Tag Archive for 'Offshore Drilling'

More To Come?

Now that the spineless Democrats have caved and allowed big oil to drill on more offshore sites I thought that I would point out another example of what we have to look forward to.
Hurricane Ike’s winds and massive waves destroyed oil platforms, tossed storage tanks and punctured pipelines. The environmental damage only now is becoming [...]

While The Nation Sleeps

While we were all fixed on the the banking bailout shenanigans, the Senate passed another bailout when they approved $25 billion in taxpayer funded loans for US Automakers yesterday. Oh and the Democrats completed their total capitulation on offshore drilling at the same time…
Automakers gained $25 billion in taxpayer-subsidized loans and oil companies won elimination [...]

How Many Holes Will We Have To Dig?

Quick question for the “drill here, drill now” crowd. Oil has jumped $40 a barrel in a week so how many more wells will we need to drill to offset traders fleeing the stock market in favor of oil futures? I can probably make some room in my backyard if that helps.

Tim Johnson Makes 16

6 more Senators crossed the imaginary “drill now” line making the bi-partisan “Gang of 10″ the “Gang of 16″ and South Dakota is well represented. As we all know John Thune was a founding member and he is now joined by our other Senator Tim Johnson making it a clean sweep.
The group supports a bill [...]

Record Oil Exports

Never mentioned in the oil company endorsed party currently being given by House Republicans is this little tidbit. Apparently the US is exporting a record amount of oil, to the tune of 1.8 million barrels a day that is flowing onto the world markets.
the United States’ record export levels this year amounts to nearly 10 [...]

Thune Helping Democrats Get Elected?

That is what Murdoch Street Journal columnist Kimberly Strassel thinks. It seems that his energy plan along with the other members of the “Gang of 10″ sounds eerily similar to that of the Nancy Pelosi led House plan (or vise versa) and vulnerable oil state Democrats couldn’t be happier.

That’s because the plan is a Democratic [...]

Drill Here Drill Now

Oh, not here or not now.

Quick Hits Lucky Day Edition

Today is 08-08-08 which is considered about as lucky as it can get if you are a believer in Chinese numerology so if today is your wedding day, congratulations and good luck. With that said, here is some linkage for items that I have come across the past couple of days.
Planning to fly this Christmas? [...]

House Stunt Dripping With Hypocrisy

I realize I am probably beating a dead horse so let’s put aside for now the fact that approving more drilling off the our coasts will not even put a dent in our oil needs either now or in the future, and despite McCain’s latest fundraising stunt with tire gauges (which McCain now admits will [...]

Fundraising Fish Story?

Of course we all know that our campaign finance laws are perfect and any that appear to be a bit off are usually just coincidence right?  You know like this couple that donated $61,600 dollars to the McCain campaign and the RNC.
Alice Rocchio is an office manager, drives a 1993 Chevy Cavalier and lives in [...]