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Russia and China run on oil, gas, coal and nuclear energy. All the world's great economies run on oil, gas, coal and nuclear energy. All the world's great transportation systems run on oil, gas, coal and nuclear energy. All the world's great armies run on oil, gas, coal and nuclear energy. Yet, Obama, Pelosi and their Marxist/socialist Democrat friends are riding hell bent to leather rushing to convert America to run on solar and wind power. Unreliable technologies that aren't even developed yet. Not yet ready for prime time. Hot wind. Vaporware. Wonder why.

A Republican plan to open more public land to oil exploration and drilling is “unworthy of serious debate,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on Monday. Under pressure from Republicans to call Congress back into session, Pelosi on Monday issued a statement saying that Democrats have already offered a “real solution” to the nation’s high energy prices. Democrats want to force President Bush to “free our oil” from the nation’s emergency stockpile. Diverting oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve “would bring immediate relief within 10 days,” Pelosi insisted. She said a Republican plan to “give away public lands to Big...

Oily Congress by: Rachel Paulk, August 05, 2008 Following the U.S. House of Representative’s largely partisan vote for adjournment Friday, Republican Congressmen remained on the floor all day in a response to Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s refusal to vote on the “American Energy Act”—a bill addressing the energy crisis facing Americans today. Republican congressmen are now staging sit-ins reminiscent of the hippy protests of Vietnam—except instead of flower children holding “make love, not war” signs, these weathered politicians have gathered to rail against the Democrats’ refusal to address the energy crisis. Both the minority leader John Boehnor (R-OH) and party...

We have the left rattled and on the run. For proof, consider three developments from late last week. But first, I want to make a special announcement. Many of you are probably following the story of how House Republicans are staging a protest in the House Chamber, demanding that Nancy Pelosi call the House back into session in order to vote on The American Energy Act, an "all of the above" energy strategy that includes more drilling, funding for scientific breakthroughs, as well as common-sense conservation efforts. (More info on that story below.) Tomorrow at 10am, I will meet with...

Here is a local news report on Sen. John McCain's remarks on energy while campaigning in the Philadephia, Pennsylvania area on August 4, 2008. The report gives a very good synopsis of Barack Obama's attempt to shift slightly his opposition to offshore drilling, while John McCain is calling for clear expansion of offshore drilling to meet the challenge of high gas prices. . . (see video)

Should Nancy Pelosi reconvene the House to vote on offshore drilling? Yes No

Let’s get back to work folks! If WE want our Representatives to COME BACK from vacation TELL THEM! This is OUR GOVERNMENT! Not THEIRS! They SERVE us, time to REMIND THEM! CALL THE REPUBLICAN OFFICES-- TELL THEM TO KEEP WORKING FOR US!!!! List of Reps from A to Z Toll free Capital switchboard numbers are: 800-965-4701 800-828-0498 Call Nancy BACK from her book tour! Tell her to SHUT UP AND DRILL! (202) 225-0100 or Phone: (202) 225-4965 send an email to Pelosi at sf.nancy@mail.house.gov SOME GOOD REPS TO CALL!! Cantor: (202) 225-2815 Pence: (202) 225-3021 Price: (202) 225-4501 Kingston: (202)...

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Pelosi blocking vote on offshore oil drilling: Good, stand tough for environment Bad, oil supplies needed One more sign this isn't really a democracy

<p>I just called and said "There's a Republican revolt going on int the House Chamber and I wasn't seeing much coverage of it." I got a run around on it. Was told several times "There are no cameras on now. Cameras are not allowed." I objected, politely, that the story could still be covered.</p>

Fox News just released their Opinion Dynamics poll showing that Barack Obama's lead over John McCain has shriveled to just 1%, echoing repeated tracking polls by Gallup and Rasmussen that also show Obama with the narrowest of leads. In the poll, Fox News and Opinion Dynamics also found that ...

Our mission is to inspire Americans to pressure their representatives in government to do what’s necessary for the United States of America to become energy independent. Included in this mission is a commitment to remind all American Citizens of the powerful premise on which our Constitution was based:

<p>The Arctic holds 100 billion barrels of oil in unexplored fields, a government geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey said Monday at an international oil industry gathering in Spain.</p> <p>"The Arctic is almost completely unexplored," said Donald Gautier at the World Petroleum Congress in Madrid. "There are 100 billion barrels of oil to be found in the Arctic."</p>

A Republican effort to force a vote on opening up more land to drilling on Thursday threatened to bring the annual appropriations process in the U.S. House of Representatives to a halt. Democrats, who control the House, shut down Appropriations Committee work on two major federal funding bills after Republicans tried to force a vote on drilling. "I think we've probably had our last meeting of the year," Chairman David Obey heatedly told reporters after the bill-drafting session broke up. The meeting was called to work on Labor and Agriculture department bills. Republicans tried to attach the Interior Department bill...

The conventional punditry on McCain's call to end the ban on offshore oil exploration has focused on whether President Bush's suppport for the idea will hurt McCain in the fall. But that could change, and soon, if what's happened in just the past few days develops into a real trend: Sen. Jim Webb announced he now supports exploration off the coast of Virginia. Ex-Gov. Mark Warner also supports opening up the Virginia coastline to possible drilling. Meanwhile, the latest Gallup survey shows Democrats are split on offshore drilling, with 39% in support while 59% still oppose. Better yet, it's an...

Even Democratic advisers say McCain's campaign is wise to bring up an end to the drilling moratorium The fuss over offshore drilling this week has served notice that the issue landscape isn't totally on the side of the Democrats. Some Democratic strategists admit privately, in fact, that they are impressed with the new Republican campaign calling for an end to the 1981 moratorium on U.S. offshore oil development. Among those who have been pushing the idea, which is resisted by many Democrats in Congress and some governors of coastal states, are President Bush, Republican presidential candidate John McCain, and GOP...

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I keep wondering how long it will take Americans to connect the dots and figure out why the most powerful economy the world has ever seen cannot manage to drill for oil in its own backyard and then get it refined nearby. The news on June 10, if anyone was paying attention, was about the way the Natural Resources Defense Council and other environmental groups were able to thwart the plans of ConocoPhillips to expand its refinery in Roxana, Illinois. An appeal to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was upheld because, said the EPA, its air permit, previously granted, just...

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain is "open to the possibility" of tapping America's domestic oil and gas reserves, but it is not clear from his voting record whether he would actively push to expand offshore oil recovery efforts. On ABC's "This Week -with George Stephanopoulos," Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C), a McCain friend and supporter, said the Arizona Republican would be open to talking about looking for oil and gas "in our own backyard." "John McCain would allow offshore explorations, if the states consent," Graham said Sunday. Graham's statement echoed the position McCain took in response to a survey conducted...

Activists Launch 'No Oil from ANWR' Campaign By Susan Jones CNSNews.com Senior Editor June 28, 2005 (CNSNews.com) - The U.S. Senate finally passed an energy bill on Tuesday, which must now be reconciled with a competing House version - no easy task, given the differences in the two versions, various lawmakers said. Unlike the Senate bill, which does not mention the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the House bill backs ANWR oil exploration - and even projects revenue from ANWR oil and gas leases. President Bush is a strong advocate of Arctic oil exploration as a means of reducing America's dependence...