trust no one
We can now take offshore drilling off of the table as an issue Republicans and John McCain can use to hammer the Democrats in the general election. Any serious attempt to address our energy costs by adding offshore drilling to the mix has been sabotaged by five Republicans, including my other senator Lindsey Graham. Hope [...]
always a good idea
When there’s a serious problem that hasn’t been fixed in this country, the first thing we must do is blame all the politicians. Not a bad source for a designated scapegoat. After all, that’s where many of the folks in a recent Consumer Reports survey placed the fault for the high oil prices. I’m not [...]
random acts of verbiage
If you’re someone who wants your candidate to be taken seriously on foreign policy, you probably shouldn’t say stuff like Obama advisor Richard Danzig said, “Winnie the Pooh seems to me to be a fundamental text on national security”. Yes, I’m sure that there was a deeper, broader point to it, because this guy is [...]
profits
Guess those high windfall profits aren’t sustainable for Exxon Mobile. According to CNN, Exxon Mobile is closing 2,220 of its company-owned gas stations, saying that they can’t make enough money on those stations to keep them operational, even with $4 gas. That can’t be right. The Democrats tell us that big oil continues to soak [...]
there he goes again
We should be so proud of our Republican nominee. He’s very good at sounding like a Democrat. John McCain opposes domestic oil drilling in ANWR, and I’m guessing that would mean he’s not onboard with this offshore drilling bill that just got killed in the House. It might actually get some traction if it had [...]
