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To: KLP who wrote (234953)	1/17/2008 5:39:44 AM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 793986

>>Since you are resisting with both feet even the mention of drilling in ANWAR<< Oh, I think ANWR will be explored when things get a little more desperate. The decision will likely be rammed thru by a Democratic president pulling a "Nixon goes to China" move after global oil production starts falling due to peak oil. Perhaps by Clinton 44 in her second term. Scary thought, isn't it? >>what ARE you in favor of doing?<< Of the US areas that are currently off limits to exploration, ANWR is the environmental crown jewel with the strongest national political opposition. So why bother beating your heads against the wall in frustration? The blocked offshore areas of California and Florida would be easier nuts to crack, because the opposition is mainly local. These states are in deep economic doodoo because of the housing crisis, with tax receipts going down the toilet. So now is the time to offer them the proper incentives (bribes) in the form of a large cut of the production royalties! Surely there are still some politicians in the USA who remember how to cut deals?

To: KLP who wrote (234953)	1/17/2008 12:16:47 PM
From: the_wheel	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793986

President Bush's BIGGEST MISTAKE: Appointing this Ben Bernanke guy. He was just asked: "You say tax cuts cost money, everybody agrees on that. My question is Do tax cuts cost the taxpayer money or do tax cuts cost the government money?" His answer was something along the lines of : Its up to you to decide how much money you want to take from the people in order to run the country. How much to put into technology how much into food production etc. He sounds like a communist and would be best off in Cuba or North Korea. His biggest idea is to give out food stamps to help the obesity problem. He doesn't even understand WHO he is talking to in front of these Congress peoples. One guy says he is a lawyer but this idea of taking less money out of folks pockets is costing them, well, he can't get his mind around that one. I think central planning , well this lawyer needs to read his little red book, IMO. PS regarding the obesity problem and food stamps to combat it. You do know that the food stamp program includes spending for education on poor folks that they should eat their broccoli and cauliflower instead of french fries and hot dogs? Last night their was a poor girl on Idol who was sixteen and four hundred pounds and her mother was sick and sixteen hundred pounds and they made the poor girl cry cause they didn't pick her. And the tears just rolled down her cheek cause she could barely move cause the weight was just too much. And her mom well o well.