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Posted at 5:14pm on Jul. 6, 2008 Domestic Oil: 5 years from exploration to production
By Josh Painter
How often have you heard Democrat politicians and liberal environmentalists argue that it makes no sense to drill for oil domestically because it will take at least ten years before we will see any of that oil?
Let's put that old canard permanently to rest, shall we? According to a report from APRN, Alaska's Public Radio Network, it's been done in just half that time:
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Posted at 12:57pm on Jul. 6, 2008 National Buffoon's European Vacation
By Josh Painter
Word is out that Barack Obama and his campaign's brain trust are thinking of staging the most audacious photo op in American political history. But this one will take place on German, not American, soil:
Democratic US presidential candidate Barack Obama has requested permission to give an address at the Brandenburg Gate when he visits Berlin later this month, according to German media reports.
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Posted at 7:22pm on Jul. 5, 2008 The amazing coalition
By Josh Painter
Imagine, if you can, liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans joining together for a common purpose. I wouldn't blame you if you're unable to coax your mind into conjuring up such an image. But despite the odds against it, such an unlikely coalition has indeed formed and is growing rapidly.
Just what could have happened to produce an amazing coalition such as the one I'm blogging about? Surely it must be some universal issue. Four-dollar gasoline? Child abuse? The end of the run of Battlestar Gallactica?
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Posted at 8:57am on Jul. 3, 2008 Oh, ye Kossack of little faith
By Josh Painter
It doesn't take much to make Markos Moulitsas, King of the Kos Kidz, go ballistic. The latest flips and flops by preseumptive Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama are having that effect. But Kos has been known to hurl his favorite invective ("F*** you") over much less. Here's what the Obamessiah is doing to tie the leftist blogger's undies in such a knot:
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Posted at 9:23pm on Jun. 29, 2008 Dems to America: 'No, you can't.'
By Josh Painter
Democrats are nothing if not ironic. Their presumptive predidential nominee has made "Yes, we can" the buzzwords of his campaign, but the message his party sends to Americans is, "No, you can't."
Recent polls from Gallup, Opinion Dynamics, Rasmussen and Zogby are clear evidence that a majority of Americans support increased domestic oil drilling and refining, yet the Democrats in Congress continue to block every proposed bill which would allow it. Democrat "leaders" from from Nancy Pelosi to Harry Reid to Barack Obama and their supporters put their hands over their ears at the mere suggestion and repeat Talking Point #1: "We can't drill our way out of this." According to the Rasmussen survey referenced above, most Americans do not share this assessment.
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Posted at 12:21pm on Jun. 27, 2008 Obama - The New King of Flip Flop
By Josh Painter
John Kerry, you're off the hook. Mitt Romney, we're giving you a well-deserved break. You guys were great flip-floppers in your day, but now you've been seriously upstaged. All hail the new King of Flip-Flop - Barack Obama.
As a rookie flip-flopper, Obama first drew the attention of the environmental lobby about this time last year:
Although summer hasn’t officially begun, flip-flop season is well underway and it appears Senator Obama has joined the club. Typically flip-floppers are criticized for their inability to stay firm on an issue, but in Obama’s case, his flop has many environmentalists flipping back his way.
On Tuesday Obama, whose support for coal-to-liquid has been widely criticized by environmentalists, sent out a press release clarifying his position on liquid coal:
Senator Obama supports research into all technologies to help solve our climate change and energy dependence problems, including shifting our energy use to renewable fuels and investing in technology that could make coal a clean-burning source of energy…However, unless and until this technology is perfected, Senator Obama will not support the development of any coal-to-liquid fuels unless they emit at least 20% less life-cycle carbon than conventional fuels.
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Posted at 10:38pm on Jun. 21, 2008 A McCain cabinet?
By Josh Painter
Pure speculation time again! Here's my vision of a possible McCain Administration cabinet and some other key posts. Here we go:
Agriculture - Marilyn Musgrave, Congresswoman (R-CO)
Representing Colorado's 4th district, Musgrave is a staunch conservative, strong on domestic drilling and a member of the House Agriculture Committee.
Commerce - Mitt Romney, former Governor (R-MA)
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Posted at 11:17am on Jun. 20, 2008 "Same Kool-Aid"
By Josh Painter
"Same Kool-Aid"
To the tune of "Renegade" by Styx
with my apologies to Tommy Shaw...
Obama, I'm in fear for my country with you as president
I would wake up one day and wonder just where my freedom went
Obama I can hear you a-talking about all your hope and change
But it's the same old politics and I think you're very strange
The jig is up, the news is out
They finally found you
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Posted at 7:50pm on Jun. 19, 2008 Is McCain coming around on ANWR?
By Josh Painter
In his townhall meeting here in Springfield, MO, yesterday, GOP presidential nominee-in-waiting John McCain indicated that he may be changing his tune on drilling in Alaska's ANWR reserve. According to the local Gannett fish wrapper:
For years, McCain has opposed drilling for oil in Alaska's Arctic National Refuge Area (ANWR).
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Posted at 6:51am on Jun. 19, 2008 Yes, we CAN drill our way out of this
By Josh Painter
You must have seen or heard it. It's been repeated ad nauseum by Democrats on floors of both houses of Congress, before TV cameras and radio microphones and at recent campaign events. "We can't drill our way out of this." The donkey party's latest mantra has been hammered home by the usual suspects from Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid to Barack Obama. Like most Democrat talking points, it's a falsehood.