Indiana GOP appears ready to shove Dick Lugar overboard
“If Dick Lugar, having served five terms in the U.S. Senate and being the most respected person in the Senate and the leading authority on foreign policy, is seriously challenged by anybody in the Republican Party, we have gone so far overboard that we are beyond redemption.”
– John Danforth, former three-term Republican senator from Missouri and UN ambassador under President George W. Bush, in a November 2010 interview
“Today, with their permission, I present you with the names of the 77 percent of the Republican chairman of Indiana who are willing today to support me in this campaign. What’s important to note also, is that the remaining twenty-three percent are not telling me they’re committed to Mr. Lugar; they simply have a policy of not endorsing in a primary…. Honorable Chairmen, Republican leaders, Tea Party activists and friends, we must begin, because it IS OUR time, and so I’m proud to announce to you my candidacy for the United States Senate on behalf of the Great People of the Great State of Indiana!”
– Indiana State Treasurer Richard Mourdock, announcing his 2012 primary challenge to Lugar
In 2006, Lugar won re-election with 87 percent of the vote; the Democrats didn’t even bother to put a name on the ballot against him. In his previous three Senate elections, Lugar won with at least a 2-to-1 margin of victory.
But if Mourdock really does have the public commitment of three-quarters of Indiana’s GOP chairman — and there’s no evidence on which to question his claim — Lugar is in big trouble in next year’s primary.
– Jay Bookman
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josef nix
February 22nd, 2011
6:23 pm
DAVE
Oh, I’m saving mine…like I said, the Jerry Forrest approach!
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
February 22nd, 2011
6:24 pm
PSEU’s gave about 88% of the contributions to Dems.
Which was completely dwarfed by the lopsided amount given to the GOP by corporate interests.
So, that explains it!!!!! Painting Obama as anti-business and anti-capitalist gives the appearance that he’s trying to destroy the GOP’s primary funders. That makes it perfectly ok in a tactical sense to try to destroy the Democratic funding base. I see the whole picture now.
josef nix
February 22nd, 2011
6:25 pm
AmVet
Jay
February 22nd, 2011
6:25 pm
freedom and liberty, Dave R? Yes, that’s what the war was about, certainly. You did get that much right.
Dave R.
February 22nd, 2011
6:28 pm
Oh I’m sooooo relieved, Jay.
josef nix
February 22nd, 2011
6:29 pm
The turncoat Yankee leads with a right, and the Scalawag counters with a feint to the left!
Fedup
February 22nd, 2011
6:34 pm
Are serious about cuttng the deficit? Now the budget is $3.7 trllion. Projected deficit is $1.3 trillion. So the budget should be $2.4 trillion. So tea partiers make your cuts. Please no excuses.
Doggone/GA
February 22nd, 2011
6:36 pm
“Disappointed? Why?”
“The Democrat Party”
USMC dawg
February 22nd, 2011
6:38 pm
“Yeah, USMC, the unions are pushing card check so hard that the Dems didn’t even bring it to a vote when they had both houses of Congress.” Jay Bookman
Yeah Jay, I guess you were asleep during the campaign rally.
Here is the President:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMNVIQqatyU
Dave R.
February 22nd, 2011
6:38 pm
Fedup, please.
The tea partiers passed a 2011 budget (yeah, the one the Dems wouldn’t do) with over $60 billion in cuts for the remainder of this year. Not enough, but a better start than others have done. Now they an get to work on the 2012 budget.
Give them time. They have until October if they want to stay on schedule.
TaxPayer
February 22nd, 2011
6:41 pm
When are the Republicans going to get to work and actually do something other than say no. They’re so borrrrrring.
josef nix
February 22nd, 2011
6:42 pm
Doggone
If you mean “Democratic” Party…fine, I’ll follow that, but it is the party of Democrats…is it not? I dislike the use of the adjective there, however official it might be…i like the noun structure better…imho the party has moved from being the party of individuals wedded to the concept of being a Democrat and into the arena of “having the characteristics of…”
Doggone/GA
February 22nd, 2011
6:44 pm
“follow that, but it is the party of Democrats…is it not?”
Are “Republicans” the party of Republics?
USMC dawg
February 22nd, 2011
6:44 pm
Finally, More Common Sense coming out of the Gold Dome:
http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/georgia-bill-would-require-848624.html
0311/0317 - 1811/1801
February 22nd, 2011
6:51 pm
Jay:
“Scout, I’m on record several times as opposing card check.”
Good ! Then tell me why anyone would try to justify it?
Doggone/GA
February 22nd, 2011
6:52 pm
” Then tell me why anyone would try to justify it?”
Maybe because they have the nerve to disagree with Jay on the subject?
0311/0317 - 1811/1801
February 22nd, 2011
6:55 pm
Doggone:
No ……….. because they are thugs and undemocratic and know they will usually lose if voting is accomplished secret ballot.
How much more “Un-American” can you get ?
And what would possess Obama to be for it?
Paul
February 22nd, 2011
6:56 pm
“Are “Republicans” the party of Republics?”
Not, it’s the party of……..
Never has a single line opened itself up to more wisecracks -
jconservative
February 22nd, 2011
6:56 pm
Lugar may be in trouble in the Republican Primary but he is a lock for re-election as an Independent.
Please recall the tea party types who nominated some numb loser as the Republican candidate for Senator only to have him lose to Murkowsky as a write in. A write in! And she stomped him.
Lugar will win his 6th term if he chooses to run.
josef nix
February 22nd, 2011
6:57 pm
Doggone
A Democrat is a person. A Republic is a political unit.
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
February 22nd, 2011
7:00 pm
USMC dawg
from your link:
Similarly, the legislation would require hospitals, nursing homes and other health care facilities to report how many of their patients are illegal immigrants, what treatment they received, the cost and dates of that treatment and information on if and how they paid for their care. That information would be published annually on the state Department of Community Health’s website.
That would be a clear violation of legislation passed more than 10 years ago called the HIPPA law. Not only that, you’re actively cheering on adding additional regulations and burdens on places that already have enough regulation and paperwork to deal with.
Oh well, I guess burdensome regulations are ok if it’s not a business that pads your campaign coffers.
0311/0317 - 1811/1801
February 22nd, 2011
7:00 pm
josef nix:
A Democracy is a political unit. A Republican is a person.
stands for decibels
February 22nd, 2011
7:01 pm
Scout, I’m on record several times as opposing card check.
yeah. How’s that working out for you?
josef nix
February 22nd, 2011
7:02 pm
Scout
Most correctly, that would be a Republicanist…
Dave R.
February 22nd, 2011
7:04 pm
“Please recall the tea party types who nominated some numb loser as the Republican candidate for Senator only to have him lose to Murkowsky as a write in. A write in! And she stomped him.”
First, jconservative, the Murkowsky name was well-known throughout the state, and relatively favorably. Next, she almost won the GOP primary in the first place. Third, the Democrat in that race was pathetic, so independent voters had no place to go. Fourth, the Murkowsky was generously assisted by both Miller (in gaffs) and the mainstream media in their attempts to minimize the guy.
And finally, you have no idea who this person is that is challenging Lugar for the nomination. I suspect your powers of prognostication are no better that Punxatawney Phil or General Lee.
Keep up the good fight!
February 22nd, 2011
7:05 pm
Scout zero….facts dont matter do they….see 5:37 and 5:49…..You want to talk about un-American, then talk about managment threats and interference with secret ballots.
USMC dawg
February 22nd, 2011
7:06 pm
No Soco, we need to identify the PARASITES/THIEVES and quantify how much they are STEALING from us, so people with their heads in the sand and intellectually dishonest people can’t deny the negative affect on our society.
I lived in LA and SAW hospitals CLOSED down because of the abuse from ILLEGAL ALIENS.
It is a great idea.
Dave R.
February 22nd, 2011
7:07 pm
“That would be a clear violation of legislation passed more than 10 years ago called the HIPPA law.”
Maybe so. Don’t agree with the proposed legislation, but I’m not sure that the HIPPA provisions can be enforced in this regard as the people in question aren’t citizens of this country. Don’t know the law on this every well.
TaxPayer
February 22nd, 2011
7:07 pm
It’s a good thing we have Obama and the Democrats creating jobs and improving the economhy because the Republicans are not doing a thing to help this country.
F. Sinkwich
February 22nd, 2011
7:10 pm
Taxpayer:
“When are the Republicans going to get to work and actually do something other than say no. They’re so borrrrrring.”
Kinda like the Dems in Wisconsin, huh?
0311/0317 - 1811/1801
February 22nd, 2011
7:10 pm
Jay:
A Yankee soldier once captured a Confederate. He asked him, “why are you guys fighting us?”.
The Confederate replied, “it’s a ’cause yor downhaya”.
Dave R.
February 22nd, 2011
7:11 pm
“You want to talk about un-American, then talk about managment threats and interference with secret ballots.”
There is NOTHING more American than standing up for your private property rights as a business owner and not allowing the tail to wag the dog.
USMC dawg
February 22nd, 2011
7:11 pm
Where is the Leftwing-Liberal outcry over the price of a gallon of gasoline????
$4 for a gallon of gas in California… I guess George Bush and his “evil” Oil Buddies are at it again.
0311/0317 - 1811/1801
February 22nd, 2011
7:11 pm
Keep Up the Pillow Fight!
If that’s true it ain’t right either but in my opinion, union thugery is far worse.
I have seen it firsthand.
F. Sinkwich
February 22nd, 2011
7:12 pm
Oh, and the conservatives don’t say ‘no.’ They say “Hell No!”
Doggone/GA
February 22nd, 2011
7:14 pm
“A Democrat is a person”
And a political party is NOT a person
F. Sinkwich
February 22nd, 2011
7:14 pm
Taxpayer, again:
“…the Republicans are not doing a thing to help this country.”
They’re killing public unions and reducing spending. That counts I think.
A lot.
0311/0317 - 1811/1801
February 22nd, 2011
7:15 pm
Dave R. :
Every union thug thinks the owner(s) money is his even though he (the thug) didn’t invest it.
Every once in awhile, when a thug union is causing problems I wish the owner would stand out in the parking lot at the start of the morning shift (with police escort of course) and say, “sorry folks, but you have been making such a fuss I ain’t making widgets anymore. The building is up for sale so go home and best of luck.”
F. Sinkwich
February 22nd, 2011
7:16 pm
Oh, and F Lugar. I would rather a Tea Party candidate lose to a raging lib like Obama than elect him back to the Senate.
Keep up the good fight!
February 22nd, 2011
7:20 pm
Scout Zero…and I have seen management thugery from inside the management office first hand and from any number of cases. One of the reasons that studies are made is because claimed personal experience, if truthful, may not represent reality but merely be a slice. I’ll be glad to put my prior personal experience as a management attorney in Wisconsin on labor matters against yours anytime. I suspect I saw a wider breadth of companies and cases and I know what was discussed behind closed doors on the management side.
But rather than rely on claimed experience which I cannot prove to you (as you cannot prove your “firsthand” experience) I provided published studies which demonstrate your claims are false and not supported by factual studies.
F. Sinkwich
February 22nd, 2011
7:21 pm
Hey, numbers, I knew a guy who did that. He was an owner of a pleasure boat manufacturing company whose workers decided to unionize. He called them all together one morning and told them they were all fired, then closed his business (he was 68 years old). He laughs his ass off whenever he tells the story.
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
February 22nd, 2011
7:22 pm
USMC
It might be a great idea to you, however in the eyes of the law, it’s illegal. Medical providers can not legally provide that kind of information. There’s this think called privacy that people here like. That’s one of those laws to protect privacy.
Dave
I don’t think HIPPA has anything to do with legal status. It’s all about protecting the privacy of patients and medical records. Any attempt to weaken it might lead to people trying to subpoena or open record request other people’s medical records. That’s one slippery slope I don’t want to see get greased up.
F. Sinkwich
February 22nd, 2011
7:23 pm
Keep, you are a true BS artist. Do you think anybody actually buys your crap?
Well, maybe your libby friends….
0311/0317 - 1811/1801
February 22nd, 2011
7:25 pm
Keep Up the Pillow Fight !:
Agree to Disagree.
Thanks for the input.
Signed:
Former Member,
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Nickel Plate Railroad
TaxPayer
February 22nd, 2011
7:25 pm
Republicans are such a joke. They have not balanced the budget or created any jobs except more government jobs for their friends and relatives and they still do nothing more than say no.
Keep up the good fight!
February 22nd, 2011
7:25 pm
Sinkwich….you can believe what you want. However, I already posted links to the published studies to back up my claims. So frankly, I dont care what you think.
0311/0317 - 1811/1801
February 22nd, 2011
7:26 pm
F. Sinkwich :
Careful ……….. he has a short fuse.
USMC dawg
February 22nd, 2011
7:27 pm
“It might be a great idea to you, however in the eyes of the law, it’s illegal. Medical providers can not legally provide that kind of information. There’s this think called privacy that people here like. That’s one of those laws to protect privacy.”
Yeah SOCO, I am sure you and your racist ancestors said the same thing about Slavery.
BUT It doesn’t make it right.
Kamchak
February 22nd, 2011
7:29 pm
He laughs his ass off whenever he tells the story.
No doubt a fine christian man.
Keep up the good fight!
February 22nd, 2011
7:29 pm
Scout zero…we can disagree as to whether each of our experiences represent a larger reality. However you cannot disagree with the factual published studies.
Keep up the good fight!
February 22nd, 2011
7:30 pm
Scout Zero…nice cheap shot, just your style.
jack bull
February 22nd, 2011
7:30 pm
sorry to be go off topic, but did i hear correctly that President Obama was on vacation again recently in Vail CO? just wondering….
TnGelding
February 22nd, 2011
7:30 pm
Lugar should prevail, but why not just retire? It’s probably time.
jack bull
February 22nd, 2011
7:31 pm
sorry to be ‘going’ off topic…
TnGelding
February 22nd, 2011
7:31 pm
No, that was the Mrs. and the kids.
TaxPayer
February 22nd, 2011
7:31 pm
(According to AFL-CIO calculations using Labor Department data, workers in right-to-work states make $5,333 less than their counterparts in non-right-to-work states.)
Just another case of Republican union envy so they’re trying to force unionized workers to work for less. Republicans are such losers. Demand a $5000 pay raise or move to a state with unionized workers so you too can make that extra $5000.
TaxPayer
February 22nd, 2011
7:33 pm
sorry to be go off topic, but did i hear correctly that President Obama was on vacation again recently in Vail CO? just wondering….
You should go ask him and report back.
Dave R.
February 22nd, 2011
7:33 pm
“However you cannot disagree with the factual published studies.”
Actually, you can disagree with the studies, based on who did them, who they “interviewed”, etc, etc, etc.
F. Sinkwich
February 22nd, 2011
7:33 pm
Not mine, but you may be a member of a public employee union if:
10.) You take a week off to protest in Wisconsin and your office runs better.
9.) On a snow day when they say “non-essential” people should stay home you know who they mean.
8.) You get paid twice as much as a private sector person doing the same job but make up the difference by doing half as much work.
7.) It takes longer to fire you than the average killer spends on death row.
6.) The worse you do your job, the more your boss avoids you.
5.) You think the French are working themselves to death.
4.) You know by having a copy of the Holy Koran on your desk your job is 100% safe.
3.) You spend more time at protest marches than at church.
2.) You have a Democratic congressman’s lips permanently attached to your butt.
1.) You pay more in union dues than you do for your healthcare insurance.
0311/0317 - 1811/1801
February 22nd, 2011
7:33 pm
Keep Up the Pillow Fight !
See …………… you have a short fuse.
0311/0317 - 1811/1801
February 22nd, 2011
7:34 pm
F. Sinkwich :
LOL !!!
TnGelding
February 22nd, 2011
7:34 pm
Where she dined on short ribs:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2011/02/22/2011-02-22_vail_restaurant_owner_says_michelle_obamas_short_ribs_more_like_600_calories_not.html?r=news/politics
Dave R.
February 22nd, 2011
7:36 pm
“(According to AFL-CIO calculations using Labor Department data, workers in right-to-work states make $5,333 less than their counterparts in non-right-to-work states.)”
And as usual, we have the “lies, damned lies and statistics” portion of our program this evening, brought to us by the TaxCheat.
Maybe you could go back and do a bit of study for us, and find out if the right to work states in question have cost of living differences, job classification differences, etc. You know, like pertinent facts?
josef nix
February 22nd, 2011
7:37 pm
SoCo
“Yeah SOCO, I am sure you and your racist ancestors said the same thing about Slavery”
How do you respond to THAT? Oy, gevalt???
Dave R.
February 22nd, 2011
7:38 pm
OK, Sinkwich, #5 is funny!
Keep up the good fight!
February 22nd, 2011
7:38 pm
Scout Zero…pointing out a personal dig as a cheap shot is a short fuse? Sorry. You lost another debate on facts as usual. So be it.
Disgusted
February 22nd, 2011
7:39 pm
Yeah SOCO, I am sure you and your racist ancestors said the same thing about Slavery.
It might interest you to know, USMC dawg, that SoCo is a black man, and I doubt that he had any racist ancestors in the sense you imply. Please, stop posting. You’re embarrassing many of the rest of us ex-Marines who don’t like to be thought of as knuckleheads.
Adam
February 22nd, 2011
7:41 pm
josef @ 5:30 That was my sarcastic point
Dave R @ 6:13: Uh, they made their own Articles of Confederation, to REPLACE the Constitution. That document effectively made there be NO Federal government. And look how well that worked out for them.
You know, like pertinent facts?
As long as they don’t follow your pattern of failed attempts at getting pertinent facts, I’m cool with that.
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
February 22nd, 2011
7:41 pm
Yeah SOCO, I am sure you and your racist ancestors said the same thing about Slavery.
Question for you jackass, how can my ancestors be racist when they were the ones being lynched, whipped, and raped???
“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.”
—- Abraham Lincoln
josef nix
February 22nd, 2011
7:42 pm
Disgusted
Don’t bet SoCo didn’t have any racist ancestors in the category you imply…
Go shaking the family tree, ain’t no tellin’ what’ll fall out, eh, SoCo…
0311/0317 - 1811/1801
February 22nd, 2011
7:42 pm
Pillow Fight !
If you say so and it will make you feel better ………………. yawn.
Doggone/GA
February 22nd, 2011
7:42 pm
“You’re embarrassing many of the rest of us ex-Marines who don’t like to be thought of as knuckleheads”
Yeah, well…we all know that saying about making ASSumptions…don’t we?
Dave R.
February 22nd, 2011
7:42 pm
At the risk of sounding even MORE politically incorrect, josef, maybe SoCo can just channel Barbara Billingsley:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=190iqepL-G4
josef nix
February 22nd, 2011
7:43 pm
ADAM
Glad you’re still here…I caught that when I went back and re-read your post…my jerking knee got in the way. My apologies….
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
February 22nd, 2011
7:44 pm
josef
I learn more about me and my ancestors everyday…
Disgusted
Don’t worry, I’m a firm believer in one bad apple does not spoil the bunch. I had Marines in my family, and I know he doesn’t represent what a real Marine is by saying crap like that. I’ll pray for his forgiveness tonight before I lay my head down. It’s pretty damned obvious that he needs prayer. Maybe we all should pray for him.
TaxPayer
February 22nd, 2011
7:44 pm
I see Dumb R. is in his usual state of stupor. Borrrrring.
josef nix
February 22nd, 2011
7:46 pm
DAVE R
@7:42
One of my all time favorite scenes in any movie! You can imagine how that one tickled my professional nerve!
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
February 22nd, 2011
7:46 pm
Dave………
Damn bro, you didn’t have to pull the Babs card on me. That is one of my all-time favorite movie scenes. You got me in f’n tears!!!!!!!!!
josef nix
February 22nd, 2011
7:47 pm
SoCo
Bless his pea pickin l’il heart!
Learn more about MY ancestors, too! Know what? Love them rotten apples…
Adam
February 22nd, 2011
7:48 pm
josef: I figured
It’s cool.
Disgusted
February 22nd, 2011
7:48 pm
I see Dumb R. is in his usual state of stupor. Borrrrring.
Anybody know how to go about putting his wife in for the Medal of Honor? What a horrible trial it must be to live with such a dogmatic, utterly humorless, stale person!
TaxPayer
February 22nd, 2011
7:49 pm
The billionaire brothers whose political action committee gave Gov. Scott Walker $43,000 and helped fund a multi-million-dollar attack ad campaign against his opponent during the 2010 gubernatorial election have quietly opened a lobbying office in Madison just off the Capitol Square.
Those Republicans do like to keep their supply of Koch near by so they will have ready access to it when they need another snort. They’re really addicted to that Koch.
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
February 22nd, 2011
7:49 pm
josef
Did you know those two guys pretty much winged it and knew what each other was saying? I saw an interview with the two of them talking about that scene.
jack bull
February 22nd, 2011
7:53 pm
i should go ask the President himself if he was recently on vacation again? wow..
and when will the so-called Democrats start complaining about gas prices? or will they wait til they get to 5/gal? come on guys, it’s time y’all start squeaking, y’all know better than anybody that ole saying ’squeaky wheel gets the grease’…please, start now!!!!
Keep up the good fight!
February 22nd, 2011
7:53 pm
TaxPayer…Koch is also funding the tea party protestors through the Dick Armey astroturf too.
Adam
February 22nd, 2011
7:56 pm
First they came for the Muslims, but I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Muslim
Then they came for the people on food stamps, but I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t on food stamps.
Then they came for the gays, but I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t gay.
Then they came for the women who had or might in the future have an abortion, but I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a woman.
Then they came for the unions, but I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t in a union.
Then they came for the research and development scientists, but I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a scientist.
Then they came for the atheists, but I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t an atheist.
….
Can anyone else see where this is going? It’s an all out witch hunt! It’s national, and it’s being injected into local politics everywhere now.
USMC dawg
February 22nd, 2011
7:56 pm
“Don’t bet SoCo didn’t have any racist ancestors in the category you imply…
Go shaking the family tree, ain’t no tellin’ what’ll fall out, eh, SoCo…”
My point exactly Josef. Thanks
And “Disgusted” I will continue to post until Jay asks me to stop; at which time I will respectfully comply with his wishes.
Dave R.
February 22nd, 2011
7:56 pm
“What a horrible trial it must be to live with such a dogmatic, utterly humorless, stale person!”
Just goes to show, as usual, that you don’t know a damned thing about – anything, Disgusted.
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
February 22nd, 2011
7:57 pm
jack
If gas hits $10, ain’t a damned thing we can do but either pay for it or walk. With all the stuff going on in the ME, we’re along for the ride just like the rest of the world. Should have listened to T. Boone and started using Nat Gas…..
josef nix
February 22nd, 2011
7:57 pm
SoCo
I love dialect. The things you can say in dialect that, well, just don’t carry the same meaning in the “standard” language and then the assumption dialect speakers make that “those people” won’t know what we’re saying….
I was at the Cafe du Monde once when a really rude group of French tourists took to maligning the locals. They went on for a few minutes and then a lovely Creole lady goes over to their table and tells them in flawless academic French, “and some of us know when visiting others to be polite in their house. And, yes, they can not only understand you, they can speak the language and speak it correctly. You do not reflect well on your people.” Several around gave her polite applause and bows! The look on the tourists’ faces was something to behold!
jack bull
February 22nd, 2011
8:00 pm
or should we have listened to Newt and started to ‘drill here, drill now’?
TaxPayer
February 22nd, 2011
8:00 pm
Gas prices are set by the free market. Why should the Democrats interfere with the free market.
josef nix
February 22nd, 2011
8:01 pm
USMC
It isn’t that I was trying to make your point with my sarcasm…SoCo and I have a running joke between us on just what is liable to fall out!
USMC dawg
February 22nd, 2011
8:02 pm
“Gas prices are set by the free market. Why should the Democrats interfere with the free market.”
No, I thought gas prices were set by George Bush and his Oil Buddies?
TaxPayer
February 22nd, 2011
8:02 pm
If BP had not plugged that Gulf well, we could have all had free oil. Darn those EPA people and Obama for demanding that oil well be plugged.
TaxPayer
February 22nd, 2011
8:03 pm
No, I thought gas prices were set by George Bush and his Oil Buddies?
Not since George broke up with that Saudi Prince.
Southern Comfort (aka The Man)
February 22nd, 2011
8:03 pm
Drilling here only puts oil on the open market. There’s no guarantee that it will stay here unless we’re the highest bidder. We do that, and we’re still paying $10 gas.
Adam
February 22nd, 2011
8:04 pm
TaxPayer: Don’t forget the moratorium! Jobs are more important than an ecosystem, after all.
barking frog
February 22nd, 2011
8:05 pm
What’s good for the oil companies is good for America.
Adam
February 22nd, 2011
8:06 pm
BTW, what exactly is preventing us from taking our American oil companies and drilling wherever we damn well please, and not selling our oil to anyone except the U.S. Oh and btw we could use our Coast Guard and Navy to make sure no one else drills in our waters too. Why not?