Posted on 06/18/2008 1:37:24 PM PDT by kingattax
House Democrats responded to President Bush's proposal to end the moratorium on offshore as well as Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by telling the president to drop dead, although they used a lot more words to make the same point.
The Democrats' main argument was that the oil industry is already in possession of 68 million acres of oil leases and that Big Oil should drill away on those before they come around asking the federal government for any more land or ocean floor.
At a Capitol Hill press conference following Bush's White House Rose Garden appearance, Rep. Ed Markey of Massachusetts ridiculed the president as essentially a mouthpiece for the oil and gas industry.
(Excerpt) Read more at swamppolitics.com ...
Now is this any surprise?? Any good news for America is BAD FOR THE LIBERAL SOCIALISTS. As anti-American as they come.
PING
Somebody must have written a check on Chemical Bank
Drop dead says the Congress with the worst approval rating in history.
The drill nothing Congress.
There are NO beaches 50 to 200 miles off the coast. Have you SEEN the section of ANWR where we want to drill? It's wasteland that nobody cares about, not even the bloody caribou and polar bears.
For Goodness Sake America, throw them out!! We have an energy crisis and they will not permit a drop more energy, they oppose more energy!
Too much more of this non-representation and injury and there ain’t gonna be anything figurative about it
... REP. HINCHEY: Yeah, there's thought going on about this. Frankly, this is something that I think is essential.
Oh, so Hinchey thinks it ESSENTIAL to nationalize the oil industries?
Great...just great.
Bush, will you quote their nonsense on TV at a news conference? Hell no!!!!!
Bush has done all he can do. It is time for a new dealer at the table.
if president bush was talking about drilling american’s wallets for more tax dollars, the RATS would be running all over each other to get a bill to his desk. stupid jerks.
Sometimes I think liberals / socialists / radicals / anarchists / Democrats / try to hide what they really believe and who they really are. It’s good to see some clarity on the issue at hand. They are against more oil drilling and exploration, against nuclear power, against coal mining, against hydro electric. They are against the single biggest thing that we could do to help our energy problems and help us become independent of foreign oil eventually. It’s clarifying to see where they stand vs. where Republicans and conservatives stand on the issue. I like it when informed voters have the true information about issues.
I will bet you a billion the money trail leads from the Saudis and OPEC to the democrats and "environmental" groups.
Then let Bush take this to the people. Get somebody to write some speeches! I don’t care if it steals McCain’s thunder—McCain better make some of his own noise.
The Democrats really want something to happen.
The Dems better prepare for complete destruction in November............
Call ‘em up and let them know! I took this from ExTexRedhead:
202-225-3121 Congressional Switchboard; ask for the moron of your choice!
Love it!
Oil and gas????!! We don’t neeed no stinkin’ oil and gas!!!
It is time for a New Dealer at the table??????.............
but Al Gore said ANWR is “pristine”.
That’s it, debate is over. Al Gore weighed in, so that’s that.
I think Al Gore is having so much fun being the Pope of the Church of Global Warming that he isn’t even interested in running for president again.
Maybe Obama will appoint him Secretary of Energy.
If the GOP can’t make political hay out of the Democrats steadfast refusal to allow more drilling to help alleviate foreign dependence on oil and the trend in oil and fuel prices, then the Republican Party doesn’t deserve to survive after the November election. It’s way overdue to take the gloves off and start beating and kicking these liberal socialists in the head like an extreme fighting match.
Dems to US:
Drop dead on drilling.
Drop dead on oil shale.
Drop dead on coal-to-diesel.
Drop dead on nukes.
Drop dead on building any pipelines.
Drop dead on doing anything that doesn’t include carbon-credit payoffs to Gore’s men in suits.
But what about the moose? What about the carribou????
What about the yellow-backed cross-eyed horny-throated woodpecker???
They have rights too!
/PUKE
IF the president would start tearing them a new one publicly with passion, I guarantee you would have dems calling for drilling and pretending it was their idea against the evil Bush. They cannot sustain their position against attack because it’s a nuts position.
Try? They not only try they are adamant that they are not what they really are, Communism with a smiley face.............
The economic ignorance by Democrats is truly astounding. Obama is against privatizing Social Security, saying “how comfortable would you be having your nest egg in the market today?” He is confusing the bearish market today with the outstanding (approx. 12%) rate of return that an investments have had in the stock market over DECADEs. Then we have these Democratic congressman lambasting the oil companies for not drilling on all of the 68 million acres they leased. They must be stupid enough to think that all of the oil is uniformly distributed underground. The fact is that it takes at least several million dollars to drill a rig, so if the data shows that there isn’t enough oil there to recover those costs, then you shouldn’t drill.
You hit the nail on the head. The Dems. are against everything that might help our energy situation. The only things they are in favor of are : solar energy, geo-thermal energy (if it can be found), and wind power (but only if windmills don’t hurt a bird or block Ted Kennedy’s view).
All Bush has to do is rescind drilling by EXECUTIVE ORDER .He is a wimp and won’t do it !!
This is a golden opportunity for any republican that wants to win in ‘08. Winning a US election is not the issue for the political hero’s. They do not answer to the masses.
Enjoy the election year follies.
The heat is on the rats. We can do to the decades long restrictions on energy production as we did to the Shamnesty bill last summer.
Hmmm, Pod People, a flashback to the 70’s.
It’s summer, and no one is paying much attention to heating bills. Those of you back East who rely upon home heating oil — well, stand by for adventure! When the cost of home heating oil climbs above $5/gal., get ready to pull out that credit card and fork over mucho bucks. All this “don’t drill” Congress may be in store for a really rude awakening, and I hope that Bush and McCain keep up the “drill now” talk. Common sense dictates that under Obama, we’re going to have to rely upon bicycles, public transportation, getting cold on those frosty winter nights, and forget about that vacation trip via the airlines.
I wonder what it would take to initiate a nationwide “No Confidence” vote against both houses of our U.S. Congress and our U.S. Supreme Court.
RUSH: THE NO-DRILL DEMOCRATS!
If it is going to take 10 years, shouldn't we get started? Drill here, drill now, pay less |
McCain has to pound away on this issue, day after day, week after week. In the presidential debates, he needs to show that Obama is choosing to side with the extreme environmentalists over the American people (of ALL socioeconomic classes). Make Obama squirm and force him off of his prepared remarks to expose him for the lightweight that he is. That being said, McCain better wise up and drop his support of cap and trade.
are buying wood stoves and wood splitters as we speak.
What the hell difference does it make? It’s all words. Either you drill here or you drill there. Quit playin with words and drill where they know the oil is. I want to know why they don’t want them to drill and don’t play with words.
The first time (Nov) it was $950, the second time in mid January it was $1150 .
I don't even want to think what it will cost this winter coming up.
But what about the moose? What about the carribou????
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It isn’t about the critters. The freakin’ lib-socialists could not give less of damn about them. The ONLY reason they PRETEND to care, is because the stupid enviro-nutcases GIVE THEM MONEY to support their whacked-out causes and the libs do it without ANY care about the impact on America. The word “consequences” is not in the liberal play book; it is just too far reaching and way outside the interest span of power-mad liberals.
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