Comments on: Obama Seeks To Reintroduce Himself

Washington Post: Presumptive Dem Nominee Moves To Shape Campaign, Answer Questions About His Biography

[rufisgufis]

And Duh, we''ll need oil in ten years as much as now, and if we don''t drill, we''ll still be totally dependent on foreign resources.

Posted by minnick8 at 11:26 AM : Jun 24, 2008
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DUH! If we start now to develop an alternative to foreign oil, in ten years our dependency on foreign oil will be a thing of the past. Or we can continue to drill for oil until there''s no place else to drill. One of these alternatives seems intelligent and one seems stupid. Take a guess which is which.

[omaar-101]

The Energy Information Administration estimated that oil from these sites would hit the market around 2017 and peak around 2027.

Rushing the process would likely only result in less supply. "The faster we try to drain the less efficient the drainage," said Dr. Ralph Byrns, Professor of Economics at UNC-Chapel Hill.

"If we drain it dry and still get 14 billion barrels of oil [the President has suggested 18 billion], that itself would still take (20 years)"

[omaar-101]

To be fair, McCain and his aides have publicly stated that in this battle, as well during his press for a temporary gas tax holiday, the Senator was not casting his lot with the economists.

And in a moment of sincerity, a senior adviser to the Arizona Republican,Douglas Holtz-Eakin, acknowledged that ...

Note: New Offshore Drilling Wouldn''''t have an Immediate Effect on Gas Prices.

In fact, three weeks before he came out in support of Drilling, the Senator himself.

Offshore Resources: "Would take Years to Develop."

[omaar-101]

To be fair, McCain and his aides have publicly stated that in this battle, as well during his press for a temporary gas tax holiday, the Senator was not casting his lot with the economists.

And in a moment of sincerity, a senior adviser to the Arizona Republican,Douglas Holtz-Eakin, acknowledged that ...

Note: New Offshore Drilling Wouldn''''t have an Immediate Effect on Gas Prices.

In fact, three weeks before he came out in support of Drilling, the Senator himself.

Offshore Resources: "Would take Years to Develop."

[omaar-101]

(CBS/ AP) America remains a nation of believers, but a new survey finds most Americans don`t feel their religion is the only way to eternal life - even if their faith tradition teaches otherwise.

The findings, revealed Monday in a survey of 35,000 adults, can either be taken as a positive sign of growing religious tolerance, or disturbing evidence that Americans dismiss or don`t know fundamental teachings of their own faiths.

Among the more startling numbers in the survey, conducted last year by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life: 57 percent of evangelical church attenders said they believe many religions can lead to eternal life, in conflict with traditional evangelical teaching.

In all, 70 percent of Americans with a religious affiliation shared that view, and 68 percent said there is more than one true way to interpret the teachings of their own religion.

"The survey shows religion in America is, indeed, 3,000 miles wide and only three inches deep," said D. Michael Lindsay, a Rice University sociologist of religion.

"There`s a growing pluralistic impulse toward tolerance and that is having theological consequences," he said.

[omaar-101]

Last week, Sen. John McCain reversed his longstanding opposition to offshore drilling. The Arizona Senator and his campaign surrogates framed the move as a much-needed effort to combat energy costs in the wake of record high gas prices - political action to Sen. Barack Obama''''s inaction.

But the assertion that offshore drilling could have an impact on oil prices by placating oil speculators is itself a contested proposition.

And some analysts insist that it is wishful thinking that the market would suddenly perk up because of the prospect of more supply.


The Energy Information Administration estimated that oil from these sites would hit the market around 2017 and peak around 2027.

Rushing the process would likely only result in less supply. "The faster we try to drain the less efficient the drainage," said Dr. Ralph Byrns, Professor of Economics at UNC-Chapel Hill.

"If we drain it dry and still get 14 billion barrels of oil [the President has suggested 18 billion], that itself would still take (20 years)"

[minnick8-2009]

it could be upwards of 10 YEARS before crude is even Brought to the Surface.

Posted by Omaar-101

And, if we don''t get off our heinies and start developing our own resources, where will we be in ten years?

It is like the middle aged person who doesn''t know whether or not they should go to college because it will take 5 years to get a degree and by then, they will be 5 years older. Duh, they will be 5 years older anyway.

And Duh, we''ll need oil in ten years as much as now, and if we don''t drill, we''ll still be totally dependent on foreign resources.

[beastof70]

REINTRODUCE my butt!!

OsamaObama is the exact same left wing pinko, un-American libwad the Democrat Party has been trying to sell America since Chicago ''68 when the Marxist wing of the party took complete control following the death of some key "Yellow Dogs".

[beastof70]

Hey Democrats....When can we expect to see you hyphenated-Americans calling for these three crooked Senators to do a perp walk????

[beastof70]

Senator Obama what''s this you''re telling America??

TO GO DRILL OURSELVES?!?!?!

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BTW: This is what I just ordered as a rear window decal to be worn proudly until OsamaObama quits taking big ethanol cash to keep driving the price of crude up.