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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 07:55 AM Original message |
Obama seeks more drilling in Alaska and Gulf of Mexico |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
1. I've always thought that Obama had some form of abuse syndrome. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 09:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. I feel bipolar following his policies and decisions. |
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Avant Guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 11:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
24. Stockholm syndrome |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
2. More |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
3. Hmmm... I remember his tv infomercial about saving the polar bears - |
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F Bastiat (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
4. Bad news for speculators who are speculating up. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
5. How will drilling help short term? I can't really see it. No matter, Obama gives the rethugs |
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Marblehead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
6. this won't bring prices down |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
7. No surprises there |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
8. This is an entirely political gesture |
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Fla_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 09:47 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Suddenly, I feel so much better |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 02:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
29. Well as long as he gets the votes of the center idiots, |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
10. They were selling domestic oil abroad!!! |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 10:07 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Ain't about 'us', never has been |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Which is "at least 10% growth over last year" (or more) |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
12. Drill, baby, drill |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
13. Is Wasilla on the list for gouging, dredging, and ruining? Hope springs...! |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
14. This could have an impact on prices in that it might slow the speculators a bit.. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 10:39 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. The RW talking point will be that he doesn't drill enough |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. It isnt to appease the RW.. its a message to middle America. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. What message does it send to middle America? |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 02:30 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. that he is trying to do something about the high price of gas.. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Middle America doesn't give a damn about "trying." They care about results |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 02:45 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. It could help lower prices if speculators think these measures will be effective long term. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 03:35 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Speculators are smart, They won't fall for that BS |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 03:48 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I'm not so sure speculators are necessarily smart.. but they are good gamblers. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 04:40 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Why would those actions make them think twice? |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 04:51 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Hard to say.. but most voters will see it as a reasonable attempt to help stop the price rise. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. A serious conservation effort would be to tell people not to drive so damn much |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 06:24 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I agree with you about trying to get people to stop driving so much.. |
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Kermitt Gribble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 10:54 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. There's some great logic... |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. you have no idea. |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
17. More drilling: just as any Republican President should |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
18. It's not our oil.... |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
22. You can always count on Obama! |
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Avant Guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
23. Um, we are at record supply levels |
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AlabamaLibrul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
27. USA FUCK YEAH |
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