Comments on: It's Time To Drill

The Weekly Standard: Democrats Are Losing The Fight Over Gas Prices, And They Know It

[tejasdemo]

"Arguably the most idiotic opinion journal at the White House" - The New York Times

[markangeloo]

Amerika has
Oil on the Brain
Start Drilling

Just like we cut down
most of the Redwood trees
& used them for fence posts;
we are burning this
valuable substance away.
Future generations
will wonder in disbelief
that we wasted this
fundamental polymer
chemical building block
lighting bonfires in
ineffient internal
combustion engines !!

[tejasdemo]

The weekly nazi is at again. Stupid article, making assumptions that arent based on any kind of fact...kinda like some crazy old lady on menopause.

I think there entire staff must be made up of bitter old ladies on menopause.

[veteran188]

drilling is nothing but a temporary fix

and may not e even that

we need new technology, we need to make each individual home an energy producer,

we have a problem because greed driven conservatives only look for profit in their world and greed driven corporations produce all the energy, we have to pay them,

put solar panels on every home

[ubrew12]

Matthew Continetti of the Weakly: "No one pretends that drilling will solve all our problems overnight. But it will send a powerful signal to the markets that America is serious about energy and the global economy. It will send a signal that we are taking action, that we are not helpless."

Translation in ''ordinary-speak'': "Just... one... more... hit... I...can... beat... this.... I''m... not... addicted"

[ubrew12]

A quote from a market survey done by the Wall Street Journal a few days ago: "A significant majority of Americans (63%) said that the President''s proposal to open up public lands to oil and gas drilling is "more likely to enrich oil companies than to lower gas prices for American consumers." A substantial majority (66%) said that "the small percentage of public lands still protected from oil drilling should remain off limits because they are valuable natural resources that cannot be replaced."

more: "a majority (54%) of Americans do not see more drilling as a solution to high gas prices. Instead, the public overwhelmingly believes (76% to 19%) that policymakers should focus on investing in new energy technologies including renewable fuels and more efficient vehicles rather than expanding exploration and drilling for more oil."

We always knew the Weakly Standard was unAmerican. Nice little confirmation there.

[eskieville1]

Pelosi and Reid are showing bad leadership. There should be a compromise - how about offering the Republicans more offshore drilling in exchange for Cheney coughing up the minutes from his SECRET meetings he had with the energy executives back in 2001-2?

[ioweign]

Pelosi is a waste of womanhood, Don''''t get between Schummer and a TV camera, and Ried will save us all with wind, solar power.

Right, the Dems are backed by the tree huggers. They better not let us drill or they will lose.

If Pelosi and Reid are leadership, wow, my dog is smarter than either one of them.

Posted by Platteman at 09:41 AM : Jul 28, 2008

Scorched earth policy maker...

[platteman]

Pelosi is a waste of womanhood, Don''t get between Schummer and a TV camera, and Ried will save us all with wind, solar power.

Right, the Dems are backed by the tree huggers. They better not let us drill or they will lose.

If Pelosi and Reid are leadership, wow, my dog is smarter than either one of them.

[unmunificent]

Pelosi was on The Today show this morning saying that drilling now would reduce the price by 2 cents ten years from now.
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[unmunificent]

Pelosi was on The Today show this morning saying that drilling now would reduce the price by 2" ten years from now. PELOSI, SHUT THE F UP AND STEP DOWN YOU LYING IDIOT! GOD HELP US IF OBAMALAMADINGDONG GETS INTO OFFICE. THAN WE''RE REALLY F''D!

[irliberal]

The republicans know they''re about to lose all power for at least eight years. They''re desperate and the whining is becoming tiresome. November can''t come soon enough!

[james_in_nh]

About the "only six months" supply claim. The Democrats know this is baloni. In fact there is oil equal to 16 years of imports from Saudi Arabia - more than enough to affect world petroleum prices. And it take 10 years to get the oil because of absurd permitting processes and government red tape. We
could, otherwise get the oil much sooner. It only took three years to build the entire Alaska pipeline.

For instance, "California''s 10 billion barrels in offshore oil could be brought to market in as little as a year "if the moratorium were lifted," according to a recent Sanford C. Bernstein report said, citing that the oil is under shallow water and drilling platforms already exist."

[james_in_nh]

1990: "We have had 15 years or so with Prudhoe and we came out pretty good. People who talk about ecological disaster have been proven wrong."
- Rep. Mo Udall (D-AZ)

1992: "You cannot get that oil out of ANWR quickly; it takes 10 to 15 years of extensive drilling to do that." - Rep. Phil Sharp (D-IN)

1992: "We should not forget that any jobs created by opening ANWR would not, for the most part, happen until sometime after 2000." - Rep Tim Wirth (D-CO)


1995: "For one thing, [they] assume that oil prices will be more than $30 a barrel in the year 2000. What are the chances of that? Right now the price of West Texas intermediate crude is $19.00 a barrel." - Bruce
Babbitt, Bill Clinton''s Interior Secretary.

2000: "[ANWR] would take 10 years to come on line and provide only a few month''s worth of energy supply for this country." - Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)

2005: "It will open [ANWR] to oil and gas drilling all for the sake of a 6-month supply of oil that will not even be available for 10 years." - Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)

2005: "Drilling in ANWR will do little to reduce our current dependence on foreign oil because it will take more than 10 years, yes, more than 10 years to process what little oil may be there." Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA)
2008: "It is well known on both sides that it will take eight to 10 years before any oil could be produced in ANWR."- Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)


2008: Crude oil $147.30

[james_in_nh]

History lesson:

1981: Jim Carter signs the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) to allow future oil exploration and production in ANWR.

1982: Crude oil $31.83

1989: "We will be doing the country a serious disservice if we cast our vote on ANWR based upon the current price of oil. A much more relevant
question is what will be the price of oil in 10 years - the length of time it will
take to get the first drop." - Rep. Walter Jones, Sr. (D-NC)

1989: "Well, let me just explain to you...if you approved drilling in the Arctic slope today...it wouldn''t come online for 10 to 12 years."
- Rep. George Miller (D-CA)

1989: Crude oil $13.58

[gunfighter51]

Let the liberals keep the oil in the ground, they could''nt spot a real crisis if it kicked them in the gonads.
This little oversight will cost BHO the election.
If you think wind and solar is going to get your car down the road you are nieve, just like all liberals.

[andylance1]

Either McCain rises above Republican misery - or Obama''s not fully caught the wave. Obama''s problem is that he got caught in an undertow of oil - crude oil - black, slimy, yucky oil that the Democrats want to leave in the ground because it is not good for you.

The Nannies like Nancy Pelosi want you to be green and clean, even if all your green is leaving your wallet or purse and sent overseas to buy more black, slimy, yucky, foreign, crude oil.

[veteran188]

I remember when I first went to Vietnam , and after several tours, the conservatives, the rumsfelds, the cheneys, the McCains, all said stay the course, even after ten years of needless combat , a war started and based on lies from the american government,

The same as the currrent war started by the same people, and then, came tho OIL embargo,

this same group of greed driven criminal conservatives, dismantled a very intelligent energy policy put into place by Jimmy Carter to make the USA energy independent.

we would be energy independent today, RIGHT NOW, BUT

FOR RONALD REAGAN and his conservative ilk,

these people are truely UnAmerican criminals

they belong in prison, Bush, cheney and McSame belong in prison for crimes against humanity

[atheismwins]

It remains to be seen what the American people want.

Dems basically want higher gas prices for environmental reasons.

Reps want to open up American energy to lower prices. This includes offshore drilling, ANWR, oil shale, tar sands, nuclear, natural gas, and coal.

[caliguy55]

July 27, 2008

Gallup Daily: Obama 49%, McCain 40%

Third day with Obama holding a significant lead over McCain

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PRINCETON, NJ -- Barack Obama now leads John McCain among national registered voters by a 49% to 40% margin in Gallup Poll Daily tracking conducted July 24-26.

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July 26, 2008

Gallup Daily: Obama Retains Lead, 48% to 41%

Second day with Obama holding a significant lead over McCain

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PRINCETON, NJ -- Barack Obama has stretched his lead over John McCain among national registered voters to seven percentage points, 48% to 41%, in Gallup Poll Daily tracking conducted July 23-25.

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This is why McSame is becoming such a pathetic figure. Obama will beat him into the ground come November. And, McSame knows there isn''t anything he can do to stop it. McSame''s attacks will become even more negative as the election approaches. But, these attacks will only prove that McSame is devoid of any ideas as to how to clean up the mess left by the Bush/Cheney Administration. Obama 08!!!