and now a word from your pResident
where do you start with the outright lies on this one?
4/22/2008
Mr. President. Oil prices today rose above $118 a barrel. It’s another record. Are Saudi Arabia and other oil producers — are they our adversaries, or have you had any success with your recent appeals with them? And also, the effect of the gasoline prices, isn’t that about to erase or certainly erode the benefit of the economic stimulus package?”
Bush: “No question rising gasoline prices are like a tax on our working people. And what’s happening is, is that we’ve had an energy policy that neglected hydrocarbons in the United States for a long period of time, and now we’re paying the price. We should have been exploring for oil and gas in ANWR, for example. But, no, we made the decision — our Congress kept preventing us from opening up new areas to explore in environmentally friendly ways. And now we’re becoming, as a result, more and more dependent on foreign sources of oil. . . .
Tags: Bush, Bush's Fubar Economy, Bush's FUBAR War, bushism
Mike Castle chaired his campaign TWICE and Dave Burris voted for him TWICE!
They both have no regrets and would make the same choices again.
Just sayin’
And McCain agrees.
This is why this oilman went bankrupt — exploration for future supply has nothing to do with current pricing. And, of course, Our Liberal Media did not ask him about the falling value of the dollar which is the current cause of the big increase in oil prices.
McCain actually voted against opening more Alaskan areas to exploration. This doesn’t make a big difference to the world oil supply, but it does indicate that he wouldn’t take the next obvious step of opening the continental shelf to exploration.
Are you sure about that, Al? Not the vote, but if this is still his position. Whole lotta flip-floppin’ going on. Just saying…
and wouldn’t it take Oh I don’t know….about 10 years to get the oil out of anwar? and the amount of oil we would get wouldn’t do jack shit by the time 10 years have passed?
the demand will be even greater by then
If I remember correctly it was Bushco, via Cheney and Big Oil, that (secretly) set our ‘oil policy’ almost 8 years ago, right? Duh!
In all seriousness, as a nation what do you suggest we do about this issue? Ethanol is certainly not the answer and it appears that drilling isn’t an option (and good luck getting a refinery built anyway).
So what should we do?
Easy.
Off shore wind parks and electric cars. The technology is here today.
Who Killed the Electric Car?
A bundy,
You incent people is how. We are giving the oil co’s $15 billion in tax breaks. HELLO? Why?
wouldn’t it be nice if we had a Kennedy moment and said we will be XYZ by 2020? We can do it, we just have to have bipartisan support. Which we aren’t going to get with Hillary or McCain.
Out with old and in with the less old
Pandora: True enough. Even then, we have to figure out, if he flips to stimulate his base, if he’ll flop back again if elected. Remember, even if he wins, nobody is predicting any coattails for him, and he’ll be staring at bigger Democratic majorities in both the House and Senate.
a point no one has really made in the Media yet. I guess they are waiting for Obama to seal the deal and then they can say, “Oh by the way, elect McCain, because he is going to change Washington with a Dem Majority…”
Liberal Media people
Al, he’s flipping a lot. The McCain of 2000 is NOT the McCain of 2008. He’s in real trouble with his base. I predict he gets more whacky.
my dad even said he “isn’t crazy about McCain”
DV: Not true. Granted, they might not have beaten you over the head with it, but The Liberal Media has duly noted every Republican who has announced his/her resignation from the House (27 at the moment, IIRC) and pointed out the running total, and compared it with the Dems (only a handful won’t run for re-election, every one because of a run for higher office). For the Senate, I’ve seen numerous stories looking at its likely makeup in the next Congress, with most observers pegging the likely number of Democrats at 55. The story I saw last week noted that, with such a safe majority, the Democrats will have the option — one they’ll likely take — of booting Joe Lieberman out of their caucus.
Maybe you’re referring only to the talking heads on TV, but the print media have not ignored these stories.
Pandora: I agree with your assessment of McCain 2.0. The only question is whether the Democrat fight will end soon enough to drum that message home.
I live for the day Dems – and CT – kick Lieberman to the curb!
Al, I’ve read the articles, because, well, I’m a blogger. I predict the MSM will pick this story up once the Dems have a nominee.
The other thing about all of the Rs leaving the Congress is that their party is having a very tough time recruiting replacement candidates. In some instances, folks who would have been strong replacements are not stepping up because they can read the handwriting on the wall. And some of that handwriting is shown in the liquidity positions of the NRCC and NRSC.
Al, I’ve read the articles, because, well, I’m a blogger.
Yes! You have arrived.