Posted on 06/11/2008 2:24:18 PM PDT by Jo Nuvark
July 4th is America’s Independence Day, yet we are grossly dependant on foreign oil because the “Environmentally Ill” say that oil harvesting is a danger to wildlife. However, other countries drill for oil and it’s apparently OK for us to purchase and consume their “blood” oil. Unless American wildlife and habitats are superior, then isn't it all the same? If habitats are being harmed because of drilling, why not keep it close to home, so we can monitor, lobby, legislate and otherwise regulate it to death. Oh... sorry, we already to that. But at least the United States ...
This Independence Day, Americans will celebrate either at home or in a public way at media events in outdoor stadiums where a sign (or thousands of signs) could send a powerful message. DRILL HERE! DRILL NOW!
This Independence day conservative masses with signs, t-shirts and caps could finally say what Rush Limbaugh has been saying all week … “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH”! Remember the John 3:16 guy? We can be the DRILL HERE! DRILL NOW! people. We don’t have to attend a meeting, take work or vacation time off to march on Washington or our State Capitols. The media wouldn't cover it anyway. Take advantage of the opportunity wherever you are; a Ballgame, a Nascar race or a family picnic. Imagine the stadium rocking as fans chant ‘DRILL HERE! DRILL NOW!”
Here are some other ideas for signs.
IMPEACH CONGRESS!
RESET THE CONSTITUTION.
IT’S OK TO MAKE GROTESQUE PROFIT IF YOU ARE A CELEBRITY, SENATOR, CONGRESS PERSON, ATHLETE OR NEWS ANCHOR. ALL OTHERS FORGET ABOUT IT.
Shameless vanity ping!
Ping to self for later
* Cease all ethanol production. It takes away from food production and the unintended consequence is higher food costs. As diesel prices go up, the cost of farming tips the balance of cost to make ethanol a bad idea. Just say "no" to ethanol! Even Jimmy Carter says that diverting farm production from food to fuel is dumb – even HE gets it. This will create only ONE "blend" of gasoline and will cease regional "boutique" blends (gasohols) which are stupid, costly, and meaningless. Trucking custom blends around the country is wasteful. Ethanol blends get fewer miles to the gallon, and adds to the cost of production and transportation. Newer cars do not need oxygenated fuels.
* Lift the restrictions in order to drill for oil in Alaska, Gulf of Mexico, and other sites in the CONUS as a matter of national security.
* Encourage the petro industry to construct state-of-the-art refineries and/or retrofit current and dormant ones and crank up production for our newly-accessed oil in the CONUS.
* Make all “carbon credit” scams unlawful. Discrediting Algore should have been a slam-dunk a long time ago. Stop electing Reps who buy into the Global Warming / Global Cooling / Climate Change Hoax. CO2 is not our enemy!
* Construct SEVERAL, regional Pebble-Bed Modular Reactors (or other similar modern designs) that are not considered "breeders", are rechargeable, and cleaner than any current nuclear generator design. Breeders are OK, but PBMR's are better. Refine spent nuke fuel for recycling. DO SOMETHING NUCLEAR to resolve energy problems.
* Use the residual heat from the reactors above to process motor fuel from coal and/or shale. Even though Clinton "stole" some of the best coal reserves, we still have a lot to use.
* Become independent enough to make the cartels (i.e. OPEC) inconsequential.
* Convince local taxing bodies to lift or cap the sales tax on gasoline so that as gas prices go up, the local tax collectors don’t see a windfall revenue jump at the expense of the consumer. The Federal government could compel the states (and locals) to cap the fuel taxes.
If you squint real hard, and read between the lines, the ‘manifesto’ will require the dismissal of all RINOs and LibDems and the election of some clear-minded conservatives to even consider any of the above.
I said it the other day, we need to start a phone/fax/e-mail campaign just like we did for ILLEGAL amnesty,,,,,direct this towards congress, the senate, the white house, environmentalist whackos and anyone else who needs to be slapped, we CAN do this, we’ve succeeded before with other issues, we CAN do this, YES WE CAN!
Great post bump!
***RESET THE CONSTITUTION.***
That’s taking it a little far, and is kinda dangerous.
Not yet
...members of the House anxiously wait for vote on pay raises
YES! I see the point. Now it’s time to make sure our legislators get the point.
Kudos to New Gingrich for DRILL HERE! DILL NOW!
FYI... I believe it is a PHANTOM PHEAR that drilling upsets the eco-system.
Would make a hilarious t-shirt or bumper sticker. This can be taken ten ways to Sunday. LOL.
Yes, we should open up more E&P in the U.S.
However, that will only make us less dependent on foreign oil, not independent of foreign oil.
I don’t have a link, but I remember Rush Limbaugh talking about how the Caribou do better when they live near pipelines, because it is just a bit warmer there, and more of their offspring survive.
My daughter is pretty cute.
I wouldn’t want her to wear
a shirt that said, “DRILL
HERE! DRILL NOW! LOL!
Perhaps we can say...
OIL FROM AMERICA OR NO OIL AT ALL!
or...
POWERED BY AMERICAN OIL!
or...
SAVE AMERICA! DRILL CONGRESS NOW!
ALASKA PIPELINE IS A CARIBOU BABE MAGNET!
http://www.gasdetection.com/news2/health_news_digest56.html
American Oil Now!
Drill Anwar, Not America!
Save the Caribou, Drill American Oil!
ding ding ding, we have a winner! Let's all get on the phones/faxes/computers and DRILL congress and anyone else who is involved in stopping us from getting to OUR oil. OUR OIL, people, OUR OIL, it belongs to US, let's get it going here.........
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