Obama IMMEDIATELY blocked drilling off the coast of the US for oil upon getting into office. He is a bag of hot air and has NO SOLUTIONS for the energy problems the Dems have created over the last four decades.
On Jul 12, 2:25 pm, Frederick The Moderate <[email protected]> wrote: > Well Keith, that's your opinion. Funny that the GOP ran ads non-stop > against clean coal during the campaign. I guess they were using > reverse psychology? And you prove the point again when you tal about > Dems' wanting to "block the exploration and drilling for oil". Doesn't > sound like trying to find alternate energy sources to me - unless you > consider oil an alternate energy source. > > To Richard: > I would re-position the issue, marketing-wise. Stop selling it to > those chanting "Drill Baby Drill" as an ecological issue. It's > obvious, they don't want to even admit that we have any effect on the > planet. So fine. Market it to them as a National Security Issue. > Change "Drill baby drill!" to "Stop Funding Muslim Terrorists!". Even > your most redneck, car-on -the-lawn type would be open to that one. > > The overall goal would be the same but as long as rightwingnuts can > say it's a liberal issue, they'd rather keep sending money to OPEC > than admit anything Obama is behind, could have a positive, long-term > outcome. > > On Jul 12, 8:57 am, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Fred, > > > How ridiculous! If there was a partisan rift, it was caused by those far > > left socialists that belong to the Democrat Party! There was nothing > > partisan about this issue, until such time as the socialists did everything > > that they could do, to The Democrats have blocked any type of comprehensive > > energy plan that encompasses development of Hydrogen, clean coal, nuclear > > power, and once again, the expanded drilling for more hydrocarbons! This is > > flat out Un-American, and the purpose is sinister! First, the Democrats > > attempted to make the former Presidential Administration look bad when the > > cost of oil skyrocketed last year. Second, the socialists know that high > > energy costs are beneficial to their cause, (e.g.; tax breaks, subsidized > > heating, subsidized fuel, and the "class warfare card" that socialists play > > so well!!) > > > It is flat out ignorant and uninformed to blame the failure of our Congress > > to come up with and implement a comprehensive energy plan! The partisanship > > and the Anti-American position can all be laid at the feet of the Democrat > > Party! The Republicans have come up with and wanted to implement a > > comprehensive energy plan!! > > > There is no getting around this fact!! Lay blame, where blame lies Fred!! > > > On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 12:10 AM, Frederick The Moderate < > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > I'm for just about anything at this point. But the GOP / Conservatives > > > seem to have turned this into a "right v. left" issue instead of a > > > "Let's not be stupid and help ourselves" issue. Look at any time > > > solar, wind or other power sources are so much as mentioned in a post > > > and you will see that loyal follower of Rush, OhioMark commenting on > > > what a waste of time it is to even try something new. To him and those > > > like him, if it's not "Drill Baby Drill!", it's a piece of "liberal > > > propaganda". > > > As i've said in many posts, with me it's not so much about the planet > > > as just being able to tell OPEC to piss off. You would think > > > Conservatives could get behind that one. Maybe now that the Oil Man is > > > out of office, this will transition into something less about petty > > > party squabbles and more about our country (and our planet, if one > > > believes that side of the issue). Even if we do happen to make some > > > progress on it, under a non-Repuiblican president. > > > > On Jul 11, 5:05 pm, RichardForbes <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > Call it liberal, call it conservative or just call it crazy. Here is > > > > what I think needs to be done. > > > > > We are fixated on fossil fuels. Whether fossil fuels cause global > > > > warming (personally I think the entire issue is based on silly > > > > science) nobody can argue that it does damage to the ecology. More > > > > importantly, fossil fuels are not renewable in any reasonable period > > > > of time and the reserves will run out some day. In the short-term, > > > > our dependence on fossil fuels creates a national security problem and > > > > we actually funnel money to the middle east, thus financing much of > > > > the terrorist activity we so fear. However, we have federal > > > > legislation that limits our ability in the short-term to mitigate our > > > > increasing foreign dependence and we have a tax system that makes it > > > > unprofitable for the oil companies to explore alternative and > > > > renewable energy sources at the pace that is needed. > > > > > Therefore, I propose that a NASA-like program, focused on development > > > > and deployment of alternative and renewable energy sources be > > > > established. The primary source of funding would come from the > > > > elimination of redundant and unnecessary existing government > > > > programs. The life of the agency would be capped at ten years. The > > > > purpose would be to advance those technologies that the free-market > > > > cannot justify pursuing at this time. The added scientific research > > > > might push the oil companies to re-evaluate their development models. > > > > However, if that is not enough, increasing the taxes on the > > > > distribution networks may provide added boost. However, this must be > > > > offset by reduced taxes on the production of current oil reserves as > > > > well as the simplifying of rules related to refining of oil products > > > > and drilling. If we do all of these things, we will create a short- > > > > term cushion against foreign dependence while simultaneously > > > > eliminating in the long-term, a dependence that cannot continue for > > > > many reasons.- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. 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