some majestic arches and soaring spires..." Well, sorry, folks, but arches and spires predate the arrival of Islam by centuries. I mean, come on, folks. Arches? Anybody heard of Rome? He also talked about the great gift, "timeless poetry and cherished music." The only problem there is that music -- and musical instruments especially -- are forbidden in most Islamic traditions. And it should be unnecessary to have to note Islam's "religious tolerance" has been demonstrated. Okay, I'm... Take it away.
