Posted on 06/16/2008 12:39:23 PM PDT by Aria
We can only hope so, and it's not one of those eee-vile incandescent bulbs. After all, Congress will want to pass a bill for the proper disposal of mercury-causing florescents...
/rambling
If McCain wants to win, he had better get on the right side of the energy and illegal immigration issues.
Let us hope that the bottom falls out of the Florida tourist industry as the price of gasoline heads past $4. Seems the folks there (republican and democrat) need an economics lesson.
The idiots in California are hopeless.
Let us hope that the bottom falls out of the Florida tourist industry as the price of gasoline heads past $4. Seems the folks there (republican and democrat) need an economics lesson.
The idiots in California are hopeless.
Geee... ya think? Wow, that is a great idea.
Well, yes he does face challenges in logic. Still trying to connect the dots; cause and effect...
Quit dicking around ..... DRILL RIGHT NOW!!
This is not politics, it’s survival.
To hell with “state incentives”.....ANY state that fights drilling should be cut off at the knees. ANY politician that resists should be arrested on the spot...no more debate, just DRILL!
McCain has my vote, only because I hate Obama, but if he doesn’t get this one issue right....not much else is going to matter.
If McCain is going to dance around and play politics on this, we might as well let that black racist have it, get on with a Civil WAR and get this over with.
Does the American public actually need to march on DC and drag your as$es out of there??
Outstanding!!!!!!!!
I knew John would sooner or later go for drilling!!!!
And he even did it before the Rats did.
This is Hugh!!!
I called his campaign office (703-418-2008) and left a message saying the exact same thing. I guess we're going to have to get more specific and mention ANWR, too. We can do it.
Let's compliment him on his statements of today but tell him it's not enough. We also need to open ANWR.
Senator McCain's correct that the moratorium should be lifted.
If by "near" he means 3 miles, then yes, he is correct, the coastal states have historically been considered to have an interest out that far (and in the case of Florida, 3 leagues into the Gulf of Mexico; I seem to remember that Texas also has a similar exception); however, if he means any greater distance, then I am not sure that I agree that the states themselves have any direct interest. Certainly I don't think that Florida, for instance, should be able to ban offshore development 150 miles from its shores.
Any state that prohibits, delays, or obstructs offshore drilling in any way should have a $5.00 per gallon surcharge imposed on all oil consumption in that state.
No, I was just saying we are always ready for drilling. I guess I didn’t ‘plane myself properly. Our off shore rigs have the best fishing around and our deer love to graze by the land pipelines that have to be kept clear so the grass is always there for them. To my knowledge, we have never had an oil spill. I don’t understand the mentality of the tree huggers opposing the drilling. IMHO it is a win-win kinda thing.
John this is just going to help the evil, greedy, price- fixing oil companies, you know that.
“They are polar opposites, and John doesn’t get it.”
I’ve come to the conclusion that McCain really isn’t very intelligent.
I hope the Chinese have left us some of the oil they are already tapping. We need a campaign ad showing high gas prices, lines at the pump etc. and then flash to a Chinese oil rig drilling 50 miles off our coast in areas our Congress says are off limits to US drilling.
Doesn’t he want to keep the pristine coastal marine environments as pristine as the Grand Canyon?
It only took this guy about 28 years to figure this one out.
If a state says no to offshore drilling, then it should be at a price. Those who say yes should not be disadvantaged.
Those states who are energy independent(like Texas) should be able to add “access” costs to any gas or oil sent to the importer state. The access costs would recognize the environmental and other costs that are a valid part of the extraction and refining of hydrocarbons.
Frankly, I am getting tired of my state shouldering an unfair burden of the energy structure of this country. Example? Texas is the largest generator of wind power in the nation yet a wellknown but unmentioned NE state won’t even allow windmills to be built off its coast.
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