speaking of insane repubs: Democrats impede U.S. on energy

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http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20080731_The_Elephant_in_the_Room__Democrats_impede_U_S__on_energy.html

They should drop their objections and let new off-shore oil drilling proceed.
By Rick Santorum

It's the gas prices, stupid.

Democrats, including Barack Obama, support increasing taxes and regulatory costs (environmental) on energy producers and consumers (you), limiting exploration for new oil and natural-gas supplies, and mandating conservation. Liberals like Obama have long argued for higher gas prices to force conservation and reduce emissions. The only concern he has expressed recently is that prices have not gone up gradually and that the sudden spike has hit Americans hard.

It's no surprise, then, that the High-Priced-Energy Party has focused on finding a scapegoat for the rapid rise in prices. The culprits? For starters, greedy Wall Street speculators. So, the High-Priced-Energy Party tried to pass a don't-blame-us bill that further regulates the energy futures market, even though the trading activity on these exchanges during the crisis is at or below normal levels. Interestingly, the bill doesn't cover gold or silver speculators, whose commodities have seen similar price spikes.

Republicans, by contrast, favor lower oil and gas prices. Last week, they wanted to offer an amendment to the oil-speculator bill that would allow states to open up areas at least 50 miles off their shores for oil and gas exploration.
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so much more.
We can vote him out, but he still won't go away.

[Pyrzqxgl]

1. Especially not if folks like you reprint his ranting.

[fencesitter]

2. know thine enemy

[Enthusiast]

3. The point is.

The Republicans are winning the drilling argument. With the help of the corporate media they have painted Democrats in congress as wild eyed environmentalists. This propaganda needs to be countered but it isn't.

[Historic NY]

4. Drill away not one drop will ever come out of the oceans for 5-10 yrs.

Rethugican's are trying to convince the low information that oil like mana from heaven is beneath the waters for the taking. Some low information types believe that its gas instead of crude, they have no concept of what it takes to get one single drop.