Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 08/03/2008 - 14:20.
How about these instances of rhetoric STOP. Why does it have to be swing for this person or that person? I can almost guarantee the person that wrote this article was a democrat. It's ridiculous. Such political bias is sickening to me. You ARE an American, are you not? Then quit being so friggin' ignorant and condemning everything that gets done. At least SOMETHING is happening. What about Clinton not allowing the drilling 10 years ago? Want me to go write an article on that? I won't, because it's unnecessary.
We need to focus on positive growth. Instead of condemning actions we need to make our voices heard on what NEEDS to happen. I didn't notice any alternative routes in this article.. Go figure. It's easy to complain, but could YOU make decisions to lead a nation? I highly doubt it. Even if you could, could you do so without pandering? Again, I highly doubt it. The allegiance to political party is a distant second to being an American in my book. We're getting to the point of having TWO governments. Democrats vote down everything Republicans want to do and vice versa. It's amazing to me that ADULTS can't come to agree on what's best. It's about power swing and time in office. Get over yourselves. You are responsible to YOUR constituency. Or, at least you're supposed to be.
I pretty much completely disagree with this article. Democrats voted down domestic drilling to an excess of 10 dollars per gallon. Why? I can only imagine their justification for keeping us dependent on foreign oil. I'm sure there is SOME reason, but I've never heard why.. It's not like we're using other energy sources. Petroleum products power some 60% of the nations energy. Even if it took 10 years to get the oil out of the ground (i think it's more like 5-7 to be honest), what other energy sources could be produced in that time period? It would take LONGER to develop an entirely new energy infrastructure and that really isn't debatable. There is NOTHING that can go into producing energy RIGHT NOW. So, why not allow us to drill in the meantime to possibly ease the pain at the pump? There's also the possibility of us keeping our oil HERE instead of putting it on the global market. You could see prices at the pump drop starkly if that happened. All options. Instead of ignorant criticisms how about options? Do you have any, Mr. Author?
Having said all that. I'm not opposed to alternative energy sources. I drastically lean toward renewable energy over consumable. I'd deem the new HHO/Hydrogen fuel cells as consumable. We only have so much hydrogen on this planet..and almost all of it is in the water we drink. Pollute the air or parch the globe...neither sound appealing to me. Wind/Solar/ and other hybrid renewable sources are the keys to our future. We need to drill in the meantime, but we should be trying to get off our dependency on foreign oil.
Wake up, people.
How about these instances of rhetoric STOP. Why does it have to be swing for this person or that person? I can almost guarantee the person that wrote this article was a democrat. It's ridiculous. Such political bias is sickening to me. You ARE an American, are you not? Then quit being so friggin' ignorant and condemning everything that gets done. At least SOMETHING is happening. What about Clinton not allowing the drilling 10 years ago? Want me to go write an article on that? I won't, because it's unnecessary.
We need to focus on positive growth. Instead of condemning actions we need to make our voices heard on what NEEDS to happen. I didn't notice any alternative routes in this article.. Go figure. It's easy to complain, but could YOU make decisions to lead a nation? I highly doubt it. Even if you could, could you do so without pandering? Again, I highly doubt it. The allegiance to political party is a distant second to being an American in my book. We're getting to the point of having TWO governments. Democrats vote down everything Republicans want to do and vice versa. It's amazing to me that ADULTS can't come to agree on what's best. It's about power swing and time in office. Get over yourselves. You are responsible to YOUR constituency. Or, at least you're supposed to be.
I pretty much completely disagree with this article. Democrats voted down domestic drilling to an excess of 10 dollars per gallon. Why? I can only imagine their justification for keeping us dependent on foreign oil. I'm sure there is SOME reason, but I've never heard why.. It's not like we're using other energy sources. Petroleum products power some 60% of the nations energy. Even if it took 10 years to get the oil out of the ground (i think it's more like 5-7 to be honest), what other energy sources could be produced in that time period? It would take LONGER to develop an entirely new energy infrastructure and that really isn't debatable. There is NOTHING that can go into producing energy RIGHT NOW. So, why not allow us to drill in the meantime to possibly ease the pain at the pump? There's also the possibility of us keeping our oil HERE instead of putting it on the global market. You could see prices at the pump drop starkly if that happened. All options. Instead of ignorant criticisms how about options? Do you have any, Mr. Author?
Having said all that. I'm not opposed to alternative energy sources. I drastically lean toward renewable energy over consumable. I'd deem the new HHO/Hydrogen fuel cells as consumable. We only have so much hydrogen on this planet..and almost all of it is in the water we drink. Pollute the air or parch the globe...neither sound appealing to me. Wind/Solar/ and other hybrid renewable sources are the keys to our future. We need to drill in the meantime, but we should be trying to get off our dependency on foreign oil.
Good day.