Democrats allow drilling ban to lapse

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Fucking pathetic. Excuse my french but it is. The fact that the democrats caved on this and the fact that Republicans actually found people to believe we needed this, makes me sick. A sad day in our history indeed.

Big Oil Gives Big To McCain For Supporting Drilling

$1.5 million reported thus far.

The Countdown Recap

Without further ado I bring you The Countdown Recap ...

Obama & McCain on Iraq





McCain learns how to use the internets



Bushed!



I think Bush and McCain are long lost brothers, I think old Barb is keeping a secret.

George Bush Hates The Enviroment

How could you take his actions any other way? It seems to me that he is preparing for his retirement from Ruining our Country. Give all the oil companies what they have been salivating for, More places to drill. This overture by him to the oil companies will make sure he has lot's of options and donations when he is replaced. Donations to his Library and whatever else. I guarantee energy companies will be paying him for this until he dies.

Not only is his decision today completely ludicrous, But it also negates the only good thing his father did as President. Which was to sign the Presidential Moratorium against offshore drilling. So now it is up to Congress to push back on this and slap Bush into reality. I hope, I really hope they don't stand up for this like they did for F.I.S.A. (Which was not at all). Bush is doing this in hopes that he can fool the American people and bully Congress into going along. By framing Congress as being detached from the needs of Americans by drowning the media with the Lie that this will help us and bring down gas prices. It will not. if Congress caves on this as well it will be unforgivable.

George Bush is a liar, a criminal and many many other negative adjectives. His priority is not the average American. His actions prove this on an almost daily basis. Many have been fooled and many still actually think he has done good. You will also hear John McCain say what a great idea this is. Do not be fooled. This will not help us in any way, Unless you drill oil. Gas prices will not be reduced and production would not even be seen for 10 years. Not to mention that the oil companies are sitting on land already that is available for drilling. However the oil companies have found that holding on to this land and not drilling makes it even more valuable. They have plenty of places available to them to drill right now, It is just bad for their profits to drill on all the available land. By speculating how much oil could be on a particular piece of land they can make tons of money off it. As soon as you start drilling though it loses it's value.

This is all about making the disgustingly rich even richer before Bush leaves office. I do not have faith that Congress can be strong enough to level with the American people that Bush is lying. It is therefore up to us, It is up to us to tell Congress exactly what we want them to do. Let them know we have their back. Write your Representative or call him/her and let them know you will not stand for more offshore drilling. This is not even about us, This is about our future, our environment and our children and the world we leave them. Anyone that tells you more drilling will not affect the environment, Is either working for oil or uneducated or severely misinformed. We can stop this even if Congress is at first unwilling.

Instead of spending that money on drilling. These energy companies should be spending their money on alternative solutions. We need to pretend that oil is no longer a viable option. Give tax breaks to auto companies and gas stations to start converting their fleets and stations to alternative fuel. If we are to really move on there will be loss of profit; It is unavoidable. While there will be loss of profit for many auto companies and oil companies at first. The new jobs created to overhaul our automotive and energy infrastructure will quickly start to reverse those losses though. The profits will start to roll in also as soon as consumers find that alternative fuel vehicles are easy to buy, and fueling them is just as easy. To get to that point will take dedication, money, willpower and strength. If we Americans really are as strong as we say we are, then we should be able to do this.

Continuing the idea that more oil is going to help is insanity though. It will not, and more drilling just makes it that much longer we keep our dependence on oil, and that much less of an incentive for energy and auto companies to move on. Until we make new regulations that weens us off oil into new energies, We will be held hostage by the energy and automotive industries. We can change this, We don't have to sit by and watch and complain. It just takes a call, an email a letter. Some form of communication with your elected officials. If enough of us do just that, They must listen.

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Todays Meet The Press With Brian Williams

Today was the first Meet The Press since Tim's passing. To my surprise Brian Williams is sitting in. Nothing against Brian Williams, I think he is a great guy and all, But I don't think he is the right fit to be the replacement. I just don't see him asking the hard tough questions that need to be asked. In fact I have seen him pass on the tough questions that need to be asked. This I hope is not the choice. Like I said before I think Chuck Todd is really the only viable choice. You need an unknown who will not be worried about making long standing connections angry with tough questions, which is precisely the type of questions that need to be asked on Meet The Press. I just don't think that Brian Williams has what it takes for this spot. He is a great anchor but I just don't see him as the Host for Meet The Press.

Update : Lindsay Graham is a Jackass...

Update2 : Oh man Joe Biden made Lindsey Graham look like the Jackass he is. Totally shut him down. Some transcripts and video Here

Here is another video I found. The Crooks & Liars Piece above is also worth a look.

John McCain's Solution For Oil Dependency...

...Is to lift the ban on offshore oil drilling and thus increase oil production and further our reliance on oil. Totally genius!





Looks like the Republicans are trying to use high gas prices to sucker voters into going for offshore drilling. Leaving out the fact that it would take around ten years before you would see any production, the environmental issues they bring and the complete eyesore they are. They will tout this as the "Solution" to high gas prices immediately, even though you would not see the benefit for ten years. So their solution is to Produce more oil while at the same time they talk about lowering our dependence on oil?? My head hurts.

Issa Invokes Tim Russert In Plea For Drilling

Today on Russert watch... California (R)Rep. Darrell Issa Invoked Tim Russert's name five times in a speech on the house floor. Why you ask? The speech was supposed to be about honoring Tim, Darrell figured he would use it to push lifting the ban on offshore drilling. So if you would like to share your feelings on that or just offshore drilling in general, You can contact him here

Here is the partial text and video ...

"We are going to miss Tim Russert when it comes to the people on both sides of the issue of why we have $5 oil ... $5 gasoline and $135 oil. I think Tim Russert would have been just the right guy to hold people accountable, who would talk about the 68 million acres that are, quote, inactive, while in fact 41 million are under current lease and use and are producing millions of barrels of oil and natural gas a day.

So, Madam Speaker, I am going to miss Tim Russert because this debate is too important not to have a fact-oriented, unbiased moderator who could in fact bring to bear the truth that we need to have."

Madam Speaker,
I would like to take this time to make fun of Darrell Issa.