Drill Baby Drill!: Keystone Cops Part 3
“Gasoline prices are on the rise and Republicans are licking their chops.” Are the Republicans licking their chops? Let’s see who really is.
I see the vultures circling.
The Democrats know what needs to be done. Again; we're working to try to push this agenda forward. The other day, the oil companies reported the highest profits in the history of the world. I want to take those profits...
Steven Chu said, “we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe.” and then Obama appointed him Energy secretary.
If you put someone in charge of energy who said that he wants energy prices to rise; when those prices rise; how can you say that your opposition is licking their chops?
$12/gallon? Isn’t that too much? How will we handle that?
But it still costs $50 to fill my Chevy Voltswagon™.
Oh, a gradual adjustment.
Even with a gradual rise in prices; $12/gallon still sounds too expensive. What’s wrong with building the Keystone XL Pipeline? What’s wrong with drill baby drill? Why can’t we drill in ANWR, the California coast, and the Gulf of Mexico?
“The American People aren’t stupid. They know that’s not a plan…That’s a bumper sticker.
That’s not a strategy to solve our energy challenge…You know there are no quick fixes to this problem. You know we can’t just drill our way to lower gas prices.” – Barack Obama
So, Mr. President; what’s the plan?
Algae? Will it work?
I want to help too, Mr. President. Here’s an energy source you may have overlooked: Human body fat.
“According to a much-quoted 2009 press briefing from the Centers for Disease Control, American adults collectively are hauling around at least 4.6 billion extra pounds of fat. That’s the equivalent of four trillion BTUs of energy — an impressive number, but what does it mean in practical terms? The following may give a sense. The same amount of energy would be contained in:
700,000 barrels of crude oil, or
35 million gallons of gasoline, or
nearly 15 freight trains loaded with coal.” – The Straight Dope
From where are we going to get our energy; unicorn dreams, children’s laughter, fairy dust? Just don’t make me do this:
It is green
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Can We Call the Keystone Cops?
The Keystone Cops: Bumbling idiots like those in charge of the Keystone XL decision.
The president rejected the Keystone XL pipeline project today. His reason is a deadline on the decision inserted into a bill passed earlier. Congress passed the law at the end of December 2011, but The State Department website projects a decision to be made on the XL project, December 2011. The President rejected the project because Congress forced him to decide after the State Department was to have decided anyway.
“This announcement is not a judgment on the merits of the pipeline, but the arbitrary nature of a deadline that prevented the State Department from gathering the information necessary to approve the project and protect the American people. I’m disappointed that Republicans in Congress forced this decision, but it does not change my Administration’s commitment to American-made energy that creates jobs and reduces our dependence on oil.” – Barack Obama
Let me remind you of who and what we are dealing with…
When I read Obama’s statement; I thought there was a typo. I was sure it was supposed to say foreign oil, but he did indeed say that he is committed to reducing our dependence on oil. This is not a crazy conspiracy theory; he said it himself. Barack Obama is committed to skyrocketing our energy costs and reducing our dependence on oil. Oil is much more than what you put in your gas tank and engine. Oil is in almost everything we use, even some food. If you use a product that doesn’t contain oil; oil is used to produce, and deliver it to you. What is a suitable alternative to oil? Here are just some results of Obama’s commitment to creating an American-made energy that creates jobs: Solyndra went bankrupt after receiving half of a billion dollars of our tax money. Now they are going to pay up to $600,000 in bonuses to the few employees remaining. Willard & Kelsey, whose ironic address is 1775 Progress Dr. laid off half of its workforce after receiving a 5 million dollar loan of taxpayer money. So much for progress. Fisker Automotive received half of a billion dollars of our tax money and moved its jobs to Finland. After receiving 27 billion taxpayer dollars, General Motors is planning on moving the Volt production to China. The Canadian PM is on the way to China to sell them the oil we won’t be getting from the Keystone XL pipeline. The President stated his commitment to creating jobs. He didn’t say American jobs. Mr. Obama, please stop creating jobs. It’s not working… for regular Americans.
The title of this article is, Can We Call the Keystone Cops? Forget about it. Is there anyone else we can call now? I just remembered, The Keystone Cops were bumbling idiots who always screwed up. Judging from the State Department and the President’s performance; I think someone already called the Keystone Cops.
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What’s a Trillion Dollars Amongst Friends?
We’re going to spend another trillion dollars to keep open “key” government agencies for one year. Republicans and Democrats are both agreeing on this. How come no one is asking, “Why does it cost over a trillion dollars a year to run the government?” Who in congress is working to cut the size and expense of government? How much of this is constitutional?
• $8.4 billion for EPA. Why? I love the environment as much as anybody else, but couldn’t the environment be better protected locally?
• $518 billion for the Pentagon, an increase of $5 billion over last year. OK. National defense is the federal government’s responsibility.
• $850 million for counterinsurgency aid in Pakistan. Why? I thought our paying for their Sesame St. show was going to make the terrorists not want to be terrorists anymore.
• $5 billion for AIDS. I’ll give you the cure to AIDS free. Don’t have gay sex. Get married, stay married, be faithful to your spouse. Don’t share needles. There you go; $5 billion dollars saved.
• $32 billion for energy and water programs. Is there not enough private companies making energy and supplying water? Since $32 billion of our tax money is paying for energy and water; do we still have to pay a bill for our energy and water?
• $21 billion for agencies that regulate banking. We already have police, sheriffs, lawyers, Better Business Bureau, FDIC, Federal Reserve, FTC, SEC, FINRA… How much more regulation does banking need? Is one more agency and another billion dollars going to result in no one ever losing a single dollar anymore?
• $12 billion for Treasury. Didn’t we write Timothy Geithner a $700 billion dollar check three years ago? Did he spend it all already?
• $71 billion for Education. Teachers in Atlanta are taking the tests for the students. Almost 50% percent of Detroit is illiterate. Most newspapers, magazines and TV news shows have incorrect grammar and misspelled words. Many waiters have degrees, but they did not study waiting tables in college. It’s not a problem that more money will solve. Education is a local and personal issue.
• $42 billion for the State Department and Foreign Operations.
• $3 billion for Israel.
• $39 billion for Homeland Security that includes nearly $12 billion for Customs and Border Patrol and nearly $6 billion for Immigration and Custom Enforcement. Why is there a DHS? The DOD, CIA, ICE, and the FBI were unable to protect us from what happened September 11, 2001, so the solution is to make another government agency? One more agency and another $39 billion dollars spent, and we can all go about our business now. Everything is safe. $18 billion for Border Patrol and ICE. Does that mean I won’t have to push a button for English anymore? Does that mean I won’t have anymore co-workers upset with me because I don’t speak Spanish?
How much are we spending to extend unemployment benefits? Did you hear Nancy Pelosi saying that the extension would create 600,000 jobs? She said unemployment insurance has macroeconomic effects. She says macroeconomic like she just learned the word 15 minutes ago. Unfortunately she might be right. Unemployment checks are certainly stimulating the cable, weed, alcohol, Xbox, and couch sectors of the economy.
Rep. Allen West (R.–Fla.) said the conversation on Capitol Hill has finally changed. What’s changed; spending trillions at a time instead of billions?
Rep. Jeff Flake (R.–Ariz.) and Rep. Bobby Schilling (R.–Ill.) voted against the bill. They both spoke of not having sufficient time to review the bill. Flake said “We’ll be discovering for months to come what’s actually in it.” God bless these two patriots for being responsible civil servants and not subjecting us to laws that even congress doesn’t understand.
Every cloud has a silver lining though: The bill outlaws tax money for abortions in Washington DC. and light bulbs will be legal for one more year.
The Senate votes on the bill today. I’m sure it will easily pass through that house as well and soon be signed by the President. This enormous government is too precious too these people to ever go unfunded and “shutdown” for any amount of time.
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