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Obama's oil claims just don't add up
Houston Chronicle ^ | September 6, 2008 | ROBERT BRYCE and MICHAEL J. ECONOMIDES

Posted on 09/07/2008 2:55:09 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement

Barack Obama received many ovations during his acceptance speech at the Democratic convention in Denver. Perhaps the most enthusiastic applause from the crowd of 84,000 came after the senator from Illinois declared: "And for the sake of our economy, our security and the future of our planet, I will set a clear goal as president: In 10 years, we will finally end our dependence on oil from the Middle East."

Excuse us for sitting on our hands, but Obama's claims about energy just don't add up. Of course, that means he is no different from any other Washington politico. But we retain a quaint notion that reality should at least be in the same room during discussions of the world's single most important commodity. And embracing energy reality requires looking closely at the numbers.

(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: energy; energyplan; energypolicy; obama; obamabiden; oil

1 posted on 09/07/2008 2:55:09 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

How’s Obama going to pull that off, appoint Sarah Palin to do it? lol


2 posted on 09/07/2008 2:56:16 PM PDT by ovrtaxt (I <3 my PitBull. Sic em girl!!)
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To: ovrtaxt

The current Governor of Massachusetts was asked on a radio show what he thought of Palin’s speech. He began by saying he didn’t hear much of it because it was his “bed time.” So appropriate. He then said she sounded “sarcastic” and bitter. He followed it up by saying “Obama offers “CHANGE!’” These nitwits actually use bumper sticker slogans in promoting their candidate. “Change!” I laughed. I was waiting for “Hope!” but that wasn’t said.


3 posted on 09/07/2008 3:04:15 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

What will happen to the more than 250,000,000 vehicles on the road in the good old USA?

Bookends anyone?


4 posted on 09/07/2008 3:05:28 PM PDT by Dream Warrior
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

5 posted on 09/07/2008 3:07:30 PM PDT by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Great article. Looks like the cleanest way is to pump our own oil.

Pray for W, McCuda and Our Troops


6 posted on 09/07/2008 3:14:26 PM PDT by bray (Drill Congress!!)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Congrats to the Houston Chronicle... FINALLY! there are some reporters that can apply mathematics to some of this verbal garbage that is being spread around.


7 posted on 09/07/2008 3:19:04 PM PDT by DenverCossack
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

bump


8 posted on 09/07/2008 3:34:55 PM PDT by God luvs America (When the silent majority speaks the earth trembles!)
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To: DenverCossack

Obamas plan is simple—Gas Rationing. High Taxes on cars and trucks, take people’s cars away and give them bikes to ride. Then use the money to put Natural Gas powered buses to carry the unwashed Peons to work. Naturally the Government people and the powerful will have cars. Using logic like this its simple.


9 posted on 09/07/2008 3:38:20 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Thank you for posting this article.


“In 10 years, we will finally end our dependence on oil from the Middle East”

...because they will finally ‘own’ the U.S.


10 posted on 09/07/2008 3:42:32 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The Last Boy Scout)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Color me shocked! This from the Comical...the Houston Comical they usually will carry Barry’s water for him.


11 posted on 09/07/2008 3:52:34 PM PDT by engrpat
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Obama has no plan to end our dependence on foreign oil. His Saudi puppet masters will not allow it. That’s why he doesn’t want us pumping our own oil.


12 posted on 09/07/2008 4:21:16 PM PDT by conservative cat ("In politics if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman. " -MT)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
The gov. high school drop outs are too stupid to figure the math out. Keep’m stupid. You can tell’m anything. They love it.
13 posted on 09/08/2008 3:37:19 AM PDT by G-Man 1
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