Obama's Celebrity Cred

fossil fuels are not sustainable, and sustainable energy isn't here yet in a widespread, commerically available form. You need one to make the other. Higher cost for fossil fuels means higher production costs for sustainable fuels.

Democrats and Republicans are both wrong. America needs a third party to kick them both in the ass

5 Democrats (moderate) and 5 Republicans (moderate) have come together to discuss our current energy crisis. They have come up with ERA of 2008. ENERGY REFORM ACT of 2008. Under the leadership of Senator Conrad (D-ND) and Senator Chambliss (R-GA), today, they submitted a bill that is fully paid and offers a BALANCE of Finding More US oil, Funding alternative energy, and conserving energy. It will open up the southern eastern offshore - but NOT around FL nuclear weapons testing area and NOT WITHIN 50 miles of FLORIDA COAST. It will be funded by levying ROYALTIES on all offshore drilling. (Not just minor lease payments)

This is the only WIN-WIN solution offered on the Senate floor in the past 1 1/2 years.

Please contact your Senators to support the ENERGY REFORM ACT OF 2008, by Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND), Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), John Thune (R-S.D.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.), Mary Landrieu (D-La.), Johnny Isakson (R-Ga), Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), Mark Pryor (D-Ark.), and Ben Nelson (D-Neb.).

I can tell you this:

Foreign presidents and dignitaries would have NOT stood beside a celebrity at high level press conferences being broadcast worldwide. They did stand beside Obama talking about promising new leadership in America.

Perhaps they could speak honestly and without bias as to what they see in Obama as they are not afflicted by the decease of racism I see raising its ugly head here.

We have a choice. We can leave things in the hands of the extremists in both the Democratic and Republican Parties, who care nothing about the US citizens, until they want our vote.

If the extremist Democrats cared about the high cost of gas, they would never stopped funding in the early 80's for alternative and renewable energy. The switch from domestic produced oil did not happen overnight. In the 70's under Carter, we had the OPEC oil embargo. Our scientists came up with ideas for extracting oil from the oil shale fields in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming; wind generators, solar panels etc. After the embargo ended, the Democratic Congress eliminated funding for oil shale, coal gasification and even the solar industry was on the outs. (Apparently they weren't providing enough campaign funding to the extremist Democrats.) And offshore drilling was banned under George HW Bush.

Yes, we need alternative and renewable energy sources. But, the only energy the extremist Democrats are talking about is POWER PLANTS - ELECTRICITY. Do they expect us to stay at home (or at work) while they are flying all over the world and flying home every Thursday-Monday? Do they think they are the only worthy people to USE transportation energy? They feel WE are the ones who need to conserve - not them. Without a balance of conservation and new transportation energy, we will always be at the mercy of foreign nations. It is no more logical to only drill for oil in ANWR than it is to expect the US citizens must revert to bicycles and have NO solutions for TRANSPORTATION energy.

How did our Democratic Congress allow the mega-mergers of all the oil companies anyway starting in the late 80's? Exxon and Mobil merged November 30, 1999 - under Clinton's watch - unchallenged. However, mega-mergers in all industries had been on the rise during the Reagan Administration - under DEMOCRATIC Congress. SO - NO PARTY IS INNOCENT!

It's not JUST the oil men of Bush and Cheney who are receiving major lobbyist money. Shell/Texaco is supporting major players in the Democratic Congress. Wind power energy companies are lobbying BOTH sides heavily and contributing to both parties campaigns.

Extremists on both parties have been destroying our country for 3 1/2 decades, and each election their numbers go, both by new members and by the incumbents who felt, "if you can't beat them, join them."

It's time to take our government back! Defeat the extremists from both parties. DO NOT ALLOW AN ABSOLUTE MAJORITY FOR EITHER PARTY!!

befair, you could not have been more correct! These neo-nuts have nothing to talk about except the smear and fear what they have done for years! Oh, the sheep that follow these nuts, are so afraid to look around the corner because they believe what the neo-nuts are telling them! They flip-flop on everything to press their agenda! They never admit they were wrong and they always attack the messenger and not the message! These sheep, if they just took the time to find facts instead of listening to the Drug Lover Limbaugh, Savage Wiener, Hannity Insanity, or Bill Orally, as commonly known as the Frank Burns of Journalism, and all those crazies at Fox Fiction News they may find the actual facts! These are the same people who supported Bush and all his lies to get us into the Iraq War and we find out later that Bush used propaganda and lies, as the Senate Intelligence Committee reported earlier this year! And you people still believe these commentators! As per the government reports, there are 68 million acres that the oil barons can drill, not to mention that on the west coast of Alaska, which is called the Alaskan Saudi Arabia! They also report that we only have 3% of the worlds oil and we use about 30% of the worlds oil! Do the math!

Maramara in a comment has compared our young candidate to King Solomon, how sad that is for us as the Christian Faithful TODAY who will vote in the most crucial election year...But let me see...if I am to read the scriptures quoted correctly with above-all-else a full comprehendsion---I would have to realize that this young KING was still firstly not considering to "CHANGE" the way his Human Father King David through GOD's guidence had already set-up the Civil Laws of the LAND so-to-speak to be enforced in our Promised Land. Point made for certain in those scriptures is that being handed the Kingdom and being so young when his human father passed away---At least he had a good inspired instilled foundation, being King David's Young Son which could only serve to uphold and enhance---not to "CHANGE" in anyway, what was already set-in-stone through the Messiahship of his father, King David when it involved Civil Matters of living life within God's Kingdom Rule on Created Earth. Look in any Holy Bible in Isaiah 9:6 & 7 If you'd deny that would have not been true in his case as
God's Kingdoms' youngest KING???

We have a choice, we can leave things in the hands of the Republican Party, who think about the american people only when they have to for political reasons. This off-shore drilling story is nothing more than a tactic held in reserve by the GOP, they count on the american people being too busy or uninterested in sorting through the details to discover the truth and that truth is , the oil industry has 68 million acres of leased property across this country, that they could be drilling on but the aren't.The current administration wants we the voters to believe that the only oil available is off-shore. That is not true. It keeps working for them politically though and as long as the public is willing to buy it, they will keep selling it. Some people compain that the government is not doing its job but it is we, the voters who can and should hold them accountable and I am not talking about criticizing the Dem. Congress and trying to hold them responsible for the miserable way George Bush has performed his duties as our President. We can stop being manipulated with predictable tactics that John McCain is engaging in and stop letting George Bush get away with playing politics with the serious issues that our country faces. The republican party boasts that it is for smaller government, well that is fine with me too but first the government should be efficient and should do what it is designed to do. When that is accomplished and the government is running smoothly, then we can worry about the size. Our country has grown and it seems natural that the government would have to adjust to better serve the people.

Who are these people and just what do they want from me? All I want is buck and a quarter gasoline the way it was when Geo W Bush took office. Country First: but first put Toby Keith on the Ipod; "Let's Talk About Me." Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Barrack Hussein Obama are all clamoring for attention and what do they want from me? They can all have each other, just leave me alone and get back to the good ol' days of the good ol' boys when Geo W Bush took office and gas was a buck and a quarter. Toby Keith and John McCain have fresh new ideas of how to repeat Geo W Bush and his success. Country First: but first put Toby Keith on your Ipod. Why? "Let's talk about me."

McCain looks more dishonest, bitter, whiny and pathetic each day.

Pelosi blocks offshore drilling vote GOP wants
Zachary Coile, Chronicle Washington Bureau
Friday, August 1, 2008

For weeks, pressure has been mounting in Congress to approve more domestic oil drilling, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has held the line, using her power to block a vote on offshore drilling.

President Bush has made almost daily calls for Democratic leaders to take action. House GOP leaders, citing a new poll showing that a slim majority of Californians now favor offshore drilling, issued a release Thursday saying "even (Pelosi's) own California neighbors oppose her efforts to block new drilling far off American coasts." GOP lawmakers are so disgruntled they're urging Bush to deny Congress its August break by calling a special session on energy.

Some Democrats wary

Even some Democrats are getting antsy, fearing the party's stance could hurt them in the fall elections. But Pelosi, who has opposed offshore drilling throughout her two decades in Congress, insists opening new areas to drilling won't lower gas prices in the short term. She believes a vote would only help the GOP blame Democrats for high gas prices.

"I will not ... give the administration an excuse for its failure," Pelosi said at an end-of-session roundtable interview Thursday.

Republicans have put a bull's-eye on the federal moratorium on coastal drilling, which has kept most of the East and West coasts off limits to new oil rigs since 1982. Bush announced earlier this month that he would lift the presidential moratorium on drilling, and the GOP is now seeking to lift the congressional ban.

Pelosi drew derision from her critics for telling the Web site Politico this week that she was blocking a vote on offshore drilling because "I'm trying to save the planet." But she elaborated on that theme Thursday,
saying she sees energy independence and fighting global warming as "my flagship issue." She said she will use her power to resist a policy that could increase the country's oil dependency.

Continued - Pelosi blocks offshore drilling vote GOP wants

"I'm not going to be diverted for a political tactic from a course of action that has a big-picture view - a vision about an energy-independent future that reduces our dependence on fossil fuels ... and focuses on those renewables that are protective of the environment," she said.

Republicans are quietly gleeful at Pelosi's tactics, which have only breathed more life into an issue the GOP is clinging to as a lifeline in an otherwise grim year for the party. Some House Republicans said Thursday that they will ask Bush to order a special session of Congress in August if lawmakers adjourn this week, as expected, without voting on drilling.

While a special session is unlikely, House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, made clear that his party plans to use the issue as a bludgeon against Democrats throughout the five-week August recess.

"A solid majority of Americans want us to have more drilling for more American-made energy, and they aren't going to take no for an answer," Boehner said Thursday. "Speaker Pelosi, Senators (Harry) Reid and (Barack) Obama are defying the will of the American people, and they're doing so at their own risk."

Some Democrats have already started to shift their views. Rep. Tim Holden, D-Pa., who voted two years ago against drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and for a federal ban on offshore drilling, told a hometown paper last weekend he now wants to "drill everywhere."

A new CNN/Opinion Research poll released this week found that 69 percent of Americans favor more offshore drilling, while 30 percent oppose it. But the poll found the public was split over whether more coastal drilling would lower gas prices, with 51 percent saying yes and 49 percent saying no.

A Solution to American Oil Dependency

Put American Ingenuity to Work - Drill Now!

Reduce the Price of Gas in the US!

Provide More Good Paying American Employment!

Stimulate the American Economy!

Increase the Value of the American Dollar!

Keep American Dollars out of Terrorist Nations!

Achieve Oil Sufficiency in America!

and Put Some American Gas in your Tank!

Confidently Drive Forward!

Drill our Way out - Yes we can - Yes we will!

Look at the estimates from the government not from Fox Fiction News! You might get facts not fiction!

Hey Native New Yorker, Do you really think Barack is the second coming of the Messiah? You must be smoking the wrong cigarette! Think about what you said and then listen to what, ???Bush said! God told me to attack Iraq??? and ???I talk to God??? and you call Barack second coming of the Messiah? I know you must be listing to Fox Fiction News, because they are using the same talking points! Yes, we should go after the oil baron who have been raping and looting America for the last 7+ years! I know Fox Fiction News didn???t tell you that Bush used propaganda and cherry picked information to invade Iraq which had nothing to do with 9.11! and to boot, Exxon Mobil (Who set another record for profits 11.68 billion with a b in profits) has contract with Iraq for oil and have been negotiating for the last 4 years! Are you that naive to believe Bush and the oil barons? Gas was around $1 and oil was less that $30 when Bush took office! Lets see Bush and Cheney made their fortunes from oil gas and oil went up over 400%! Can you connect the dots?

That is why people need to be educated because of the neo-nuts wanting ultimate power to run this country! People have no one to blame but themselves if we get Bush???s 3rd tem Teflon John McBush! (Nothing ever sticks to him he can say what he wants and the media never cover it) These neo-nuts have no remorse and will do anything to keep the power they stole from the American People! They will lie, cheat or steal! I am very disappointed that McCain is still a Republican Neo-Nut after what Rove under the direction of Bush did to him in the 2000 Primaries! But the smear and the low road campaigns that these neo-nuts stoop to never seem to amaze me! McCain sold himself to the Devil, Bush, and for that I have lost total respect! McCain could never raise money unless he has Bush on his side and now Teflon John! (Nothing ever sticks to him he can say what he wants and the media never cover it) has Bush???s oil buddies behind him to carry out Bush???s agenda for the wealthy! But on the other hand, If Barack wipes McCain, than all the Neo-Nuts in this country are sure to make a million excuses and whine and cry foul for the next 8 years! For that my right wing friends GET OVER IT!

Obama thinks he is the second coming of the Messhiah...his hubris and naivety demonstrate his lack of the appropriate skill set and experience to run this country. He is basically an empty suit with one fantastic PR machine. His recent pronouncement to use the revenues of the oil companies to give Americans $1000 each is SOCIALISM at its best....now we are going after any company that makes a profit??? Shades of Castro and Chavez! What he will nationalize high tech firms? Banks? Pharmacueticals? All because they make a profit, and HE wants to redistribute the wealth. America, wake up. The man is dangerous and an insult to the intelligence of the voters.