Re: Republican Bush and fellow GOP thugs block energy solutions

On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:49:01 +0100, Bill Bonde { ''Mr Gore, tear down this
wall'') wrote:

> 
> 
> The Trucker wrote:
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>> On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:54:32 -0700, znuybv wrote:
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>> > On Jul 20, 8:21 am, Citizen Jimserac <Jimse...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> >> On Jul 20, 10:20 am, Harry Hope <riv...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > From The Associated Press,
7/19/08:http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_wa_democrats_energy.html
>> >>
>> >> > Murray says Bush, GOP block energy solutions
>> >>
>> >> > By MATTHEW DALY
>> >> > ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
>> >>
>> >> > WA****NGTON --
>> >>
>> >> > Sen. Patty Murray says Democrats have a plan to combat record-high
gas
>> >> > prices, but President Bush and Republicans in Congress are
standing in
>> >> > the way.
>> >>
>> >> > When Bush took office seven years ago, gas was $1.46 a gallon,
said
>> >> > Murray, D-Wash.
>> >>
>> >> > "Today, in my state, it's more than triple that. Clearly there's
>> >> > something wrong with these tired policies."
>> >>
>> >> > While there's no simple solution, some reasonable steps can be
taken
>> >> > now to reduce oil prices, Murray said Saturday in the Democrats'
>> >> > weekly radio address.
>> >>
>> >> > "Bush-McCain Republicans haven't come up with anything more than
>> >> > drill, drill, drill," she said.
>> >>
>> >> > "Even John McCain recently admitted that his offshore drilling
>> >> > proposal has mainly 'psychological' benefits. Our families don't
need
>> >> > to 'feel better' about spending four dollars and-a-half per
gallon.
>> >> > American families need real action that gets real results."
>> >>
>> >> > First, oil companies should drill in 68 million acres of federal
land
>> >> > already leased for such use - nearly doubling U.S. production,
Murray
>> >> > said.
>> >>
>> >> > The president also should tap into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
-
>> >> > available for use in emergencies - and work with Democrats to
crack
>> >> > down on Wall Street traders who are unfairly driving up oil prices
by
>> >> > buying huge quantities of oil just to resell at a higher price,
Murray
>> >> > said.
>> >>
>> >> > "I don't know what President Bush thinks, but
>> >> > four-and-a-half-dollar-a-gallon gas is an emergency for America's
>> >> > families," she said.
>> >>
>> >> > "When was the last time the president filled his own tank?"
>> >>
>> >> > Eventually, the United States needs to get serious about investing
in
>> >> > renewable sources of energy such as wind, solar and geothermal
power,
>> >> > Murray said.
>> >>
>> >> > "Every day, American scientists, innovators and venture
capitalists
>> >> > are researching new technologies that could one day end our
addiction
>> >> > to oil forever. We should fast-track their efforts by making new
>> >> > investments and keeping their taxes low," Murray said.
>> >>
>> >> > __________________________________________________
>> >>
>> >> > Harry
>> >>
>> >> Shortly before making touting himself as the candidate with major
>> >> concerns about electric batteries, new energy resources and the
like,
>> >> candidate John McCain VOTED AGAINST a bill to provide funding for
>> >> solar, wind and other energy research.
>> >>
>> >> Make no mistake about it, they will feign interest in new
technologies
>> >> but the REPUBLICANS COULD AS WELL BE CALLED THE REPUBLICARBONS or
>> >> Republicarbs.
>> >>
>> >> The idea of thousands of wind farms and solar concentrators
providing
>> >> a cooperative network power grid instead of the big behemoth coal
and
>> >> oil fired plants we have now which are dominated by an energy cartel
>> >> is terrifying to republicarbs.
>> >>
>> >> SOLAR AND WIND do not suffer monopolists.
>> >>
>> >> Citizen Jimserac
>> >
>> > Wind farms are illegal where I live.  Solar power will not power my
>> > home.  I have to rely on the power supplied by the power company.
>> > They use natural gas to generate it.  They are going to raise their
>> > rates again.  Politicians tell me that they are concerned about the
>> > cost of energy but they never do anything to lower it.
>> > The Democrats seem to favor the radical environmentalists.  I don't
>> > think they will bring th e cost down if they are in power.  As a
>> > matter of fact, they are in power now and the costs have gone up.
>> 
>> Lie.
>> 
> Democrats control both the house and the senate, isn't that true?

Nope. D49 R49+Cheney=R50

> And that constitutes "being in power", doesn't it?

Not unless they have enough to override the veto pen of His Assholiness.

> But do explain
> what they would do if they had the White House, what would Obama do
> to lower gas prices? Put that right here ------>

Actually, the Democrats and Pelosi are doing it right now and they will do
it in the future.  At present they are attempting to use all their, so
called, power, to force the asshole in chief to free up some of the SPR in
order to pop a speculative bubble.  The traders seem to have gotten the
hint but more muscle might still be needed.  And as for the future, the
Democrats are investing in alternative R&D, and making the attempt to get
off the oil addiction.  The Republicans, of course, want to return to the
golden days of 1930.

This sort of leaves you with a real problem in that the SPR has yet to be
tapped and Pelosi and the Democrats who you claim are "in power" want that
done.  How is it that this hasn't happened with them "in power" and how is
it that they are having such a hard time with getting out of Iraq with all
this "power" they are supposed to have?  Maybe it has something to do with
(P)residential vetoes and a record number of filibusters in the Senate.

Senate head count:

D49 R49+Cheney=50.  On any party line vote the Republicans win. 
Therefore, the Democrats do not control the Senate regardless of who
bangs the gavel and where Joe "I love John McBush" Lieberman happens to
caucus.

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