Governors Buck Bush On Offshore Drilling

Schwarzenegger, Others Vow To Fight Attempts To Tap Ocean Reserves

(CBS/ AP)  Governors in some coastal states promised to block attempts to tap offshore petroleum reserves, citing concerns about the environment and tourism. Others agreed with President Bush's call to lift a 27-year-old federal ban on offshore drilling but said states should decide whether to allow it.

Bush on Wednesday joined Republican presidential candidate John McCain in calling for the lifting of a prohibition on drilling along the East and West coasts and in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. As the battle to lift the moratorium began to play out in Washington, states debated their stance.

"As Governor of California, I will do everything in my power to fight the federal government on this issue and prevent any new offshore drilling," Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a McCain supporter, said Wednesday.

As CBS News correspondent Bill Whitaker reports, the debate divided along red and blue lines -- Democrats lining up behind Barack Obama opposing offshore drilling and Republicans pushing to open the taps. In the midst of the hot debate, John McCain and one of his possible VP choices, the governor of Florida, switched sides and now support drilling.

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, reversed his opposition to oil exploration off the state's beaches after the presidential candidate said he supported lifting the moratorium. Crist said the issue is about local control.

"I think that not having that moratorium, blanket moratorium, and letting states rights be recognized, if you will, certainly is appropriate," he said.

Crist said he didn't know if Florida legislators would approve drilling, but like McCain he said states should be allowed to make their own decisions. McCain favors lifting the moratorium at the federal level, but allowing states to decide whether to allow drilling.

But Whitaker notes that in California, which suffered a devastating oil spill from a rig off Santa Barbara in 1969, opposition to offshore drilling is bi-partisan. From the governor to local environmentalists, California is largely green.

"You get much bigger improvement in a much shorter period of time by really aggressively going after conservation than you ever would with offshore oil drilling," said Mark Gold with the conservation group Heal The Bay.

Gold told Whitaker reserves off California wouldn't last long. In fact, at current consumption rates of 21 million barrels a day, Americans would use up the estimated 18 billion barrels off the coasts all around the country in less than two and a half years.

The moratorium applies to all federal waters, which extend three miles from the states' coastlines. If Congress lifts the federal moratorium without special provisions giving states a say, states would have little control over oil companies' exploration of federal waters.

If that happens, anti-drilling states' best recourse would be to sue the federal government for allowing activities that are odds with the states' coastal management plans, said Lisa Speer, senior policy analyst for the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Politicians and the public are increasingly divided on the offshore issue as energy prices spiral.

Virginia and South Carolina have largely supported lifting the moratorium. California is joined by North Carolina and New Jersey among the anti-drilling states.

"States should be able to control their own destiny with what happens," said Joel Sawyer, a spokesman for South Carolina Republican Gov. Mark Sanford.

The state has "to be incredibly cognizant of our tourism industry and our other natural resources along the coast. We don't want to kill the goose that laid the golden egg," he said.

Those in favor of opening closed areas to drilling say they could eventually yield 18 billion barrels of oil and 77 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, but opponents say it could be years before production begins and that would do little to stem the current rise of energy prices.

A state's openness to allowing drilling off its coast will have a big influence on energy companies' decisions about where to explore, said Tom Moskitis, managing director of the American Gas Association, which represent utilities feeding 60 million customers.

"At this point, the energy companies are in favor of giving the states options," he said. "They are looking more to the East Coast where there is a big potential for oil and natural gas. The political climate in California is such that just about everybody is opposed so it's not logical that exploration would begin there."

The Democratic governors of New Jersey and North Carolina joined Schwarzenegger in speaking out against lifting the moratorium.

"Our $35 billion economy is driven by tourism and the use of the shore," said New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine.

North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley also argued to keep the moratorium in place.

"It's doesn't work for states to decide. If the state above or below you has a problem it affects your shores as well," he said. "It's too much squeeze for the juice when you look at real estate on the coast, recreational fishing and tourism that could be adversely affected by some problem."

[wdrussell1]

As a liberal I would compromise on this issue.
You can start drilling offshore and in Alaska as soon as every American military person leaves the middle east.
How badly do you pro-polluters want to drill?

[lemonskink]

Enron, Enron, Enron. The price of oil has nothing to do with the supply or amount of oil. Bush is seeking this so that when he is back in Crawford with his feet propped up, the money will come rolling in from being on so many boards of oil companies. This entire gas price scam is simply to make the people bow down and go along with whatever these robber barons want, and they want oil. Once it''s done, it''s done. They know that. This S of S lied about Iraq, Valerie Plame, and a million other lies. Don''t fall for it.

[haoli25]

Bush needs to ****. Nobody cares what he wants or what he thinks. He has been funneling U.S. money to his Arab buddies for the last 8 years, so it is a little late in the game to be worrying about the U.S. energy policy.

[sdcjd1]

This is such a short sighted selfish solution. What about the environment? The bay area is still trying to recover from a big oil spill. We''ve had enough already here. No thank you to more drilling. I''m willing to drive an electric or hybrid car to keep the environment safe. People need to move on from oil. That''s the solution. Not more and more and more drilling. Bush is just trying to help his oil buddies out some more.

[studebaker5-2009]

And whats more drilling going to do? They will just sell it to China anyways, we wont see any of it and it wont solve our problems. The main problem with prices today is in the weakness of our currency. For things to get better that needs to be fixed.

[omaar-101]

Note: Keep that Liberal, Conservative Bull-Spit to Yourself, High Gas Prices, Know No Political Parties & Spares No Political Party from being Gas Robbed & Gas Rape at the Pumps, Bush is Oil 1st, Profits 2nd & D@mn Everybody else.

Sierra Club lands program director Athan Manuel told a House committee Wednesday that drilling has been unsuccessful in driving costs down.

"The disappointing part about some of the energy policies being promoted (is) that it calls for more drilling when drilling really is the problem. And all we`ve got to show for pretty aggressive (domestic) drilling for the last 35 years is, again, $4 for a gallon of gas," Manuel said, adding "since the first Arab oil shock in the 1970s, the U.S. has produced almost 90 billion barrels of oil since then, so we`ve tried drilling our way out of the problem and it just hasn`t worked."

Environment Florida spokeswoman Holly Binns told the Media General news group that offshore drilling has NO IMMEDIATE IMPACT ON PRICES.

"It would take anywhere from 7-10 years to bring those resources to shore to have any measurable impact on supply, Binns said, advocating renewable energy sources.

Democrats held their own series of events on Capitol Hill Wednesday to focus attention on global warming and energy independence, but drilling is not on the agenda.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said Tuesday ongoing calls for more drilling "is the Johnny One-Note of the Republican Party."

[creeper00]

Does Bush honestly think we don''t know he allowed gas prices to go this high in order to blackmail us into supporting his oil-baron friends'' plan to get richer?

This man is a monster. There is no humanity in him.

[brianp55]

"The price of oil has nothing to do with the supply or amount of oil. Bush is seeking this so that when he is back in Crawford with his feet propped up, the money will come rolling in from being on so many boards of oil companies. This entire gas price scam is simply to make the people bow down and go along with whatever these robber barons want, and they want oil. Once it''''s done, it''''s done. "...Lemonskink

100% wrong. This IS primarily a supply and demand issue. The ascension of the Chinese and Indian economies is the major factor causing a tight oil supply, which then triggers speculation which only makes the situation worse. It may very well be that OPEC and US companies have conspired to keep supplies and refining capacity tight, but it is still overwhemingly a supply and demand issue.

[omaar-101]

Sierra Club lands program director Athan Manuel told a House committee Wednesday that drilling has been unsuccessful in driving costs down.

"The disappointing part about some of the energy policies being promoted (is) that it calls for more drilling when drilling really is the problem. And all we`ve got to show for pretty aggressive (domestic) drilling for the last 35 years is, again, $4 for a gallon of gas," Manuel said, adding "since the first Arab oil shock in the 1970s, the U.S. has produced almost 90 billion barrels of oil since then, so we`ve tried drilling our way out of the problem and it just hasn`t worked."

Environment Florida spokeswoman Holly Binns told the Media General news group that offshore drilling has NO IMMEDIATE IMPACT ON PRICES.

"It would take anywhere from 7-10 years to bring those resources to shore to have any measurable impact on supply, Binns said, advocating renewable energy sources.

Democrats held their own series of events on Capitol Hill Wednesday to focus attention on global warming and energy independence, but drilling is not on the agenda.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said Tuesday ongoing calls for more drilling "is the Johnny One-Note of the Republican Party."

[texanforlogi]

Yet ANOTHER bad and incredibly short-sighted idea from Bush & company. The coastal states don''t want it--too much bad with too little reward. There is less than 3 years'' worth of oil under there and 1,000 years of environmental disasters from trying to recover it. No thank you!

[deebamagrama]

what we have here is a final effort by a maniacal egocentric to completly ruin and bankrupt this country. WE are already strained to the limit in the use of our resources and instead of managing them better, he is finding a way for us to find and use more, of which much is lost to waste. Where will it all end?? This country needs a long break from this man''s idea of government

[Gary Kempf]

"Families across the country are looking to Washington for a response," Mr. Bush said.

Yes for 71/2 years.

[carpriddler]

We are exporting the oil being drilled in the U.S. right now. Is Mr Bush going to ensure that the oil being extracted from U.S. shores will be refined and sold here. I doubt it because that would mean telling big oil what to do, and you can%u2019t be a free market capitalist and tell big oil what to do.

[bretster7]

creeper said,
Does Bush honestly think we don''''t know he allowed gas prices to go this high in order to blackmail us into supporting his oil-baron friends'''' plan to get richer?



Can you illustrate exactly how Bush did this?

[omaar-101]

Note: (The Diesel contains more Energy than Gasoline, and Engines Burn it More Efficiently.)

Fortune magazine) -- As night fell over the 24 Hours of LeMans this summer, spectators at France''''s prestigious endurance race detected a pattern. While competitors entered the pits to refuel, a sleek pair of Audi R10s kept stealing laps around the 13.7-kilometer track. Already the fastest cars on the course, and eerily quiet thanks to a unique emissions filter, the Audis were also proving the most fuel-efficient.

Note: When the checkered flag flew, the Audi had made history as the first Diesel Car to win a major international race.

Diesel isn`t just changing LeMans. Thanks to technological breakthroughs, at least six automakers - starting with Mercedes on Oct. 16, Jeep in early 2007, and eventually even hybrid pioneer Honda - will be launching a fleet of New Age diesels. They promise to boost fuel economy by 25% to 40%, with huge torque and turbochargers to deliver the power American drivers crave.

Though initial models won`t pass air-quality standards in five states (California and New York among them), Mercedes has announced three 2008 SUVs that will achieve 50-state standards.

Honda, VW, and GM are close behind. How big is the market? J.D. Power estimates that diesel sales will triple to 9% of the U.S. market by 2013, compared with a projected hybrid share of .

[studebaker5-2009]

brianp55, it is a supply and demand issue but of the US dollar and not oil.

[talkingham]

Evidently oil demand has tripled worldwide in less than 9 months as the price of a barrel of oil dropped to $45 last Fall. I don''t guess our stupid policies in the Middle East could have any affect on the price of oil. It''s the Dems fault.

This lousy president has never taken responsibility for anything that has happened on his watch. The perfect liar and "reformed" alcoholic has delivered the New World Order his father babbled about, and now we are paying for it.

Just search the term New World Order in case some of you youngsters are old enough to remember daddy Bush spouting off about it as he led us in to Iraq War 1.

In a little more than a year after daddy Bush leaves office is the first World Trade Tower bombing, setting the stage for Bush II, Iraq II, and this wonderful New World Order where we pay $5 gal for gas, and it''s only the start.

I don''t know where this moratorium on drilling is because every time I go to the Gulf of Mexico I see oil platforms running full speed.

[bretster7]

omar, we get the point. No need to post it again.
Wow how suprising that all those quote would come from people who have their own agenda.
Simply amazing. I guess we will have to take their word for it. LOL

[vietnam21]

Can any one tell me why Mexico are half price (2.40 per galon)

[ubrew12]

I guess those oil speculators were good for something after all. Bush says we shouldn''t delay? Why not? He''s been delaying putting any money into alternative energy research for 8 years. But, over the last 40 years, the nuclear energy industry has gotten well over a trillion dollars in research funds.

Penny-wise, Pound-foolish. That''s got to be the necon motto.

[omaar-101]

Note: (The Diesel contains more energy than gasoline, and Engines Burn it More Efficiently.)

Though initial models won`t pass air-quality standards in (5 States) (California and New York among them), Mercedes has announced three 2008 SUVs that will achieve (50-state standards).

Honda, VW, and GM are close behind. How big is the market? J.D. Power estimates that diesel sales will triple to 9% of the U.S. market by 2013, compared with a projected hybrid share of 5%.

While a diesel may have won LeMans, winning over American consumers won`t be easy.


"[Toyota`s] success has been to put the idea in consumers` minds that hybrids are the only solution, but that`s wrong," says clean-diesel proponent Carlos Ghosn, the CEO of Renault and Nissan.


Though half the new cars in Europe have diesel engines (credit $6-a-gallon gas and tax subsidies), most Americans still associate the word with soot-spewing, bone-rattling specimens from the `70s. "People ask why we don`t just bring them over, but it`s a challenge," says Frank Klegon, chief of Chrysler Group''''s global product development.

While hybrids are seen as cutting-edge, "with diesels, it`s `Well, those have been around for 100 years.` `

More than 100, actually. Bavarian Rudolf Diesel patented his groundbreaking engine in 1892. While a gasoline engine squeezes gas and air together, a diesel compresses only air, at high pressures, creating so much heat that added fuel ignites without a spark.

[mrmazerati]

I don''t like any further dependence on oil. At the same time, we can''t kill the patient during the operation. We''re going to need oil for quite a while longer yet, no matter how fast new the technology moves. Most of our recent innovation has not been driven by necessity, but by a push from the innovator to the marketplace. Cars didn''t take over because horses became too expensive - they took over because they were a better idea. Airplanes, computers, internet, etc... nobody thought we needed them at the time, but now we can''t imagine life any other way. It will be the same with alternative energy. We don''t need an oil crisis to drive innovation, we need affordable oil WHILE we drive innovation. That way we still prosper while we create a better world.

[johnax88]

Our government should buy oil direct from the countries producing it and then sell it to our companies. Eliminate oil from the speculation market allow only the purchase of product available today - no futures - no more legal gambling.

Good solutions are simple but take money out of the pockets of the rich.

Put 30 billion a month into renewable energy in this country and see what happens. That would put enough solar pannels on every house to produce something.

[omaar-101]

Hybrids, are set up to make Money, Now, but Diesel & Electric Cars are the Very Best and will Last long after the Hybrid Make their Billions off of You Eager Beavers.


A detailed announcement about the planned car is expected soon, Automotive News reported Monday.

Mitsubishi`s plans call for the Electric Car to be launched 1st in Japan, according to the newspaper. A Hybrid version could also be made available.

"From an environmental standpoint, we believe the electric car is the way to go because it has zero emissions," Mitsubishi president Osamu Masuko said at a dealer meeting in Las Vegas, according to Automotive News. "Fuel cell technology is still off in the future. Diesels are big in Europe but not in Japan and the U.S."

Several major car companies, including General Motors, Ford and Toyota, produced and sold electric cars in small numbers, mostly in California, in the early 1990s when environmental rules there promoted zero-emission vehicles. Several small companies now make electric cars in limited numbers.

[ubrew12]

check out www.mopedbus.com
Its an innovative mass-transit idea that would save more oil than spilling it on our beaches would.

[armydog2]

Drilling offshore or in Alaska will not impact the price of gas in anyway.According to EIA energy information administration 2008 gas supplies are abundant relative to 2007 yet prices have skyrocketed. The reason prices have so dramatically risen is excessive speculation in the energy markets.Because of an enron loophole CFTC commodity futures trading commission does not have any control. oil is traded outside the NYMEX. Look up House bill HR594. If you think these guys are going to give up their profits with drilling offshore think again. This is more bulls-h-i-t from bush!

[harpoot]

Oh joy, the California coast will smell just the beaches in Galveston. Just so some morbidly obese type can drive their SUV.

[studebaker5-2009]

Oil costs roughly the same amount it did in 2001 when Bush took office. Ofcourse the cost is calculated in gold or silver.

[foranc]

Now the insane rise in gas prices reveals itself = Bush wants to inflict even more damage on this country and it''s citizens before he leaves office. This is utterly transparent. When is congress going to impeach this guy?

[mrmazerati]

I guess the question is, how far out do commodities futures forecast? If it''s only a few months, then new oil coming online in two years won''t move the markets for awhile. However, something tells me the markets may react sooner rather than later this time. The price is just too inflated.

[rf35]

Here is an idea for you: ban oil export from the United States. If the US-based oil companies can''t sell their oil to Japan, China and India, the American market would have a sudden glut of oil that should plunge prices to pre-Iraq war levels. Incidentally, we export an amount equal to the amount imported from Iraq in 2001.

[studebaker5-2009]

If anyone noticed the price rose when the FED lowered the interest rate 3 points.

[lovegetpeace]

HHEELLLLOO...is anyone listening to this picture of president Bush on the wall? A president who will be remembered cannot compromise for the love of his country.

[studebaker5-2009]

The oil problem is actually a currency problem.

[mudrose-2009]

DRILL HERE, DRILL NOW, PAY LESS.

[mudrose-2009]

THE DEMOCRATS, PARTY OF APPEASERS, PACIFIERS, EPA OBSTRUCTIONISTS, PANDERS TO MARXISM, SOCIALISM AND HATE AMERICA FIRST.

[rf35]

When is congress going to impeach this guy?

Posted by foranc at 11:20 AM : Jun 18, 2008

They tried to impeach both Bush & Cheney. Pelosi killed it. I guess the beotch is afraid of having to clean up Shrub''s mess since she would be next in line.

[cdfoxtrot]

Bush: I want to do one last big thing to help my friends before I leave office. I won''t be able to start another war, but people don''t like high "gas" prices. There won''t be much opposition to letting them drill in our waters.

[omaar-101]

I`m made peace with the fact, that Oil is going to be a Constant in the World, can`t get around it.

I`m at peace with the fact that it will take 9-10 yrs for any oil drilled off shore, to make a small dent at the gas pump, in the 9-10 yr drilling span, because we`ll be driving mainly Diesel & Electric Cars.

I`m at peace knowing the Auto Makers have this knowledge of Diesel Fueled & Electric cars, yet are Suckering us all into More Consumer Debt via the Many Hybrid Cars, when they could ease the Burdens of the American Consumer by going directly to Diesel & Electric Cars.

I`m at Peace, because I know that this is a Cold Blooded, No Heart Felt, Capitalist Society and he that has the Copper, Iron, Steel, Silver, Gold & Platinum makes the Rules.

[cdfoxtrot]

When is congress going to impeach this guy?

Posted by foranc at 11:20 AM : Jun 18, 2008

They tried to impeach both Bush & Cheney. Pelosi killed it. I guess the beotch is afraid of having to clean up Shrub''''s mess since she would be next in line.

Posted by rf35

I''ve never seen a detailed explanation from Pelosi for not starting impeachment proceedings. If Clinton could be impeached for lying about a personal indiscretion, there''s got to be stuff on Bush he could be got for.

[omaar-101]

I`ve made peace with the fact, that Oil is going to be a Constant in the World, None of Us can get around it.

I`m at peace with the fact that it will take 9-10 yrs for any oil drilled off shore, to make a small dent at the gas pump, in the 9-10 yr drilling span, because we`ll be driving mainly Diesel & Electric Cars.

I`m at peace knowing the Auto Makers have this knowledge of Diesel Fueled & Electric cars, yet are Suckering us all into More Consumer Debt via the Many Hybrid Cars, when they could ease the Burdens of the American Consumer by going directly to Diesel & Electric Cars.

I`m at Peace, because I know that this is a Cold Blooded, No Heart Felt, Capitalist Society and he that has the Copper, Iron, Steel, Silver, Gold & Platinum makes the Rules.

[rf35]

This ban is more about tourism than the environment. An oil slick washing up on your beach kinda screws up your tourist flow. And the rigs are not especially pretty, even when they aren%u2019t leaking.

[studebaker5-2009]

WEAK DOLLAR = HIGH OIL

[studebaker5-2009]

rf35, yes but the republicans like to use scapegoats.

[lewiston14]

rf35 "ban oil export" Its a good idea except the producers would just cut back on production. They know that the price of every gallon sitting idle in the ground will just keep going up so they are in no hurry. Heck I bet they will start building billion gallon stroage tanks and fill them up then just wait it out. No body said they cant. Heck the can shut down half their production and still make money. It is a private business. Getting rid of a few 100,000 workers is a 1 day process.

[omaar-101]

Note: Keep that Liberal, Conservative Bull-Spit to Yourself, High Gas Prices, Know No Political Parties & Spares No Political Party from being Gas Robbed & Gas Raped at the Pumps, Bush is Oil 1st, Profits 2nd & D@mn Everybody else.


Sierra Club lands program director Athan Manuel told a House committee Wednesday that drilling has been unsuccessful in driving costs down.

"The disappointing part about some of the energy policies being promoted (is) that it calls for more drilling when drilling really is the problem. And all we`ve got to show for pretty aggressive (domestic) drilling for the last 35 years is, again, $4 for a gallon of gas," Manuel said, adding "since the first Arab oil shock in the 1970s, the U.S. has produced almost 90 billion barrels of oil since then, so we`ve tried drilling our way out of the problem and it just hasn`t worked."

Environment Florida spokeswoman Holly Binns told the Media General news group that offshore drilling has NO IMMEDIATE IMPACT ON PRICES.

"It would take anywhere from 7-10 years to bring those resources to shore to have any measurable impact on supply, Binns said, advocating renewable energy sources.

Democrats held their own series of events on Capitol Hill Wednesday to focus attention on global warming and energy independence, but drilling is not on the agenda.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said Tuesday ongoing calls for more drilling "is the Johnny One-Note of the Republican Party."

[ioweign]

THE DEMOCRATS, PARTY OF APPEASERS, PACIFIERS, EPA OBSTRUCTIONISTS, PANDERS TO MARXISM, SOCIALISM AND HATE AMERICA FIRST.

Posted by mudrose at 11:26 AM : Jun 18, 2008

Have you seen a copy of our present Energy Policy ?

Published on Tuesday, May 3, 2005 by CommonDreams.org
Carter Tried To Stop Bush''s Energy Disasters - 28 Years Ago
by Thom Hartmann

In his recent news conference, George Bush Jr. suggested that our nation''s "problem" with high gasoline prices was caused by the lack of a national energy policy, and tried to blame it all on Bill Clinton. First, Junior said, "This is a problem that''s been a long time in coming. We haven''t had an energy policy in this country."

This was followed by, "That''s exactly what I''ve been saying to the American people -- 10 years ago if we''d had an energy strategy, we would be able to diversify away from foreign dependence. And -- but we haven''t done that. And now we find ourselves in the fix we''re in." As is so often the case, Bush was lying.

Consider President Jimmy Carter''s April 18, 1977 speech: http://tinyurl.com/4xau3

[demslie]

Democrats have fought oil drilling in America for 30 years so they can Blame Republicans and %u201CBig Oil%u201D for the problem of high energy costs. The oil companies want to spend 100 Billion on new Refineries. Democrat Enviro-Nuts Blame Republicans and America for world wide Pollution, while China and Cuba drill for oil in American waters without a word of dissention from Democrats. Democrats sing the praises of France because of their opposition to the War but, not a word from Democrats about the fact that France is one of the largest users of Nuclear Power with some much extra that they sell power all over Europe. Democrats have stopped any attempt at Building Nuclear Plants in America because, We are Bad. The population of the United States has grown from 200 million to over 300 million while Nothing the Democrats have said or done will answer any of the energy problems of this country because it will not fit Democrats Anti-American Political Agenda. Democrats energy policy, 40 years ago, was to live on (Communist) Communes, smoke dope and sing songs. The only change, today they add, drive a Segway.

[rf35]

I''''ve never seen a detailed explanation from Pelosi for not starting impeachment proceedings. If Clinton could be impeached for lying about a personal indiscretion, there''''s got to be stuff on Bush he could be got for.

Posted by cdfoxtrot at 11:29 AM : Jun 18, 2008

Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) introduced 35 articles of impeachment against President Bush on Monday night, reading the resolution into the Congressional Record.
Kucinich, who unsuccessfully sought the Democratic presidential nomination this year, unveiled a litany of alleged illegal and improper acts by Bush, including war crimes.
Kucinich has introduced a similar impeachment resolution against Vice President Cheney.

The full (small) article: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/06/09/politics/politico/thecrypt/main4167427.shtml

However, it offers no eplaination of Pelosi''s refusal to pursue the matter.

[beastof70]

OsamaObama....This self proclaimed proponent for "CHANGE" stands solidly in support of the same tired old energy dependence practices the Democrat Party has been using to destroy America since the days of George McGovern.

OsamaObama and all his un-American buddies at the DNC have been shooting America the middle finger of acknowlegement for forty years now. No change here.