March 30, 2012
— Ace All of the above?
The announcement by the Interior Department sets into motion what will be at least a five year environmental survey to determine whether and where oil production might occur.
Meanwhile he's claiming that oil exploration is at an 8-year high, which is true, due to his actions, which is not.
But these facts are not particularly impressive considering that production has been relatively static since 2003 -- it is only slightly higher now than in previous years. We pointed this out in an examination of the president’s State of the Union address, citing an Energy Information Administration graphic that shows production levels well below the rates from 1951 through 2002.It’s also important to note that the Department of the Interior works with five-year lease plans for extraction. The last program, which came from President George W. Bush, ended just this year, meaning the production increase is mostly attributable to Obama’s predecessor. The ad states that production has risen “under President Obama.” This is technically true but misleading.
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Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse, formerly known as 'As If' at March 30, 2012 03:47 PM (piMMO)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibernia_oil_field
Posted by: andycanuck at March 30, 2012 03:48 PM (6RnvM)
Posted by: deepelemblues at March 30, 2012 03:48 PM (lFU4D)
Posted by: mike at March 30, 2012 03:48 PM (s6QDI)
Posted by: USS Diversity at March 30, 2012 03:49 PM (vpe0k)
And you're surprised, why? I've said before that the GOP is a protection-racket. Under the system of government we have now, that's all it can be.
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at March 30, 2012 03:50 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: andycanuck at March 30, 2012 03:50 PM (6RnvM)
Posted by: steevy at March 30, 2012 03:52 PM (vd4t0)
Posted by: awkward davies at March 30, 2012 03:53 PM (Jp1VY)
Posted by: ESPN director at March 30, 2012 03:56 PM (6RnvM)
It struck me today.... Obama's Navy is experimenting with an entire Carrier Battlegroup using 'Green' fuel... which may or may not cause problems (and is way more expensive than normal AV Fuel)....
But Air Farce 1 still flys on normal fuel... wonder why...
Guess its only OK to gamble the lives of OTHERS...
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 30, 2012 03:56 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] at March 30, 2012 03:57 PM (JEpGb)
Do digging or extraction. Just wind and solar
Posted by: Deli LLama at March 30, 2012 03:57 PM (uv9eO)
52% income tax on any registered Democrat...
Posted by: model_1066 at March 30, 2012 03:58 PM (PWwbk)
Posted by: WalrusRex at March 30, 2012 03:58 PM (TVvXc)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 30, 2012 03:58 PM (xKC/c)
All of the above.
Except for the ones that actually work, of course.
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On Drudge today there was a link to a study that proposed to prove, yet again, that conservatives are stupid. The actual study, though, demonstrated that when subjects were subject to stress such as a time limit, their solutions were more conservative. People use conservatives solutions when the solutions actually have to work.
Posted by: WalrusRex at March 30, 2012 04:00 PM (TVvXc)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at March 30, 2012 04:00 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 30, 2012 04:01 PM (PWwbk)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at March 30, 2012 04:01 PM (R5yLq)
All of the above.
Except for the ones that actually work, of course.
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Does Peggy Noonan know about this?
Posted by: WalrusRex at March 30, 2012 04:01 PM (TVvXc)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse, formerly known as 'As If' at March 30, 2012 04:02 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Tami at March 30, 2012 04:03 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: Jumbo Jogging Shrimp at March 30, 2012 04:04 PM (DGIjM)
Posted by: jpinx at March 30, 2012 04:06 PM (jPH77)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at March 30, 2012 04:07 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Mayday at March 30, 2012 04:08 PM (orrLR)
O/T
Not-So-Sharpton and JJ in Sanford tomorrow to rouse the rabble.
I'm calling in to work. There' no fucking way this littls Boy's gonna be anywhere near there tomorrow.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, feeling all extra curmudgeony today at March 30, 2012 04:08 PM (d0Tfm)
Obama 2012 = Bankruptcy 2013
Posted by: WheelmanForHire at March 30, 2012 04:08 PM (l8nIR)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at March 30, 2012 04:10 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at March 30, 2012 08:07 PM (R5yLq)
She told us about her puppy. It's a chocolate lab, a rescue that was abused. Having owned a chocolate lab, they love nothing better than to eat....all.day.long. Good strategy on your part.
Posted by: Tami at March 30, 2012 04:10 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: Jumbo Jogging Shrimp at March 30, 2012 04:11 PM (DGIjM)
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at March 30, 2012 04:12 PM (H84UO)
Posted by: RomneyBot Since 2007 at March 30, 2012 04:13 PM (cYMja)
Posted by: what is and what shall never be at March 30, 2012 04:13 PM (ETgqz)
Posted by: Walter Sobchak at March 30, 2012 04:15 PM (FEzSe)
WTF is wrong with the Party of Stupid?! I know they're not going to make use of this and if they tried, it'd be as inneffective as [insert something Obama's tried].
But what I'm really wondering is where the organizational problem is. We have smart folks on the conservative/Repub/libertarian side. And they're not all in business / talk radio so some of them must be interested in winning elections.
Why aren't some of them running the state/national GOP organization(s)? Is there truly a back room, filled with cigar smoking, scotch drinking mouth-breathers just keeping the compentent marketers/advertisers/campaigners/communicators out of the show?
Is there an old-boy's club that just sits around eating lead-paint chips and isn't letting the competent people have a say? How? (I know how businesses run, but how does 'the GOP' organize?)
Why can't the Party of Stupid pull its shit together? Something must be stopping it from happening....?
/rant.
Posted by: Tonic Dog at March 30, 2012 04:15 PM (X/+QT)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at March 30, 2012 04:16 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Killerdog at March 30, 2012 04:17 PM (CZrbJ)
Posted by: Adam Carolla at March 30, 2012 04:17 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: Jumbo Jogging Shrimp at March 30, 2012 08:04 PM (DGIjM)
Workin on it.
Posted by: Steven Chu at March 30, 2012 04:17 PM (KI/Ch)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at March 30, 2012 08:16 PM (R5yLq)
Well good for you for taking the time and effort to come prepared and do that. Says a lot and I'm sure Hummingbird appreciated it.
Posted by: Tami at March 30, 2012 04:19 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: Liberal Media at March 30, 2012 04:21 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at March 30, 2012 04:21 PM (R5yLq)
Such low hanging fruit.
Posted by: toby928© at March 30, 2012 04:23 PM (GTbGH)
I'll gladly pay it if it ensures Barry's loss in the fall.
Posted by: pep at March 30, 2012 04:24 PM (6TB1Z)
Amazing what couple of bucks worth of pepperoni and a little patience will do for you.. lol
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You said a mouthful there brother
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at March 30, 2012 04:24 PM (3Zo6I)
And as SCOAMF hopes, gives Big Oil more profits for him to tax.
Posted by: Retread at March 30, 2012 04:25 PM (joSBv)
Posted my first 'Thank You' love letter to Barry on a gas pump today.
Gonna happen every time i load gas between now and the election.
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at March 30, 2012 04:25 PM (3Zo6I)
Posted by: doom am I, full-ripe, dealing death to the worlds, engaged in devouring mankind. at March 30, 2012 04:28 PM (ACMJp)
I think it could be argued that the success of the Right's infiltration of alt-media has made the GOP lazy. They no longer feel that they have to explain how our conservative principles based on the foundation of the US are successful when applied. Bush never really took the time to explain much of anything he did, both the reach-across-the-aisle bullshit that never was reciprocated or the necessary risky stuff like the Iraq war.
I sympathize with those that emote about a clean sweep of the old-guard in the hopes that new blood wouldn't be as lazy or reactive, but I see the problem with throwing everything out in an emotional fury. It never works out the way you intend.
This is the state of the GOP and conservatism; the GOP fails to live up to its principles but the temptation to burn it down reeks of desperation and carelessness. We're stuck here waiting for the next Reagan and he ain't coming.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] at March 30, 2012 04:29 PM (JEpGb)
Posted by: CoolCzech at March 30, 2012 04:35 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at March 30, 2012 04:43 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: passably affable at March 30, 2012 04:46 PM (t+Vmm)
We are fast approaching an In the course of human events moment!
Posted by: McLovin at March 30, 2012 04:48 PM (l14aH)
Do you realize that the President, of the United States, was caught, on tape,
conspiring, with the President of Russia to disarm his own country, a country
he has sworn to defend and protect.
Russia, a sworn enemy of our very way of life.
The GOP??
Crickets!!!!
Posted by: McLovin at March 30, 2012 04:54 PM (l14aH)
Posted by: landofskybluewater at March 30, 2012 04:54 PM (JoIcn)
Posted by: @ParisParamus at March 30, 2012 05:00 PM (KunEa)
The United States of America should vigorously explore which of the following energy options:
A) Crap
B) Pretend Stuff
C) Wishes
D) All of the above
E) Things that actually work.
See, it makes perfect sense. Coal, oil, nuclear, etc., are part of "all of the below," not "all of the above."
Posted by: vermin at March 30, 2012 05:12 PM (FjiUG)
Posted by: #OccupyResoluteDesk at March 30, 2012 05:16 PM (+nCNS)
Since he's killing oil, that's black on black crime
But wait, the oil is blacker than Obama
So it must be white-black on black crime
So it's racist
or something
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at March 30, 2012 05:27 PM (3Zo6I)
Our high corporate tax rate has long made the U.S. an uncompetitive place for new investment. This has driven new jobs to other, more competitive nations and meant fewer jobs and lower wages for all Americans.
Other developed nations have been cutting their rates for over 20 years. The U.S. did nothing.
The U.S. was at least able to stay out of the top spot until now, because Japan had also failed to get its corporate tax rate in line with other more competitive nations. But Japan has finally seen the light and reduced its rate as of April 1.
JapanÂ’s rate was 39.5 percent. That was just barely ahead of the U.S. rate of 39.2 percent (this includes the 35 percent federal rate plus the average rate the states add on). JapanÂ’s rate now stands at 36.8 percent after its recent cut.
Posted by: Wolf Blitzer at March 30, 2012 05:45 PM (e8kgV)
Zero has overwhelmed so many different systems, has overreached in so many directions that it's hard to give any individual one the attention it deserves. Any number of things, alone, should do him in: economy, unemployment, price of gas/drilling, Afghanistan, Fast & Furious, stimulus, Solyndra & other companies, Israel, Russia, czars/commies, Eric Holder...the list goes on and on.
I'm not excusing the GOP. But hoping some of the PACs step up to the plate where the GOP fails.
Posted by: Mayday at March 30, 2012 06:30 PM (orrLR)
I think President Dipstick has set new world/universal records for shaemful dissembling. Oh well let's just call it for what it is--he's a friggin' world class liar and SCOAMF.
You can say that again. SCOAMF
Posted by: comanche voter at March 30, 2012 06:43 PM (6USwK)
Posted by: Dwyle Flonking at March 30, 2012 07:31 PM (bVV5S)
Message to the Racist Right:
Obviously here IS something wrong with you. You are a racist, hateful, sick-demented scumbag! If youÂ’re not a racist, youÂ’re doing a horrible job proving youÂ’re not, and a great job proving you are! This is without doubt a sick, sick, hateful country! All it took was a Black man to become President and the racism and hatred flows through liike a Volcano.
Obama is not a marxist; he is a flipping corporatist. In other words, no, you canÂ’t name any Marxist things Obama has done, despite claiming heÂ’s a Marxist. I see.
Obama is NOT a racist, you have a problem with that, why donÂ’t you ask his White grandmother? He is a Christian who has attended Trinity United Church of Christ for nearly 20 years. And you low lives are quailified to judge another manÂ’s belief? NO. Neither am I. I have met real Christians, and they are not haters who call Obama evil, they arenÂ’t hateful racist, thatÂ’s you.
You all are a bunch of idiotic hillbillies that need to open your closed minds did you forget that Mr. Bush is the one that single handed destroyed America. By the way, It does not matter whether or not the information is correct. Those who leaked it presumably thought that it was. It does not matter that the President says that he did not knife Israel in the back and has “no interest” in leaks of this kind, or that “…the US is crawling with thousands of intelligence and former intelligence officials.” The buck stops at Obama’s desk.
If you donÂ’t like his views, or the views of well-educated, respected journalists, by all means unlike his pageÂ….no one is forcing you to be hereÂ…Â…but at least for us please unlike because unfortunately we are forced to read the un-educated, racist remarks that someone like you who probably thinks an unethical person like Newt Gingrich should be PresidentÂ…lol
Posted by: Questionman at April 05, 2012 04:22 PM (k+Zrl)
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All of the above.
Except for the ones that actually work, of course.
Posted by: Obama at March 30, 2012 03:45 PM (sWycd)