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That EIA Report Obama Cites Treats Oil As If It's Less Than $50 a Barrel (Who does his research?)
The Campaign Spot at NRO ^
| 6 August 2008
| Jim Geraghty
Posted on 08/06/2008 8:01:13 AM PDT by SE Mom
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This is important- Obama is using OUTDATED, flawed information for his current stand on oil.
There are some very pertinent and timely facts in this piece.
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posted on
08/06/2008 8:01:13 AM PDT
by
SE Mom
To: penelopesire; netmilsmom; STARWISE; Miss Didi; holdonnow; AliVeritas; eeevil conservative
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posted on
08/06/2008 8:03:04 AM PDT
by
SE Mom
(Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
To: All
Right now, as we speak, the House GOP members are on TV showing real leadership to try to get a recall on Congress to VOTE on drilling before the conventions next month. How does Pelosi expect to stay in power with more than 780% of the country against her opinions on energy?????
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posted on
08/06/2008 8:04:50 AM PDT
by
cousair
To: SE Mom
It won’t matter one bit to the MSM. But we can help spread it around nonetheless. Rush should jump on this.
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posted on
08/06/2008 8:06:52 AM PDT
by
pissant
(THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
To: pissant
Yep- I’ve sent it to his email box..
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posted on
08/06/2008 8:09:57 AM PDT
by
SE Mom
(Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
To: SE Mom
Rat strategy is to lie about anything and everything to further their goals, knowing that the MSM will very seldom challenge them.
When periodically confronted they’ll stick to the lie, never admit their falsehoods and accuse or redirect the subject to something else.
The lie will stand as fact to the uncaring, brainwashed sheeple.
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posted on
08/06/2008 8:15:37 AM PDT
by
vietvet67
To: All
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posted on
08/06/2008 8:15:56 AM PDT
by
SE Mom
(Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
To: SE Mom
Gads......Why does this not surprise me?
Thanks for the ping. Hope this timely FACT makes the rounds today!
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posted on
08/06/2008 8:21:00 AM PDT
by
penelopesire
("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
To: SE Mom
“2017”? 2018, 2019, 2020........Democrats will never get the oil until they start drilling. Where is Obamas birth certificate. Is he a citizen or not??????????????
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posted on
08/06/2008 8:24:29 AM PDT
by
RC2
To: SE Mom
...who hold up the Energy Information Administration report like a protective talisman... Those who similarly hold up the EIA talisman on FR are regarded as the gurus, wisemen, and oil wizards speaking from the burning bush.
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posted on
08/06/2008 8:24:54 AM PDT
by
kcm.org
(Conservatives bashing Sen. McCain has Ronald Reagan spinning in his grave!!!)
To: SE Mom
obama is outdated and wants to bring us back to carternomics.
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posted on
08/06/2008 8:25:45 AM PDT
by
ari-freedom
(Øbamuh uh uh uh uh uh uh ummmmmm)
To: SE Mom
Obama'a use of outdated info on oil is likely not the result of bad research....its probably the result of careful research to find a report from the EIA that he could site that fits his agenda...and later deny he knew was outdated.
The entire Obama campaign is counting on the MSM and the voting public not doing any research to vet its claims!
His whole persona is based on this approach. Unfortunately, it seems to be working.
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posted on
08/06/2008 8:29:16 AM PDT
by
HardStarboard
(Take No Prisoners - We're Out O)
To: penelopesire
Here’s Geraghty’s piece on this from yesterday:
Picking Apart Obama’s Energy Speech
This EIA report that, when calculating the time it would take for oil from domestic sources reaches the market, presumes that nothing happens in terms of exploration until 2012 is getting cited quite often. Obama, yesterday:
George Bush’s own Energy Department has said that if we opened up new areas to drilling today, we wouldn’t see a single drop of oil for seven years. Seven years.
Obama’s speech yesterday was terribly defensive, with two major policy reversals. Mark Impomeni notes that Obama is touting a release from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which he calculates would provide each licensed driver with about 40 percent of a tank of gas... when he had previous argued that McCain’s proposal for a gas tax holiday was a “gimmick” because it would only save consumers about “half a tank of gas over the course of the entire summer.”
Half a tank is a gimmick, but 40 percent of a tank is a “genuine way in which we can provide some short-term relief from high gas prices.”
Obama continues:
“Even Texas oilman Boone Pickens, who’s calling for major new investments in alternative energy, has said, “this is one emergency we can’t drill our way out of.”
T. Boone Pickens also believes the U.S. should drill offshore on both coasts and ANWR, declaring, “Youre drilling and whatever you are able to find and put into the domestic system will help us.” Let me guess, he’s an expert when he agrees with you, but a fool when he disagrees. Everyone does this to a certain extent, but Obama should avoid the “even T. Boone Pickens” line unless he’s willing to concede Pickens might not have such a selective area of expertise and judgment.
“But we should start by telling the oil companies to drill on the 68 million acres they currently have access to but haven’t touched.”
This argument makes perfect sense if you believe that oil is perfectly evenly distributed across every acre off U.S. shores. If some acres have lots of oil, and some have none, suddenly the oil companies’ decision to not drill in some places makes more sense.
“And if they don’t, we should require them to give up their leases to someone who will.”
If oil companies won’t drill on those 68 million acres, we’ll give those leases to... who? Who besides oil companies will drill for oil?
08/05 09:49 AM
http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZDM5NTk5MjgzOTMzZjFkODQ1NWMxNThmMDY0MjkzMmU=
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posted on
08/06/2008 8:30:01 AM PDT
by
SE Mom
(Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
To: HardStarboard
You’re right- but there are cracks in the facade of Obama and it’s up to us to keep up the pressure.
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posted on
08/06/2008 8:36:44 AM PDT
by
SE Mom
(Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
To: SE Mom
>>>
The EIA...... an agency whose predictions have proven considerably flawed at best, and at worst, was completely blindsided...<<<
The CIA of the oil world. And Pelosi wants us to let Washington solve our problems.
Washington may have perfected the inefficiency of socialist institutions without actually becoming fully socialist.
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posted on
08/06/2008 8:36:58 AM PDT
by
HardStarboard
(Take No Prisoners - We're Out O)
To: SE Mom
ANWAR could also be quickly tapped as the technology of safely drilling in arctic conditions was mastered when Alaskan oil was first tapped some 30 years ago and the Alaskan pipeline is already in place to transport crude to tankers at Valdez.
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posted on
08/06/2008 8:38:17 AM PDT
by
The Great RJ
("Mir we bleiwen wat mir sin" or "We want to remain what we are." ..Luxembourg motto)
To: SE Mom
“T. Boone Pickens also believes the U.S. should drill offshore on both coasts and ANWR, declaring, Youre drilling and whatever you are able to find and put into the domestic system will help us. Let me guess, hes an expert when he agrees with you, but a fool when he disagrees.”
HECK....EVEN PARIS HILTON ‘GETS IT’ AND KNOWS WE SHOULD DRILL!!...LOL
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posted on
08/06/2008 8:40:04 AM PDT
by
penelopesire
("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
To: All
From yesterday's show:
Keep talking, Senator Obama. America isn't laughing.
RUSH:...This kick that they're on to replace oil, where does this come from, even politically? Is there polling data out there that says a majority of the Americans hate oil, that the way to the White House is to demonize oil? Where did this come from? This is irrational. It borders on the insane to hate oil. A lot of things can damage things just like oil can, if it's not properly contained and used. I just don't understand this.
Well, I do, but I mean I'm trying to express my incredulity here at the absolute stupidity of assuming a position. This is like coming out against oxygen, or it's like arguing against rain. It's just silly! What is the damage? How has oil destroyed America? How has it destroyed people's lives? It's done just the opposite. Where does this come from? What in the world is the political calculation these people have to construct a presidential campaign based on the hatred of oil, as though oil itself is a conservative Republican? They're treating oil as if it's no different than Bush. They hate Bush; they hate oil. And both are irrational. (cont.)
Barry Mocks "Drill Here. Drill Now."
RUSH: ...Well, I don't know about that, but I will tell you why Obama is quoting T. Boone Pickens. And there is one reason he's quoting T. Boone Pickens, that's 'cause T. Boone is a Republican, and T. Boone has said two things that Obama likes, and he's ignoring everything else that T. Boone has said. Obama loves it when T. Boone used that $700 billion transfer of wealth figure. We're sending $700 billion over to enemies. He loves when T. Boone says that, but it's not as T. Boone describes it. It's not a transfer of wealth. It's an exchange of wealth. We've been through that. Second thing he likes is when T. Boone goes through this notion of we are 3% of the world's population using 25% of the world's resources. Liberals have been using that since Paul Ehrlich back in the seventies. What T. Boone wants and what Obama doesn't mention, in addition to natural gas, and in addition to T. Boone's dream of his massive wind farm business, T. Boone wants to drill out the wazoo, T. Boone wants to drill for oil anywhere we can find, but T. Boone is saying we can't drill our way out of this, and T. Boone says we can't drill our way out of this because if we drill our way out of it, his wind farms are going to be less attractive.
"Energy Independence" Insanity
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posted on
08/06/2008 8:43:28 AM PDT
by
Miss Didi
("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
To: SE Mom
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posted on
08/06/2008 8:49:02 AM PDT
by
EdReform
(The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed *NRA*JPFO*SAF*GOA*SAS*CCRKBA)
To: The Great RJ
This is all so infuriating. After 9/11 I always wondered why it wasn’t a TOP PRIORITY of our government to start domestic energy production.
I mean come ON, Saudi Arabia?
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posted on
08/06/2008 8:54:27 AM PDT
by
SE Mom
(Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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