My plan for shale is to squeeze the oil out of the shale with my most powerful buttocks...Maria will hold the can as I squeeze...
Posted on 06/27/2008 9:05:16 AM PDT by thackney
MIAMI (Reuters) - Republican California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said on Friday that politicians who suggest that lifting a ban on offshore oil drilling would ease rising fuel prices in the United States were "blowing smoke."
The comments were seen by the U.S. media as a slap at Republican leaders including President George W. Bush and the party's presumptive presidential nominee John McCain, who have recently spoken in favor of more offshore drilling as America tries to wean itself from its dependence on foreign oil.
A spokesman for the governor, however, said the comments were not directed at McCain, nor at Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who has backed McCain's stance on offshore drilling.
Rising oil prices and record-high $4-a-gallon gasoline and their impact on the faltering U.S. economy have put energy concerns squarely at the center of the contest between McCain and Democrat Barack Obama in November.
Speaking at a climate change gathering of politicians and business leaders hosted by fellow Republican Crist, Schwarzenegger said politicians have been "throwing around all kinds of ideas in response to the skyrocketing energy crisis, from rethinking nuclear power to pushing biofuels and more renewables and ending the ban on offshore drilling."
"Anyone who tells you that this will bring down our gas prices immediately or any time soon is blowing smoke," he said. "America is so addicted to oil it will take us years to wean ourselves from it and to look for new ways to feed our addiction is not the answer."
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ENERGY PLAN
McCain has embraced offshore drilling in recent days and proposed a plan to build 45 new nuclear power plants by 2030. Obama has criticized McCain's drilling stance, and instead has advocated a plan to slap new taxes on oil company profits.
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Ahnold, Nobel Peace Prize winner 2008
ALL, and I do mean ALL aspects of your life would be controlled if liberals had their way.
They currently, demonstrably, support no individual freedoms unrelated to sexual behavior, but once they do control all the other aspects, they’ll go for that too.
And just how much ELECTRONIC COMMUTING is Ahnold encouraging in kaalifornia?
If all a state employee’s department needs is a WORK PRODUCT, set him up with a computer and a broadband connection and let him work at home.
Sounds like a good plan for Ahnold as well.
Someone please remind me - Schwarzenegger is a Republican in what way? Or is it just the letter next to his name for election convenience?
Oh, he's a Republican. He's just not a conservative.
The two used to be more closely aligned. No longer.
This state can no longer afford him. Hey hey ho ho, The Hypocriponator has got to go!
Furthermore, Arnold, a RINO, announced at the 2004 Republican National CONvention that he believed in a whole long list of stuff that actual conservative Republicans have believed in!!!
You can't anchor your political/economic beliefs to what either of these two eels have ever said, nor to what the current lame-ast uncandid candidate is saying!!!
It's really hard to be a loyal Republican these days when the leaders have just flat ignored the Party's Platform!!!
My nose is developing severe gnarly caluses from holding it everytime I vote anymore!!!
Energy expert, Ahnold Shwartzentootie said.
These idiot politicians have no frigging idea of the fire they are playing with on this issue.
The days of “we can’t do anything about this” are over!
Not that I advocate biofuels (they're extrodinarioly inefficient, waste water, and deplete the soil), but they take CO2 out of the atmosphere while they're grown.
So yes, biofuels release CO2 when burned, but it's only CO2 that they took out out of the atmosphere when they were growing. Therefore, on net, aside from any fossil fuels you might have burned to harvest them or distill them, biofuels are carbon neutral.
Exactly. Saying we’re addicted to oil is the equivalent of saying 19th century Irishmen were addicted to potatoes.
Exactly, I can't stand the idiotic talking point on this as an “addiction”.
Oil and the petrochemical industry have basically made the incredible advance of modern life possible in this country. These idiots think it's just something you put in your car. Oil is all around us in virtually everything we come in contact with and depend on daily.
Would this be a good time to say “Don’t blame me. I voted for McClintock?”
Piss off millionaire! Us regular folks need cheaper gas so we can feed our families.
“Schwarzenegger says feeding oil addiction no answer “
What’s Arnolds plan?
A person can choose to stop smoking or taking heroin. Can we choose not to drive to work? High prices undermine the health of our economy.
Using “addiction” as a propaganda tool is elitist.
Did Ahnuld mention what his brilliant energy plan is?
Oh... dang. I was thinking it was less than that.
I've tried to just tune him out, but the muck keeps rising to the surface.
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