McCain's Oil Drilling Hoax
by Joe Conason
Forced to cancel a planned visit to an oil platform off the Mississippi coast last week because of inclement weather — and the untimely leaking of hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil by a shipwreck in the vicinity — John McCain finally got his photo op at a Bakersfield derrick on July 28. Speaking on site, the Arizona senator delivered extraordinarily good news to the beleaguered gasoline-consuming public as he explained why we must drill offshore.
Based on briefings th ...
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Posted by: t.g.gaylor
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Fri Aug 1, 2008 8:40 AM
conason is a steppppppppppppppppy stunnnnnnnnnnnk liberal democrat ,
who has never had an unbiased thought in his life.
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Posted by: michael nola
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Mon Aug 4, 2008 7:27 PM
McCain and the GOP realize one fact Democrats just don't get; Americans are consumers (check out those incredible waistlines) and if they are told something that is factual bullshit, they'll believe it as long as it tells them they can keep consuming as they are. Forget about the Constitution, illegal war, torture, environmental degradation; just tell us we can keep the party going, at least for a few more months. Party on, America.
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Posted by: davd w pennington
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Tue Aug 5, 2008 5:55 AM
As an engineer and researcher, but not in the field of energy resources, it is painfully obvious to me that virtually none of the politicians--starting with the two senators running for President and going down--and most certainly none of the commentators, especially the present columnist, have even the vaguest understanding of what it takes to supply this nation with the energy it consumes. The matter before us requires a technical solution, whether fossil fuel or alternative sources, and has enormous, if not incalculable economic ramifications. But none of the public voices or politicians have more than the slightest grasp of the fundamental issues. This is going nowhere good.
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