Posted on 05/13/2008 8:57:15 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON - The Senate has rejected a Republican energy plan that calls for opening an Alaska wildlife refuge and some offshore waters to oil development. Supporters of the measure couldn't get the needed 60 votes to overcome a Democratic-led filibuster threat.
Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said more domestic oil production is needed to keep prices in check and to reduce U.S. dependence on oil imports.
Opponents said areas such as the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and coastal waters that have been off limits to drilling for 25 years ought to remain that out of bounds to oil companies. The GOP measure, defeated Tuesday by a vote of 56-42, would have allowed coastal states to get a waiver to the offshore drilling ban.
I have already sent off an email to my idiot senator from Missouri, mckaskle.
Which is EXACTLY why we need the "CAP AND TRADE" energy policy--supported by liberals everywhere AND John McCain. /s
Just think of all the GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACY JOBS that will be created to administer/regulate/punish the private sector (business and individuals)!!! Those useless government employees will also have those 'bennies' you mentioned--to help them tell us how we should live!
P.S. Don't forget of all the 'lawyer' jobs that will be created in the brand new legal field, "CAP AND TRADE" LAW" too!!! If you want to recommend a career to a young college student--CAP AND TRADE LAW is the way to go!! You could get in on the 'ground floor' of a gigantic new area of law enforcement/regulation! Thousands and thousands of high-paying jobs in the legal industry right there.
“We need to set up a PAC called “Americans for Energy Independence”. I’ll be willing to spend money on that. So they’ll work against Senators who voted no on drilling ANWR.”
Count me in.
It will be tomorrow before the vote is up on the Library of Congress website, but you can pretty much guess who voted for and against.
The ‘Rats WANT you to suffer with high gas prices!
Then we'll have to do our best to work against John McCain getting the nomination--as he strongly opposes drilling ANWR!!
Oooops, too late. Never mind.
The problem is that the American people don’t understand economics and oil and never will.
They're in cahoots with the environmentalists. For different reasons. Both groups are loosely in line with the globalists who are actually driving the whole agenda.
Before you think I've managed to corner the market for tinfoil, think about this: There is enough oil available to this country between ANWR and the fields off our coasts to fuel the country for a couple hundred years and drop the price for premium and diesel to about .50 a gallon and .33 a gallon for regular. Why is that a bad thing? A glut of supply brings prices down and so too, do PROFITS fall. Of course there would not be a sharp or rapid fall in prices thanks to further sabotage by our enemies: Refining capacity is about 30 years behind the demand curve. It might take ten years (if we started building more refineries now) for this capacity to catch up. Sounds not too worth the effort? That is exactly what the enviro whackos said TEN YEARS AGO when they made the same argument!
Then prices were what? About a dollar a gallon? Hardly worth the effort given the time it would take to pay off. But now here we are ten years later and prices from our Masters in OPEC are about to strangle our nation and we could be poised to tell 'em all to go pound sand and to standby and watch while a real superpower expanded it's influence around the world.
The agenda for the environmentalists is remarkably similar to that of the old hard line communists. That's easy to see because environmentalism is where the old commies gravitated when the USSR fell apart and ceased to be a major influence on world affairs. But they knew that communism would return in time because the utopia of it's premise is almost overwhelming to the folks who believe it must eventually win against capitalism. Sure enough, Comrade Putin is rebuilding the former USSR step by step.
The globalists are the super wealthy industrial complex that is the (mortal, corporeal)driving force behind it all. They seek a one world government because such a system would put them (or so they have been led to believe) in the seat of power. This means that a single government would also have a single monetary unit. This means that the global corporations would not have to worry about losing money on international exchange rates. Erasure of national boundaries puts a global workforce at their fingertips.
For any of this to come to pass two things absolutely must be accomplished: #1 The United States of America must be brought to her knees economically. In so doing the USA will be forced to accept outside (read U.N.) assistance and intervention. #2 Concurrently, the USA will be forced to abandon it's heritage of freedom and constitutional restraint on government -- a concept wholly foreign to all other nations. Dumping the Constitution and especially the Bill of Rights will lead to the elimination of the final barrier to world government. Care to guess? If you mused it has something to do with that pesky Second Amendment and those troublesome gun nuts, you'd be spot on correct.
All of this begins and ends with strict control of oil supplies and none of it succeeds unless those supplies are ligature tight. So tight it requires a battle just to draw a breath or fill up a fuel tank.
You'll remember I menioned in passing the corporeal entities that think they're in control. These folks are under some kind of delusion that they're going to be in charge. THAT individual is waiting in the wings to establish his kingdom and it's only going to last seven years. Too bad he has this stubborn streak that refuses to acknowledge the reality: Christ wins.
Most certainly. However, this is not necessarily a bad thing. If we keep a stash of oil, then when when we really need it in a real national emergency, it will be there. Let's soak the Muslims dry first! There is a game going on between us and China. Whoever runs out of oil first loses. And that loss will probably be the last World War in a very LONG time.
But it is important to remember that it would take several years of work at ANWR before the first drops of oil are extracted.
When the Middle East starts to run dry on oil, it will be interesting to see what will happen, because oil is all they have and pretty much the only reason why anyone cares about the Middle East. Especially Saudi Arabia. So I wonder if they will impose severe production restrictions on the downside. Because, after it's gone, it's back to the Middle Ages. The only things Saudi Arabia has to offer the world is oil, Mecca and Medina. That's it.
No kidding. Let us all gaze into the crystal ball of the future and take a WAG at how often we will see this crap from little juan mxcane.
Great post.
Democrats don’t care how high the price of gas goes. They want people to stop buying it. The rich will be the only ones on the road if they have their way.
Dingell in Michigan recently proposed a .50 increase on each gallon. Why would he do that?? For exactly that reason.
THEY DO NOT CARE. ITS WHAT LIBERALS WANT.
McCain has no excuse for not being there, as Obama and Clinton cast their votes.
I would bet the farm that butt smooching suck-up mxcane would show up for a vote on amnesty.
The hope for drilling ANWR ended in the first two years of the Bush Presidency--when he didn't repeatedly use the bully-pulpit--and 'take the case directly to the American people'.
If we could not get approval for drilling ANWR under a Republican, oil-man President,
a Republican oil-man Vice President,
and the Republicans controlling the House,
and the Republicans controlling the Senate,
IT AIN'T GOING TO HAPPEN.
P.S. And now with a Republican Presidential nominee who strongly opposes it,
IT AIN'T GOING TO HAPPEN FOR SURE.
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I remember when Freepers were enthused about voting for Webb to oust George Allen, a good Conservative, because of “maccaca”. And saying Allen didn't “handle” the controversy well.
Another example of letting the MSM guide our opinions.
Sure he does. His excuse is that he was 'too busy campaigning' to take time off to vote. /s
After all, this way he can pathetically pretend to ignore the vote--
and avoid even MORE controversy then he would have received if he had sided with the democrats (which he obviously would have if not for that darn, pesky, annoying thing limiting his real feelings--the GOP PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION).
Senate says halt oil reserve shipments
‘Senate rejects GOP oil drilling plan’ was the original title I linked too, they did a re-title and update or two along the way.. ‘Senate says halt oil reserve shipments’
is the current title. They merged separate votes into the original article. .. a S’merge.
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