AMERICAblog: Saudi oil summit achieved "absolutely nothing"
michaelt
· 1 year ago
oh, i bet it achieved something......broad smiles across the table maybe?
Lisabosque
· 1 year ago
I wish people would stop talking about Obama's support of Bush's FISA bill. It's all over the blogs and we need to stop bringing up the subject. If we discuss it, it risks making us look like hypocrites. Try to email your favorite liberal blog and get them to support a black-out on the topic. We need to support Barack in his quest for unity with the Republicans.
michaelt
· 1 year ago
sorry, but a mistake is a mistake, no matter what letter is at the end of your name. i'll do nothing of the kind. if anything, i'll escalate my displeasure.
michaelt
· 1 year ago
O/T - I went to the movies yesterday, Kung Fu Panda by the way which isn't bad, but before the trailers started they were running ads. One of them was an ad for an upcoming stand up comedy show starring glenn beck(not kidding). Did anyone know that fucker meant to be funny? On purpose?
zihuata
· 1 year ago
If they were truly concerned with the averages Americans energy costs then why do they have a huge tariff on sugar cane ethanol from Brazil? It is cheaper than corn ethanol and better for the environment...
However, the measure affecting ethanol, known on Capitol Hill as part of the “farm bill,” was shot down in the Senate by a vote of 56-36 in favor of continuing the tariff, thus protecting the price of U.S. corn. Republican Senator John Thune of South Dakota explained his nay vote: “Eliminating the ethanol tariff would send a mixed signal to producers, investors and farmers who sell their products to ethanol plants.” Senator Thune’s thoughts appear to be the prevailing sentiment within the U.S. Congress. Lewis Perelman, a senior fellow at the Homeland Security Policy Institute in Washington, is not very optimistic that any
Butch1
· 1 year ago
It's past time folks. We need to pressure our government into making the auto industry produce hybrids, electric cars, H2O run cars, and if there are other types of transportation our automotive dinosaur thinking bosses need to see, who run the auto industry, it needs to happen. They need to be forced to do this or they will continue to drag their collective feet and stall. They are already closing down plants or moving business out of country. It has to stop. We are so far behind the rest of the world in making decent fuel efficient cars that will ween us from the Middle-east oil teat. The minute we start buying vehicles that do not need gasoline or cut back on the demand of it, the oil prices will come crashing down and they will do anything to get us back on the teat. This has to happen now!
Wisconsin Liberal
· 1 year ago
All I hear from the McCain supporters at work is drill, drill, drill. Until they get out of their " me and only me attitude", it will be hard to come up with a sane energy solution.
OlderAndWiser
· 1 year ago
Honestly, who believes those cheerleaders on CNBC? The US imports 40% of the oil the Saudis produce, and the US has only 4% of the world's population. Aren't we being somewhat greedy here?
We need to get OFF oil, not import more, or drill for more, or anything of the sort. Let's get cracking on alternative energy already. I'm sick of all the political machinations going on with Big Business. Screw them.
jr
· 1 year ago
cokehead has made our country's power atrophy
unrepentant_expat
· 1 year ago
The oil price summit achieved an oil price peak; mission accompli
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However, the measure affecting ethanol, known on Capitol Hill as part of the “farm bill,” was shot down in the Senate by a vote of 56-36 in favor of continuing the tariff, thus protecting the price of U.S. corn. Republican Senator John Thune of South Dakota explained his nay vote: “Eliminating the ethanol tariff would send a mixed signal to producers, investors and farmers who sell their products to ethanol plants.” Senator Thune’s thoughts appear to be the prevailing sentiment within the U.S. Congress. Lewis Perelman, a senior fellow at the Homeland Security Policy Institute in Washington, is not very optimistic that any
We need to get OFF oil, not import more, or drill for more, or anything of the sort. Let's get cracking on alternative energy already. I'm sick of all the political machinations going on with Big Business. Screw them.