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1. #1
   On January 3rd, 2011 at 10:33 am, cicerokid said:

   Obama:Traitor

2. #2
   On January 3rd, 2011 at 10:36 am, stillontheroad said:

   The whole Gulf thing was a Monkey having relations with a football but, it was done deliberately. The lack of anything resembling a co-ordinated responce was evident from the very beginning. The whole fiasco in the Gulf was setup for just this very thing. Stop any drilling at any cost.

3. #3
   On January 3rd, 2011 at 10:44 am, dat60a3 said:

   We even have wells that are drilled and only need completions. We can’t get permits to set the trees and connect to the manifolds.

4. #4
   On January 3rd, 2011 at 10:44 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

   More than two months after the Obama administration lifted its ban on drilling in the deep-water Gulf of Mexico, oil companies are still waiting for approval to drill the first new oil well there.

   Why are they waiting? Go ahead and drill and make the Administration prove the Constitutionality of the ban.

5. #5
   On January 3rd, 2011 at 10:45 am, Roland said:

   Stop any drilling at any cost.

   Not exactly. Stop any American drilling at any costs.

   Other countries going to town deep water drilling like crazy in the Gulf is perfectly A-O.K., especially if they’re sucking up all of the oil from fields we could be drilling from, too.

   This is part of the Obama crowd’s redistribution thinking. Better the oil and wealth go into the hands of Cuba and China than to Rich, Imperialist America.

   Seriously. Democrats are all traitors. Especially the trash that votes Democrat.

6. #6
   On January 3rd, 2011 at 10:54 am, steveegg said:

   As they return to Washington this week, House Republicans should be putting Salazar/Browner and the White House War on Jobs on the hot seat every chance they get.

   Somehow I think this relates to the previus post. The ‘Rats are deathly afraid of the sunlight.

7. #7
   On January 3rd, 2011 at 10:57 am, happyscrapper said:

   I don’t understand why the oil workers are not rioting in the streets over this. They have PROOF that Obama and Co. are allowing drilling by OTHER COUNTRIES but not the U.S. This is absolutely, without doubt TREASON. Issa better jump all over this and SOON. Everyone write to him and tell him this issue must take priority! We are being held hostage by an ideology that thinks the U.S. should give away their precious resources to other countries in the name of “fairness”. When all is equal, who will save the oppressed? It has always been us. It no longer will be.

8. #8
   On January 3rd, 2011 at 11:00 am, RTater said:

   I don’t understand why the oil workers are not rioting in the streets over this.

   99 weeks of unemployment?

9. #9
   On January 3rd, 2011 at 11:06 am, Mister P said:

   This administration is built upon lies. Obama may be the first anti-American president. It is foolish to think he would make any decision that would actually benefit the people of this country. What Obama has done is expose the Progressives for what they are.

10. #10
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 11:14 am, beenthere said:

    I don’t understand why the oil workers are not rioting in the streets over this.

    They would be if a republican were president, if for no other reason than the media and democrat politicians would be urging them to do so. But in truth only a few care about unemployment when the democrats are in power. Let’s face it: we are all democrats now.

    I am reminded of a recent quote from Mark Steyn (concerning all the carrying on regarding the DADT repeal).

    I think this is the triumph of the elite’s moral vanity over any sense of priority. You think what they think of the United States in the capitols of the world. We’ve got 10% unemployment, but we’re talking about gays in the military. This is a classic Western narcissism in the late twilight of the West, where we solve bogus problems, and congratulate ourselves for them, rather than addressing real issues.

11. #11
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 11:15 am, SirKnob said:

    I cannot help but note the number of small oil developers that are going bankrupt. Unlike the Exxons of the World, they are small exploration companies with all their interests tied up here in the US market. They do not have other World assets to tie them over until they are allowed to work.

    They hire from 40 to a 1000 skilled employees. Once those jobs are gone and the employees move on, those jobs will ‘not’ return.

    We often hear how Democrats fear large oil. Well, Obama is killing small oil and large oil may be the only thing to survive.

12. #12
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 11:22 am, rocketman said:

    ***
    Like us engineers say about badly designed software, “It’s not a bug–it’s a feature!”
    ***
    Remember that Comrade Obama (PBUH) and his liberal / socialist / statist / marxist / communist ilk have a much different objective than most of the American People do. Remember Axlerod saying “Never let a good crisis go to waste!”
    ***
    It’s not about reducing unemployment–it’s about redistributing income (aka theft) and turning the U.S.A. into the new United Socialist States of Amerikka, And about weakening the U.S.A. economically and financially to help other socialist / communist states “improve” the world. Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez, Evo Morales, et. al. understand this clearly–they see a “birds of a feather flocking together” when they study President Obama and his way of thinking / acting.
    ***
    Comrade Obama thinks that job loss is just a little COLLATERAL DAMAGE that must occur to bring about our new socialist utopia for the benefit of all.
    ***
    John Bibb
    ***

13. #13
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 11:46 am, cicerokid said:

    On January 3rd, 2011 at 11:00 am, RTater said:
    I don’t understand why we the oil workers are not rioting in the streets over this.

    What u meant?

14. #14
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 11:48 am, TooMuchTime said:

    Well, Obama is killing small oil and large oil may be the only thing to survive.

    Then just nationalize the large oil companies like Chavez did in Venezuela. Proven socialist track record of failure.

15. #15
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 11:49 am, thejim said:

    It’s part of the master plan, OBambi intends to destroy this great country. He is the enemy.

16. #16
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 11:54 am, Blackstone said:

    As they return to Washington this week, House Republicans should be putting Salazar/Browner and the White House War on Jobs on the hot seat every chance they get.

    That and everything else they have to put on their list of priorities because of this administration. That seems to be the main strategy: overwhelm the opposition to try to prevent them from focusing on anything.

17. #17
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 11:55 am, Virginia Patriot said:

    It’s part of the master plan, OBambi intends to destroy this great country. He is the enemy.

    That’s what happens when not one of our illustrious elected representatives or Supreme Court Justices has the guts to stand up for the Constitution.

    Ineligible people should never be sworn in as President. The founders chose their words carefully. Natural born citizen means born on this counrty to two U.S. citizen parents.

18. #18
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 12:04 pm, Hangfire said:

    Not to worry, people. The Great One is returning to Washington from Hawaii after an extended vacation. All will be well.

    (/Sarc for those that don’t know me.)

19. #19
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 12:12 pm, jkoolpe said:

    Meanwhile, oil is back over $92/barrel, and the gas prices at my local stations went up again to about $3.40/gallon for regular unleaded (about $3.60 if you want premium).

    I paid $3.20 at the cheapest place around…lucky me !

    But the naive Left will continue to blame 1) Evil oil companies, and/or 2) Evil Republicans.

    Wake up Lefty fools…its the folks in power right now that are to blame…often by their own admission, but certainly by their provable actions…

20. #20
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 12:21 pm, Mister P said:

    Meanwhile the Democrats in Oregon just raised our gas tax by 6 cents a gallon.

21. #21
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 12:30 pm, rocketman said:

    ***
    HI HANGFIRE–#18. Happy 2011! And don’t worry about needing the sarc/ tags. Your posts come through loud and clear 24/7/365–keep up the good work.
    ***
    John Bibb
    ***

22. #22
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 12:31 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    I paid $3.20 at the cheapest place around…lucky me!

    Too bad gas is a commodity that can’t be personally stockpiled. Thanks to Federal and some states’ actions, gas will probably be $5+/gal before year end, if not this summer.

    It’s all Boooooosh’s fault!!!

23. #23
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 12:31 pm, letget said:

    The environmentalists are seeing to it that bho is doing to the gulf as they are doing in CA for some fish to shut off water for food crops! It seems all, I believe, states on the gulf coast have r governors. Could that be another reason why things have come to a stand still for drilling and permits? bho is killing every industry here in America that isn’t union or under fed control! And we hear that bho first, prime, must do this year is see that jobs are created? I call bovine #2!
    L
    L

24. #24
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 12:45 pm, TooMuchTime said:

    Thanks to Federal and some states’ actions, gas will probably be $5+/gal before year end, if not this summer.

    Then there will be a clamor for everyone to buy a Chevy Volt. Hey look! Obama created more jobs!

    After he destroyed twice as many…

25. #25
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 12:58 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    Then there will be a clamor for everyone to buy a Chevy Volt.

    Except in California. With its own “Green” legislation in effect and soaring electricity and fuel costs to come, there will be a clamor for everyone here, who can still afford one, to buy a bike. Yeah, that’s some job creation, I tell ya, more Chinese built bikes on the road for us peons to ride.

26. #26
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 1:07 pm, Flyoverman said:

    “Impact of regulation on job creation …”

    Item 1 on Issa’s list. Works for me. This leads straight to Slazaar and Browner among others.

27. #27
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 1:12 pm, John Deaux said:

    Considering that gas was about $1.86 a gallon when he was inaugurated and will probably be double that when he runs for re-election, I wonder exactly what they’re up to.

28. #28
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 1:18 pm, Hangfire said:

    On January 3rd, 2011 at 1:12 pm, John Deaux said:
    Considering that gas was about $1.86 a gallon when he was inaugurated and will probably be double that when he runs for re-election, I wonder exactly what they’re up to.

    Yorkshireman #1: “Oh, we used to dream of paying $1.86 a gallon….”

29. #29
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 1:26 pm, letget said:

    Hangfire#28,
    I am at the age I remember $.19 cents per gallon! But, I only made $230. per month as a nurse working nights in ICU all at a higher pay for both. Things have indeed changed.
    L

30. #30
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 1:27 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    Considering that gas was about $1.86 a gallon when he was inaugurated and will probably be double quadruple that when he runs for re-election, I wonder exactly what they’re up to.

    Destroying our economy while making us completely dependent on and indebted to foreign nations selling us their resources and getting revenge on the capitalist imperialists on behalf of the third world countries exploited by them.

31. #31
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 1:32 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    I am at the age I remember $.19 cents per gallon!

    Yup…I remember full-service stations, at least 2 on every major intersection competing in “gas wars” and gas sometimes going for $0.17.9 a gallon in the early ’60s. My dad would regularly ask for “$2.00 worth” when filling up, and that would give him about half a tank.

    I never knew the cheapskate to actually have a full tank in our family’s car…which more than once led to us being stranded on empty while dad trotted off to the nearest gas station with the empty gas can he kept in the trunk.

32. #32
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 1:49 pm, Hangfire said:

    I could fill up the volkswagen bus for less than 5 bucks.

    Cheapest I ever bought gas was .149/ gallon at a Skelly station in a gas war in Rockwall, Texas.

    Throughout high school it was .229 to .269 a gallon.

    Who the hell had the idea to put the gas prices with the little “9″ at the end. What the hell is the difference between $2.999 and $3.00 a gallon? Sheesh. That has always driven me snakes–t.

33. #33
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 1:51 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Ha! My Dad’s ’53 Hudson died on the Tobin bridge because he was too cheap to top it off!

34. #34
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 1:51 pm, Hangfire said:

    On January 3rd, 2011 at 1:32 pm, hawkeye54 said:
    which more than once led to us being stranded on empty while dad trotted off to the nearest gas station with the empty gas can he kept in the trunk.

    I ran out of gas frequently in high school, but never accidentally. {wink}

35. #35
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 1:52 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    I learned some new words that day.

36. #36
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 1:53 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Was that before or after taken your girl to watch the submarine races?

37. #37
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 1:54 pm, Hangfire said:

    WORD OF ADVICE:

    If you run out of gas and don’t have a gas can, a styrofoam cooler DOES NOT hold gas longer than 4.6 seconds.

38. #38
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 1:55 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Shoot, I coulda told you that!

39. #39
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 1:56 pm, letget said:

    Hangfire#37,
    YOU didn’t did you?
    L

40. #40
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 1:56 pm, rambler said:

    The price of energy has an impact on the price of goods and the creation of jobs. Our moron-in-chief has no grasp of that connection. He’s not saving the environment with these policies either. Progressives are either stupid or evil.

41. #41
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 1:56 pm, Hangfire said:

    On January 3rd, 2011 at 1:53 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:
    Was that before or after taken your girl to watch the submarine races?

    It is a known law of physics that the odds of an automobile running out of gas is inversely proportional to the distance from the lake.

42. #42
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 1:57 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    You can tell people stuff, but sometimes they just have to find out on their own.

43. #43
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 1:57 pm, Hangfire said:

    On January 3rd, 2011 at 1:56 pm, letget said:
    Hangfire#37,
    YOU didn’t did you?

    “Three-two beer” may have been involved………

44. #44
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 1:58 pm, Hangfire said:

    The US Navy would categorize it as an “alcohol related incident.”

45. #45
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 1:58 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    Who the hell had the idea to put the gas prices with the little “9″ at the end. What the hell is the difference between $2.999 and $3.00 a gallon? Sheesh. That has always driven me snakes–t.

    Its all psychological. People tend to focus on the “2″ and not the “999″

    And the same people price things at $XX.99, because most people tend to focus on the numbers before the “99″

46. #46
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 1:59 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Progressives are either stupid or evil.

    I’ll take “Liberalism for $200″ Alex!

47. #47
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 2:01 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    I ran out of gas frequently in high school, but never accidentally. {wink}

    Gee, I wish I could have tried that in high school. My folks wouldn’t let me have a car. That tactic doesn’t work very well for a bicyle : )

48. #48
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 2:02 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    Progressives are either stupid or evil.

    Often both, since neither is mutually exclusive.

49. #49
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 2:05 pm, Virginia Patriot said:

    Progressives are either stupid or evil.

    The communists, er, socialists, er, liberals, er, progressives, Democrats are the Evil Party.

    The GOP has earned the Stupid Party title, in spades.

50. #50
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 2:07 pm, Hangfire said:

    On January 3rd, 2011 at 2:05 pm, Virginia Patriot said:
    The GOP has earned the Stupid Party title, in spades.

    Please squelch any Congressional Black Caucus comments. Thank you.

51. #51
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 2:08 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    The GOP has earned the Stupid Party title

    In spades.

52. #52
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 2:09 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    The GOP has earned the Stupid Party title, in spades.

    Oops, messed that up.

    The GOP currently has the copyright on that titie.

53. #53
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 2:09 pm, txvet2 said:

    On January 3rd, 2011 at 1:32 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    I am at the age I remember $.19 cents per gallon!

    Yup…I remember full-service stations, at least 2 on every major intersection competing in “gas wars” and gas sometimes going for $0.17.9 a gallon in the early ’60s. My dad would regularly ask for “$2.00 worth” when filling up, and that would give him about half a tank.

    I never knew the cheapskate to actually have a full tank in our family’s car…which more than once led to us being stranded on empty while dad trotted off to the nearest gas station with the empty gas can he kept in the trunk.

    I was in the same boat, but it wasn’t because my father was a cheapskate – he was trying to raise 5 kids on about $250 a month.

54. #54
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 2:10 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    you said titie heh heh heh.

55. #55
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 2:10 pm, txvet2 said:

    On January 3rd, 2011 at 2:09 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    The GOP has earned the Stupid Party title, in spades.

    Oops, messed that up.

    The GOP currently has the copyright on that titie.

    Care to quit while you’re still behind?

56. #56
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 2:19 pm, MacEamonn said:

    This Administration’s policies have all but guaranteed the economy will slide back into recession as the price of fuel continues to rise.

57. #57
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 2:27 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    Care to quit while you’re still behind?

    Heck no, it’s more fun when I make misteaks : )

58. #58
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 4:04 pm, NJ-Aviator said:

    More than two months after the Obama administration lifted its ban on drilling in the deep-water Gulf of Mexico, oil companies are still waiting for approval to drill the first new oil well there.

    Not a single permit has been issued. So effectively, the ban is in place. Just not on paper.

59. #59
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 4:17 pm, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

    My boss’ company operates onshore Texas and Arkansas.

    Obama’s sscrewjob on he Gulf Coast is a boon for him.

    Of course, if Obama’s EPA is successful in taking over Texas air permitting, the whole state will be out of business.

60. #60
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 8:32 pm, plymouthacclaim said:

    On January 3rd, 2011 at 4:17 pm, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:
    Of course, if Obama’s EPA is successful in taking over Texas air permitting, the whole state will be out of business.

    Rick Perry & co. had BETTER fight Obama’s EPA tyranny.

61. #61
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 9:00 pm, Azygos said:

    The EPA is threatening to sue Arizona now over CO2 emissions, couple that with the increase in fuel prices and we’re screwed. We get the majority of our gas from California and already have some of the highest gas prices in the country.

62. #62
    On January 3rd, 2011 at 9:02 pm, Azygos said:

    The other thought I had was the governors of the gulf states should just tell them to drill anyway and tell Washington you made your policy, now enforce it.

63. #63
    On January 4th, 2011 at 8:24 am, MarkD said:

    If the House Republicans had half a brain, they’d report the cost of this little snit to the American people every quarter.

    “You paid .50 more per gallon, costing the average driver $100, because of the Obama administration’s unjustified drilling ban.”

    Obama can run his mouth all he wants, money speaks louder than liars.