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See my "So you like $4 gas..." piece. We should introduce it as an amendment to every possible bill and force the D'rats to vote it down again, and again, and again while gas prices spiral.

In Vino Veritas

Here's the link to his office's press release:

Press Release for S.2284"

Here's the link to his office's press release:

Press Release for S.2284"

NO is not a good answer. Of course their are execeptions.

This non-science from a Republican administration.. No wonder the GOP is becoming an threatened species (as well as the middle class after we drive up the cost of oil).
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"Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm." -- James Madison

This is just a symptom of another Bush43 miscalculation.

Trying to be a nice guy, The President failed to clean out the old Clinton appointees in the various agencies. (See US Attorneys)
It has bit him on the posterior in almost every dept, State, Intelligence, Pentagon, Justice and Interior (which governs the outside, strange choice of names), repeatedly.

I suspect the polar bear goofiness is result of more of the same. He stated that it was Kempthorne's decision, unwilling to interfere.

Wish he'd "cowboy up" and take charge of domestic issues as well as he does foreign. I keep trying to like this guy, he keeps pulling the rug out.

Regards

olsmithie is also right on the Polar bears, which hopeless panderer John-boy mentioned today in his unintentionally hilarious global-warming play---what an unfunny joke.

And GWB simply was smoked by the bureaucracies which he should have cleaned out like the Augean stables that they are---full of nutjobs like the ones who issued the NIE report on Iranian nukes. GWB simply was not serious about being president, and was wobbly when he should have been stalwart.

ANWR is simply an ongoing contradiction in American self-governance. An interest group coalition undermines our economic and military [yes!] national security with bogus economic arguments and the Repubs do nothing in retaliation.

GWB tried to run a cheerleader presidency, simply not a serious man outside Iraq.

olsmithie is also right on the Polar bears, which hopeless panderer John-boy mentioned today in his unintentionally hilarious global-warming play---what an unfunny joke.

And GWB simply was smoked by the bureaucracies which he should have cleaned out like the Augean stables that they are---full of nutjobs like the ones who issued the NIE report on Iranian nukes. GWB simply was not serious about being president, and was wobbly when he should have been stalwart.

ANWR is simply an ongoing contradiction in American self-governance. An interest group coalition undermines our economic and military [yes!] national security with bogus economic arguments and the Repubs do nothing in retaliation.

GWB tried to run a cheerleader presidency, simply not a serious man outside Iraq.

McConnell's amendment to Senate bill 2284, amendment # S.AMDT.4720; was considered on 5/8 and FAILED, 42-56 and withdrawn.

Allright, allow me to take this apart a little. It failed, 42-56; which means some republicans and most likely every democrat voted against the possibility of opening ANWR and allowing states the ability to drill off their coasts.

So, while Congress continues to hammer away at big oil and run to every TV camera talikng about energy solutions; the fastest route

to energy independence, cheapest way to produce energy, quickest way to see a drop in oil prices gets the back of the hand; again.

If Americans continue to vote in these people who will do nothing, and a democratic majority has a over a year of proving they are no different than the last guys; the energy problems the US has now will be a drop in the oil barrel. I intend to at least try and get the word out.

you can see it here: http://www.congress.org/congressorg/issues/bills/?billnum=S.AMDT.4720&co...

Climate warming skeptics should remember Bjørn Lomborg, author of the 1998 report, The Skeptical Environmentalist. As recently as two years ago, he wrote;

"Faced with such alarmist suggestions, spending just 1% of GDP or $450 billion each year to cut carbon emissions seems on the surface like a sound investment. In fact, it is one of the least attractive options. Spending just a fraction of this figure--$75 billion--the U.N. estimates that we could solve all the world's major basic problems. We could give everyone clean drinking water, sanitation, basic health care and education right now. Is that not better?"

What a difference as couple of years makes:

Don't Freak Out
Bjørn Lomborg, National Review Online, May 14, 2008

McCain strikes some of the right notes — he says he recognizes the need for clean, affordable alternatives to fossil fuels; he acknowledges that climate change is real (although there are very few leaders these days who don't) and he says that we need to deal with the central facts. But then he doesn't stay focused on the central facts himself, and ends up reaching some conclusions that are not so sound: he pushes for a cap-and-trade scheme which will do very little good while imposing very high costs...

Ideally, every nation should commit to spending 0.05% of GDP exploring non-carbon-emitting energy technologies — be they wind, wave, or solar power — or capturing CO2 emissions from power plants. This spending could add up to about $25 billion a year, but it would still be seven times cheaper than the Kyoto protocol, yet increase global research and development tenfold. All nations would be involved, but the richer ones would pay the larger share.

Today, solar panels are ten times more inefficient than the cheapest fossil fuels. Only the very wealthy can afford them. Many "green" approaches, right now, do little more than make rich people feel like they are helping the planet. We can't solve climate change by just forcing more inefficient solar panels onto people’s rooftops. The solution is to dramatically increase R&D so that solar panels become cheaper than fossil fuels sooner.

To put that in perspective, our 2006 GDP was reported to have been $13.2 trillion and estimates for 2008 predict $14 trillion. A budget of 0.05% would translate into a $7 billion federal expenditure for 2008 - less than half of NASA's annual budget.

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