Democrats Will Offer Drilling Plan
Aug 16, 2008 Political
Demonstrating that they will change positions in order to win an election, the Democrats will offer an offshore drilling plan when the Congress reconvenes in September. The Democrats have been opposed to drilling despite record gas prices and huge amounts of money going to foreign suppliers. Though the Democrats have had a clandestine plan for vulnerable members to support drilling, this plan will mark the first time they have openly, as a group, offered a plan that will allow drilling on our own property.
I had predicted this would happen once Barack Obama had changed his position on drilling. Obama criticized John McCain for a similar reversal earlier in the year when Democrats did not support a plan to ease the price of gasoline which has risen since they took control of Congress. I knew once Obama threw his party under the bus in order to align himself with public opinion that it would not be long before the entire party began lining up to change their opposition to offshore drilling. As it turns out, they have embraced much of what John McCain wants (and that Obama followed on) so who is the real leader here?
In reality, this is a ruse. The Democrats are saying they will have a vote and the process will go along with them demanding that oil be released from the strategic reserve as part of any deal. The legislation will probably drag on until they recess prior to the election. If anything is passed they will recess confident that they will win the presidency and more seats in Congress. When they reconvene in January they will have the votes they need to overturn anything done prior to the election. If the Republicans capitulate and allow the release of oil then the Democrats will have gotten what they wanted and can reverse positions.
This is not a far out idea. They reversed their position on drilling in order to win the election. They would like to see prices go down prior to November so they can lull voters into a false sense of security. Once they take control they can undo all of it and voters will not be able to do anything about it. If they changed position to win the election what makes anyone think they won’t change again after it?
Nancy Pelosi is playing games with the public and with our energy future in order to win an election. She has been opposed to drilling and for energy independence her entire career and she is in the pockets of the environmentalists who want us eating dirt and walking everywhere. There is no way she will do anything that will permanently tick off that group of supporters.
People who vote to put these cretins in control of our government will get what they deserve. If voters were smart I would say that it might be good for them to suffer with the pain for four years so that they could learn a hard lesson. Unfortunately, the bulk of the voting public has the attention span of a goldfish and it never remembers how badly it was screwed in the last election. All the Democrats have to do next time is promise more hope and change and people will line up to sip from the Kool Aid cistern.
Democrats are dangerous to this country and we should never, ever trust them.
Source:
Breitbart
Tags: drilling, energy plan, McCain, Obama, oil, Pelosi, strategic reserve
While You’re At It, Check Your Blood Pressure
Aug 7, 2008 Political
Barack Obama has a sure fire energy plan and that plan is for you to check your tire pressure and make sure it is where it is supposed to be. Now this is fine advice and keeping tires properly inflated will help people conserve a little fuel but this will not solve our energy problems. Obama and McCain have been going back and forth on the tire pressure issue and Obama supporters have chimed in to let us know The One is correct, and oh so wise. They are convinced this is some kind of revelation.
The fact is that anyone who owns a vehicle of any kind and is responsible already knows this. People who take responsibility for their property know that they need to get regular oil changes, regular tune ups and they need to check their air pressure to ensure proper inflation. Auto experts have been telling us to check our tires for decades and each owner’s manual discusses properly inflating one’s tires. It is so important there is a sticker inside the door of each vehicle indicating the proper tire pressure.
The reason people on the right make fun of the suggestion is that, in the first place, the amount of fuel saved will not solve our energy problems. Secondly, we on the right have known this and those who are, once again responsible, have been doing this. The reason this is such a profound statement to liberals is because they needed a guy from the government to tell them the information because they need government to completely run their lives for them. They all probably have a recording from the government with a voice that says; “breathe in…..breathe out.”
It is also funny that Obama said that AAA and NASCAR endorse properly inflating our tires as if this is new. Besides that, what does Obama know about NASCAR? Obviously not much if he is looking to them to provide guidance on fuel economy. You see, they also endorse driving 170 mph and they burn more fuel in a weekend than most of us do all month.
For those of you on the left who think Obama has come up with some grand idea, it is not new. Let me help you. Go to the store and buy a tire pressure gauge and put it in your glove box. Them once a month check your tire pressure. Radio Shack has a nice digital air gauge that makes a nice gift. Mrs. Dog got me one a few years ago and I retired the old stick scale model I had.
Just in case you libs did not know this, properly inflated tires not only save you a little fuel they also last a lot longer. Of course you will need a proper alignment (which also helps to save fuel). Oops, sorry. I probably ruined the next revelation the sainted one is going to have to teach you kool aid drinkers how to save gas.
So, keep in mind that no one is saying Obama is incorrect about inflated tires saving people fuel (a little). We are saying that he is wrong in telling us this is somehow a method of decreasing our fuel demands. As it stands right now, a lot more people are taking public transportation and not driving their cars anyway.
If everyone who owned a car checked their tire pressure right now and made sure they were all correct, gas would still be $4.00 a gallon. With gas prices that high tire pressure isn’t the only thing we should check. We also need to check our blood pressure…
At least we now know Obama favors inflation…
Tags: energy plan, gas savings, Obama, tire pressure