Watch what the Democrats do...

[klott]

Originally Posted by bkelly2

KEN you should get out more too.

I am tired of the lies, secrets, no bid contracts, privatize everything mantra, torture, cover ups, etc, of the current administration.

I call Bull**** on it all.

The Rethuglicans and all of the idiots that voted those bastards in have *****ed our country good. And it will not be an easy task to clean this mess up, but I know for damn sure that McLame is not the man for the job.

Come on Brian, this mess has not been created by one administration, it has been building for a long time, but I agree, it is all of the idiots fault, who vote for either side, all of us, for letting the stinkin politicians get away with it! I know Mc Cain is not the right one, but he is a not as bad choice as obama. We're screwed, any which way you spin it.

[Joseph Burkeson, CMI]

Originally Posted by nwagner

Comparing Republicans to Democrats is like comparing vomit to feces.

The difference this cycle is that the vomit has promised to get us out of Iraq and that is good enough for me.

[Michael Larson]

Originally Posted by jburkeson1

The difference this cycle is that the vomit has promised to get us out of Iraq and that is good enough for me.

Which Iraq promise are you believing?

Obamaman has had at least 4 different ones.

[Michael Larson]

Remember the talk about a gas tax holiday?

Well forget it.

Because gas consumption is down so are tax revenues so now congress is considering increasing gasoline taxes to make up for the shortfall in the highway trust fund.

STORY 1
STORY 2

Well of course they are.
The government can never cut back or slow down only spend more every year of your dollars.

Be careful who you vote for.

[Michael Larson]

Time to update this thread.

Democrats Still Aren't Serious About Drilling
By JOHN SHADEGG

After a five-week paid vacation, Democrats are back in Washington and claiming that they want to do something about oil prices.
But the problem is that their plan, which passed the House yesterday and will likely come up for a vote in the Senate later this week, will not produce a single drop of oil.


Why? Because it does nothing about environmental groups that are suing to stop drilling.


The Democratic proposal is not a death-bed conversion, it's designed to solve their political problem. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told her members in August that they can say they are in favor of drilling, but that she wouldn't allow a vote on a drilling bill. Now that she has been forced to, she knows her environmental allies will block new drilling from going forward.


The Sierra Club has told its members that it is "working to ensure that the final bill's focus is on real clean energy solutions rather than expanded offshore drilling." Democratic Rep. John Murtha, a Pelosi confidante, went further last week in noting that his party's not above cynical politics: "This is a political month. There's all kinds of things we try to do that will just go away after we leave." And Legislative Director for the Natural Resources Defense Council Karen Wayland has said "This is about politics, not necessarily about policy."


The green lobby, however, is not going away. EarthJustice, which employs over 150 people, has filed hundreds of lawsuits. On its Web site, it says "Because lawsuits can be so effective, we have a team of policy experts in Washington, D.C. that work hand-in-hand with our attorneys to stop legislative backlash . . ."


Indeed, incessant legal and administrative challenges make true the Democrat claim that oil from newly opened areas will not reach the market for years. These groups make use of a wide range of laws and regulations to challenge development. And they will make sure that the Democrats' proposal is meaningless more

[Michael Larson]

Let the drilling begin

Democrats to let offshore drilling ban expire

WASHINGTON - Democrats have decided to allow a quarter-century ban on drilling for oil off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to expire next week, conceding defeat in a months-long battle with the White House and Republicans set off by $4 a gallon gasoline prices this summer.


House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey, D-Wis., told reporters Tuesday that a provision continuing the moratorium will be dropped this year from a stopgap spending bill to keep the government running after Congress recesses for the election.
Republicans have made lifting the ban a key campaign issue after gasoline prices spiked this summer and public opinion turned in favor of more drilling. President Bush lifted an executive ban on offshore drilling in July