Don't you think that is warped logic?
2006-09-28 03:29:11 · 14 answers · asked by ? 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
They want it to be part of their own initiative, not one espoused by Bush. They are hypocrites who want to have it their way in their own words and don't practice what they preach. They want to drag out everything so it takes years to implement even the smallest developments.
2006-09-28 03:54:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'd be real interested in hearing what energy Independence you believe the democrats are blocking. Surely you aren't talking about drilling in Alaska (ANWR)! First, if you look at the numbers on how much oil we believe is there you will see that it will in no way make us energy independent. Second, you can drill for all of the oil you can find but unless you happen to have a car (there are none) that burns crude oil you will be out of luck. The United States does not posses the refinery capacity to turn the oil we have on hand into gas. Kind of hard to blame the democrats for that one.
The upshot is that many people from both parties are responsible for our current situation. If you really want energy Independence pressure the government (members of both parties) to actively pursue oil alternatives. They are there.
2006-09-28 03:41:58 · answer #2 · answered by toff 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
by "fight energy independance" I assume you mean drilling for oil in Alaska. The three drops of oil we'd get from there in ten years isn't going to help us, Bub, you know it.
Democrats ARE trying to achieve energy Independance, but from the opposite direction. By decreasing our usage.
Don't characterize environmental concerns as opposition to energy independance. Its a straw man anyone with more than half a brain (mostly democrats) can see through.
2006-09-28 03:34:59 · answer #3 · answered by Skippy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Politics. It s that simple. When one party comes up with a good idea, the other party blocks it until they can claim it to be their idea. That goes for our nationalized health insurance, the Keystone Pipeline, and what have you. Barack Obama himself said he would go through the budget line by line and cut all the waste, and when his chance to do just that came, he instead threatened to shut down the government unless the repubs passed a continuing resolution. A continuing resolution is to say we will continue to spend this amount of money even though we know most of it is wasted. He then blamed the opposing party for closing the government. The upshot of it all was, no part of the government was ever shut down. They shut down a bunch of privately funded attractions and blamed the government shut down. It was all a lie to pit republicans and democrats against each other. America has never gone to was for oil, we went to war based on bad intel from American and European sources. MI6, and the CIA thought there were weapons of mass destruction. Luckily for the Iraqis they moved all the weapon stockpiles before we got there, but only a fool would believe there was never anything there. We have teenagers building IED s in America (ie the Boston Marathon Bombing) So to think there were no WMD s in Iraq is akin to waiting for Santa Clause on Christmas Eve.
2015-03-13 11:42:09 · answer #4 · answered by James 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you really think energy independence is possible for America? It's a myth.
And America should start by economizing on fuel. Not only are you going to leave succeeding generations without any money in the Treasury and endebted to China for $ billions, but you will leave no oil in the ground . . . anywhere.
2006-09-28 03:33:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Do you mean democrats in the sense of people who voted for Bush, or Democrats who felt they would be called unpatriotic if they did not support their President when he lied the world into the Iraq war.
And isn't that the President who - for economic reasons does care if the North Pole melts and the USA get hurricane after hurricane with increasing frequency?
2006-09-28 03:36:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What kind of logic is this:
"I want to bring in more oil from Mexico to reduce our dependence on foreign oil". George W. Bush.
2006-09-28 03:33:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
HA!
ENergy independence my ****! ANd if you think that Democrats are blocking the oil drill in Alaska, you are sorely mistaken>>
how the Hell can they do that when YOU ARE IN THE MAJORITY ...
HELLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
2006-09-28 03:36:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, We don't . Where is your proof? The only thing we do block is energy sources that are not fit for human use.
2006-09-28 03:33:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes, I do think your question is warped logic, but thank's for asking.
2006-09-28 03:33:31 · answer #10 · answered by Samuel Crow 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋