June 21, 2008
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10:30 A.M.
The Boost Republicans Need In November? Keep pounding them on this …
Robert Novak notes:
“Drill Now!”
Members of Congress were swamped by telephone calls and e-mail messages Thursday demanding, “Drill now!” in response to a Republican call for increased American oil production to fight runaway gasoline prices.
Lawmakers got little response to previous proposals intended to lower the cost of oil: alternative energy sources, a federal gasoline tax holiday, an excess profits tax on U.S. oil producers and pressure on foreign oil producers. In contrast, the demand to “drill now” (first urged this year by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich) has taken hold.
A footnote: A challenge to his House colleagues by Republican Rep. Lynn Westmoreland of Georgia to sign a letter pledging that “I will vote to increase U.S. oil production to lower gas prices for Americans” began Thursday morning with 72 signatures and by mid-afternoon had reached 152. Only one was a Democrat: Neal Abercrombie of Hawaii, which has especially high gasoline prices. Signatures also were mounting on two petitions to force Democratic-controlled committees to send to the House floor two mandatory oil-drilling bills.
11:00 A.M.
** Careful “swapping-out” your empty propane tank for a filled one.
** Seems things are getting ‘heated‘ in Israel … They might be prepping for a hot summer strike in Iran. And Miss Israel … Well, she’s da bomb!
8:45 P.M.
A Non-Lame Pres. George Bush In Today’s Saturday Morning Radio Address:
The fundamental problem behind high gas prices is that the supply of oil has not kept up with the rising demand across the world. One obvious solution is for America to increase our domestic oil production. So my Administration has repeatedly called on Congress to open access to new oil exploration here in the United States. Unfortunately, Democrats on Capitol Hill have rejected virtually every proposal. Now Americans are paying the price at the pump for this obstruction. So this week, I asked Democratic congressional leaders to take the side of working families and small businesses and farmers and ranchers and move forward with four steps to expand American oil and gasoline production … Second, we should expand American oil production by tapping into the extraordinary potential of oil shale. … One major deposit in the Rocky Mountain West alone would equal current annual oil imports for more than a hundred years. Unfortunately, Democrats in Congress are standing in the way of further development. In last year’s omnibus spending bill, Democratic leaders inserted a provision blocking oil shale leasing on Federal lands. That provision can be taken out as easily as it was slipped in — and Congress should do so immediately … I know Democratic leaders have opposed some of these policies in the past. Now that their opposition has helped drive gas prices to record levels, I ask them to reconsider their positions. If congressional leaders leave for the Fourth of July recess without taking action, they will need to explain why $4-a-gallon gasoline is not enough incentive for them to act.
10:30 P.M.
“You brought two too many …”
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