View Full Version : Let's Drill. There's oil in them thar hills.
red states rule
05-20-2008, 06:10 AM
The answer to lower gas prices is so damn simple. Drill for the oil we have in the US AND increase refinery capacity
Let's Drill
There's oil in them thar hills.
by Fred Barnes
05/26/2008, Volume 013, Issue 35
Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, the Mr. Magoo of American politics, stumbled onto the truth last week. He discovered the law of supply and demand. "We want to put [more oil] on the market to increase supply and lower prices," Reid said. "With oil and gas prices continuing to break record highs every day, much more needs to be done."
Indeed it does. But Reid won't allow it. His understanding of economics only extends to matters in which he might embarrass President Bush. The oil he wants on the market is the oil the administration is buying for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), now nearly full. Reid got his way. The administration now plans to stop oil shipments to the SPR next month.
Beyond that, Reid and his party are committed to suppressing increased oil production in this country, as they wait for that magical day when fossil fuels are no longer needed to supply the nation's energy needs.
That day may come in 50, 60, 70 years--or never. In the meantime, America needs oil, and the good news is we're awash in the stuff. If the oil reserves miles off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, and in federally owned lands in the West and Alaska were tapped, our dependence on foreign oil could begin to be reversed. In 10 years, half of America's oil could be produced at home (up from 40 percent), with more coming from increased exports from Canada.
We wouldn't achieve energy independence. That's a pipedream, and anyway it isn't necessary in a global economy with multiple producers. But America would be taking a big step toward energy security and reducing the flow of dollars to unstable countries--notably Iran and Venezuela--that do not wish us well.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/104oiivq.asp?pg=1
namvet
05-20-2008, 08:49 AM
I agree !!!! but we have to get rid of the EPA first. their blocking the deal
ranger
05-20-2008, 08:49 AM
But this makes sense, doesn't embarass big oil or President Bush, and would help the country so you know the Democrats will have to ignore it.
namvet
05-20-2008, 08:51 AM
update: get rid a Reid. he's nothing but dead weight
red states rule
05-20-2008, 08:52 AM
But this makes sense, doesn't embarass big oil or President Bush, and would help the country so you know the Democrats will have to ignore it.
What the hell is the Dems energy plan?
They are opposed to drilling, building nuclear plants, and coal
They think tens of billions of new taxes on oil companies will lower the price at the pump
Then they call oil company profits obscene, while taxes are 4 to 6 times what the oil companies make on a gallon of gas
ranger
05-20-2008, 08:58 AM
What the hell is the Dems energy plan?
They are opposed to drilling, building nuclear plants, and coal
They think tens of billions of new taxes on oil companies will lower the price at the pump
Then they call oil company profits obscene, while taxes are 4 to 6 times what the oil companies make on a gallon of gas
Yes, but the taxes go to the government, not some greedy profitmongering company getting rich on the back of those poor people.
It's the start of socialism. They get to decide what's obscene profit and take the ecess from the company. Today it's big oil, tomorrow it'll be someone else until they control it all.
red states rule
05-20-2008, 09:02 AM
Yes, but the taxes go to the government, not some greedy profitmongering company getting rich on the back of those poor people.
It's the start of socialism. They get to decide what's obscene profit and take the ecess from the company. Today it's big oil, tomorrow it'll be someone else until they control it all.
I have seen pointy head libs on TV calling for an INCREASE on the gas tax - so consumption will go down. I guess they really do want the US in a recesion
Hillary has openly said she will "take those profits" and invest them as she sees fit
Much like her buddy Hugo has done
namvet
05-20-2008, 09:03 AM
Yes, but the taxes go to the government, not some greedy profitmongering company getting rich on the back of those poor people.
It's the start of socialism. They get to decide what's obscene profit and take the ecess from the company. Today it's big oil, tomorrow it'll be someone else until they control it all.
not some greedy profitmongering company getting rich on the back of those poor people.
what country do live in !!???
red states rule
05-20-2008, 09:05 AM
what country do live in !!???
It is a clear picture of what Dems really want to do
Classact
05-20-2008, 09:32 AM
By November the Democratic Party will own the high gas prices and be shown to be going down on their environmental lobby in public. McCain sucks on no drilling in ANWAR but at least he will drill off shore and do nukes and clean coal. The Democrats are like a ship without a rudder and they want to power it with a solar panel.
red states rule
05-20-2008, 09:35 AM
By November the Democratic Party will own the high gas prices and be shown to be going down on their environmental lobby in public. McCain sucks on no drilling in ANWAR but at least he will drill off shore and do nukes and clean coal. The Democrats are like a ship without a rudder and they want to power it with a solar panel.
I think gas prices have nearly DOUBLED since Dems took over Congress. They also promised they would LOWER gas prices if they were elected
What they hell are they waiting for?
NightTrain
05-20-2008, 10:44 AM
I've all but given up on ANWR being opened up.
Perhaps when gas hits 5 bucks a gallon the rest of the country will stop buying into the Greenies' bullshit and we can start drilling.
Alaska's been ready to roll, Congress has stopped every effort... very frustrating to us up here.
red states rule
05-20-2008, 10:46 AM
I've all but given up on ANWR being opened up.
Perhaps when gas hits 5 bucks a gallon the rest of the country will stop buying into the Greenies' bullshit and we can start drilling.
Alaska's been ready to roll, Congress has stopped every effort... very frustrating to us up here.
That is what Dems are goping a majority of voters do - give up. Then they can put their enviro wacko ideas into law, and really fuck up America
If Dems would not have been kissing the ass of the enviro wackos, oil would be flowing from ANWAR today
namvet
05-20-2008, 10:49 AM
5 bucks a gallon is nothing for rich politicians. after all they get a free ride. courtesy of the taxpayers.
red states rule
05-20-2008, 10:52 AM
5 bucks a gallon is nothing for rich politicians. after all they get a free ride. courtesy of the taxpayers.
$5 gas will start to really hurt the economy, and perhaps then the people will speak up and force them to back down
It worked for the amnesty bil
So far Dems have done zip to even try and tackle high oil prices - they just use it as an campaign issue
NightTrain
05-20-2008, 11:00 AM
That is what Dems are goping a majority of voters do - give up. Then they can put their enviro wacko ideas into law, and really fuck up America
If Dems would not have been kissing the ass of the enviro wackos, oil would be flowing from ANWAR today
The latest maneuver is forcing the Polar Bear listing. Next time ANWR or more Alaska oil exploration up north comes up in Congress, watch the Greenies scream about further endangering the Polar Bears.
Pale Rider
05-20-2008, 11:03 AM
dems, repubs... fuck 'em all. They're all guilty. Vote for someone completely new in November. Shit can all these sons a bitches that have been in Washington for years. They're the ones that have fucked things up, dem and repub alike. They gotta go.
red states rule
05-20-2008, 11:03 AM
The latest maneuver is forcing the Polar Bear listing. Next time ANWR or more Alaska oil exploration up north comes up in Congress, watch the Greenies scream about further endangering the Polar Bears.
Why the hell the Bush administartion allowed this farce with the poloar bears fo through is disgusting
The polar bear population is on the rise, and the polar ice caps are not melting
Why the hell does the kook left and the gennies want to screw America and its workers? Do they really belive the bullshit they sprew?
red states rule
05-20-2008, 11:05 AM
dems, repubs... fuck 'em all. They're all guilty. Vote for someone completely new in November. Shit can all these sons a bitches that have been in Washington for years. They're the ones that have fucked things up, dem and repub alike. They gotta go.
and McCain, while not as bad as the enviro wackos, buys into the global waming bullshit
We are fucked on this issue Pale, no matter who wins in November. More of our tax money will be pissed through trying to solve a nonexistent problem
Pale Rider
05-20-2008, 11:08 AM
and McCain, while not as bad as the enviro wackos, buys into the global waming bullshit
We are fucked on this issue Pale, no matter who wins in November. More of our tax money will be pissed through trying to solve a nonexistent problem
We wouldn't be fucked if we had a Libertarian for President. Yes we're fucked if it's mcamnesty or whamalamabambam or hitlery. That's just more status quo.
That's why I'm voting for either Ron Paul or Wayne Root. I'm going to do MY part to get RID of these cock suckers in Washington that have fucked everything up.
I'm pissed off.
red states rule
05-20-2008, 11:12 AM
We wouldn't be fucked if we had a Libertarian for President. Yes we're fucked if it's mcamnesty or whamalamabambam or hitlery. That's just more status quo.
That's why I'm voting for either Ron Paul or Wayne Root. I'm going to do MY part to get RID of these cock suckers in Washington that have fucked everything up.
I'm pissed off.
Yep, we are screwed in this election Pale. Dems will hole the House and Senate. If Barry wins we might as well drop our pants, and grab the ankles
If McCain gets in it will not be so bad
Now, how is the liberal media "reporting" high gas prices? How is it hurting working folkes? How bad is it effecting thier lives?
Well read it and laugh. Meanwhile Dems do NOTHING to solve the issue
ABC's Latest Gas Price Victim Can 'No Longer Take Joy Rides'
By Brent Baker | May 20, 2008 - 08:48 ET
Six days after ABC's World News fretted over a New Jersey woman who said she must skip breakfast to put $4 a day toward gas, Monday's newscast featured an even more hapless woman, a Massachusetts resident who to afford gas sacrifices a “much needed” $45 prescription, says she can “no longer take joy rides on my days off” and, horror of horrors, has been forced into “buying store brands instead of name brands.” Now, Rosaria Giamei complained in a soundbite: “I don't get out and enjoy things anymore. I just kind of sit at home and only go to and from work and, like, grocery shopping and that's it.” How about taking a walk or riding a bike?
“Tonight, gas and diesel hit another record,” anchor Charles Gibson teased his lead story, “people tell us they're sacrificing food, health, and their lifestyle just to fill the tank.” Dan Harris reported:
The pain is being felt all over the country. We here at ABC News are getting flooded with messages from people like Rosaria Giamei, who says, "I even stopped filling a much needed monthly prescription that costs $45 so I will have more money for gas." We found Rosaria in Massachusetts today fuming at the oil companies and bemoaning the changes she's had to make in her personal life.
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brent-baker/2008/05/20/abcs-latest-gas-price-victim-can-no-longer-take-joy-rides
Pale Rider
05-20-2008, 11:22 AM
Well hang on to your hat, because it's going to get a whole lot worse before it gets better.
I can see riots over the price of gas once it hits six or seven dollars a gallon. People will turn into mobs and march on Washington, and they're not going to be a happy bunch. I'll probably march with them. I'd love nothing more than to fuck some shit up in Washington. It seems to be the only way you can get these rat bastards attention.
NightTrain
05-20-2008, 11:23 AM
While I like to piss and moan when I'm filling up my truck, there's a lot more we're paying in other areas because of the sky-high fuel.
I was talking to an independent trucker the other day, we got to discussing how damned expensive diesel is. I mentioned it cost me $130 to fill up my Dodge, he grinned and told me he just shelled out $1400 to fill up his rig. That all gets passed on to all of us consumers at every store we enter.
Gallon of gas in Wasilla : $4.10
Gallon of milk at store : $3.50
Pretty sad when a gallon of gas costs more than a gallon of milk.
red states rule
05-20-2008, 11:26 AM
Well hang on to your hat, because it's going to get a whole lot worse before it gets better.
I can see riots over the price of gas once it hits six or seven dollars a gallon. People will turn into mobs and march on Washington, and they're not going to be a happy bunch. I'll probably march with them. I'd love nothing more than to fuck some shit up in Washington. It seems to be the only way you can get these rat bastards attention.
and while the libs (and RINO's) kiss the ass of the enviro wackos, they will blame the oil companies and Republicans for the high gas prices
MFM tried in vain to duck the fact Dems have done nothing to try and lower gas prices.
Libs think higher taxes will lower them, and they can grin over sticking it to another corporation
red states rule
05-20-2008, 11:29 AM
While I like to piss and moan when I'm filling up my truck, there's a lot more we're paying in other areas because of the sky-high fuel.
I was talking to an independent trucker the other day, we got to discussing how damned expensive diesel is. I mentioned it cost me $130 to fill up my Dodge, he grinned and told me he just shelled out $1400 to fill up his rig. That all gets passed on to all of us consumers at every store we enter.
Gallon of gas in Wasilla : $4.10
Gallon of milk at store : $3.50
Pretty sad when a gallon of gas costs more than a gallon of milk.
You can thank Congres for a big part of high food prices
Remember they thought rthanol was going to liberate the US from oli?
Hannity Exposes Gore’s Connection to Ethanol and Higher Food Prices
By Noel Sheppard | May 13, 2008 - 14:29 ET
Since media began recognizing the international food crisis and its ties to biofuels, NewsBusters has been wondering when press members will expose how intricately linked Nobel Laureate Al Gore is to this controversial issue.
On Sunday, Fox News's Sean Hannity finally did just that.
In a segment on "Hannity's America," the host addressed much of what NewsBusters has been reporting for the past several months about this matter, and established a template that hopefully others in the media will emulate if they are indeed interested in helping to solve this growing problem
for the video
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2008/05/13/hannity-exposes-gore-s-connection-ethanol-higher-food-prices
manu1959
05-20-2008, 11:36 AM
I think gas prices have nearly DOUBLED since Dems took over Congress. They also promised they would LOWER gas prices if they were elected
What they hell are they waiting for?
they would but bush and the pubs in congress won't let them......but if you vote a dem into the pres and vote all the pubs out we will be able to do something....until then our hands are tied.....
red states rule
05-20-2008, 11:41 AM
they would but bush and the pubs in congress won't let them......but if you vote a dem into the pres and vote all the pubs out we will be able to do something....until then our hands are tied.....
Right now, Pres bush and Republicans should be screaming about more drilling and more refineries. Why they are not is beyond me.
Libs realy love the high gas prices. They more people are hurting, the happier libs are. They will do nothing to lower gas prices - they want high gas prices as a campaign issue
If Obama gets in - OMG - watch gas prcies skyrocket and Dems pass tens of billions in tax increases on the oil companies
Which is fine, with the tax increases Dems will put on companies and workers - we will not have jobs to drive to, so we will not have to buy as much gas as we were before the election
Pale Rider
05-20-2008, 12:38 PM
they would but bush and the pubs in congress won't let them......but if you vote a dem into the pres and vote all the pubs out we will be able to do something....until then our hands are tied.....
What is it we'll be able to do that's going to help us if a dem is voted into the White House?
red states rule
05-20-2008, 12:41 PM
What is it we'll be able to do that's going to help us if a dem is voted into the White House?
First thing that I thought of is pray the Book of Revelations will come to pass
Pale Rider
05-20-2008, 12:44 PM
First thing that I thought of is pray the Book of Revelations will come to pass
There's nothing more I can think of that I would love to see than the rapture.
red states rule
05-20-2008, 12:46 PM
There's nothing more I can think of that I would love to see than the rapture.
and look at the faces of the libs who want to remove all references of God from the public view
Pale Rider
05-20-2008, 12:53 PM
and look at the faces of the libs who want to remove all references of God from the public view
As you're being lifted up to heaven.... I suppose the Lord would frown on it if you flipped them off at that point.... :laugh:
Sure would be fun though.
red states rule
05-20-2008, 12:55 PM
As you're being lifted up to heaven.... I suppose the Lord would frown on it if you flipped them off at that point.... :laugh:
Sure would be fun though.
or listen to them demand an ACLU lawyer before being judged :laugh2:
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