Posted on 05/18/2008 6:47:52 AM PDT by kellynla
President Bush yesterday characterized Capitol Hill Democrats as hypocrites for demanding that Saudi Arabia pump more oil while blocking attempts to increase domestic drilling in such places as Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico.
Saudi Arabia announced on Friday that it would meet Mr. Bush's request to increase oil production, though the jump of 300,000 barrels per day was less than the president had wanted.
But rather than criticize the Saudis, Mr. Bush — after a round of meetings with Middle East leaders at the Egyptian resort of Sharm el Sheik — instead heaped blame on congressional Democrats for skyrocketing gasoline prices.
"Those who are screaming the loudest for increased production from Saudi Arabia are the very same people who are fighting the fiercest against domestic exploration, against the development of nuclear power and against expanding refining capacity," said Mr. Bush yesterday after talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
“Enlighten me as to what the Republicans did to increase the domestic oil supply during their years of control of all three branches of the Federal Government.”
Uh, during that time oil was < $50 per barrel?
The Democrats are responsible for the current failures to start drilling in ANWR. But the GOP was in control of congress and had the ability to push the drilling policy thorugh. Congress has the ability to fix every problem affecting Americans, but does not have the will.
Politicians are always fence riding for the most potential votes. They say they are doing something, then in the middle of the night vote against it. The average American only hears the talk. But fails to follow thorugh the process and discover why these things never get momentum.
But ultimately the blame lays on the American people. We keep electing envionmental leaning people to congress as a trade off for other twinkies they promise. We place token pressure on politicians to follow thorugh.
the Congressional leadership that’s signed-up for the Global Warming scam needs to be put behind bars.
Only the tip of the incarceration iceberg. Let’s start with treason and finish up with good old fashioned global warming.
Oh, because of the interrelated nature of the Constitution and protection of the nation, the result of belief in a scam is the same as treason?
I get it. All the better. We need those prison spaces for violent criminals, treason has other rewards that will save prison space.
Besides, there is too much hot air already. Think of it as killing two birds with one stone so to speak.
When attempts were made to release
this under the FOIA, the Patent Office’s counsel purported
that Americans “were not interested”.
What say you?
About a decade an a half too late. Keep pounding away about this. The dims are so weak and our leadership think they are so strong. We can roll them. Don’t forget about the other issues of our time. Come on White House; FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT! The dims are not our friends and they are not patriots. Dang I wish Lee Atwater was around.
The kids that answer the phone just might not be dems by the time he's through :)
And were it not for the Rinos, limp-wrists and various other traitors in the rep party, we would be drilling right now. But Bush should have been targeting these phony republicans rather than helping them win re-election, as in the case of our stellar senator from Pa! And had he rebuffed the attacks of the left over the past 7 years rather than simply ignoring them, maybe....oh, the hell with it. Bush is the lead RINO for Gods sake, just like his pathetically inept father.
We have enough oilshale and coal to provide energy for many centuries and the cost of oil has long since surpassed the benchmark for these technologies to be cost efficient. They can be clean, but because they’re not green, congress will do everything to keep them out of the energy mix.
Isn’t the prime polar bear property on Canadian soil/ice. IOW we are legislating for an animal found more on Canadian property than on our own.
I just has a thought about American Idol.
What if a program was produced that replaced the talent show with congresspeople? Let simon and his cast vote out the stupid acts first and then allow the American people to text their vote for the remaining few??
We could call the program American A-Hole!!
I only wish we had more conservatives “step up to the plate” and run for local, state and federal elective offices in not only CA but around the country.
It is the only way we are ever going to turn this mess around. And we definitely need more conservatives to run for and get elected to governorships so that we have a better field of conservative candidates to run for POTUS!
if it doesn’t find its soul it is going to find Barack Hussein Obama in the White House.
Along with a veto proof majority in the House, Senate, and Supreme Court. One way to solve the filibuster problem I guess.
I've only been a voter for four years. And no, I have not been oblivious.
Work towards the future!
I’m curious, does anyone know of another country in the world
that has oil deposits but does not exploit them?
Would that this was true. Every good pro American initiative was stopped dead in the Senate by the cloture rule that requires 60 votes to bring a bill to the floor for an up or down vote. That is where the Republican Revolution was stopped dead by the dims. The pubbie failure was not attacking the dims over and over about this. The people were not educated about why things didn't change and they they think as you do.
Great point! The logic of your argument is unassailable.
However, its not hard to imagine liberals demanding limits on home sizes to reduce oil consumption, except of course for those limosine liberals who have concocted carbon exchange schemes to allow them to continue to live in mansions.
If you like $4/gal, Thank Congress in Nov.
Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters
We could call the program American A-Hole!!
This program would be on every night. Once a week is not enough.
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