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Obama To Blame Others For Rising Gas Prices Thursday (Paging Captain Obvious)
The First Street Journal ^ | 2/23/2012 | By William Teach

Posted on 02/23/2012 4:47:36 AM PST by tobyhill

Senator Obama: Rising gas prices are President Bush’s fault! President Obama: Rising gas prices are someone else’s fault!

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President Barack Obama will try to head off the political impact of rising gasoline prices as Republicans vow to make the price at the pump an issue in the 2012 election campaign.

Obama plans events this week focusing on his administration’s efforts to expand domestic exploration and development of alternative energy sources to combat cyclical spikes in gas prices.

He’s going to blame China, Iran, speculators, people who fail yo properly inflate their tires and get tune ups, anybody but himself.

The White House press secretary, Jay Carney, came to his daily press briefing armed with statistics about domestic exploration and said Obama favors various forms of energy, including higher fuel-efficiency standards, nuclear reactor development and alternative energy research.

He will discuss the steps his administration has taken to increase domestic production of oil and natural gas, raise fuel efficiency standards and promote new construction of nuclear facilities, officials said.

How’s that worked so far? Much like the unemployment rate, the US has had sustained high gas and energy prices throughout Obama’s time as emperor, er, president. And the rates continue to rise.

This will be a purely political speech, one in which Obama ducks all responsibility, and one in which he provides no true solutions. The phrase you’ll be hearing in your head is “suck it up, buttercup. Buy a Volt.” Because energy just magically appears from unicorn farts in Obama World. And one in which the taxpayers pay for his gas for the 17 car motorcades and unnecessary fossil fueled flights to campaign events and vacation spots.

(Excerpt) Read more at journal14.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhoenergy; blame; gasprices
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To: tobyhill

It’s the purple teletubby’s fault!


21 posted on 02/23/2012 6:05:08 AM PST by bgill (Romney & Obama are both ineligible. A non-NBC GOP prez shuts down all ?s on Obama's admin)
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To: tobyhill
I SEE IT NOW. . . . .
Free Gas for everybody. . . . . . .
And free bubble up and rainbow stew. . . .
22 posted on 02/23/2012 6:14:50 AM PST by DeaconRed (Cold War Veteran. . . . US Army Security Agency 1964-1968)
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To: shankbear

Plus, as Jay Carney said, the Republicans blocked the Keystone Pipeline.


23 posted on 02/23/2012 6:42:08 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: freeangel

About that “untimely demise”; maybe his next crack hit will do it.


24 posted on 02/23/2012 6:54:23 AM PST by GreatRoad (O < 0)
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To: GreatRoad

“maybe his next crack hit will do it.”

‘Keepin’ my fingers crossed. I wonder if, like kings have food tasters, they also have coke testers?


25 posted on 02/23/2012 6:58:05 AM PST by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: sickoflibs

Read Al Gores book. Earth in the Balance and see how he said America could deal with the fossil fuel issue. Raise prices so high they won’t drive as much. Guess what? The greenies are choking the public and it is behavior modification for the masses. Get used to it.


26 posted on 02/23/2012 6:58:19 AM PST by oldironsides
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To: tobyhill

Obama has fought hard to keep gas prices down.

Look at all the people he’s prevented from driving to work...


27 posted on 02/23/2012 6:59:55 AM PST by mrsmith (So... how's the Tea Party nominee for your House seat doing?)
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To: crosshairs
"He suffers from severe Narcissistic Personality Disorder. People with this psychological impairment ALWAYS blame someone else for the bad that they do, because in their eyes they can do no wrong."

I apologize for my contradiction but he's not the one suffering from his condition.

We are.

He, like most politicians, does not suffer from, nor is impaired by, his NPD. Quite the contrary, they benefit from it because their followers mistake narcissism for vision and conviction.
28 posted on 02/23/2012 7:00:56 AM PST by Anvilhead (Dammit Jim, I'm an American not an American't.)
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To: tobyhill

No one will buy what he’s selling...

Obama’s fault.


29 posted on 02/23/2012 7:08:22 AM PST by Hoosier-Daddy ( "It does no good to be a super power if you have to worry what the neighbors think." BuffaloJack)
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To: oldironsides
RE :”Read Al Gores book. Earth in the Balance and see how he said America could deal with the fossil fuel issue. Raise prices so high they won’t drive as much. Guess what? The greenies are choking the public and it is behavior modification for the masses. Get used to it.

Al Gore's book was written long before Obama was elected so there is no way the information I asked about can be in it.
It will be a major back and forth issue in the coming general election so we might as well know now.

Did you read Al Gore's book? I hope you didnt buy it.

30 posted on 02/23/2012 7:23:31 AM PST by sickoflibs (You MUST support the lesser of two RINOs or we all die!)
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To: oldironsides
RE :”Read Al Gores book. Earth in the Balance and see how he said America could deal with the fossil fuel issue. Raise prices so high they won’t drive as much. Guess what? The greenies are choking the public and it is behavior modification for the masses. Get used to it.

Al Gore's book was written long before Obama was elected so there is no way the information I asked about can be in it.
It will be a major back and forth issue in the coming general election so we might as well know now.

Did you read Al Gore's book? I hope you didnt buy it.

31 posted on 02/23/2012 7:23:31 AM PST by sickoflibs (You MUST support the lesser of two RINOs or we all die!)
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To: TomGuy
... the same rhetoric that has been used since Nixon was president.

You said it. I remember well how Nixon used to spit out the word "Speculators" nightly. It was nauseating.

32 posted on 02/23/2012 7:40:17 AM PST by Cyber Liberty ("If the past sits in judgment on the present, the future will be lost." --Winston Churchill)
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To: Moonman62

EPA pulls permits for two Texas City refineries

Published July 1, 2010

TEXAS CITY The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday rejected the air quality permits for 122 industrial facilities in Texas, including the BP and Valero refineries in Texas City.

The pulling of the flexible air permits that are issued by the state under EPA authority means the facilities do not have legal operating permits.

EPA Regional Administrator Al Armendariz said none of the facilities will be required to shut down but all will be required to obtain new permits under stricter guidelines.

Earlier this year, the agency pulled more than 200 permits, citing what it said were deficiencies in the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality flexible air permitting process.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story/160182


33 posted on 02/26/2012 8:51:51 AM PST by kcvl
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