Posted on 07/12/2008 5:44:13 PM PDT by Uncle Ralph
Senator John Cornyn has forwarded a post commenting on John Hinderaker's "Democrats sucking wind on energy policy." Senator Cornyn writes:
. . . Nancy Pelosi promised an effective new energy plan before the 2006 election -- that's about 809 days ago -- and we're still waiting. They're now postponing votes because some Democrats fear reality has finally set in -- and Congress may actually approve more domestic exploration for new energy.
We've put ourselves in an irrational box. We've put 85 percent of our prime energy exploration lands off-limits. The U.S. is the only country in the world that refuses to develop its own natural resources. With a growing worldwide demand for energy, we're willing to enrich foreign governments -- some of which wish us harm -- instead of helping ourselves...
I'm for pursuing every source of energy out there -- solar, nuclear, clean coal, wind, biofuels, hydrogen, shale. We need it all. But we've built up an infrastructure over 100 years that must be relied upon as we make the change to renewable sources. Congress has to get out of the way...
A number of Democratic officeholders have heard from their constituents, and they want to vote to expand energy exploration. But their leadership is making sure they cannot. You can feel the Democratic solidarity on this fragmenting...
I'm staging an "Energy Independence Days" discussion this week on my Web site. I will be joined by Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, former Speaker Newt Gingrich and others who see clearly the need to produce more domestic energy... I hope many of you will join me at JohnCornyn.com this coming week, and share your thoughts on our energy problem.
(Excerpt) Read more at powerlineblog.com ...
Time for McCain to speak out on this one and show some leadership.
Frankly, expecting congress to show leadership in this is foolish.
It’s time to grab the pitchforks and torches and march on Washington to Petition for a Redress of Grievances.
Will shotguns, pistols and rifles of all varieties be okay??
Thanks for the clip!
I'd love to find a graphic of that to post with a caption beneath.
Thanks, but I was thinking of a scene from an old B&W movie like The Tale of Two Cities or Frankenstein.
We went through this crap in the 70s. doesn’t anyone remember the tin can Hondas and the hippies?
I’m so glad Cornyn is my Senator.
Contact your Congress critters to let them know that you are tired of high gas prices.
Me too!
Think I’ll send him some $ to be on the safe side.
Oil owns the world, not the other way around. Capitulations in finance and in foreign policy will simply result in foreign powers of an alien and hostile culture buying the west, lock stock and barrel. Three guesses where that leads.
* 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 rechargeable, and cleaner than any current nuclear generator design. 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.
* Lift or cap the tax on gasoline. When the tax is higher than the profit margin, the argument over what is “obscene” becomes moot.
* List (chapter and verse) all the regulations and laws that need to be repealed in order to drill, and drill now. Use this list as the new "Contract With America for Energy Independence". Have a mega-bill introduced that in one fell swoop removes the self-imposed energy embargo.
If you squint real hard, and read between the lines, the ‘manifesto’ will require fewer RINOs and LibDems and the election of some clear-minded conservatives to even consider the above.
Thanks! That’s what I had in mind.
They would be preferable to pitchforks for sure.
Please tell your friends family neighbors and coworkers.
Contact congress on Tuesday July 15th
Think if we flood them on the 15th it may have some impact
Let them know enough is enough
Gov Palin is begging us to drill in anwar (hmm she has an 84% approval rating compared to congress 9%)
DRILL HERE - DRILL NOW!!!
Although a profesional news reader, Gov Palin doesn't need a script to keep her thoughts together, unlike Sen O' Jarospeed Bama.
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