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Pelosi allows drilling?

Sandhusker

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Remember a few months ago when oil was heading ever higher, gasoline reached unheard of prices, and Americans were essentially hysterical? Remember when Americans demanded, actually screamed in the politicians' ears that we wanted to drill in our offshore areas?

Remember when poll after poll said Americans wanted to pass over the objections from multi-millionaire beachfront movie star home owners and actually do something for the good of America as a whole? Remember the politicians promising they would heed the words of their constituents?

Well, the politicians apparently don't remember it at all.

Amazingly, the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives gave the American people a firm slap in the face while it planted a big wet sloppy kiss on the lips of Hollywood's glitterati. On September 16th, the House of Representatives narrowly passed Speaker Nancy Pelosi's comically named "Access" Bill. This past Saturday, the Senate approved the lifting of the 26-year ban on new offshore oil drilling. In the guise of doing what America wants Speaker Pelosi's bill does the following:

* Places off limits areas within fifty miles of the coast line, where 80 percent of the oil and gas deposits are. This bill, if it becomes law, will place these energy rich areas off limits permanently.

* Places off limits such energy rich areas as the Destin Dome off Florida and the super-rich areas off the coast of California on a permanent basis.

* In a gesture of what she probably thought was courage, Speaker Pelosi allows drilling on seven percent of the acreage offshore in the most difficult, deep water areas, one hundred or more miles offshore.

* If state legislatures sign on, drilling would be allowed in a further 12 percent of the untapped areas between 50 and 100 miles offshore -- again, difficult areas to explore and difficult areas in which to drill.

This is a bad joke. Why are we doing this to ourselves? What is the utility of making us ever weaker, more vulnerable, and dependent upon people who hate us?

This is a bill that cries out for veto or massive revision. It's just a bill to curry favor with the beautiful people, not with ordinary citizens. It is exactly what we do not need, which is vastly more drilling and production of American oil and gas in American waters.
 

aplusmnt

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Doesn't Pelosi realize with gas prices so high, a 100 mile one way commute to the drilling platforms is to costly for the oil companies to budget in :lol:
 

TexasBred

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aplusmnt said:
Doesn't Pelosi realize with gas prices so high, a 100 mile one way commute to the drilling platforms is to costly for the oil companies to budget in :lol:

Asp....Pelosi doesn't realize anything. She should realize by now that she doesn't have near the clout she thinks she has.
 

jcummins

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My question is.....who in their right minds would elected such an enept b.....

Those persons who have elected her, sure don't mix in my circle, in fact if they entered it...I'd most likely get them out of it, and hope to do it without going to jail.
 

Sandhusker

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Sandhusker said:
Remember a few months ago when oil was heading ever higher, gasoline reached unheard of prices, and Americans were essentially hysterical? Remember when Americans demanded, actually screamed in the politicians' ears that we wanted to drill in our offshore areas?

Remember when poll after poll said Americans wanted to pass over the objections from multi-millionaire beachfront movie star home owners and actually do something for the good of America as a whole? Remember the politicians promising they would heed the words of their constituents?

Well, the politicians apparently don't remember it at all.

Amazingly, the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives gave the American people a firm slap in the face while it planted a big wet sloppy kiss on the lips of Hollywood's glitterati. On September 16th, the House of Representatives narrowly passed Speaker Nancy Pelosi's comically named "Access" Bill. This past Saturday, the Senate approved the lifting of the 26-year ban on new offshore oil drilling. In the guise of doing what America wants Speaker Pelosi's bill does the following:

* Places off limits areas within fifty miles of the coast line, where 80 percent of the oil and gas deposits are. This bill, if it becomes law, will place these energy rich areas off limits permanently.

* Places off limits such energy rich areas as the Destin Dome off Florida and the super-rich areas off the coast of California on a permanent basis.

* In a gesture of what she probably thought was courage, Speaker Pelosi allows drilling on seven percent of the acreage offshore in the most difficult, deep water areas, one hundred or more miles offshore.

* If state legislatures sign on, drilling would be allowed in a further 12 percent of the untapped areas between 50 and 100 miles offshore -- again, difficult areas to explore and difficult areas in which to drill.

This is a bad joke. Why are we doing this to ourselves? What is the utility of making us ever weaker, more vulnerable, and dependent upon people who hate us?

This is a bill that cries out for veto or massive revision. It's just a bill to curry favor with the beautiful people, not with ordinary citizens. It is exactly what we do not need, which is vastly more drilling and production of American oil and gas in American waters.

Do you libs think this is what Americans are thinking about when they call to lift the ban on offshore drilling? Do you think Pelosi is listening to the public?
 
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Anonymous

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jcummins said:
My question is.....who in their right minds would elected such an enept b.....

Those persons who have elected her, sure don't mix in my circle, in fact if they entered it...I'd most likely get them out of it, and hope to do it without going to jail.

Are you talking GW :???: As feeders traded LIMIT DOWN on futures and fats were right behind them- while the cattle brokers said there was not and may not be any money free to buy cattle (that you should look at feeding them thru the winter at $4 day :???: )- along with all grain commodity's dropping, while folks saw $ 1.2 TRILLION disappear from their retirement accounts- I only heard 4 letter words describing &*%^$*() King George and his incompetent reign....
And it is sadly comical- and what was evident with the vote- not even his own Repubs trust him or his Court of Fools...
Obama will win hands down now...
 

Sandhusker

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The housing problem was created by your liberals and their socialist "Everybody gets a house" program.

I'd say that if they knew that McCain tried to head this off and even predicted it, they would want the election tomorrow so they could get him in office. Where was Obama when McCain was warning about this?
 
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Anonymous

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Sandhusker said:
The housing problem was created by your liberals and their socialist "Everybody gets a house" program.

I'd say that if they knew that McCain tried to head this off and even predicted it, they would want the election tomorrow so they could get him in office. Where was Obama when McCain was warning about this?

Repubs "ran the roost" in Congress for 12 years- over 7 years in the White House...Spin it anyway you want to- you get few to buy this is a Dem problem....Especially when only a couple weeks ago Bush/McBusch were echoing "the fundamentals of the economy are strong" :shock: Or are they that incompetent :???:

The Buck Stops Here
Harry S. Truman
 

Sandhusker

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You can say whatever you want. The facts are that McCain is on record warning about this when he cosponsored a bill to directly address the exact crap that Fannie was doing that set the standard for this whole mess. That simply can't be denied! He called it and tried to stop it and Obama did nothing. Those are facts. You guys can try to refute it if you want, give it a try.
 

jigs

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McCain says "let's pull in the reins" on freddy mac and fanny mae

Obama is getting campaing donations from the said groups and saying "everything is fine"

now which one is the corrupt prick with a bitch for a wife and is not deserving to be President???


hint, it is the one with the tan.
 
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Anonymous

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jigs said:
McCain says "let's pull in the reins" on freddy mac and fanny mae

Obama is getting campaing donations from the said groups and saying "everything is fine"

now which one is the corrupt prick with a bitch for a wife and is not deserving to be President???


hint, it is the one with the tan.

And seven of McBusch's top advisors- are Fannie and Freddie lobbyists... :roll: Yep blame everyone except the party thats been in control of Congress 12 of the past 13 years-- and in the White House controlling it the past 6 of 7 years- with a partisan party Congress...

Blame it all on Obama and Dems :???: :roll: That was a joke today when the Repubs tried to use that and Pelosi being excuses....

Even the long time cultist Repubs aren't buying that HorsePuckey...

What happened to the Repubs trust in King George :???: Paulson :???: Cox :???:

This crooked, lying, incompetent administration doesn't even have credibility with its own Party-- and McBucsh is a mirror image of Bush :(
 

Faster horses

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Boy, OT, you get more bitter each passing day.

If Obama wins the Presidency, guess what else we get.

Biden
Pelosy
Harry Reid.

In that order.

God help us all.
 
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Anonymous

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Faster horses said:
Boy, OT, you get more bitter each passing day.

If Obama wins the Presidency, guess what else we get.

Biden
Pelosy
Harry Reid.

In that order.

God help us all.

Well- they and the Dems showed me more leadership today than the Repubs did- who blamed their overnight flipflop on "Pelosi not talking nice about them"- so we're going to take our ball home and ain't going to play with you :shock: :roll: :wink: :lol: :( :(

The biggest laughing stock I saw and heard on the tv and radio today....No wonder they say the media is against them- even many of the conservative economists and pundits were shaking their heads....
 

TexasBred

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Oldtimer said:
Faster horses said:
Boy, OT, you get more bitter each passing day.

If Obama wins the Presidency, guess what else we get.

Biden
Pelosy
Harry Reid.

In that order.

God help us all.

Well- they and the Dems showed me more leadership today than the Repubs did- who blamed their overnight flipflop on "Pelosi not talking nice about them"- so we're going to take our ball home and ain't going to play with you :shock: :roll: :wink: :lol: :( :(

The biggest laughing stock I saw and heard on the tv and radio today....No wonder they say the media is against them- even many of the conservative economists and pundits were shaking their heads....


ROFLMAO....many of the dems were ashamed of Pelosi's tirade...Made her look dummer than usual. OT...even if the repubs took their ball and went home the dems still had the numbers to pass it.....cept they were PO'd too.....or just totally against the crap as presented.
 

aplusmnt

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Sandhusker said:
How much leadership did Pelosi show when over 90 of her own party voted against her?

Thing is she was letting some of them Dem's off that are up for reelection. What was there 5 dems on the banking committee that voted no.

They know this is a bad bill and they do not want to carry it, they want to be able to blame Republicans when it goes wrong.

How funny is it that they needed what 12 votes and 90 democrats did not vote for it but they talk on TV about how it was the Republicans fault it did not pass!
 
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