Bush to announce massive new drilling plan.
By on Apr 28th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
Bush to announce massive new drilling plan.
“The Interior Department will announce a proposal Monday to allow oil and gas drilling in federal waters near Virginia that are currently off-limits and permit new exploration in Alaska’s Bristol Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. … The Virginia shore is dotted with barrier islands and lagoons, most of them largely unspoiled. The Virginia coast has been designated a World Biosphere Reserve by the United Nations, and a National Natural Landmark by the Interior Department.”
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Impeach this son of a bitch.
April 28th, 2007 at 12:45 pmCan’t Congress stop this???
April 28th, 2007 at 12:51 pmjust absolutly vile
April 28th, 2007 at 12:57 pmBush does not care about the environment. He does whatever the OIL Lobby desires and will not care when a OIL spill destroys the coastline.
April 28th, 2007 at 12:57 pmThere’ll be nothing left of this country after this “son of a bush” gets through with it.
April 28th, 2007 at 12:57 pmOff topic but, still air pollution. Why is this guy still on the air?
Limbaugh’s “Barack the Magic Negro,†on-air song has workers up in arms
http://www.crooksandliars.com/Media/Download/16705/1/rush-barak.mp3/
April 28th, 2007 at 1:00 pmSpeaking of exploring for oil, what is the unseemly interest that Bush and Cheney are now showing in Somalia and Ethiopia? For some excellent background information, do a google or clusty search for “Conoco Somalia Ltd”… Find out why the Bush crime family has murdered hundreds of citizens of Somalia…
April 28th, 2007 at 1:01 pmThe bull shit bush madness get’s worse with each passing day..I swear it’s as though they dare us to stop them..Blessings
April 28th, 2007 at 1:01 pmGeorge Bush is the worst steward of the environment ever in the history of this country. He obviously cares for no one but himself – whether his grandchildren are polluted out the whazoo is totally irrelevant to him. He’s the “instant gratification” guy.
April 28th, 2007 at 1:02 pmIt appears that someone is using my moniker today? Hmmm…interesting…perhaps it’s an honest mistake; otherwise, it’s not me unless using this moniker.
April 28th, 2007 at 1:03 pmThis will come at a price for the Republicans. People don’t want offshore drilling, which is why Bush cut a deal with his brother to put it off the table in Florida.
April 28th, 2007 at 1:04 pmBush never tells the American public that the OIL industry in the United States is subsidized by taxpayers. OIL companies pay ZERO royalties on OIL extraction and roads/pipelines paid by our government treasury. It’s a great deal for the OIL Cartel, because they reap all of the profits.
April 28th, 2007 at 1:04 pmHi Veritas! Meet Veritas! Hopefully, it’s not our resident troll masquerading as me.
April 28th, 2007 at 1:04 pmRepukes will now lose all the votes in Virginia and Alaska, that’s certain.
April 28th, 2007 at 1:05 pmAll the OIL that has been extracted in Alaska has been sold to Japan, so the expensive pipeline we the taxpayers paid for has been used to benefit the Japanese.
April 28th, 2007 at 1:06 pmIMEACH! IMPEACH! IMPEACH!
Any lawmaker that tells you impeachment is off the table is complicit to BushCO crimes.
April 28th, 2007 at 1:09 pmSome what off topic…Caught a small amount of new’s yesterday on the T.V. they were reporting all the pollution sites around the country that are no longer getting cleaned up…The major polluters in industry were Exon and several others, the new’s said 1 in 10 americans live with in 10 miles of these deadly sites and since bull shit has been in office the amount of clean up has droped by half of when Clinton was in…Also the article sited the fact industry is getting away with murder and no finance or accountability..Like we woulden’t know this has been going on for over 6 year’s.?..Think it was CNN that ran the article…..Blessings
April 28th, 2007 at 1:18 pmIf it wasn’t for the corporate, fat cat, dickheads of Big Oil (and Big Oil,ass-kissing politicians like Bush), most of us would be driving either hybrid, electric, or hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles by now. The technology is already here, and by now we could’ve made a hell of a difference in lessening our dependence in foreign oil.
They predict oil will spike at $4 a gallon come this summer. It’s time to tell Big Oil to get bent! I’m also ready to ditch my current vehicle for an alternative fuel car.
Yes, let’s impeach the Chimp, and Darth Cheney!
April 28th, 2007 at 1:19 pmHow is the president in charge of whether or not people are going to drill, or not in the state of Alaska???
i don’t believe there’s anything in the Constitution that gives him such power……
April 28th, 2007 at 1:24 pmHow about a damned REFINERY?
Isn’t that the excuse for the high prices? Not enough refinery capacity?
April 28th, 2007 at 1:25 pmHow about a refinery?
Isn’t that the excuse for the high prices? Not enough capacity?
April 28th, 2007 at 1:25 pmHow about a refinery?
Isn’t that the excuse for the high prices? Not enough capacity?
(third attempt at posting. if it repeats, sorry. it’s laggy)
April 28th, 2007 at 1:26 pmok, now I need to delete.
(god, I’m not doing well today)
April 28th, 2007 at 1:27 pmIs this really that surprising? Evil is as Evil does.
April 28th, 2007 at 1:38 pmBetween 1977 and 2002, the number of U.S. refineries dropped to 153 from 282. Refining capacity over that period has increased 2.4 percent to 16.8 million barrels a day, according to the Energy Department. U.S. demand for gasoline has grown 27 percent in that period.
April 28th, 2007 at 1:46 pmMore politics as usual. This is actually a nice plan – propose drilling that they *know* the Democratic congress will not accept, then blame Democrats for high oil/gas prices!
April 28th, 2007 at 1:53 pmThis is a proposal — does it come up for a vote? Can Congress halt it? If that is possible, anyone who votes against it will be blamed for high fuel prices, but I think the public may see through it.
April 28th, 2007 at 1:58 pmThe Interior Department will announce a proposal Monday to allow oil and gas drilling in federal waters near Virginia that are currently off-limits and permit new exploration in Alaska’s Bristol Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.
This is a proposal, and as we all know, proposals can be turned down.
April 28th, 2007 at 1:58 pmoriginal veritas,
I was wondering why the change in name. Now we know.
Weird. :}
April 28th, 2007 at 1:59 pmSo you al want high gas prices?
April 28th, 2007 at 2:09 pmAnyone from Virginia?
April 28th, 2007 at 2:13 pmJim Webb should get right on this. Virginia ’s coast is too beautiful to pollute with oil rigs. Who authorized this? Environmentalists awake!
April 28th, 2007 at 2:14 pmSo you al want high gas prices?
Comment by Kevin
Duh. We’ve already got high gas prices.
We need alternatives — serious alternatives.
April 28th, 2007 at 2:16 pmHey everyone! Check this video out.
April 28th, 2007 at 2:17 pmBush is over if you want it.
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Lennons_Xmas_song_remake_as_Happy_0428.html
Yet one more way that shows that these bastards are full of it — they keep finding new places and better ways to dump their shit on the environment, the Constitution, the military, the budget, the poor, and the rest of us in the reality-based community. Pigs.
April 28th, 2007 at 2:17 pmWe need alternatives — serious alternatives.
Comment by Zooey — April 28, 2007 @ 2:16 pm
I’m all about alternatives. but untill they are ready to work we need oil. better to get it in the US than to have to go to the Middle East for it.
April 28th, 2007 at 2:24 pmI’m all about alternatives. but untill they are ready to work we need oil. better to get it in the US than to have to go to the Middle East for it.
Comment by Kevin
Until we can get the alternatives going — which, we really ought to be doing NOW — we need to conserve.
April 28th, 2007 at 2:38 pmBush won’t be happy until he pollutes and kills off the richest fishing grounds in the world.
April 28th, 2007 at 2:42 pmLet’s keep buying oil from the Saudis and Venezuela!
April 28th, 2007 at 2:48 pmUntil we can get the alternatives going — which, we really ought to be doing NOW — we need to conserve.
Comment by Zooey — April 28, 2007 @ 2:38 pm
I don’t mind conserving. But the US has a high demand and low supply. If we get more supply and boost the local economy (I live in VA) I’m all for it.
April 28th, 2007 at 2:59 pmMr. Bush’s version of smash ‘n grab would get someone in East LA three to five years in prison. Mr. Bush calls it a legal subsidy for his most generous energy industry supporters. One more thing Congress must stop.
April 28th, 2007 at 3:16 pmReality:
Florida – Giuliani leads Clinton 49 – 41 percent, compared to 50 – 40 percent in an April 2 poll. Gore trails Giuliani 47 – 43 percent.
April 28th, 2007 at 3:21 pmOhio – Giuliani leads Clinton 46 – 41 percent, compared to March 22 when Clinton was up 46 – 43 percent. Gore trails Giuliani 47 – 39 percent.
Pennsylvania – Giuliani leads Clinton 47 – 43 percent, compared to 46 – 42 percent March 29. Gore ties Giuliani 44 – 44 percent.
I like Fred Thompson. Hope he runs.
April 28th, 2007 at 3:32 pmIf we get more supply and boost the local economy (I live in VA) I’m all for it.
Comment by Kevin
Dream on. Wait until you have your first oil spill; then you’ll sin a different tune. And is really a coincidence that Bush is pushing this now int he Gulf, after being against it for so long? We’re discussing drilling in the east bay; Bush’s brother has stymied all attempts to drill in the eastbay. But now that Bush’s brother is no longer governor of Florida, he no longer has to be so sensitive to the concerns of residents of Florida’s west coast. Politics trumps all with the corrupt Bushes, even environmental concerns of Bush’s previously staunchest supporters.
April 28th, 2007 at 3:43 pmThat’s “sing a different tune.” Oops.
April 28th, 2007 at 3:43 pmFirst, we need the oil. We use 20 million barrels a day and 12 million of that is from foreign sources.
Next, environmental whackos won’t allow more refineries. Lawsuits. New, tight, impracticle clean air requirements. Etc.
Finaly, there isn’t any other available fuel source at a reasonable cost.
We should be drilling, drilling, and drilling for all the oil we can. We need it. There isn’t an alternative.
April 28th, 2007 at 3:46 pmI was wondering why the change in name. Now we know.
Weird. :}
Comment by Zooey — April 28, 2007 @ 1:59 pm
When you were off the other evening somebody posted as you no capital Z and was talking about television. I reported him as well as several others. After we busted him he quit.
April 28th, 2007 at 3:47 pmAs a Leftist I belive that we should keep buying oil from Saudi Arabia and Venezuela.
April 28th, 2007 at 3:48 pmThe Saudis back Al-Qaeda and they keep killing American Imperailist occupiers in Iraq.
We need more american troops killed so we win the next election!
If we get more supply and boost the local economy (I live in VA) I’m all for it.
Comment by Kevin
Do you know how long it takes to drill a hole, build a pipeling or distribution channel, refine or produce oil? Dream on asshole.
April 28th, 2007 at 3:49 pmThe Interior Department will announce a proposal Monday to allow oil and gas drilling in federal waters near Virginia that are currently off-limits and permit new exploration in Alaska’s Bristol Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.
This is a proposal, and as we all know, proposals can be turned down.
Comment by Zooey — April 28, 2007 @ 1:58 pm
That’s probably why Bush has had so many species taken off the endangered list by political hack, not recommended by scientists.
He couldn’t propose drilling if the species were endangered. So just change the list.
April 28th, 2007 at 4:12 pmI’m all about alternatives. but untill they are ready to work we need oil. better to get it in the US than to have to go to the Middle East for it.
Comment by Kevin — April 28, 2007 @ 2:24 pm
Why don’t you take this bullsh*t to some neocon site. We prefer our pristine areas stay that way.
April 28th, 2007 at 4:14 pmIf we get more supply and boost the local economy (I live in VA) I’m all for it.
Comment by Kevin — April 28, 2007 @ 2:59 pm
How convenient. If I believed you I still wouldn’t care what you think.
April 28th, 2007 at 4:15 pmAs a Leftist I belive that we should keep buying oil from Saudi Arabia and Venezuela.
The Saudis back Al-Qaeda and they keep killing American Imperailist occupiers in Iraq.
We need more american troops killed so we win the next election!
Comment by Randy, — April 28, 2007 @ 3:48 pm
Lying neocon troll.
April 28th, 2007 at 4:18 pmWe need more american troops killed so we win the next election!
Comment by Randy
It’s certainly why you lost the last one, cultist.
April 28th, 2007 at 4:25 pmComment by Randy
Ever heard of the Cargo Cultists?
They are a primitive culture; who build likenesses of airplanes, because they think it will entice a god from the heavens (passenger ‘planes passing overhead) to come down to Earth. You represent the newest form: the Kool-Aid Cultist, who swallows everything their “god” tells them in the hopes that he will deliver them from their never-ending terrors. You have about as much chance as they do of getting your wish.
April 28th, 2007 at 4:32 pmHow convenient. If I believed you I still wouldn’t care what you think.
Comment by Shane — April 28, 2007 @ 4:15 pm
That’s the Progressive way. You listen or care what anyone that disagrees with you has to say. Just try to shout them down or get them off the air. The First Amendment is just for people that are progressive. That’s the progressive way.
April 28th, 2007 at 4:42 pmThe past 6 years have been about ONE THING…
The WORLD is running out of ENERGY and the global population depends on OIL for its FOOD
None of you seem to realize that if 85,000,000 barrels of oil are not pumped each and every day the global population will hit a CLIFF…
This shows exactly how desperate things have become. In the US once oil goes over $100.00 per barrel the entire economy will head into a never ending depression that will only end after the Earth’s human population returns to its PRE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION NUMBERS.
Ghawar (SA Oil Well) is now in permanent production DECLINE. The USAs best hope was IRAQ but few are reading between the lines and a potential withdrawal will be the financial death nail for the USA. So now it appears that drilling will start since solar, wind, nuclear, hydro, ethanol, NG, coal, etc. can only produce a fraction of the energy needed to sustain an industrial nation.
Like I mentioned, without oil we will starve so in a way we find ourselves locked into what looks like the great apocalypse of the book of Revelations. There might even be an antichrist around for all we know. Why else would these neo-cons do what they did? Their position and stand damage them as well as us since after what Putin said that our mutual destruction is now ensured.
I’m sorry that this sounds bad but the party is over folks and the hangover can now begin.
April 28th, 2007 at 4:57 pmPreviously unspoiled, forever. Until now.
April 28th, 2007 at 5:05 pmAgain, this regime will destroy more of the irreplaceable earth, killing us all so they can be rich during their short time here. It looks like the intention is to rape and pillage as much as possible in the months they have left.
This really can’t go on.
Want a hot tip on one of the best investments money can buy? How about the the payback to the major oil companies in return for their campaign contributions?
Corporate welfare for those who don’t need the money = good.
April 28th, 2007 at 5:57 pmIndividual welfare for those who are truly in need = bad.
If you agree with the two preceding statements, you will surely be welcomed into the Republican party with open arms.
Corporate welfare for those who don’t need the money = good.
Individual welfare for those who are truly in need = bad.
If you agree with the two preceding statements, you will surely be welcomed into the Republican party with open arms.
Comment by curmudgeon — April 28, 2007 @ 5:57 pm
Conservatives belive both are bad.
April 28th, 2007 at 6:17 pmWhen you were off the other evening somebody posted as you no capital Z and was talking about television. I reported him as well as several others. After we busted him he quit.
Comment by Shane
Cool! Thanks for picking that up — and reporting it.
April 28th, 2007 at 8:07 pmmarie, thank you for that…
JUSTICE THROUGH MUSIC… how cool is that…
http://www.jtmp.org/
April 28th, 2007 at 8:43 pmWe need alternatives — serious alternatives.
Comment by Zooey #32
…from what I understand…
…Brazil has already shown that…
…alternative bio-fuel from sugarcane…
…can work…
…Carter tried to tell the Repulsivescum that during HIS tenure…
…but true to their EVIL nature they ignored and castigated him…
…only to BLAME him now…
…fu*k ALL right wing fascist conservatives…
…and may they ALL be POVERTIZED and diseased…
April 28th, 2007 at 8:48 pmso, what is it that the CONs don’t understand about
all of the oppotunities that are, can and will be available, and enevitable because of an alternative fuel industry and economy?
what’s so scary and wrong about finally bringing the oil economy to an end? … it could have happened many years ago… and should’ve…
April 28th, 2007 at 8:57 pmthe whole world needs and wants to move forward…
and why not move forward? …duh…
…
you know these repulican hippa-christians are all about spending billions on a war to”defend your children” from terrorism while they carry out a hundred more policies that will end up in the deaths or sickness of hundreds of thousands more americans than have died in all terrorist attacks that there ever have been or will be.Let’s just face it repuckelicans love war,lying and dictatorships because thats the way things are going.The liars wrap themselves in the flag,and then use attack dogs like rush limpdick, ann cunter,sean hannutty,matt sludge ,and glenn prick and you know what burns this ex-soldier up,none of these bastards politicians or pundits ever served 10 seconds in the military.
April 28th, 2007 at 9:07 pmoy… pardon the spelling… must be rusty…
April 28th, 2007 at 9:19 pmit’s the first i’ve been able to sit and think for a while…
and i can’t get too deep, but this thread caught my interest…
…
what’s so scary and wrong about finally bringing the oil economy to an end?
Comment by katy #61
katy,
A great deal of “old” blueblood money is (and has been) invested in the oil industry…
…during the Clinton years the investment trend tended toward newer technology and consequently OIL stocks tanked…
…silicon valley boomed and so did the investment portfolios of the nouveau riche tech barons (and their offerings)…
…as SOON as Bushiva (and L’il Dick) took office Bushiva (with Alan Greenspan’s help)…
…talked the stock market down and as a result high tech stocks tanked…
…and oil stocks rebounded in a big way…
…then came 9/11, the WAR and the rest is HIS (their-big oil’s) story…
April 28th, 2007 at 9:43 pmImpeach this son of a bitch.
Comment by kasinca — April 28, 2007 @ 12:45 pm
Well said kasinca.
April 28th, 2007 at 10:50 pmI couldn’t agree more.
#62 – sean
Well said, sean, and so very true.
April 28th, 2007 at 11:30 pmBush to announce massive new drilling plan.
Is this about the prostitution story?
Thank you, thank you. Don’t forget to tip your waitresses.
April 29th, 2007 at 12:21 am#25 and 26
Traffic on my way to work-it’s a conspiracy!
Cable is out- conspiracy!
It’s raining on our protest march- conspiracy!
Wah wah wah, what a useless bunch of cry sissy’s
April 29th, 2007 at 12:30 amI’m wondering what makes him think that Congress will approve this move.
April 29th, 2007 at 8:40 pmSigh. Whatever happened to all the solar energy we were promised would exist by now (at least my generation) during grade/middle school?
Rhetorical question. I know the answer. Just frustrated that it seems I have to write my representatives at least once per week about potential environmental disasters such as this proposal.
April 30th, 2007 at 1:25 pm