GW has been maddening imprecise and incoherent on "Energy" . When I twice-voted for this charmingly tongue-tied yutz, the very least I expected was a few new refineries to get the go ahead, or at least encouragement.
GW has made very ineffective use of the "Bully Pulpit," and shown no leadership on "Energy." He has even been wishy-washy on "Global Warming," never even contesting Al Gore's more outrageous unscientific scaremongering. Imagine the turn-around Mumbles Bush could pull off on this and other issues if he had the wherewithal to just come out and say "we need more refineries, there is no oil shortage, Global Warming is a crock, yes pollution is bad, but we don't have much in this country ... etc. etc."
Being a fighting democrat is extra easy when you have George Bush passing you the ammo. Thanks to him and the rest of the country-clubbers at the RNC, we face a very real danger of a wipe-out in the WH, House and Senate. Let's just pray that this good, but incoherent and nuance-deaf fellow somehow manages to go out with a bang and not just (yet another) whimper. .
If the GOP were smart ..... What ho? Prayer time again? If the GOP were smart, there wouldn't be a Nancy Pelosi and the oil-price problem, which has sunk previous administrations would never happen. What happened was "No Leadership."
Can’t say I disagree with one word of that.
—GW has made very ineffective use of the “Bully Pulpit,” and shown no leadership on “Energy.” He has even been wishy-washy on “Global Warming,” never even contesting Al Gore’s more outrageous unscientific scaremongering. Imagine the turn-around Mumbles Bush could pull off on this and other issues if he had the wherewithal to just come out and say “we need more refineries, there is no oil shortage, Global Warming is a crock, yes pollution is bad, but we don’t have much in this country ... etc. etc.”
Being a fighting democrat is extra easy when you have George Bush passing you the ammo. Thanks to him and the rest of the country-clubbers at the RNC, we face a very real danger of a wipe-out in the WH, House and Senate. Let’s just pray that this good, but incoherent and nuance-deaf fellow somehow manages to go out with a bang and not just (yet another) whimper—
We have a winner! Give this man a cigar.
Bump.
The president cannot force companies to build refineries. With that said, the Port Arthur, TX refineries are expanding as we speak.
Why would anyone in their right mind build a refinery in the US? They yield a pitiful return on investment.
The driving force behind rising oil prices is China and India. There is nothing the President can do about that short of blockading Chinese and Indian ports from tanker access. Ten years ago, automobiles were a rarity in China. Today, their cities are overrun with them. It is a matter of simple economics. The supply of gasoline today is at its highest level ever.
The bottom line is that when President Bush took office, gas was $1.46/gallon.
As Truman said, “The Buck Stops Here.” Blame Pelosi et al all you want, but it is what it is.