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I agree. Good for Stepahnoplous.
Pelosi should be focusing her job. Inseated she is out trying to make money.
Pelosi, what a joke.
This is a winning issue for the GOP, and they know it. The Democrats know it. The American people know it.
In the space of just one week, Barack Hussein Obama has seen his nine-point Gallup Poll lead completely vanish thanks to McCain and the GOP being on the offensive on these domestic issues.
The Obama campaign is reeling. They thought their world tour press lovefest would allow him to roll into the convention. But McCain called the press out on their bias, and it has shown.
Change You Can Believe In isn't anything to believe in. More Americans are finding out Obama's wild promises don't pass the smell test. My prediction of McCain up 10 points by Labor Day stands.
This is the e-mail I just sent Pelosi - -
Monday, August 04, 2008 8:54 AM
sf.nancy@mail.house.gov
Nancy Pelosi !
You have to be the absolute most pathetic person in our Congress. You need to stay home and keep your fat mouth shut !
Sincerely,
JBC
Still waiting for someone to tell me how drilling offshore is going to lower gas prices...
Dear Angry Dem, get a clue, if you can't see then you are a typical dem who wears blinders all the time.
Regi
Dear Angry Dem, I think I will add some more, once again, Buy a clue, as you can see who is back in the house trying to resolve the issues at hand, ummm yes it's us, while all the Dems are on vacation for 5 weeks, some promoting their own BOOKS, yes the american public is calling for action, do you actually think that letting some foreign country drill off our shores will be better for us and our environment, no, we need to drill for our own oil, 1st the speculation is based on the oil futures that is the reason they went up in the first place, not limited to just that reason, 2nd as soon as Bush signed the paper to lift the Ban, the prices dropped immediately, because the oil futures were now uncertain, now there are other factors that weigh in but that is one of the main reasons, 3rd, while your boy NOBAMA does not want any part of drilling, what solution has he put forward, ummm NOTHING, the short term solution is the drilling to keep our country afloat, short term in the oil business is 10 to 15 years, the long term solution is the Hydrogen, Electric/Gas Hybrid and other alternatives, not corn or rice or any food because we can't grow enough to power the country on that, and that causes other price gouging opportunities for greedy people (mainly DEMS), so if you can't see that the short term solution is oil drilling then offer me some compelling evidence that will tell me otherwise and don't go saying well the environment, MY A*$, you are willing to get our oil from 3rd world countries that are of course operating on STRICT enviroment regulations, umm once again MY A*$, they are killing our world at a lot faster pace than you can ever imagine, sludge and chemicals run through the water, streets and pretty much everywhere, obviously you have never witnessed first hand what conditions people have live in, we on the other hand have new technology to drill deep and even on 90 degree angles to make less of an impact on Mother earth, yes our regulations and environmental rules put us far above all other countries, technology will save us not NOBAMA, the USA will overcome and rebound from this, jobs will come from offshore drilling, hundreds and hundreds of poeple will have work for years, the economy got a wake up call, people will be coming out with new power solutions and you know why, because the man in charge after November will make a lot of that happen, and umm it won't be NOBAMA......McCain 2008, Regi
Interesting assessment Regi. However, if the oil futures and speculators is the big problem, why don't we do something about that??
And Regi, there's hardly enough oil in any offshore reserves to make that much of an impact.
I'm not opposed to drilling offshore, I just think you're dillusional to think that it's going to bring down gas prices that much.
Angry Dem, we have a free market, and part of the process is the bidding on futures for commodities. It works the same for farm products as for oil, and it's not the government's job to interfere in American business deals.
The offshore drilling, as well as tapping the huge on-land oil deposits in the NW as well as in the Rocky Mountains, will eventually produce as much oil as we are now importing. Adding ANWR to that will send the world's speculators into a tizzy and the price will drop.
It may take some new regulations to ensure that the offshore oil goes into the U.S. directly and is not transferred overseas, and this increased oil supply will have to be combined with more refineries here, and that will make the U.S. far more self-sufficient in energy within ten years.
The laws of supply and demand will adjust the prices of gasoline.
wysiwyg -
Above you say "it's not the government's job to interfere with American business deals".
But after that you're basically saying it's the government's job to promote drilling offshore and in the mountains. You're also saying it may take "some new regulations to ensure that the offshore oil goes into the U.S. directly and is not transferred overseas." To me, that sounds like government interfering with American business deals. How about some consistency??
Angry Dem, why don't we talk about consistency, now you are telling wysiwyg to have that in their words and explanation, those words are pretty clear if you think further than what you read, your original question was you wanted someone to explain how offshore drilling was going to help, and I feel that everyone on this thread has done just that, now that it has been established you want to call for consistency, did you take a lesson from the Pelosi-pill herself, please read what is hear in all these words, it makes sense if you think outside the box for a change because it is not only about yes and no and just consistency, it is about thinking outside all of that, you still don't understand, as does most of your dem constituents, especially the one out signing autographs for her self instead of the majority of american people that are calling for drilling, now that puts you angry dem on the loosing side, the numbers are above the 70 percent now for the drilling, ANWR and all the other items on the table, so you are now in the minority vote for americans what consistency can you find in that?
Angry Dem, I am not calling for the government to "promote drilling" anywhere. Right now Congress has an active BAN on drilling in the very places the oil companies want to drill. President Bush has lifted the executive ban on drilling and has asked Congress to lift its ban as well. That is what Pelosi and Reid refuse to do. In fact, they refuse to even allow debate and a vote on it. The government needs to get out of the way and let the American people have the oil that we own.
Regi -
My point to ask how it would help was to get everyone to actually THINK about the issue and not just repeat what they heard on Fox News or read in some blog.
If you honestly believe that oil companies will drill off the shore of the US and sell that oil at a significantly reduced rate, then you are NUTS. We can drill until there's nothing else to drill. But those oil companies are NOT going to sell that oil at a much cheaper rate.
wysiwyg -
You said regulations would be needed to keep that offshore oil in US hands - that sounds like government intervention to me. Why not just let the oil companies sell it to whoever they want to sell it to??
Angry Dem, you are right in that they will sell it to whomever they please, and that the price is set by the futures traders.
Note that when President Bush lifted the executive ban, the price dropped within hours, and with the pressure on Congress to act it has dropped even more.
Drilling will ease the parity between supply and demand so again it will drop the price. The U.S. has more oil than Saudi Arabia does, and we can drill much more safely with far less environmental impact than they can.
Of course, the Democrats don't want us to become energy independent. They demonize the oil companies for running a profitable business and threaten to increase their taxes. They already pay three times in taxes what their profit margin is.
The oil companies are NOT the bad guys! They provide a valuable resource, one without which our economy will collapse. There will not in our lifetime be a replacement fuel that is as efficient and clean as oil to drive our cars, trucks, planes and ships.
Sure, we must also build refineries and nuclear plants and develope other alternate energy supplies. We have to do them all, not to replace oil, but rather to supplement it.
wysiwyg -
I don't disagree with everything that you say. What REALLY bothers me about this entire oil/engery issue is that republicans seem to think if we drill today, prices will fall tomorrow. And that's just not true. If you want to make the comparison that Bush lifted the ban and prices fell, then I'll make a conspiracy comparison - because I don't think the two have that much in common.
And finally, if you want to believe that the republicans really care about energy prices, then you are nuts. If they really cared, they would have done something for all those years when they controlled the White House and Congress...they did nothing. And don't say that the democrats prevented it because the democrats were weak little turds for all those years and did NOTHING to stop anything that the republicans put forward.
AD, get off the past. It's over and done with. Come into the land of reality NOW. Rehashing the past is idiotic and doesn't solve a thing.
I guess you've forgotten the Energy Bill that Bush and Cheney developed early in their first term. Congress refused to bring it to a vote. They were mad because Cheney met with the oil CEOs during the research to present the plan, and they refused to let members of Congress sit in on those meetings.
Shortly after that, the disaster of 9/11 happened and all attention went toward retaliation and preventing another attack.
Bush was also unable to get his Social Security reform passed. So much for the power of a majority.
No leader has claimed that drilling now will drop the prices tomorrow. Sure, there will be another small drop like there was a couple of weeks ago, with the speculators betting that drilling would increase the supply, but the main reason is to increase the world supply and make it less attractive for the speculators to bid the price up.
There is also the possibility of a war or terrorist act disrupting the supply of oil from the Middle East and further constricting the market. We need to start developing as much of our own supply as possible to take the pressure off.
The Oil Execs say that many of the drilling sites would start producing in months, and most would be online within a year and a half. Full production would take five to seven years, but that is less time than a replacement source of energy to drive this country would take. Every bit of increase is going to help the situation.
Dear AD, you are just as crazy as all the other dems, one fine example of these fine dems are Mr.Gore himself, who has told everyone about their carbon footprint and how we must conserve, well wouldnt you know he just bought a huge HOUSE BOAT, umm really large, a very fuel efficient thing with multiple engines, please, you asked a question and you have the answers, the futures are based on future oil, with the possibility of FUTURE oils being supplemented by the US, prices have dropped, and that is why, now let me explain some other items of key interest to you and your fellow dems, since 2006 when the dems took over lets take a look at what has happened from congress, umm NOTHING but increases, lets take a look, 1)The cost of regular gasoline soared to over $4.00+ a gallon, 2)American households have seen $2.3 trillion in equity value evaporate, 3)1.5% of American homes in foreclosure, 4)Consumer confidence plummeted to all time lows, 5)Unemployment is up to 5%, 6)Americans have seen their home equity drop by $1.2 trillion dollars, if it is up to the dems we will be in a full depression, they want fuel prices to go higher to decrease demand, but their houseboats and flying around the country on our personal jets to promote books and have ourselves driven around all over gods creation, all that is ok, but we have to suffer for their inept attitudes, similar to your attitude, you can't see any logic in any of this, you only have your agenda and there is no wavering from that, this is why we can't take any more of the dems, the public want change, the public demand change, they want drilling, they want all the above, and they will speak in November because they want McCain, god you are so closed minded, it's no wonder nothing can get done in congress.
Dear Regi,
Amen!
Beware the "change" BO wants to make - Pelosi and Reid have shown us already just what's in store - Expensive fuel, high taxes, fewer jobs, bigger government, less freedom, a failing economy, weakened national defense, a great capitalist economy replaced by a Marxist one that has failed every place it was tried.
Beware of what you wish for - You might get it.
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