Posted on 01/06/2007 7:53:32 AM PST by saganite
“The consensus is that there should not be drilling in the refuge,"
Consensus of who? Markey is showing his dependence on the enviro-whackos.
Stay-at-home-voters reaping the fruits of their stupidity...
This is a classic case of people getting the government they deserve.
When our next few crisis comes, the Dems and enviros will blame anyone but themselves. Will the public fall for it again? Probably.
Gutless RINOs reaping the fruits of their own impotence...
The official oft-repeated response here now instead of "Bush's fault(tm)", it's "Thank you, stay at home 'Real Conservative' voters".
Yep, ban Alaska oil drilling and then spend the next 2, 4, etc. years demagoguing about the price of gas.
This is the issue that has turned my young - 30ish - co-workers from liberal to conservative. They are appalled at the lack of logic. Saying things like, "What do these liberals think will happen if we continue to limit the amount of drilling ...?"
"These" liberals coming from that source is music to my ears. But unfortunately too many 'conservatives' taught everyone else a lesson last November.
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Nobody taught anyone a lesson. Conservatives still went out and held their noses for GOP candidates.
Republicans lost due to a variety of factors, none of which include conservatives supposedly staying home. Those who repeat this lie have no proof that they did and are simply masking the GOP's own failures.
In the meantime..east of the our artic border the Canadians are drilling like hell.
I thought they were even "greener" than us.
They are also tearing up a good portion of Alberta for the oil sands.
The DemocRats are stuck on dumb. They are doing everything possible to see that we remain dependent on foreign oil. All the windmills and Pious's won't change that.
The Republican Senators would be wise to let the House Rats know that any bill will be filibustered to oblivion.
The resulting smoke and soot will cause great global warming.
And the burning and erosion will cause multiple native species to die and famine across the area.
Dims to enjoy the chaos.
So tell me why the fus about the refuge?
The map shows a very large, in fact humonguous, area to the west of the sanctuary where the current fields are. Why not expand this area for the time being?
You protest too much...
Dems hate oil, nuclear,wind, and coal. Their plan to energy independance rests on infanticide and euthanasia. Eliminate people and energy demand decreases.
Just a simple question, how can you support energy independence and support a drilling ban. Thank you RINOs for leading us to this.
I'm not sure there are 41 Senators with the balls to do that. My guess is the Republicans are going to go along with pretty much anything the Dems want. That was the way things worked before Reagan and the pubs have slipped back into old habits.
>>Stay-at-home-voters reaping the fruits of their stupidity...
Hogwash. Prove it.
While you're at it, check out my tagline. I'll bet I speak for a large number of conservatives, too.
On the other hand, in their infinite wisdom our Republican (real es)Statesmen did everything they possibly could to trample on their own small-government party principles. The party of small government has indeed become the party of the Chamber of Commerce, housing boom, illegal immigration, Country Club welfare. (Does that describe you, johnny7 ?)
But their defeat *wasn't* at the hand of "stay at home conservatives".
Someone please explain this to me. We had a Republican President who said he was in favor of this drilling, and he had a Republican House and a Republican Senate for six years. I'd like to know why the Dims aren't proposing legislation to dismantle all the rigs put up during these six years.
ML/NJ
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