Drill Here, Drill Now- (Live Thread, Day XVIII)

8/26/08 | Sherri Reese

[BufordP]

DC Chapter ping

[eeevil conservative]

Don’t miss the show with Congressman Pence today!

I had to hand the interview over to Bill- because I am scheduled to make a presentation today at a University here in GA

ROCK ON FOLKS!!

[NonValueAdded]

A question for Nancy Pelosi, hands-down winner of the 2008 Box of Rocks award. SanFranNan, where does natural gas, that “alternative to fossil fuels,” come from? Might is be, oh, I don’t know ... UNDERGROUND? To power the entire vehicle fleet of the United States you’d need to DRILL how many wells?

[mosesdapoet]

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[Entrepreneur]

During the INITIAL offering, before the stock was offered in public, the stock was sold to a select group of investors for $3.86 per share, and this amounted to around 125,000 shares. Pelosi made her purchase on the day the stock was offered, which makes one suspicious that she was able to get the stock at the lower price. Her close ties to Hambrecht, a liberal activist who gives $80,000 per year to liberal causes, make one suspect that she had to have been in on the offering but we cannot prove this.

You know, too darn many in the political elite on both sides of the aisle participate in deals like this. How can so many politicians, who can barely find two cents of their own to rub together, go to DC, knock down a nice, but not excessive salary, and emerge wealthy? There's a real story here if anyone would actually track it down.

[kcm.org]

Life is simple Read tagline—lot simpler than north pole or out in the ocean...

[skinkinthegrass]

thanks, for posting these updates....America needs to know.

[Girlene]

As always, thanks for these threads!

The Queen Bee thinks Oil Companies Should Pay Royalties.

“You want to talk about drilling offshore? Let’s talk about profits made by the oil companies without paying royalties,” Pelosi said Monday morning before members of the California delegation to the Democratic National Convention. “They’re taking your oil without paying any royalties.”

[Unrepentant VN Vet]

The old defense that “They’re ALL crooks, so just ignore this deal” just doesn’t wash.

Pelosi belongs in jail for this, not just out of the Speaker’s office.

The clowns in the MSM (aka Dem Propaganda Ministry) who are stonewalling it can go in the cells down the hall.

[pattty]

IBTP... Good morning EC!

Call Congress Back

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[Girlene]

Drill Now Revolt Continues

Today House Speaker Nancy Pelosi jets her way into the fourth week of her book tour with a dismal sales rank (as of Saturday night) on Amazon.com of 22,184th. Some 22,183 books are selling better than Pelosi’s own as House Republicans maintain their high-voltage revolt on Capitol Hill and nationwide demanding that Pelosi bring the House back into session for a vote to end the Congressional embargo on offshore drilling.

Instead of returning to debate their colleagues on practical energy policy last week, Democrats kept floating their wacky ideas. Democrat Majority Leader Steny Hoyer asked the Office of Personnel Management to provide him with “a comprehensive analysis” of a transition by federal government employees to a four-day work week.

LOL. Maybe the 4 day work week is the Dem's answer to conserving energy.

[CottonBall]

Some 22,183 books are selling better than Pelosi’s own as House Republicans maintain their high-voltage revolt on Capitol Hill and nationwide demanding that Pelosi bring the House back into session for a vote to end the Congressional embargo on offshore drilling.

Glad her highest priority isn't going well.

I really have my fingers crossed that what our House Heros are doing will get national attention - and be in stark contrast to what their Dem colleagues are doing while the Dem convention is going on.

[penelopesire]

In case you missed Jay Leno last night, McCain got THUNDEROUS applause on the Drill Here, Drill Now comment....in California!!

Thanks for all of your hard work keeping this in the foreground of America’s conversation!!

[eeevil conservative]

Thank you and AWESOME news about last night

I am off to give a presentation at a University here in GA.....

Will not be back til late- after supper

Thanks to ALL OF YOU!! FOR EVERYTHING YOU ALL DO EVERYDAY!!!

I AM BLESSED TO BE A FREEPER!!

[EdReform]

BTTT!

What Congress might do on the offshore drilling issue (Pelosi's in no position to "compromise")

"Q: I read your article regarding the limit on offshore drilling for oil that is set to expire on Sept. 30. What if the speaker of the House will not even bring it up for a vote? Does that mean the ban on most drilling will expire and we could start more drilling? This article really got me thinking, because I watch a lot of the news programs and no one has mentioned this. I would appreciate your comments, because that was one of the most interesting articles that I have read recently.

A: Thank you for your positive feedback.

My understanding, from speaking with various folks who keep close tabs on Congress, is that the Democratic-controlled House is seeking to combine an extension of the ban on most drilling for another year with the annual spending bill, which will be waiting for congressional action upon their return from vacation in early September. If Republicans stick to their guns and oppose the annual budget bill because it includes another extension of the offshore drilling limit, this could lead to a government shutdown if a compromise isn't reached by the end of September..."

[EdReform]

It's Unwise To Tax 'Well-Earned' Profits

"There are certain laws you can break without serious repercussions, but the laws of economics are far less forgiving. And history shows that we will all pay a hefty fine if lawmakers choose to enact a "windfall" profits tax as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has just proposed and Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama supports.

Talk of a "windfall" profits tax turns up, like a bad penny, when politicians catch on that Americans have become frustrated by high gas prices. The concept is simple: Politicians, who are no more popular than high energy prices right now, see an easy scapegoat. So they slap an extra tax on the "bad guy" and take a bow.

... we tried a windfall profits tax from 1980 to 1988. A report by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service concluded that this tax reduced domestic oil production by 3% to 6% and increased oil imports in the range of 8% to 16%. History has shown that a windfall profits tax increased U.S. dependence on foreign oil. It would do so again if repeated.

This real-life history proves the economic theory for why windfall profits negatively impact progress toward cheaper gas and increased supply of alternative fuels..."

[drzz]

Bill KRISTOL : “McCain will win”
http://leblogdrzz.over-blog.com/article-22049632.html

[EdReform]

Thanks for link - will read later.

[1035rep]

bttt