But today I'm focusing on the gas prices. Cause I found a thread that shows the awesome reasoning I see on both sides of the issue.
brownsfan seems to have become a prolific poster by leaving out the thinking step some use before they post:
Saying: “We can’t drill our way out of this.”, is the ultimate in thinking like
a loser.
You can’t become buff with one workout, so why exercize at all?You can’t get rich saving $1, so why save?
You can’t get to be an expert reading one book, so why read at all?
Friggin’ loser left is actively destroying this country. It’s very painful to watch, but the majority of Americans are signed up for it
That is some awesome empty rhetoric (lifted almost verbatim from Rush, by the way). I like this post 'cause it can be extended to everything from trying to fly to negotiating with Iran.
kcm.org is living in a different reality, like many Freepers, but this one seems a bit...different.
with dims running the White House and veto proof Senate and House all this
bashing of President Bush, Sen. McCain and Republicans seems to be rather stupid
on conservative Internet forums???
Or, are the bashers shills and plants from DNC?
I think all dissent must be plants from the DNC sent to sabotage the internets!
chimera joins in on the empty rhetoric fest:
The 'Rats spend most of their time and energy telling us we can't do it, while 'Pubs spend their efforts finding ways to get things done. One says no we can't, the other says yes we can. One wonders what the 'Rat responses to earlier initiatives would have been:
"No, Columbus, you can't get to the East by sailing West."
"No, Wilbur and Orville, you can't fly a heavier-then-air machine."
"No, Groves, everyone knows you can't fission your way in to winning the war with an a-bomb."
"Sorry, Goddard, this liquid-fuel rocket of yours will never be able to fly men to the moon."
Guess if you say "we can't" often enough, it comes true, and we never do anything. Fortunately, there have always been people too smart (or dumb) to listen to those who say "you can't", and go ahead anyway and do the thing.
This is pretty lofty rhetoric about trying new things for drilling oil, a century old process. How about, you know, facts? But, oddly enough, neither the amount of oil (2.6 billion barrels, or about 3 months of US demand) nor the possible impact on the area are discussed. Huh.
gleeaikin notes the real reson behind this excited debate:
I think that the propaganda benefit of suggesting that we will drill is probably the most valuable part of this.
Unfortunately, from reports I’ve heard, it will take 5 to 10 years before the well would be drilled and producing. Also there is only enough for 3 or 4 years of supply for us. There also are apparently areas where the majors have leases where they are permitted to drill where they have not and could if they wanted to. So, what is that all about?
Huh. It's like the question at the end of the second paragraph forgot the first paragraph exists!
No comments:
Post a Comment