I would rather they drill in the godforsaken WILDERNESS in Alaska first
http://www.foxnews.com/index.html
If you go to FOX you can click and read the story by the AP that we no longer link to!
If only we hasd been hearing the evidence ofsome real stones like this for the past 4 years instead of at the end of a lame duck when nobody in Congress cares.
Johnnie had best latch onto something like this very, very soon.
About seven years too late, but better late than never I guess.
If that's the case, couldn't Bush43 lift it?
It might hurt his re-election chances with the envirowackos, but his chances are pretty low already.
I’d like to see GW drill Harry Reid right in the nose!!
Thanks for the heads up.
Of course we all know that Bush talks the talk but doesn’t walk the walk...
Bush administration bars drilling in Arctic wetland
http://in.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idINN1644783920080516
And he has also failed for seven years to lift the presidential moratorium instituted by his father on drilling.
For the love of God, IT’S ABOUT TIME. I hope he’s truly serious about pounding this, day in and day out.
They are on the wrong side of the fence and, since they are liberals, can't see the error in their ways.
Between that and the improving news from Iraq, I don't think they will be shoe-ins for the next election by any means.
Meanwhile, I hope their false confidence leads them down the primrose path to defeat.
Obama says drilling will have no immediate effect...same can be said of the alternative means of producing energy.
If President Bush were smart, and that is a stretch, he would have McCain standing next to him during the annoucement and give him credit for getting this started. But again that would require some smarts on the part of our republican leaders, which unfortunatly is in shorter supply than oil.
This is the first time in three-and-a-half years that I actually have been interested in hearing what he has to say in a TV speech or press conference.
He still has a chance to be the "Comeback Kid", heheh.
Leni
This is too little and way too late to save the stupid party from a terrible shellacking. Except for the RINO philosophy we would have had millions of additional barrels being produced domestically five years ago. But now in the middle of a economic crisis it is way too late. China is taking all the oil the world can produce and buying it with the billions of dollars that they have hoarded from their massive sales to the United States. The entire West is going to pay big time for the shortsightedness brought on by the Environmental Wackos that have invaded all western political parties.
Conservatives, alone, crying in the political wilderness have urged the exploration and production of domestic oil for decades. Now it seems that the rest of the world is about to wake up to the need for same. But because the reputed leader of the conservative movement refused to pound this message home, we will be blamed for the crisis that is now happening.
DRILL & BUILD!!!
DRILL AMERICAN - BUY AMERICAN!
My Energy Manifesto:
* Cease all ethanol-fuel production. It takes away from food production and the unintended consequence is higher food costs. As diesel prices go up, the cost of farming tips the balance of cost to make ethanol a bad idea. Just say "no" to ethanol! Even Jimmy Carter says that diverting farm production from food to fuel is dumb – even HE gets it. This will create only ONE "blend" of gasoline and will cease regional "boutique" blends (gasohols) which are stupid, costly, and meaningless. Trucking custom blends around the country is wasteful. Ethanol blends may actually lead to fewer miles to the gallon, and adds to the cost of production and transportation. Newer cars do not need oxygenated fuels.
* Lift the restrictions in order to drill for oil in Alaska, Gulf of Mexico, and other sites in the CONUS as a matter of national security.
* Encourage the petro industry to construct state-of-the-art refineries and/or retrofit current and dormant ones and crank up production for our newly-accessed oil in the CONUS.
* Make all “carbon credit” scams unlawful. Discrediting Algore should have been a slam-dunk a long time ago. Stop electing Reps who buy into the Global Warming / Global Cooling / Climate Change Hoax. CO2 is not our enemy!
* Construct SEVERAL, regional Pebble-Bed Modular Reactors (or other similar modern designs) that are rechargeable, and cleaner than any current nuclear generator design. Refine spent nuke fuel for recycling. DO SOMETHING NUCLEAR to resolve energy problems.
* Use the residual heat from the reactors above to process motor fuel from coal and/or shale. Even though Clinton "stole" some of the best coal reserves, we still have a lot to use.
* Become independent enough to make the cartels (i.e. OPEC) inconsequential.
* Convince local taxing bodies to lift or cap the sales tax on gasoline so that as gas prices go up, the local tax collectors don’t see a windfall revenue jump at the expense of the consumer. The Federal government could compel the states (and locals) to cap the fuel taxes.
If you squint real hard, and read between the lines, the ‘manifesto’ will require fewer RINOs and LibDems and the election of some clear-minded conservatives to even consider the above.
For that matter, why hasn't he repealed the DRMO ammo EO, the firearms Import "sporting purpose" EO, and a few thousand others?
And this is just two topics...
Did Bush mention that he doesn’t need congress to do a damned thing? IT WAS AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT HE COULD REPLACE WITH A NEW ONE THAT SAYS DRILLING IS ALLOWED.
Yeah, did you see Pelosi’s PR earlier?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032790/posts
Lying POS. Where is her energy plan promised over two years ago? I forgot, nothing about energy in the last bill.
George W. Bush stop the bullshit, executive order, ANWR, oil shale and offshore.
Everybody should call the hill again.