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Newt's Message to Democrats: Listen to the People and Make This 4th of July Energy Independence Day
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| 06/24/2008
| Newt Gingrich
Posted on 06/24/2008 12:30:29 PM PDT by Tolik
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http://westmoreland.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=94435
House members who signed pledge to increase U.S. oil
Washington, Jun 24 - U.S. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland has challenged all 435 members of the House to sign a pledge that reads "I will vote to increase U.S. oil production to lower gas prices for Americans."
Below are the 175 members and counting who have signed:
Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-Ga.) Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii) Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.) Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) Rep. Rodney Alexander (R-La.) Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-Minn.) Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) Rep. Gresham Barrett (R-S.C.) Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) Rep. Judy Biggert (R-Ill.) Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.) Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah) Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) Rep. Jo Bonner (R-Ala.) Rep. John Boozman (R-Ark.) Rep. Charles Boustany (R-La.) Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.) Rep. Henry Brown (R-S.C.) Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite (R-Fla.) Rep. Mike Burgess (R-Texas) Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.) Rep. Steve Buyer (R-Ind.) Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.) Rep. John Campbell (R-Calif.) Rep. Chris Cannon (R-Utah) Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) Rep. John Carter (R-Texas) Rep. Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) Rep. Howard Coble (R-N.C.) Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas) Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R-Fla.) Rep. Barbara Cubin (R-Wyo.) Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas) Rep. David Davis (R-Tenn.) Rep. Geoff Davis (R-Ky.) Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) Rep. Nathan Deal (R-Ga.) Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Pa.) Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) Rep. Thelma Drake (R-Va.) Rep. David Dreier (R-Calif.) Rep. John Doolittle (R-Calif.) Rep. John Duncan (R-Tenn.) Rep. Vern Ehlers (R-Mich.) Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.) Rep. Phil English (R-Pa.) Rep. Mary Fallin (R-Okla.) Rep. Tom Feeney (R-Fla.) Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.) Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) Rep. Vito Fossella (R-N.Y.) Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-Calif.) Rep. Scott Garrett (R-N.J.) Rep. Jim Gerlach (R-Pa.) Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.) Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) Rep. Virgil Goode (R-Va.) Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas) Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) Rep. Ralph Hall (R-Texas) Rep. Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) Rep. Robin Hayes (R-N.C.) Rep. Dean Heller (R-Nev.) Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) Rep. Wally Herger (R-Calif.) Rep. Dave Hobson (R-Ohio) Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-Mich.) Rep. Kenny Hulshof (R-Mo.) Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) Rep. Sam Johnson (R-Texas) Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.) Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) Rep. Ric Keller (R-Fla.) Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.) Rep. John Kline (R-Minn.) Rep. Joe Knollenberg (R-Mich.) Rep. Randy Kuhl (R-N.Y.) Rep. Ray LaHood (R-Ill.) Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) Rep. Tom Latham (R-Iowa) Rep. Steve LaTourette (R-Ohio) Rep. Bob Latta (R-Ohio) Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.) Rep. Ron Lewis (R-Ky.) Rep. John Linder (R-Ga.) Rep. Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) Rep. Dan Lungren (R-Calif.) Rep. Don Manzullo (R-Ill.) Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-Texas) Rep. Mike McCaul (R-Texas) Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-Mich.) Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) Rep. Candice Miller (R-Mich.) Rep. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (R-Colo.) Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-Texas) Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) Rep. Connie Mack (R-Fla.) Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-Calif.) Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.) Rep. Gary Miller (R-Calif.) Rep. Jeff Miller (R-Fla.) Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) Rep. Jim McCrery (R-La.) Rep. Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) Rep. Tim Murphy (R-Pa.) Rep. Sue Myrick (R-N.C.) Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) Rep. Steve Pearce (R-N.M.) Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) Rep. John Peterson (R-Pa.) Rep. Tom Petri (R-Wis.) Rep. Chip Pickering (R-Miss.) Rep. Joe Pitts (R-Pa.) Rep. Todd Platts (R-Pa.) Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas) Rep. Jon Porter (R-Nev.) Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) Rep. Deborah Pryce (R-Ohio) Rep. Adam Putnam (R-Fla.) Rep. George Radanovich (R-Calif.) Rep. Dennis Rehberg (R-Mont.) Rep. Rick Renzi (R-Ariz.) Rep. Tom Reynolds (R-N.Y.) Rep. Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) Rep. Cathy McMorris Rogers (R-Wash.) Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) Rep. Ed Royce (R-Calif.) Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) Rep. Bill Sali (R-Idaho) Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Ohio) Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) Rep. John Shadegg (R-Ariz.) Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.) Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) Rep. Adrian Smith (R-Neb.) Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) Rep. Mark Souder (R-Ind.) Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) Rep. John Sullivan (R-Okla.) Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) Rep. Lee Terry (R-Neb.) Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.) Rep. Pat Tiberi (R-Ohio) Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.) Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) Rep. Jim Walsh (R-N.Y.) Rep. Zach Wamp (R-Tenn.) Rep. Dave Weldon (R-Fla.) Rep. Jerry Weller (R-Ill.) Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.) Rep. Heather Wilson (R-N.M.) Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) Rep. Bill Young (R-Fla.) Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska)
Members who said "No" to the pledge:
Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.) Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.) Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.) Rep. Bob Inglis (R-S.C.) Rep. Nick Lampson (D-Texas) Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-N.J.) Rep. Jim Ramstad (R-Minn.) Rep. Dave Reichert (R-Wash.) Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.)
NOTE: If your member is not listed, his or her office has been contacted but has not responded.
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posted on
06/24/2008 12:30:29 PM PDT
by
Tolik
To: Lando Lincoln; neverdem; quidnunc; .cnI redruM; Valin; King Prout; SJackson; dennisw; ...
Nailed It!
This ping list is not author-specific for articles I'd like to share. Some for the perfect moral clarity, some for provocative thoughts; or simply interesting articles I'd hate to miss myself. (I don't have to agree with the author all 100% to feel the need to share an article.) I will try not to abuse the ping list and not to annoy you too much, but on some days there is more of the good stuff that is worthy of attention. You can see the list of articles I pinged to lately on my page.
You are welcome in or out, just freepmail me (and note which PING list you are talking about). Besides this one, I keep 2 separate PING lists for my favorite authors Victor Davis Hanson and Orson Scott Card.
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posted on
06/24/2008 12:31:23 PM PDT
by
Tolik
To: Tolik
This Independence Day we declare our energy independence Sounds like coal. Oil sure isn't it. Mine that coal and build those coal to liquid plants. And, put in the order for steel now because there is a shortage and you will need a hugh amount of steel.
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posted on
06/24/2008 12:35:11 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(I will veto each and every beer)
To: Tolik
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posted on
06/24/2008 12:35:33 PM PDT
by
EdReform
(The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed *NRA*JPFO*SAF*GOA*SAS*CCRKBA)
To: Tolik
Wow! Looks like Newt finally decided to get up off Nancy’s couch. Must not have liked the public’s reaction to him pushing a leftist agenda.
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posted on
06/24/2008 12:42:10 PM PDT
by
Minn
(Here is a realistic picture of the prophet: ----> ([: {()
To: Tolik
= Do Nothing Congress.
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posted on
06/24/2008 12:45:25 PM PDT
by
Bubba_Leroy
("What's up with Whitey?" - Michelle Obama)
To: Tolik
Let’s use MSM (propaganda) techniques and call Rep, Westmoreland’s pledge a BIPARTISAN pledge.
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posted on
06/24/2008 12:52:00 PM PDT
by
CDB
("Typical white person"--B. Hussein Obama, the "Magic Negro")
To: CDB
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posted on
06/24/2008 12:54:21 PM PDT
by
FoxInSocks
(B. Hussein Obama: The Paucity of Hope)
To: Bubba_Leroy
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posted on
06/24/2008 12:55:35 PM PDT
by
EdReform
(The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed *NRA*JPFO*SAF*GOA*SAS*CCRKBA)
To: Tolik
“First, when federal waters or lands are leased to energy companies, the first step is to explore for oil - in other words, look for it. Most of the acres leased for oil end up being determined to not hold enough oil or gas to make it PROFITABLE FOR ENERGY COMPANIES TO ACTUALLY EXTRACT IT. So the vast majority of those 68 million acres are not being used for a simple reason: they’re currently unusable.
Given this fact, it’s obvious that citing the amount of currently unused leased land is a ruse. It allows opponents of using American oil to seem as if they actually support it, when in truth they only support more drilling in areas where there is not enough oil to make it worthwhile to drill. In other words, they actually don’t support using our American oil to lower gas prices.
Either it is a ruse, or it is a testament to the profound arrogance of the Washington elite that they believe they understand the business of oil production better than American oil companies.”
There’s that horrible word in the text above once again: “Profit”. The Socialist/Democrats have already stated their desire to “Nationalize” our Oil Companies. Is their goal to make the words “Profit”, and “Free Market” synonymous with such a dirty word as “Capitalism”?
Of course.
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posted on
06/24/2008 1:04:22 PM PDT
by
rockinqsranch
(Dems, Libs, Socialists...call 'em what you will...They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
To: Tolik
I happen to like Newt. I wish he would return to politics. He is intelligent and very articulate. Sadly, though, much of the republican party has left him. They are definitely not the the same party when he was in. It is a different beast nowadays.
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posted on
06/24/2008 1:05:28 PM PDT
by
rawhide
To: CDB
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posted on
06/24/2008 1:06:52 PM PDT
by
Tolik
To: rawhide
There is no thread with Newt where he is not harshly criticized by some FReepers. There is no politician, and there never was, who can withstand criticism from ALL sides of that half (?) of Americans who call themselves conservatives, or at least republicans. I also disagree with Newt on his green triangulation. BUT, there is no politician on the conservative side that generates as many common sense ideas nowadays than Newt. He should have been a head of the RNC already!
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posted on
06/24/2008 1:15:19 PM PDT
by
Tolik
To: Minn
Bravo to Newt for getting his foot in the door of the energy discussion. Our oil, and our future, is no longer the exclusive property of the green movement. Newt did a great thing with that commercial!
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posted on
06/24/2008 1:18:23 PM PDT
by
ishabibble
(ALL-AMERICAN INFIDEL)
To: Bubba_Leroy
I truly prefer a “do nothing Congress” if the only alternative is the passing of very bad legislation. The next Congress will probably be even worse than the present Congress, because there will probably be even less conservatives in the next Congress than in the present Congress!
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posted on
06/24/2008 1:34:00 PM PDT
by
johnthebaptistmoore
(Vote for conservatives AT ALL POLITICAL LEVELS! Encourage all others to do the same on November 4!)
To: ishabibble
Newt did a great thing with that commercial! Granting a false premise, just so you can have a say on how to solve a non-existent problem, doesn't make much sense. Pat Robertson is a whack job who few take seriously anymore, but Newt should have known better.
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posted on
06/24/2008 1:56:23 PM PDT
by
Minn
(Here is a realistic picture of the prophet: ----> ([: {()
To: Tolik
Not to hijack this thread, but I have a question...
I realize that under the current political shadow, drilling our own oil is unlikely and an uphill battle without wheels or propulsion... and building/expanding new refineries are even more difficult to achieve. BUT...
Lets say that more states tell the feds and the environmental wack-jobs to go pound sand, and say we as a country decided to get and use our own oil, and to refine it as well...
How long would it take to actually build some new refineries from scratch if major resources were put into place to get it done. And lets assume that the bulk of the obstructive regulations were lifted (or ignored) to get it done - so basically there are no major obstacles - how long would it take to actually build one (or more)?
And second - assuming that the new refineries are built relatively close to the new wells - how quickly could oil flow, and gas be made if the obstacles were lifted?
I have heard 8-10 years if they opened ANWR today... but I assume that a large portion of the time would be permitting and other environmental impact studies, regulation, and other major hurdles. The Hyperion project in South Dakota, while having leapt over the first hurdle (a vote by the people), they still fact local, state, and federal regulations and permitting - and they have a tentative groundbreaking in 2010...
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posted on
06/24/2008 2:43:27 PM PDT
by
TheBattman
(Vote your conscience, or don't complain about RINOs!)
To: Tolik; Lando Lincoln; neverdem; quidnunc; .cnI redruM; Valin; King Prout; SJackson; dennisw; ...
PLEASE keep Government out of the energy solution.
We’d have cured cancer by now if Johnson hadn’t
decided to throw Government money into “research”.
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If you liberals keep gettin’ your way, we’re all
gonna hear one big loud flush. The sound of the
U.S. of A. goin’ straight down the toilet.
-—ARCHIE BUNKER-—
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posted on
06/24/2008 3:40:29 PM PDT
by
Jo Nuvark
(Those who bless Israel will be blessed, those who curse Israel will be cursed. Gen 12:3)
To: TheBattman
[... How long would it take to actually build some new refineries...?]
An engineer on another thread said 18 to 24 months to get the oil flowing and refining here, IF the government gets out of the way.
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posted on
06/24/2008 3:42:18 PM PDT
by
Jo Nuvark
(Those who bless Israel will be blessed, those who curse Israel will be cursed. Gen 12:3)
To: Tolik
It would take 10 years to reach the pump if Congress did it.
Pray for W and Our Troops
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posted on
06/24/2008 4:01:35 PM PDT
by
bray
(Drill Congress!!!)
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