GWB may be “on to something” here, but the hapless American people have already tuned him out — three years ago!
GWB’s administration just put polar bears on the endangered species list, which means no drilling in ANWR ever. If there really is global warming we’re going to need that oil to run our air conditioners.
I'm glad that he's saying this, but why so late? And, it isn't just democrats - the RINO's have fought against drilling in ANWR and off-coast as well. We are now basking in the glory of those decisions, and will do so for a long time.
Well it seems we can buy all we want for the high price so quanity isn’t an issue . And the profits for the oil companies are reported to be very high (true or false ?) so someone is getting it cheap and selling it high ?
I haven’t a clue what could be wrong........ < /sarcasm>
We have parked our vehicles for all but essential needs like once a week shopping trip and commute too / from work.
Finally this is exactly how we should be hitting the Democrats. THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE! They are a party not just supported by Environmental nutjobs, they are a party of environmental nutjobs. They have stood in the way of building refineries, stood in the way of building nuclear power plants, stood in the way of utilizing our immense coal reserved, stood in the way of drilling off the coast and in ANWR. They as a party are more singularly responsible for our energy “crisis” than any other group. This should be one of the key attack themes against them and it is the unquestionable truth. Why do the Republicans have a problem just telling the people who the ugly bunch of antiAmerican troll analerotic disease ridden dope smoking tree huggers are? The evidence is there.
Where were the Democrats on the Soviet Union? On the spread of Communist socialism in South America, in Asia? Where were they on Cuba. They have managed to find themselves on the wrong side of every major conflict of the past forty years. They are wrong on our Enemies, they are wrong on Energy, they are wrong on Family issues, they are wrong on Taxes, and they are dead wrong on America. The Republican party needs to pass out Testosterone patches and ready for war because if it doesn’t find its soul it is going to find Barack Hussein Obama in the White House.
The truth hurts...
To bad it has zero play on the big picture...
Too many Americans are busy waiting for the outcome of American Idol and other nonsense to play out...
We are already seeing the tried and true argument about how the very same people are having to struggle to decide whether to buy food, medicine or $4.00 a gallon gas...But they certainly have Tivo to record the mind-numbing BS to occupy their “spare” time...
Sorry, my sarcasm attack got the best of me...
Wait a minute! Didn't I hear all over the news that the Saudis REFUSED Bush's request? What's going omn here?
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.
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 :)
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.
I’m curious, does anyone know of another country in the world
that has oil deposits but does not exploit them?
If you like $4/gal, Thank Congress in Nov.
Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters
Each year since then Congress has renewed the moratorium. In 1990, the first President Bush authored an additional level of protection deferring new leasing until 2002, which President Clinton extended to 2012. But these protections are now in danger of being weakened or overturned by the current Bush administration and its allies in Congress.
“Drilling off our coasts is not the way to achieve energy independence or bring down gas-pump and home heating prices,” says Sierra Club Executive Director Carl Pope. “We don’t need to sacrifice our beaches and coastal waters to meet America’s energy needs.”
WHILE AMERICA TWIDDLES THUMBS, CHINESE TAP BILLIONS OF BARRELS
("Not all the oil) used goes to make gasoline, of course - there's fuel oil, jet fuel, the chemicals to make all the plastic in the world, as well as lubricants, greases, lipstick and petroleum jelly. But U.S. consumption of gasoline is astonishing - we burn it up at a rate averaging more than 320 million gallons per day, or about 3700 gallons per second, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. That's enough one-foot-square gallon cans to cover a football field every nine seconds".
Now you need to go(here) and (here) and find out why "Farmer John" cannot sell his produce in his state - why Florida has a monopoly on certain fruits or vegetables or what the laws are governing the Dutch Greenhouses in Arizona - and - when did the Federal Government take over the pricing of dairy products rather than the states. Build a few more refineries and take back some States Rights....congress has abused and misused their powers over the years, time to reel them in, no more pay raises and less time spent in Washington would be a good start.
Is it a Republican virtue to own up to one’s mistakes and take responsibility for one’s actions or inactions? Why has this president only blamed others? Oil has been climbing throughout his presidency, is it only the Dems fault?
Go read the data BEFORE responding this time
GO READ THE DATA. What are you so afraid of? Afraid the facts might refute your dogma?
Go read the data BEFORE responding this time
No one is going to take you seriously if you absoultely refuse to learn anything and instead continue to merely cling to your dogmas.
READ THE DATA