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2008-04-25 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Steve White 2008-04-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 A group of U.S. senators on Thursday will call on the Bush administration to use its leverage with OPEC to increase oil supplies

Anyone check the voting records of those Senators on supporting drilling and exploration in our own territories? We won't even raise the issue of wind farms.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-04-25 09:30|| 2008-04-25 09:30|| Front Page Top

#2 I thought the arms deals generated income for us?

Posted by Abdominal Snowman 2008-04-25 09:33|| 2008-04-25 09:33|| Front Page Top

#3 ..Believe it or not, this might actually rattle their cages, however slightly. The Arab countries want nothing but the BEST for the Princes to fly around with - and they will not buy that ~~Soviet~~ Russian junk, especially as the Russians are almost as trustworthy on arms deals as they are on oil production. On the other hand, they might say, "Give us the damned toys or we cut production further", at which point we'll cheerfully bend over and take it.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2008-04-25 11:37|| 2008-04-25 11:37|| Front Page Top

#4 OK. Jack up the prices on the arms since they're so flush with cash.

Posted by Geoffro 2008-04-25 12:42|| 2008-04-25 12:42|| Front Page Top

#5 I agree with #1 - where are the views of these bas$$$$s regarding exploration/drilling/production at home? How do they vote about adding additional refining capabilities? If I were George Bush, I'd be screaming about locking up our production capabilities while we're all being screwed at the pump, and demanding that Congress open up the Gulf of Mexico, California coast, several places in Alaska, and anything we find on the Atlantic seaboard. I'd make sure the greens were to blame for most of the high costs of gasoline, utilities, food, and anything else, and I'd detail, down to individuals, who is stopping what, and why. I'd be harping about nuclear energy, new refineries, and anything else I could think of that would supplement what we currently have, and ease prices. I'd also be screaming about how Congress is holding up arms sales that keep Americans employed, how they're interfering with trade with Latin America that would actually increase US exports, and generally taking it to the Donks and their failed policies they demand be given a second chance (where they will once more fail). John McCain needs to be on the same bandwidth. The Repuglycons are stupid if they don't.

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