Democrats Blame Gas Prices On Republicans
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Democrats Blame Gas Prices On Republicans
Democrats used their weekly radio address to point the finger of blame for high gas prices at Republicans.
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(July 12, 2008)--The Democrats used their weekly radio message to take aim at high gas prices and to blame current energy woes on Republicans.

Maryland Congressman Chris Van Hollen said Americans "are fed up every time they go to fill up."

He said taxpayers are demanding action from Washington, but that President Bush and the GOP respond with the "same old line" about the need for more oil drilling.

Van Hollen says Democrats support more drilling, but that oil companies aren't using the areas already opened to them.

He said the U.S. should focus on new energy policies that include alternatives to oil.

He's also urging the nation to tap into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

"America's rainy day is now,” he said.

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Posted by: Jim Beam Whiskey on Jul 16, 2008 at 10:00 AM

Whether global warming exists or not (it does) its just plain wasteful and inefficient to keep doing business as usual and relying on oil for energy. It will eventually run out. Don't you care? Not wasting and being efficient are conservative values so the Rupublicans should be all over investing in alternative energy sources. For some reason they aren't. Hmmmm. I can't imagine why. Maybe its because big businesses and lobbyists won't let them. Oh perish the thought!
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Posted by: The Patriot Location: Texas on Jul 14, 2008 at 07:31 PM

Frank in Kempner, I think T. Boone Picken's energy plan is something that could work but there are some problems with what he proposes, like filling the midwest with the 410 foot turbine wind farms. Yes, they can produce alot of energy but our farmers need midwest land for our corn and wheat production ...(a most). I've seen the wind turbine farms in Sweetwater. I could see them from 40 miles away with their 148 ft blades. When you get close, you think you're on another planet! But if we could find areas where they wouldn't be so unsightly and not take up agricultural land, I'm all for it. As far as the natural gas cars, that is something to look at for the future. Everyone can't afford to go out and buy an hybrid right now and how far would you have to drive just to find a natural gas station? But until then we need to be drilling our own oil as we work on alternitives for the future. If someone could figure how to build these wind turbines in the gulf, they'd be a multi billionair!
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Posted by: LN Location: Robinson on Jul 14, 2008 at 03:15 PM

Frank from Kempner: What you said has quite a bit of merit. What we should be doing is exploration, drilling and production of OUR OWN oil. Exploration and implementation of alternative fuel sources, and not corn which is a major food source. Conservation of what fuel sources we do have. Nuclear, coal and wind energy to fuel our electrical needs. If we build a nuke plant and the plans are approved then that particular plant should be able to be built without all of the crap they have to go through. The same for a coal plant. A few refineries need to be built too. We have, in this country, plenty of oil to run it for a very long time. Especially if we begin to utilize other technologies for some of our vehicles. When we become energy independent we can then tell the other countries that are getting very wealthy from our purchases to go suck sand. Then we'll see the two bit dictators fall from power like the chumps they are.
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