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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (74780)	5/14/2010 4:52:52 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

Obama needs to make it VERY clear to all U.S. citizens that oil acquired by offshore oil drilling does nothing to contribute to our energy independence. It doesn't become "American" oil simply because it came from off our shores. All oil simply goes onto the world market...and oil is "a dirty" fuel (just like coal)...Global warming is real and our country has not been a world leader in developing and rolling out Green Technologies on a massive scale...The argument that America needs oil from our backyard for energy security doesn't hold water at all. I wish Obama had used his political capital in his first year on a dramatic new clean energy plan rather than health care reform...Without getting off oil quickly and efficiently it won't matter if everyone has health insurance -- we won't be living in a sustainable world. It's reckless to talk about more offshore drilling -- BP has clearly demonstrated that it can't be done safely in U.S. waters and the country needs to cut back on oil consumption now...this will take bold and sustained presidential leadership...Less than $5 Billion of the Stimulus dollars went into Alternative Energy projects - that's not enough at all...Look how China is outspending our country on Wind and Solar by a huge factor...And experts say it will cost over $100 Billion to roll out a new Clean Energy Grid across the country...what are we waiting for...?? That's the only way to get true energy security -- and it's more important than ANY war spending we may be doing over in Iraq or Afghanistan...But Obama will have to use the bullypulpit to make the case to the people of our country...and intense pressure must be applied on Congress to move in the right direction.

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (74780)	5/14/2010 4:54:48 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

Even with Eurozone's current debt levels, it's in considerably better economic shape "than, for example, the United States, or England", he said. He is wrong on that one. The US has improved considerably. The productivity in the US is very high thereby causing the economy to improve in spite of joblessness. Maybe this time around, the meaning of recovery is different and is decoupled from the joblessness figures, a condition under a global economic structure scenario He is definitely wrong. Germany's debt levels are around 70% of its GDP. Greece's over 115%. The US is around 64% of its GDP.