There are countless BILLIONS OF BARRELS of oil reserves throughout the United States and offshore that we could tap into using TODAYS technology. Not mention 100 years worth of natural gas reserves. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/11/us/11oil.html So why are democrats dead set against the US drilling for it’s own oil where we have the tightest [...]
Why do democrats oppose oil and gas drilling in the U.S. when it would help the economy in multiple ways?
Why do democrats believe that government should punish the producers in society by taxing them while most democrats pay zero income tax?
Why do democrats want to keep spending the next generation’s money on today’s entitlement shortfalls?
When the Republicans were in office the democrats blamed them for not doing anything to bring prices down, so what are the democrats doing to help the people of America????
Do you think they should cut the taxes on gas to help the people??
And do you think we should be drilling in this country for oil???
Lets [...]
Democrats concede to allow the USA to build 5-10 Nuclear Power Plants. The power plants would be built in areas that can get the most use out of the energy and in places that the heaviest reliance on coal and natural gas. They also concede to allow more drilling for oil (in shallower water were [...]
The Chinese drill for oil just 47 miles from our borders, ANWAR has been refused, and I believe the Democratic Senate and congress will block the new find in the Northwestern part of the States.
Are Democrats for the "common man" or is that just a story?
Higher gas and oil prices really are [...]
Texas, drills for oil, natural gas, and is the #1 producer of wind power in the country. Texas also has different laws than the rest of the country, because we used to be our own country. I think the rest of the country should research Texas, then make a judgement about Drilling. Like Texas, [...]
heres an article, I think we should do everything now!!! Drill, for natural gas, oil, invest in wind power, solar, everything. Do you agree? Reps. predict we will be having energy wars in the not so distant future. I don’t think this is a party problem, it’s everyones.
http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/23/1688624-why-democrats-dont-want-to-lower-gas-prices-senator-lets-cat-out-of-the-bag-on-bloomberg-tv-show-1022-pm-eastern-july-22-2008-?threadId=318012
It’s all over the news, I believe [...]
The democrats and our hero Obama has said high gas prices are good?$&^&$$^&$! and he would have preferred a gradual rise in price.
The democrats refuse to drill for new oil and gas.
The congress has done nothing to address the issue and its affect on the middle class.
Its obviously being done on purpose and WE [...]
What about the purposed energy tax that would raise prices on gas, natural gas and electricity for our homes?
Pelosi and the most Democrats want this pushed through ASAP.
http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=133823
So I’ve been hearing that Democrats in Congress keep repeating the same phrase when President Bush calls for the lifting of offshore oil drilling bans: 68 Million Acres currently available for exploration.
But I cannot seem to find any information about how much oil and natural gas is under those lands. Much research has shown that [...]
bw said it best "Democrats have repeatedly blocked such attempts to increase our domestic oil exploration and drilling as well as increased regulation and taxation on fuel." and "Democrats have also blocked the construction of new refineries that turn crude oil into gasoline and other fuels. The US has not built a new refinery in [...]
it should be, drilling on our own soil would produce enough oil to lower gas prices and the mid-east terrorist nations could not help the Democrats hold us hostage and pay them ransom so they can train more terrorists to kill Americans?
democrats/liberals are to blame for the mess we are in today with their socialist policies,the high price of oil,gas,food,the home loan defaults,and iraq,are results of democrats/liberals policy of denying americans the ability to develop oil reserves on U.S. soil all the problems we have today can be traced back to the lack of oil production [...]
How much higher does the price of oil have to get before the American people demand the drilling take place where the Democrats have so far blocked and vote those who block the drilling out of office?
I’ll have to agree with the Democrats on this issue. "NO" to offshore oil drilling. First, it would take a few years to come to production which would have no immediate effect on one of societies biggest fears right now…"rising gas prices". Second, the oil that would be produced would only last for about 3 [...]
Or will they do like they did this time and say it was the republicans fault?
sometimes people take credit for things that maybe they had an effect on, and maybe they didn’t. But over the last couple of years, one of the things we have been doing is we have tried to provide for drilling [...]
When Bush lifted the Presidential ban on offshore drilling on July 14th, oil and gas prices immediately fell as a direct result.
Bush asked Congress to follow suit by lifting the Congressional ban on offshore drilling which would lower gas prices even more.
Is the Democrats dislike for Bush greater than their desire to service the need [...]
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WASHINGTON (June 18) — With gasoline topping a gallon, President Bush urged Congress on Wednesday to lift its long-standing ban on offshore oil and gas drilling, saying the United States needs to increase its energy production. Democrats quickly rejected the idea.
"There is no excuse for delay," the president said [...]
Since 1982, oil exploration has been banned offshore of the United States. At the time, the Republican Congress enacted an environmental moratorium against offshore drilling for oil and gas. In 1990, the year after the Exxon Valdez oil tanker disaster, US President George H.W. Bush signed an executive order creating a second, presidential moratorium.
Also, Bush’s [...]
WASHINGTON – House Republicans on Thursday scuttled a bill that Democrats hoped would help lower gasoline prices by forcing the Energy Department to release 70 million barrels of oil — about a three-day supply — from the national stockpile.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080724/ap_on_go_co/congress_energy;_ylt=AiqH_gP7nLKWRdX7ZsCrF3ys0NUE
They keep claiming that drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf will bring immediate relief–but as the [...]
Democrats like to attack evil American oil companies and block them from drilling the energy deposits off our coasts. It doesn’t seem to bother Democrats that China and Cuba are finalizing plans to drill for oil in these same areas 50 miles from Key West.
Pelosi in her weekly press conference called drilling a "Republican hoax."
The [...]
Because the Democrats do not allow offshore drilling. Bill Clinton refused to sign a bill to allow offshore drilling in the 90’s. Again, today, the democrats are not allowing it.
And yes, US has lots of oil.
Their usual answer is that we have to protect our environment and wildlife. So, it is OK to use [...]
gallon ?
Givens:
GM’S recent decision to get rid of 11 profitable lines of SUV’S and trucks and replace them with smaller more economical cars or in other words green cars. (The government now controls GM)
The democrats have quashed plans for exploration and drilling for oil and natural gas.
Obama plans to push the cap and trade initiatives [...]
"House subcommittee rejects Republican-led effort to open up more U.S. coastal waters to oil exploration" – here’s the link
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,365627,00.html
The dems tried to pass a "windfall" profit tax earlier this week.
Do the democrats have any clue over what to do about the price of gas? Did jimmy "peanut brain" carter?
It is apparent that they want low supply. At the same time, the goons blame Oil companies and speculators when the LIBS are the problem!
When do presidents drill for oil? LOL!!
Who protests and obstructs oil drilling? DEMOCRATS
Democrats, protesting drilling for 20 years, and pointing fingers!
Bush has tried to open up [...]