House Democrats Call for Nationalization of Refineries

foxnews.com ^ | June 18, 2008

[buccaneer81]

Not likely.We have at least 100 million narcissists in this country who are totally ignorant of history and political philosophy.

[SouthTexas]

Have always said we have more to fear from the idiots here than the terrorists overseas.

[Gone_Postal]

Oh yeah, government running the refineries is really going to get things straightened out. Always does. Look at the DMV. Your local metro system? Health Care? Border control?

The refineries are NOT the problem. They are running at near capacity.

well that is problem now isn't it...the refineries are running efficient so what happens when gov. controls a business...that's right it goes south in a hurry.. I think that is the plan...destroy the oil companies by killing the refineries

[Lancer_N3502A]

All in favor?

[Marauder]

This idea is so dangerous, so destructive, that we should and must be willing to do whatever is necessary to stop it.

Isn't this the kind of situation the Founding Fathers had in mind when they wrote the Second Amendment? And isn't that the reason dimlibs are always talking about repealing it?

Just a rhetorical question, of course ...

[ken21]

whatta they think they are?

stalin or hitler?

[HollyB]

I’m calling for the control of borders so we can better control the flow of illegal immigrants. They can take care of that first and then get back to us.

They need to deal with things they have control over and - nationalizing refineries is not one of them. It goes against everything our country is about.

The scary thing is that there are so many blind followers out there, that they might just agree with anything these Dem’s say.

[endthematrix]

Thank you! Oh Marxists...

[Brad’s Gramma]

O’Hussein! You dork. I drove my SUV, air conditioning running full blast in it, today.....AND had my air in the house set at 72 degrees.....AND the pool pump was running, and do you think I give one WIT what some other stinkin’ country thinks of me?

Just because you said what you said.....I’m gonna go readjust the thermostat and stick on a sweater.

It’s getting cold in here.

The Dems can go pound sand.

Love,
Grammie

[Secret Agent Man]

They are running at near capacity because 1) we haven’t had any new refineries allowed to be made (govt approval) in the last 30 years, and 2) because they have to make 20+ different fuel blends for different parts of the country.

And third, because of maintenance, natural disasters or accidents, when one goes down, it puts extra stress on the fuel supply.

[Secret Agent Man]

Man, to have had one laser guided mini-nuke aimed at the Reichstag at this particular moment...

[BobS]

"Is it time for another Boston Tea Party?????"

Not in the same fashion. There is already news about people in L.A. getting into verbal and physical confrontations about cutting in line at gas stations. It's $4.60 for cheap. People are mad because everybody knows there is no reason for it to get that high. Bush can do 2 things that he's holding off on for negotiations with Congress.

This is going to be the issue this year. An Executive Declaration of an Energy Emergency. The other is we drill here, drill now and pay less.

[ConservaTexan]

"...--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness." - DOI, 1776

It is time!

[43north]

I don’t want to hear anymore BS from anyone on FR about “oh, there are some good democrats... like Zell Miller”. There are NO good democrats.

The democrat socialists are the party of EVIL in the USA. They can no longer be tolerated - they MUST be DESTROYEDby whatever means necessary.

I will NEVER, EVER, vote for ANY democrat because they belong to the party of evil. If they have ANY decency remaining, let them declare themselves as CONSERVATIVES. Same with republicans. There are few conservatives in the republican party either.

The democrats have become communists/socialists, the pubbies have become liberal democrats, what’s left for CONSERVATIVES?

We have a LOT of work to do, boys and girls. It will not be easy, it will not be pretty, and it must be done if we are going to save our Republic.

[The Pack Knight]

I wonder which oil company will become the first American YUKOS...

[Red Steel]

You cannot drill your way out of this.
Rep. Ed Markey D-MA

The Dems seem to chant this phrase. It's an agitprop. Yes you can Markey. Where do you Dims believe where all the oil comes from, Santa Claus?

[luvie]

Nationalization...their anwser to everything!

They’ll never learn.

BUILDING new refineries and OPERATING them is the real answer!

[iThinkBig]

Indeed.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

"The White House has become a ventriloquist for the oil and gas energy." The Democrats can't even get their metaphors straight. Surely, they meant to say that the oil and gas industry is the ventriloquist & the White House is the dummy. (If they had said that, the metaphor would make sense -- it would still be nonsense, of course.)