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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (123035)	1/21/2001 7:02:48 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Dear Kenny, Great article. If you read it you will find that it details the counterproductive democrat positions of controling price and wishfully trying to tell other not to charge so much. But if you read the posts on the PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH board we are talking about a different energy policy. Different means not the same. The policy of the democrat's was conserve and if you don't build they won't come. Yes Yes it was a truly stupid policy but what do expect from a party whose best for president was a guy who flunked out of devinity school to go on to fantasize that he invented the internet. What do I mean by different which as I said is not the same? The energy policy we are talking about is that of having the ability to generate enough electricity so that even dim bulbs can be lighted. The price of oil effects the price of electricity. The price of oil has nothing to do with the fact that you cannot light 20, 100 watt bulbs with only a honda 500 watt generator. The price of oil has to do with how much it will cost to light five bulbs for the lucky while the unlucky are in the democrat mind powered black out. Of course I guess it's not nice for me to be rolling in laughter as dem dems is having romantic rolling candle lit dinners, and breakfasts and lunches. Tom Watson tosiwmee cato.org ToM Watson tosiwmee

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (123035)	1/21/2001 7:25:26 PM
From: H-Man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

The idea is right (best policy is no policy). However, if stop looking the other way, what you find is that Mr. Clinton and liberals have interfered with the free market. Preventing exploration and closing of here to fore available supplies, is a policy. Just a dumb one. Stopping the building of new refining plants is policy as well. He placed significan constraints on supply. Additionally, the major points of the article are critical of jawboning OPEC and threatening oil companies and the political use of the strategic petroleum reserve. "Political saber rattling about the alleged profiteering of "big oil" actually makes the crisis worse ... If companies can't cash them (inventories) in at a profit during price run-ups because they fear criminal investigations or the imposition of "windfall profit" taxes, companies won't bother maintaining inventories in the first place. " Who was doing that ? You posted: Clinton did not interfere with the free market Yeah right. I have some ocean front property in Arizona I will sell you cheap. Interested ? Mr. Clinton and liberals have interfered with the market in the most direct way possible, by meddeling with supply and ignoring demand. And then demagoguing when they should have been looking to provide assistance. Also the article assumes that the rise in price will increase exploration. Well that is true, as long as you don't stop the exploration, as Clinton has done. So now President Bush needs to alleviate the constraints on supply. Let the market do the rest. Funding and/or providing some incentives to conservation and alternatives seems like a good Idea too. c'mon Kenny i am sure you are smarter than that post.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (123035)	1/21/2001 10:36:34 PM
From: Joe Btfsplk	Respond to of 769667

Clinton did not interfere with the free market Mr Phillips, you really ought worry about that huge delinquency on your gravity bill.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (123035)	1/22/2001 1:35:41 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

res- Clinton did not interfere with the free market. How ridiculous! Why do you think we had a gas price spike in the midwest a few months ago? Why do you think we continue to ignore HUGE VAST reserves of oil in Alaska? The list could go on and on and on....Clinton/Gore and his team of left-wing anti-energy zealots have driven up our dependents on foreign oil to historically high levels, and directly affected what is happening in California. Liberal Democrats have been in the hip-pocket of powerful environmental lobby groups for years. Now we're beginning to see the negative effects of this pay-off money. Many of the leaders of the most radical environmental groups are complete socialists, who would like nothing better than to see America's prosperity ended, and force us all to live in 1000 square foot boxes, stamped out and certified by the government, while getting to and fro crammed in a buss, or Geo Metro.