Posted on 05/23/2008 7:09:40 PM PDT by Libloather
Blame Democrats for high price of energy
Lee S. Gliddon Jr., North Las Vegas
Mon, May 12, 2008 (2:02 a.m.)
The Democrats continue their efforts to blame the rising prices of gasoline and fuel oil on the Republicans and, in particular, the Bush administration. There is no bigger lie to be foisted upon the American public.
Since 1980, almost 29 years ago, the Democrats began their refusal to allow offshore drilling, Alaskan oil drilling, the construction of nuclear power plants and wind farms off the coast of New England. Their claims, however foolish, were designed to protect the interests of their political contributors, not the pocketbooks of the American citizenry.
Now the Democrats want to blame the Republican Party for failure to levy fines for “price gouging” by Big Oil. Never mind the fact that they, the Democrats, ran on the promise to keep gasoline prices low and punish Big Oil for price gouging.
The Democrat spokesmen all say that if we were to allow drilling offshore, in Alaska, and that if we were to allow nuclear power plants, it would be at least 10 years before we would realize anything in production. That may be true, but if we had begun to act in 1980, 29 years ago, the “10 year” claim would be a moot point! We would have had energy prices under control, and facts are facts!
Every time someone complains to me about these “outrageous gas prices,” I tell them, “Blame the Democrats who have kept us from drilling for more oil the last 30 years.” That usually gives them something to chew on. Everyone needs to give them the credit for $4/gal. gas.
A sheeple told me today that there was nothing she could do about gas prices. I told her I could. I would vote for whoever pledged to allow drilling in ANWAR and pass laws that would make clean coal development and new refineries possible. Funny, I got no response.
“That may be true, but if we had begun to act in 1980, 29 years ago, the “10 year” claim would be a moot point! “
If my mother had wheels she would be a wagon.
"It's Vermont! Yes, green Vermont; environmentalist wacko Vermont leads the nation in nuclear-generated electricity. Over 73 percent of Vermont's electricity is generated by nuclear plants."
Of course Vermont is a small state and has just one plant, "Vermont Yankee". The envirowackos have been trying to shut it down for twenty years.
This should be a key issue in every Republican running for anything this year. Standardize the message and keep repeating it because it is true. China is sucking the oil out of the coastal resovoir via Cuba but we can’t drill for fear of disturbing the fishes? We could fuel our energy needs for 200 years with our coal reserves alone but a huge percentage of them are locked up in protected land. Down the line it is the Democrat party that is responsible for making the possibility of energy independence impossible.
Its time for a new bumper sticker to place the blame for high energy prices right where they belong. “Thank your green friendly neighborhood liberal for no new nuke plants, no new oil drilling and that massive pain at the pump.” The message should be proclaimed loud and clear above the noise of all the media propaganda.
***A sheeple told me today that there was nothing she could do about gas prices. I told her I could. I would vote for whoever pledged to allow drilling in ANWAR and pass laws that would make clean coal development and new refineries possible. Funny, I got no response.***
Good for you. There used to be a saying around here that applies to you: “While the sheeple sleep, the Freepers Freep.”
They should put the enviro’s, democrats and rino’s that keep us from drilling and throw them all in jail. Then do what needs to be done like we should have done years ago.
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Gas and grocery prices are doing exactly what the dims want them to do.
It’s an election year ‘crisis’ they can run on.
They would drag the economy down further to gain power.
To hell with the Country as long as they get in.
They are truly ‘RATS.
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