This piece is worth reading: What Dems Can't Say About Drilling
Here is just a glimpse of what David Harsanyi has to say:
The problem is that when "green" fantasies crash onto the shores of economic reality (as they did with corn-based ethanol), we all suffer.
Don't worry, though, congressional Democrats have a bold plan. Hold on for 10 or 15 years and
they'll have a bounty of energy options. They promise. But no oil shale. No clean coal. No nuclear power. And definitely no more oil.
Ouch! What could be more damaging to a person than that? But those Democrats put their head in the sand and tell us that the sun is shining!!
Senator Mitch McConnell weighs in on the issue of drilling in today’s Wall Street Journal with this commentary: Democrats Should Let Us Drill
“the only thing now standing in the way of more domestic supply is the Democratic refusal to allow it.”
Imagine that Democrats not allowing progress…hmm…think: environmental standards….think: integration…this is just another example of the myopic vision of the “party of the people.”
State Rep. Marlin Schneider (D-Wisconsin Rapids) is concerned with the growing cost of fuel in this country. So much so that here are the proposals offered by this Democrat to “make a massive effort to strike back against the oil speculators”:
- going to four day work weeks with staggered schedules for employees
- reducing speed limits
- rearranging school athletic conferences
- providing tax incentives for alternative energy installations
- mandating internet classes for state university and technical college undergraduates at least in the first two years
- restricting new building construction
- additional tree planting in cities
- nuclear energy facility construction
- revisions in state building codes
- incentives for business and residential buildings to reduce the size and prevent urban sprawl
Excuse me but how is changing our lives going to be a “strike back?”
Rep. Schneider you want “a bold initiative that can be a national model” well here it is: CALL FOR DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS TO PASS LEGISLATION ALLOWING THE DRILLING FOR OIL!!!
We have the ability to tap a vast amount of oil but we are doing nothing but sitting on it and suffering the consequences as oil tops $130 a barrel.
Additionally, how about we add:
- increase the number of refineries that produce gasoline
- remove the reformulated gasoline mandate for Wisconsin
Add what you’d like to the list…
Gateway Pundit put together the following which hits it right on the head:
Over the past 30 years:
Which party blocked the development of new sources of petroleum?-- Democrat
Which party blocked drilling in ANWR?-- Democrat
Which party blocked drilling off the coast of Florida?-- Democrat
Which party blocked drilling off of the east coast?-- Democrat
Which party blocked drilling off of the west coast?-- Democrat
Which party blocked drilling off the Alaskan coast?-- Democrat
Which party blocked building oil refineries?-- Democrat
Which party blocked clean nuclear energy production?-- Democrat
Which party blocked clean coal production?—Democrat
H/T Gateway Pundit (and RDW…who pointed it out)
