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1. #1
   On May 15th, 2011 at 12:34 pm, OK_Loyalist said:

   People, as always, will vote their wallet, and mine is getting thinner every time I fill up the car. These energy policies are making it hard on the very people the Dumbocraps say they are out to protect, the low and middle class. Thanks for the tax increase °0°. Liar!

2. #2
   On May 15th, 2011 at 12:36 pm, rambler said:

   States should be permitted to take advantage of their own minerals. The EPA and the feds should have no say anymore. Maybe each state should give out their own permits and drill, refine and sell fuel in their own states. The gov should not be locking up the states resources and make them beg for permits. Sue the EPA, it is out of line. We’re getting hit by 2 sticks. If bho can’t stick it to us directly, he can lie to our faces to improve poll numbers and then use one of his thug agencies to enforce the policy he wants anyway. This is not democracy.

3. #3
   On May 15th, 2011 at 12:42 pm, Paratus said:

   BHO always covers his uhh stuff. You can say anything you want,no one in the media is going to question your word Mr. President.

4. #4
   On May 15th, 2011 at 12:49 pm, puhiawa said:

   Hey Obama. Hows that $5 a gallon working out for you so far?

5. #5
   On May 15th, 2011 at 12:49 pm, Granny55 said:

   He can announce all the drilling he wants. It isn’t going to happen. He will defer everything to Salazar and EPA and fall back on – hey I did what I could. He is an absolute do nothing president. Name one thing that was his idea? He is just the mouthpiece in a nice suit for Soros, Marxist, progressives and enemies of the country.

6. #6
   On May 15th, 2011 at 12:52 pm, Virginia Patriot said:

   There won’t be one new well drilled as long as The Usurper is in office.

7. #7
   On May 15th, 2011 at 12:52 pm, peteee said:

   the only drilling obama likes is drilling us for our wallets.

8. #8
   On May 15th, 2011 at 12:58 pm, letget said:

   bho probably meant that he was opening up drilling for brazil, cuba, china, and venezuela with our tax dollars, not American’s!
   L

9. #9
   On May 15th, 2011 at 12:59 pm, Mister P said:

   Well, the liar in chief is lying again. He would rather put a moat with alligators around oil deposits.

10. #10
    On May 15th, 2011 at 1:02 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    I expect another “accident” before any drilling can take place. Probably in August or September. That will extend the drilling moratorium to new territories.

    It’s okay to drill in East Boston though.

11. #11
    On May 15th, 2011 at 1:14 pm, txvet2 said:

    Go check Gasbuddy. Those folks know that everything is the fault of “greed” and “speculators”.

12. #12
    On May 15th, 2011 at 1:22 pm, Paratus said:

    It’s been said here many times before. Our government operates and has operated on our dependence and fear.

13. #13
    On May 15th, 2011 at 1:26 pm, conservative hispanic said:

    Less money in our pockets = More power for Obamao. Of course, that works for him just fine, thank you.

    WAKE UP, PEOPLE!!!! We need new personnel in D.C. in 2012 at the executive, legislative and burocratic level. If not, we’re finished.

14. #14
    On May 15th, 2011 at 1:29 pm, semper fi said:

    Granny55 #5 post …Hit the nail on the head. This call for drilling and his appearance on the border in Texas are simply “Head fakes” All he is drilling for are votes. He is in deep trouble and he knows it. Look for him to say anything to get re-elected. Don’t be fooled …watch what he does not what he says. This country cannot take another four years of this guy. Jerry USMC (Ret)

15. #15
    On May 15th, 2011 at 1:57 pm, EROWMER said:

    And no ‘republican’ whatsoever who will question the regime. We are being mugabe’ed, folks.

16. #16
    On May 15th, 2011 at 2:28 pm, thejim said:

    OBambi has no intention of drilling, producing one more barrel of oil, nor lowering the cost of energy in this country. Just another lie, just another step in destroying the country that he despises. None of this is unintentional.

17. #17
    On May 15th, 2011 at 2:35 pm, letget said:

    It’s not just the gas prices that go up. Oil is used in so many products we use daily and their cost are going up. They are using corn for ethanol and that causes the price of almost every food product to go up. We are getting it in the wallet on all fronts from what bho, team, and some of the dc bunch have been doing.
    L

18. #18
    On May 15th, 2011 at 2:46 pm, pueblo1032 said:

    Just curious, but this one almost looks like the program he announced in 2010… That one was put on terminal hold, and challenged in court, and then ignored after they did not get the ruling they liked!?!?

19. #19
    On May 15th, 2011 at 3:08 pm, letget said:

    Has anyone seen this before? Very interesting. I had not seen this, but maybe this is why bho decided to do the drilling thing again?

    http://www.rigzone.com/images/news/ensco_5_10_2011.pdf
    L

20. #20
    On May 15th, 2011 at 3:10 pm, passingruffian said:

    Mr. President, just how F’ing stupid do you think we are? ILMC and his ilk may buy this nonsense, but not the rest of us. Sorry. No sale.

21. #21
    On May 15th, 2011 at 3:48 pm, NotTheMama said:

    On May 15, 2011 at 03:10 PM, passingruffian said:
    Mr. President, just how F’ing stupid do you think we are? ILMC and his ilk may buy this nonsense, but not the rest of us. Sorry. No sale.

    like most marxists and elites they think we are very stupid. And with msm help that will continue.

    I don’t believe his cr@p fpr a second.

22. #22
    On May 15th, 2011 at 3:54 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On May 15th, 2011 at 12:58 pm, letget said: bho probably meant that he was opening up drilling for brazil, cuba, china, and venezuela with our tax dollars, not American’s!

    I’m waiting for just ONE moderator to ask a regressive senator or congresscritter WHY we are giving help to Brazil for oil drilling but not allowing it here, and WHY we are giving help to Mexico and Pakistan for fire fighting, but not to Texas. No one is asking that question and I’d really like to hear the answer. Why is this being ignored by the media, including FOX??? Since when do we help other countries at the expense of our own? I guess, since Obama has made it clear that over 1/2 of this country is considered his “enemy”. Spit.

23. #23
    On May 15th, 2011 at 3:54 pm, dat60a3 said:

    This is like Lucy telling Charlie Brown that she will hold the football for him. Of course, as he goes to kick it, she yanks it out of the way and he falls flt on his back. Obama is just going to yank the permits or make new regulations on what is one of the safest industries in the country.

24. #24
    On May 15th, 2011 at 3:59 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On May 15th, 2011 at 3:08 pm, letget said:
    Has anyone seen this before? Very interesting. I had not seen this, but maybe this is why bho decided to do the drilling thing again?

    http://www.rigzone.com/images/news/ensco_5_10_2011.pdf
    L

    That is great…but who will actually enforce it? They haven’t so far. The abuse of power in this administration is unbelievable. They ignore judicial injuctions and mandates and just go merrily on their way. If they are responding to this court order by saying they will allow licenses…that only means they are stalling some more…as others here have said. There will not be any drilling while Obama is POTUS. NONE. Count on it.

25. #25
    On May 15th, 2011 at 4:02 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On May 15th, 2011 at 1:02 pm, Pasadena Phil said:
    I expect another “accident” before any drilling can take place. Probably in August or September. That will extend the drilling moratorium to new territories.

    Yup…just like the other “accident”, something will happen. They can’t have their radical agenda upset by actually allowing drilling. Has anyone proven that the first “accident” was really an “accident”? I didn’t think so. This has Soros/marxist mafia thug written all over it.

26. #26
    On May 15th, 2011 at 4:08 pm, tre said:

    Obummer, talk is cheap, and I ain’t buyin’ none of it! When I see an oil derrick going up, then I MIGHT start to believe you.

27. #27
    On May 15th, 2011 at 4:20 pm, SkyePuppy said:

    On May 15th, 2011 at 3:54 pm, dat60a3 said:

    Dang! Beat me to it.

    Lucy. Charlie Brown. Football.

    ‘Nuff said.

28. #28
    On May 15th, 2011 at 6:28 pm, Long Haired Country Boy said:

    Duh!! If you want some serious drilling in the White House…put Bill Clinton back in.

29. #29
    On May 15th, 2011 at 6:36 pm, Truesoldier said:

    Check this out:

    WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is proposing to open vast expanses of water along the Atlantic coastline, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and the north coast of Alaska to oil and natural gas drilling, much of it for the first time, officials said Tuesday.

    The proposal — a compromise that will please oil companies and domestic drilling advocates but anger some residents of affected states and many environmental organizations — would end a longstanding moratorium on oil exploration along the East Coast from the northern tip of Delaware to the central coast of Florida, covering 167 million acres of ocean.

    Under the plan, the coastline from New Jersey northward would remain closed to all oil and gas activity. So would the Pacific Coast, from Mexico to the Canadian border.

    The environmentally sensitive Bristol Bay in southwestern Alaska would be protected and no drilling would be allowed under the plan, officials said. But large tracts in the Chukchi Sea and Beaufort Sea in the Arctic Ocean north of Alaska — nearly 130 million acres — would be eligible for exploration and drilling after extensive studies.

    Of course this was from march 31, 2010…as Drudge has pointed out, the latest statement from Obama is just take two of the ongoing Kabuki Theater.

30. #30
    On May 15th, 2011 at 7:18 pm, rocketman said:

    ***
    HI DATo6a3–#23. Charlie Brown cut Lucy way too much slack. One time–O.K. On kick #2 Chuckie should have run up fast and booted Lucy right in the rear end–for about 10 yards. She would have done a much better job holding the football after the boot was removed from her derriere and the swelling subsided.
    ***
    All Comrade Obama (PBUH) is good for is head fakes. Apply the boots to the Good Comrade in the Nov. 2013 elections. By then the charisma and glow will have worn off the Hope’n'Changium BS as the continued hemorrhaging of our economy hits home in everyone’s wallets and purses.
    ***
    TSUNAMI II coming soon to an election near you. Duck, Comrade–Incoming! This is gonna smart.
    ***
    John Bibb
    ***

31. #31
    On May 15th, 2011 at 7:27 pm, rambler said:

    The slight of hand comes from bho talking about leases while EPA controls permits. The oil companies have to pay for the leases, which amount to an intent to drill, while a permit allows them to drill. bho always uses double talk to keep his ass covered and his base happy.

32. #32
    On May 15th, 2011 at 9:05 pm, Bluefighter said:

    Ken Salazar will not let Barry dicate anything to him about oil drilling.

33. #33
    On May 15th, 2011 at 9:29 pm, Flyoverman said:

    Lucy is holding the football again, I see.

34. #34
    On May 15th, 2011 at 11:15 pm, plymouthacclaim said:

    I got the drilling permit right here. It’s called the 10th Amendment.

35. #35
    On May 16th, 2011 at 2:31 am, BK said:

    There are plenty of Drilling permits that the Obama Administration can not block.

    Unfortunately they’re in Brazil.

36. #36
    On May 16th, 2011 at 5:26 am, metalfluid said:

    Someone needs to give Obama a “Working Interest” direct investment ownership in a producing oil and gas well. Let him make a real business profit for once. Once he sees his real money coming in from a working producing oil and gas well he will want more $ (profit).

37. #37
    On May 16th, 2011 at 6:14 am, Retiredtopo said:

    Drill Drill Drill so what GOP blocked an amendment to keep the oil companies from exporting oil from the US Continental shelf to other countries. Keep watching Fox and keep ignorance alive.

38. #38
    On May 16th, 2011 at 8:33 am, John Deaux said:

    More misdirection. This just gives him a response to the inevitable accusation of doing nothing about gas prices.

39. #39
    On May 16th, 2011 at 9:39 am, cheapseat said:

    Which do you believe will happen sooner under this (_*_)s administration? 1 We issue a real oil drilling permit and start a new well. 2 we issue new permits to start converting oil sand in the western states. 3 we shut down the oil production in Western Texas because it MIGHT interfere with the procreation of some lizard.
    My bet is on 3.

40. #40
    On May 16th, 2011 at 11:27 am, ramblingman said:

    Obama could announce that he wants to cut the tax rate to 1% and then feign shock when the Senate won’t pass it.

    There would people who would want to give him credit for that, too.

41. #41
    On May 16th, 2011 at 11:51 am, Ellyk said:

    Smoke and mirrors, Barry Dunham – Soetoro, smoke and mirrors.

42. #42
    On May 16th, 2011 at 6:11 pm, flameinhair said:

    Both the EPA and our present govt., seek to destroy this country and make us into ‘Europe’ in the west.
    A POX on them all!
    I see another ‘war’ in our future, in the streets in AMERICA!

43. #43
    On May 16th, 2011 at 6:25 pm, yaymm said:

    Rambler is correct. There’s a big difference between allowing the leases and the EPA approving them. What’s more, the “extensive studies” that have to be conducted will also be a longterm roadblock.

    The President has advisors who know about all the positive and negative aspects of what his administration is doing, even if he does not. None of this is by accident.

    If you don’t give Obama credit for doing exactly what he has said he would do all along, you are terribly naive.

    Fuel prices (and therefore prices on nearly everything) will go up.

    Wealth will be redistributed (to assure his re-election).

    We will become a green world, less dependent on oil and more dependent on alternative fuels(regardless of the cost).

    American superiority will rank (down there) with everyone else’s.

    We won! Elections have consequences. (Just wait until 2012 and beyond!)

44. #44
    On May 18th, 2011 at 1:36 am, fuseman said:

    EPA’s own models show that over the next 90 years these regulations would only reduce temperature increases by less than 0.03 degrees Fahrenheit. Lisa Jackson, head of the EPA, in testimony before Congress, called this amount of temperature difference “immeasurable.”

    source

45. #45
    On May 18th, 2011 at 7:13 pm, drfredc said:

    This is like Lucy teeing up the football for Peanuts to kick. Who in their right mind thinks Lucy won’t pull the football away just as Peanuts gets close enough to kick the ball (actually drill for oil?)

46. #46
    On May 21st, 2011 at 2:15 pm, prendad said:

    I’m FOR oil drilling!
    I’m AGAINST oil drilling!!
    For it.
    Against it.
    For it.
    Against it, but for it before I was against it just after I was sortta maybe for it a little bit. . .
    Whaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. This is soooooo hard. Why can’t I just get automatically reelected so I can keep my big jet and keep giving speeches and having fun, whaahhhhhhhhhhhh, whahhhhhhhhhhhh.