bush says we are too dependent on foreign oil, will address it today

[mopaul]

two days ago he's doing the lambada with a shiek in public, and now he's going to tell us, once again, we need to use good ol' american crude, and stop paying high gas prices to them damn ay rabs.

but of course he has no intention of going cold turkey. he'll take oil wherever he can buy it, or steal it outright with military force.
he'll drill in alaska for it, he'll drill in your kid's school yard for it.

just a suggestion georgey, invading a nation and killing hundreds of thousands of it's citizens and stealing their oil right out in the open, and reading speeches about over-dependence on foreign oil sources is just plain fucking stupid.

but that's what we expect from you now.

[ET Awful]

1. What he meant to say is

"We're too dependent on foreign oil, so we're going to make Iraq the 51st state, that way we can call it domestic oil."

[punpirate]

2. Such remarks have nothing to do...

... with actual energy independence. It's all about getting Cheney's energy bill through Congress, which is nothing more than a gigantic tax fraud on the public, subsidizing mature and polluting industries through the tax system.

Bush guarantees his income well into his retirement through this bill.

[mopaul]

3. high gas prices drove him to make this public statement

he doesn't give a shit personally. and just think of the kind of speechifying he'll have to do when the prices double what they are now.

[Pepperbelly]

4. We sit on 3% of the petro reserves and use 25% ...

So how can we eliminate dependence on foreign supplies?

Fucking lying weasel. He barely even pretends to tell the truth these days.

[mopaul]

6. from bush's speech yesterday....

from his speech to the small business association yesterday:

I went to Fort Hood the other day -- it's right around the corner from Crawford. (Laughter.) And sat down with some of our troops and we had dinner -- lunch, in Texas they call dinner (laughter) -- the noon meal, and supper the evening meal. (Laughter and applause.) I'm trying to standardize the language. (Laughter.) We sat down for lunch. (Laughter.)

And I was asking the soldiers, you know, what was on your mind -- what was on their mind. And a fellow said, why don't you lower gas prices -- gasoline prices, Mr. President? Obviously, gasoline prices were on his mind. I said, I wish I could; if I could, I would. I explained to him that the higher cost of gasoline is a problem that has been years in the making. To help in the near-term, we'll continue to encourage oil-producing countries to maximize their production, to say to countries that have got some excess capacity, get it on the market so you do not destroy the consumers that you rely upon to buy your energy.

We're doing everything we can to make sure our consumers are treated fairly, that there is no price gouging. Yet, the most important thing we can do today is to address the fundamental problem of our energy situation. That's the most important thing we can do. And the fundamental problem is this: Our supply of energy is not growing fast enough to meet the demands of our growing economy.

[BeFree]

12. He also said:

That "we should have done something about this decades ago".

Now, where have I heard that before? Has that cocksucker been reading DU?

[mopaul]

18. blame carter and clinton

that's the old 'blame the previous administration' gag

[SammyWinstonJack]

21. First

:puke: And why mention "price gouging", guilty much? :shrug: And second, lunch is lunch and dinner is dinner, in my part of Texas. :wtf: is he talking about? Third, he just had to throw in that part about the "growing economy" :banghead: and fourth, I'm sure that soldiers are worried about gas prices more then getting their butts shot off because some lying a$$hole sent them to protect Halliburton's oil. Right! :eyes: Does this idiot even realize what a condescending jerk he appears too be when he tries to convince the murican public just how much he can relate to our financial woes? His ego is HUGH! :rofl:

[Paul Dlugokencky]

7. "That's Fuzzy Math!"

Facts don't matter to the Bushies. It's all PR and smokescreen.



http://www.cafepress.com/kickindemocrats

[ps1074]

5. he'll drill in your kid's school yard for it

You're damn right baout that, mopaul.

[The Backlash Cometh]

8. eh, how about ... conservation? If you really mean it this time. n/t

[MADem]

9. I think chimpy is having problems with BIG BIDNEZ

Donald Trump, major asshole but not without clout, was on Imus this morning. He was RAILING about the pics of chimpy kissing and strolling amongst the bluebells with Princy. Excessively pissed off, which sorta gives us a clue to his psyche...but that wasn't all. He went on and on about how the Saudis are screwing us, how his pals in that end of the world tell him, gleefully and with wonderment, that they don't understand why they are being allowed to get away with it, and Imus, for once, let him talk without his usual interruptions (he's drugged due to surgery, it improves his interviewing skills frankly).

I see this as a harbinger--notice how oil prices dropped in the last couple of days? Not much, but a couple of bucks a barrel. I think business is taking it on the chin with increased costs, so the people who profited from this quick spike are grabbing their money and running.

If bidniz isn't happy, chimpy cannot survive.

[slor]

10. I would prefer prices stay high...

if we had a president that had the vision of building a smart public transportation system, and gave tax breaks for fuel efficient cars and sought multiple renewable energy sources.

[DanCa]

11. Speaking of Alaska

I keep expecting them to change their talking points to we didn't want to go into Alaska to drill for oil but to liberate the caribou. I don't know if I can watch chimpy do his speech tonight my depression finally went away i don't want to see it come back.

[Fleshdancer]

15. ROFLMAO!!!! "to liberate the caribou"

I'm going to use that line...funny stuff DanCa

[beam me up scottie]

20. Liberate the caribou?

:spray:
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA !!!

:rofl:
You should make that into t-shirts and bumper stickers, I'd buy one of each!!!

[Taxloss]

13. Now Iraq is a US dependency, their oil isn't strictly "foreign".

That's the strategy.

[orwell]

14. Size Matters

The most important consideration in the coming oil crash is demand reduction of all energy inputs while maintaining acceptable levels of economic growth.

The first step would be to increase CAFE standards. This is a no brainer. It would not only force US automakers into a more competitive position, it would lower demand for oil on the transportation side.

US industry is no longer crippled by high oil prices. Energy represents less than 10% of the cost of doing business. Labor costs on the other hand are over 60%. Since we are no longer a manufacturing economy, energy is not as important a component.

The real problem is that as we approach peak production, the remaining oil in the ground becomes more expensive to extract and refine. An even greater problem is the global climate effects of fossil fuel reliance in the first place, both from oil for our transportation and coal for electrical generation.

This is a technological and political problem. It is not going to be solved by addressing the supply side. It can only be solved on the demand side. But the demand side solutions have no political clout with supply side advocates in every position of political and media power.

The masses will only come to realize this when it costs them significantly more to fill their tank or heat their homes. That is when they will demand more efficient products when they purchase. We are not even close to that price point yet.

Unfortunately, by then it may be too late to stop the climate changes that will already be in the pipeline.

[Sabriel]

16. Maybe he could start by not cutting Amtrak funding

That thing's going downhill faster than *ush's approval ratings. How about pouring money into mass transit and light rail, morans?

[insane_cratic_gal]

17. didn't stop him from hand holding

the ass kisser, and kissy face with the Sauds, his partner in finance

We've had years to address this problem and they've done next to nothing.

What happened to Hydrogen fuel cells and filling stations?
Let me guess the US government had to buy back the patten from some huge Texas oil firm or Car manufacture

[hatrack]

19. And with more refineries, we'll be able to refine MORE imported oil . . .

Oh, never mind.