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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 (38046)	8/5/2008 5:54:09 PM
From: TideGlider	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224750

Reading comprehension isn't one of your fortes is it? First of all skipping a couple votes? Don't bring up Obama...Paa ..lease! LOL Secondly he voted against mandating that energy companies must use % of alternative energies which may or may not be available to them. Thirdly your post he voted against Research I saw no mention of Research in that article at all. You posted false and misleading information once again. I got you before Dizzy did this time LOL Stop attempting to mislead people! Wrong. McCain has consistently opposed any funding for research into alternative energy.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (38046)	8/5/2008 8:00:38 PM
From: MJ	Respond to of 224750

Congress can put out all of the requirements and guide lines and mandates they care to, these are their wishes--------- When it comes down to the bottom line it is the engineer, scientist, researchers, technicians and corporations who do the work. You have pulled up an old vote from 2002 on a requirement that was likely not technically feasible-------why waste the time of Congress putting up goals, guidelines and requirements(mandates) that will figurtavely hamstring our corporations. "McCain Voted Against Important Efficiency Standards. In 2002, Sen. McCain voted against an amendment by Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) that would have restored a standard to require a 30 percent increase in efficiency for air conditioners. It would have saved consumers $1 billion on their electric bills, reduced energy use enough to avoid construction of 45 new power plants, and reduced greenhouse gases by 2.5 million metric tons. President Bush had blocked this rule, and Sen. McCain's vote supported him. [4/25/02" The part of that paragraph that is so deceptive------and is propaganda-------"It would have saved consumers $1 billion on their electric bills, reduced energy use enough to avoid construction of 45 new power plants, and reduced greenhouse gases by 2.5 million metric tons." Sure we all want improvement---------that's a given. To give a specific 'requirement' of 30% increase in efficiency of air conditioners may or not be possible-------its like Obama's constantly giving first one date and then another for withdrawal of troops from Iraq. mj