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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (37939)	8/5/2008 11:19:41 AM
From: Bill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224769

Oil is dropping because supply/demand futures are changing. The possibility of offshore drilling is a major catalyst.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (37939)	8/5/2008 11:33:16 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 224769

As he flip-flops on drilling, Barack Obama contends we can save as much oil by inflating our tires as may be found offshore. What's phase two of his energy plan? Borrowing Jimmy Carter's sweater If Obama ran a gas station, it would probably have no gas pumps, just air hoses. Speaking in Missouri last week, the one we have been waiting for said: "There are things you can do individually, though, to save energy. Making sure your tires are properly inflated — simple things. But we could save all the oil that they're talking about getting off drilling — if everybody was just inflating their tires. And getting regular tuneups. You'd actually save just as much!" The Saudis must be laughing their heads off. Can we expect Jimmy Carter to be Obama's secretary of energy? Keeping your tires properly inflated can improve your gas mileage by about 3%. Most new cars don't need tuneups for the first 100,000 miles. And even all the hot air from Obama's speeches would not make a dent in the 20 million barrels of crude we consume daily. Obama made his remarks at a town hall forum at a high school in Springfield, Mo. Obama has backed off from joint town hall meetings with John McCain as he earlier promised, and we can see why. The press won't call him on this nonsense, but McCain would — deflating Obama's ego as well as his tires in the process. At the same event, Obama reiterated his long opposition to offshore drilling, saying: "Now the latest scheme is: 'Well, we're going to drill offshore.' " In June in Jacksonville, Fla., Obama said: "John McCain's (and) George Bush's proposal to drill offshore here in Florida, and other places around the country, would not provide families with any relief this year, next year or five years from now." But this steadfast opposition seemed to melt away on Friday, when Obama told the Palm Beach Post he would support a "well-thought-out drilling strategy" as part of a compromise that included promoting fuel-efficient autos and alternative energy sources. For a moment it seemed that Obama, in the face of rising public support for drilling, was embracing the GOP's "all of the above" energy policy. But on Saturday in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Obama told reporters his apparent shift "wasn't really a new position. What I'm saying is that we can't drill our way out of the problem." Asked about Obama's seeming change of heart, McCain noted that Obama was still Dr. No on energy. "We need oil drilling, and we need it now offshore," he said. "(Obama) has consistently opposed it. He has opposed nuclear power. He has opposed reprocessing (of spent fuel). He has opposed storage (of nuclear waste)." You can tell when Obama is chasing his rhetorical tail. He starts off with the phrase "As I've consistently said . . ." or says it "wasn't really a new position." It's just us rubes who just don't get it. Obama says we can't drill our way out of the problem and that he won't go after the 86 billion barrels of oil and 420 trillion cubic feet of natural gas the U.S. Minerals Management Service says can be found in the Outer Continental Shelf. But we can't inflate our tires out of the problem either. Even if we're wearing Jimmy Carter's sweater.