Posted on 06/18/2008 6:59:13 AM PDT by SE Mom
The president is holding a live press conference in the Rose Garden @ 10:30 (eastern) to make very public his desire that we DRILL. He will ask Congress to lift the ban on offshore drilling in coastal US waters.
I agree. But Johhnnie ain't too bright when it comes to planning, cause and effect, and consequences of inaction. I guess he's sorta figgering it out.
We need some business operations managers and production planners in DC. Run the entire DOE like a business. Incent effective productivity and fire losers.
Then he should sign the rescinding order, and call attention to the fact thatthe ball is now in Congress's court.
(I'm not watching the presser, so he could be doing just that, for all I know.
/ fat chance
For that matter, why hasn't he repealed the DRMO ammo EO, the firearms Import "sporting purpose" EO, and a few thousand others?
And this is just two topics...
It is discouraging, isn’t it? But now- it seems 73% of Americans are ready to drill HERE, so the political expediency is apparent in this decision.
I actually think the dynamics of oil may change if we really DO start drilling.
We’ll see ...$4.00 is a reality check- libs may feel so pressured they MUST compromise.
Myopia? There are multiple avenues that need to be addressed concurrently. Solutions are not single threaded.
- Coal
- Offshore drilling
- On-shore drilling
- Building coal plants and petroleum refining plants
- Nukes
No. ANWR is not being siphoned off by Canada yet, and we can hold it in reserve while going after those that might be legally grabbed by others.
Of course, this is all a wonderful way of ignoring the problem with the dollar.
I guess you weren't around in the 1970s. Gasoline shortages, lines, locking gas caps...
Print-and-spend or borrow-and-spend is infinitely sustainable...just ask all the flag-wavers around here who call it anti-American to suggest otherwise!
‘Red-Gold’ perhaps instead of ‘Black-Gold’...Pay-Per-View comes to mind.
I agree and strongly hope you’re right.
Did Bush mention that he doesn’t need congress to do a damned thing? IT WAS AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT HE COULD REPLACE WITH A NEW ONE THAT SAYS DRILLING IS ALLOWED.
Liberals have kind of painted themselves into a corner, I contend. If they are TRULY concerned about environmental issues on a world scale, they should embrace domestic oil exploration.
It seems to me that domestic drilling would solve or at least reduce a number of domestic problems: 1) domestic drilling would put US workers to work in jobs that can’t be sent overseas; 2) using domestic oil (and other energy sources) makes us less dependent on other countries, who will in turn have to cut their prices; 3) the US will regulate drilling and do it in a more environmentally sensitive manner than any other country, and certainly better than countries like S. Arabia, Iraq and Iran do— of course this assumes that environmentalists care about the whole world, and not just our country— not sure that is a valid assumption.
As for claimed “flip-flops” on this issue by McCain and perhaps others, the facts on the ground have changed, primarily the fact of such high increased costs.
I saw the end of a news story about South Africa. They have a refinery in South Africa that makes gasoline out of coal.
Do you think this will work here? Since I did not catch the entire story, I am not sure of the costs or efficiency. Has anyone heard anything about this?
THANKS!!
Yeah, did you see Pelosi’s PR earlier?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032790/posts
Lying POS. Where is her energy plan promised over two years ago? I forgot, nothing about energy in the last bill.
George W. Bush stop the bullshit, executive order, ANWR, oil shale and offshore.
Everybody should call the hill again.
You won't like that precedent so much when Barry Obama declares it a matter of Strategic International Security to cap carbon emissions by presidential order.
You won't like that precedent so much when Barry Obama declares it a matter of Strategic International Security to cap carbon emissions by presidential order.
Born in 1971.
Ping me when he lifts the ban. Thanks SE
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