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Offshore Drilling Could Add, Subtract Support for Senate Climate Bill [Grahamnesty alert]
Climate Wire / The New York Times ^ | 2009-10-09 | Ben Geman

Posted on 10/09/2009 3:41:20 PM PDT by rabscuttle385

Can Congress drill its way to legislation to cut greenhouse gas emissions?

Perhaps, says Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who believes there is public support for both reducing reliance on energy imports and curbing carbon dioxide emissions. "If you married these two ideas up, I think you could get 60 votes, but that means give and take," Graham said yesterday.

"My hope is that if you marry these two ideas up you would get the votes for a reasonable climate change proposal, that's blocked now, and you would be able to become energy independent, that's blocked now," Graham added. "Both ideas run into a wall. I am trying to knock that wall down."

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: 111th; agw; bho2009; bho44; climatechange; globalwarming; grahamnesty; lindseygraham; mclameslapdog; rinos

1 posted on 10/09/2009 3:41:21 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
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To: upchuck; SC Swamp Fox; steelyourfaith
*Ping!*
2 posted on 10/09/2009 3:41:58 PM PDT by rabscuttle385 (Kick corrupt Democrats *AND* Republicans out of office in 2010!)
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To: rabscuttle385

“Both ideas run into a wall. I am trying to knock that wall down.”

He should use his head...


3 posted on 10/09/2009 3:42:32 PM PDT by jessduntno (Tell Obama to STFU - Stop The Federal Usurpation.)
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To: rabscuttle385
You have got to be kidding me...

Australia is energy independent, had a 5.8% unemployment rate, and is a net exporter, of Coal, Oil and Natural Gas and is Energy Independent.

They make us look like Smucks, and this Pinhead is one of the main perpetrators of the impression.

Read Burt Rutan's PDF Gramnesty, it is all about the skewing of the data when the Russians closed down their outland weather stations after Reagan kicked their asses and they couldn't afford to keep them open.

Agggghhh,,,, I feel better now...

4 posted on 10/09/2009 3:46:02 PM PDT by taildragger (Palin/Mulally 2012)
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To: rabscuttle385

Can someone please vote this knucklehead out of office?

The moment a politician mouths the words “global warming” or “climate change” I know he’s unfit for any position of responsibility.


5 posted on 10/09/2009 3:51:49 PM PDT by marron
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To: rabscuttle385
Who let gramnesty have the Vaseline jar.
6 posted on 10/09/2009 3:55:28 PM PDT by org.whodat (Vote: Chuck De Vore in 2012.)
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To: taildragger
Australia is energy independent

We should be working toward the same end. Instead the OPEC shills in DC keep changing the subject. I want to hear how we're going to reduce our imported fuels and they change the subject to windmills or whatever, which do not reduce our imported fuels by a single drop. I want to talk about opening up the coast for drilling and they want to talk about greenhouse gases. I want to talk about our saudi-sized oil shale deposits and they want to talk about carbon.

Its a sleight of hand. Most of our politicians are in OPEC's pockets, pretending to be enviro-heros.

7 posted on 10/09/2009 3:56:34 PM PDT by marron
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To: marron

Lindsey Graham?

Can’t someone get this little girl a babysitter?


8 posted on 10/09/2009 3:57:47 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: marron
Yes they are.

Glenn nailed it last week. It is not revolution in the street that needs to happen. The revolution will be the disintegration of the dysfunctional systems. The big three that will collapse as they try to prop up a broken system are the complicit media, The K Street Special Interest and Corporations cutting side deals.

It all revolves around the tax code and the corruption it entails.

We can't get to a Natural Gas Economy, Coal to Oil for our Military and Airliners, and Nuclear Power, convention or Thorium Reactors when the Sierra Club and all their minions are feeding the Piggy's at the trough via their campaign money.

Steve Forbes was right the Flat Tax will be needed 1st and a compelete change the Dod Gamn bunch of the Bastardos in the House and Senate so that we can make common sense decisions to build energy plants etc and to drill this country like it was a rented mule.

9 posted on 10/09/2009 4:08:42 PM PDT by taildragger (Palin/Mulally 2012)
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To: rabscuttle385

There is no climate change Richard head.


10 posted on 10/09/2009 4:09:29 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: marron
Can someone please vote this knucklehead out of office?

Sorry, we won't have that opportunity until 2014.

11 posted on 10/09/2009 4:21:55 PM PDT by upchuck (New sign on my pickup: Are you a "Hope and Change" regretter?)
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To: rabscuttle385

SC needs to ditch this RINO.


12 posted on 10/09/2009 4:22:29 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: rabscuttle385; alarm rider; Alex1977; at bay; Babsig; BILL_C; bnelson44; Clintonfatigued; ...
  Lindsey Ping
  "Republican by day, Democrat by night."

  Add me to the list. / Remove me from the list.



13 posted on 10/09/2009 4:22:55 PM PDT by upchuck (New sign on my pickup: Are you a "Hope and Change" regretter?)
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To: upchuck
Sorry, we won't have that opportunity until 2014.

Thus souring an otherwise very sweet day.

14 posted on 10/09/2009 4:28:05 PM PDT by marron
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To: rabscuttle385; Defendingliberty; Genesis defender; WL-law; Normandy; TenthAmendmentChampion; ...
Thanx !

 



Beam Me to Planet Gore !

15 posted on 10/10/2009 4:52:07 AM PDT by steelyourfaith (Limit all U.S. politicians to two terms: One in office and one in prison!)
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