* pulling out his Artic Drilling proposal because "gas prices"

[Nashyra]

are too high, who would have thunk!!!! Who could not have seen this as the plan all along, whatch prices come down after they pass this pig, but of course they already know that most Americans will beg for oil so the price does not have to come down all that much and the assholes will breathe a sigh of relief. What a crock. They should put on 100% tax deduction for all hybrid cars and do away with the deduction for gas guzzlers on any energy policy that is passed.

[Guckert]

1. He wouldn't dare increase CAFE standards, that would piss off his donors.

Lets drill. YYYEEEEEE!!!!!!! HHHHHAAAAAWWWWW!!!!! :puke:

[aden_nak]

2. Bush oughta get on the phone and tell OPEC to "open their spiggots".

That was his response in 2000 when asked about rising gas prices under Clinton. Well, George, I'm waiting. Hell, I'll swing 'round and dial for you.

[Rambis]

14. Here it is...

Bush said today that he would bring down gasoline prices by creating enough political good will with oil-producing nations that they would increase their supply of crude. “I would work with our friends in OPEC to convince them to open up the spigot, to increase the supply.

[demokatgurrl]

3. What a coincidence, what a shock.

I admit to being paranoid but do you think that maybe these prices are... artificial????

[RaleighNCDUer]

6. Well, let's see.

Highest prices ever. Highest corporate profits ever.

Uhhh, could be.

[The_Casual_Observer]

4. It wouldn't surprise me if he intentionally has been looking the other way

while the prices have gone up, simply to make the drilling more appealing. They have pulled this same stunt several times before. Talked up the recession in 2001 in order to get tax cuts, Lied about WMD to get into Iraq.

The US is doomed.

[shoelace414]

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[leftynyc]

7. I do recall during the 2000 campaign

he just said he'd call the folks at OPEC and tell them to turn on the spigots. Has he lost their number?

[Inland]

9. I remember the idiot

making little twisty motions with his wrists to illustrate those spigots.

Well, Iraq's spigots are off, maybe for good. Venezuela is pissed. OPEC is back in black. And US energy independence is farther off than when Bush took office because Cheney sees conservation as irrelevant.

[Inland]

8. Keep seeing the Bushite MO

EVery problem, from Saddam to SS solvency to gas prices to recession to 9-11 is merely an excuse to do whatever they wanted to do in the first place.

It is as if there is a waiting list of repug agenda items and the crap news of the day is used to pick something off the list as a "solution".

All you get is the same old crap and no help with the problem.

[Skip Intro]

10. Remeber cheney citing the "blackouts" in CA as reason back in 2001

Talking some crap about the energy crisis in the West shows that we need to drill ANWR.

The whole time, bush's buddy kenny-boy was looting west-coast consumers via Enron.

It was a sham just like 9*11 and the "patriot" act and invading Iraq and the SS bs. Create a "problem" or the illusion of a "problem" and then use that as justification to continue sapping the country of its resources - financial, enviromental, societal, etc.

And gas prices won't go down reguardless (except for a possible small, temporary drop just before "election" 2006). Oilmen bush/cheney aren't going to do a damn thing that would result in less money coming in to them and their fellow gangmembers.

[johnaries]

11. he's also pushing "clean coal" again. There's no such thing!

The coal may burn cleaner, but the act of mining the coal does TREMENDOUS damage!

[hatrack]

13. Did the Littlest President discover the shiny black rocks that BURN?

I guess that would explain his little turd-hurling jaunt to Ohio.

[flpoljunkie]

12. Yet, not a peep from the M$M regarding record oil company profits!

They only talk about the high prices at the pump--never the record oil company profits! Amazing, isn't it?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4278965.stm

Exxon world's most valuable firm

US oil giant Exxon Mobil has overtaken General Electric as the world's most valuable public company.

The firm, which last month made a record $25.3bn (£13.4bn; 19.4bn euros) profit for 2004, has been buoyed by rising profits from booming oil prices.

Exxon Mobil passed General Electric to become the largest corporation by stock market value.

On Friday Exxon Mobil shares gained more than 2%, having surged 43% from a year ago - while GE's price slipped.

[July]

15. I thought he was going to "jawbone" the oil producers to

"open the spigots"?

[loritooker]

16. The oil companies won't touch it; not "cost effective". n/t