Posted on 07/15/2008 3:36:18 PM PDT by John Semmens
House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said calls by Republicans to drill for more oil “is not the answer America needs.”
“Making gasoline more affordable would be the exact opposite of what we need to do,” Pelosi asserted. “We need to wean the country off of its dependence on fossil fuels. We can only do this if we discourage Americans’ love affair with their cars and put an end to the frenzy of excessive and senseless driving.”
In support of her contention that Americans’ driving habits are “excessive” and “senseless,” the Speaker pointed to a recent study showing that rising fuel costs were linked to declining highway fatalities. The study by two university professors looked at fatalities and fuel prices over the 1985-2006 timeframe and concluded that fatalities dropped by two percent for every ten percent increase in gasoline prices.
“The fact that the peak gasoline price in 2006 was $2.50 a gallon tells me that at today’s $4 a gallon we’re saving even more lives,” Pelosi conjectured. “Rather than undermine this salubrious trend by attempting to reverse the rising costs of fuel we should be celebrating our good fortune.”
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ok but beautiful plumage regardless
Yhis is poitical dynamite. A smart GOP’er would run with her elitist comments saying that Pelosi wants you to ride a bike, while she flies in a big jet, and is chauffered in her limosine.
“Making gasoline more affordable would be the exact opposite of what we need to do,” Pelosi asserted. “We need to wean the country off of its dependence on fossil fuels. We can only do this if we discourage Americans’ love affair with their cars and put an end to the frenzy of excessive and senseless driving.”
I hope there is a youtube video of this.
“Making gasoline more affordable would be the exact opposite of what we need to do,” Pelosi asserted. “We need to wean the country off of its dependence on fossil fuels. We can only do this if we discourage Americans’ love affair with their cars and put an end to the frenzy of excessive and senseless driving.”
I hope there is a youtube video of this.
She is beyond insane.
Her world view isn’t even comic book viable.
Nice try. You did not get me like you did last time. Once again though, this is not too far off the mark.
Electric cars will take care of the problem.
This from a woman that demanded and got her own personal Air Force One.
If I were president, I’d have it sitting on the tarmac empty and let her fill it up.
This bitch needs to get drilled in her goofy head.
The people can’t afford gas for their cars? Then let them fly their planes!
You’re a silly guy, Jon. That’s why my wife and I have loved your work since the Tribune days.
“Making gasoline more affordable would be the exact opposite of what we need to do,” Pelosi asserted.
Easy for a millionaire to say...
It’s time for this bimbo of the left to shut up and sit down. Her stewardship of the House has been a more dismal failure than Jimmuh Cahtuh’s presidency, and she accomplished that phenomenal feat in half the time of the peanut farmer from GA.
some satire...cause that’s really what she was saying...
nancy my driving to work isn’t excessive
although if you agree to take less of my salary to fund your dumb socialist programs I promise to drive to work less...
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