Yes, I can see where those that wish to run my life and my standard of living into the ground fear doing those things that will allow our nation to quit financing terrorism. After all, I can’t see a whole bunch of difference between being destroyed by eco-nazis or being destroyed by islamo-nazis. It’s only a difference of the time taken for the destruction. And they’re both religions of hate.

I’ll bet Tag supports the troops, too.

When are the Floridians, Californians, or Texas going to fight to board the greed bus to oil spill beach ?? None want more rigs off their coast, even the Republican Governors are against it. the mindless rhetoric of the right continues.

Comment by Ron K — July 7, 2008 @ 2:41 pm

If is the key word in that phrase. and they DID not.

Obviously, he didn’t take Econ101 or, if he did, flunked it. Either that or he believes the government should be responsible for providing the funding for everything.

And in that case, he either has not read the Constitution, has read it and doesn’t believe it or flunked Constitutional Law in skool.

P.S. - Oil companies often purchase leases to promising oil fields in hopes that the technology needed to extract can be developed before the lease expires.

if they bought the leases before congress/pres decided not to allow drilling they would have payed for it.

Doesn’t matter what Florida gives permission for… the Chinese will be drilling 60 miles away with Cuba’s blessing. And, if there’s a spill, Florida will pay the price without any of the benefit.

Comment by Anneke — July 7, 2008 @ 1:07 pm

Are we now in charge of other sovereign countries oil exploration?? I guess Cuba did not get our blessing to drill on their OWN LAND!!! You do know that they are GOING to drill IN CUBA, not in international waters? Even John Boehner said that rhetoric was BOGUS.

If we reconstituted relations with Cuba, we could be drilling there.

why does everyone bring this up, show me a map of the areas and I’ll bet you they are in areas where drilling is banned like ANWR, do the oil companies have leases for the land there, the talk about drilling but not letting out leases, could that be because it is already leased.

Comment by Ron K — July 7, 2008 @ 11:49 am

Does Logic enter into your debate at all here??
if the oil companies LEASED the land for OIL exploration and extraction, why would they pay for leases on land that bans oil drilling??
Why give them MORE leases to a wildlife refuge when they can drill in the 68 million acres THEY ALREADY HAVE ??
Why dont they just drill next to AMWR ?? is the vast oil field DIRECTLY under ANWR ONLY??
the GOP side of the debate makes NO SENSE.

Doesn’t matter what Florida gives permission for… the Chinese will be drilling 60 miles away with Cuba’s blessing. And, if there’s a spill, Florida will pay the price without any of the benefit.

why does everyone bring this up, show me a map of the areas and I’ll bet you they are in areas where drilling is banned like ANWR, do the oil companies have leases for the land there, the talk about drilling but not letting out leases, could that be because it is already leased.

Getting us off the oil teet is much better than drilling in wildlife refuges that are a mere postage stamp in the envelope of alaska. why not drill next to the refuge?? why not slant drill into it if the oil is ONLY there (according to the GOP of course)? why not drill in the 68 million acres that are currently under lease agreements with oil companies?? why not stop our EXPORT of 1.5 million barrels a day?? Why not raise CAFE standards 5MPG across the board?? that would end the need to drill in ANWR anf the continental shelf.

Which state is going to be the one who lets us drill off their coast?? Florida, California, or Texas ?? NONE will give permission because they know a single oil spill on their coast would be devestating to their economy.