Nothing but games on Energy

[Quickurt]

Tuesday, July 15, 2008
You Can't Drill There...There's Oil There!
Posted by: Michele Bachmann at 10:37 AM
Below is part of a release from Majority Leader Hoyer (D-MD) in response to President Bush’s announcement to lift the executive ban on offshore drilling:

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“Drilling in the OCS will do nothing to lower gas prices, but it will mean one more handout to those who are already enjoying billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies. Let me remind President Bush: If the oil companies wanted more domestic drilling, they could begin today. They could begin on the 68 million acres of land that are already set aside, leased, and available for drilling. And with upcoming Democratic legislation to speed up the leasing process for 20 million more acres in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, they’ll be able to drill there, too.” ___________________________________________________________

I can think of no better example of pure partisan rhetoric. This statement does nothing more than contradict itself. On one hand you have Majority Leader Hoyer saying that offshore drilling in the OCS will do nothing to lower gas prices, but then he promotes Democrat legislation to speed up the leasing process for drilling in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. If increasing supply doesn’t matter as he implies in his comment about the OCS, then why promote legislation about drilling in Alaska? Could it be that the pressure from America to drill is forcing the Democrats to appear like they care about rising energy costs?

Hoyer is reaffirming the Democrat talking point of being against drilling which appeases their base, but being for drilling on lands where leases already exist to assuage the anger of the average American voter. That might be a good policy if these lands where leases already exist actually contain oil and natural gas. However, we know this is not the case -- as do the Democrats who voted to recently defeat the Hoyer-Pelosi so-called “Use it or Lose it” bill. (That’s what his 68 million acre line refers too.) Nearly 1 in 10 Democrats joined Republicans to defeat that bill because it did nothing to actually increase our energy supply.

These are the kind of games that explain why Congress’ approval rating hovers at 9%. This statement proves that the Democrats are willing to talk the right talk but not seek out real solutions. Americans want energy; they don’t want political ploys.

[Brucelee]

These birds clearly do not want to get anything done unless they can make the other party look bad while doing it.

This is very clear. It is like two 8 yr old boys blaming each other while the house burns down.

How depressing is this?

I do think we need a bloodless revolution. See my older posts on a tax holiday come this April 15th.

:cheers:

[Pilot2519j]

Bruce,

Correct summation! For the last eight years the Dems have been on Bush's tail for everything. They enjoy when things go wrong so they can be in control. Dems been wrong in the last eight years on everything ever since the leftist Polosi and Reid took over. They mock generals, wish every ill to the current administration knowing fully well that if becomes true then lots of Americans would suffer which is well and good but it that's what it takes to be elected that's what the want. The elections coming up are super critical since the Congress wants to shift left. More and bigger government, more entitlements, less tax cuts, in other words middle class and above we've become like the Far side deer with the bull's eye birthmark. In all honesty an approval rate of 9% is too high for the Congress it should be low ones ie 1.000000000000000000000000000000000001 percent

[Brucelee]

Bruce,

Correct summation! For the last eight years the Dems have been on Bush's tail for everything. They enjoy when things go wrong so they can be in control. Dems been wrong in the last eight years on everything ever since the leftist Polosi and Reid took over. They mock generals, wish every ill to the current administration knowing fully well that if becomes true then lots of Americans would suffer which is well and good but it that's what it takes to be elected that's what the want. The elections coming up are super critical since the Congress wants to shift left. More and bigger government, more entitlements, less tax cuts, in other words middle class and above we've become like the Far side deer with the bull's eye birthmark. In all honesty an approval rate of 9% is too high for the Congress it should be low ones ie 1.000000000000000000000000000000000001 percent


I agree. The sad fact is that so few of the press call ANY politician on this shell game. They blame each other as the Titanic sinks.