Spelunking With Nancy!!
Some say she’s flip flopping on drilling. I say she’s CAVING. (Get it? Spelunking….. Caving….. Nevermind)
From the Larry King Show via Michelle Malkin:
PELOSI: I would not. It depends how the drilling is put forth. But I don’t — that is not excluded, let me say it that way. It depends how that is proposed, if the safeguards are there. Now, mind you, 68 million acres — 10 million more acres in Alaska where they can drill. But if there’s — if we can get some great things, in terms of renewable energy resources; a renewable electricity standard; wind, solar, biofuels and the rest in that context, because if you make a decision only to go with the offshore drilling, you are increasing our dependence on fossil fuels and you will never free yourself of that addiction unless you invest in the renewable energy resources that are good for the environment, cheaper for the consumer and will reverse global warming.
And the consumer is our first responsibility. The American taxpayer owns this oil offshore, by the way. Let me make this one final point. This oil is owned by the American taxpayers. The oil companies drill. We give them money to drill there. But we get very little in return.
So I think as we have this debate, which is a very healthy one to have and I welcome it, we have to review and realign the relationship between our oil, big oil’s profits and what it means to the consumer and the taxpayer.
Hmm. You welcome the debate, eh Nancy. That would explain you running away from the debate to try to sell that blockbuster of book. Yes it’s our oil and YOU are our employee. You talk about us getting very little in return from the oil companies, HA, we get less from our congress. STFU and get to work……
Kate said,
August 12, 2008 @ 6:33 pm
Why would she want to do her JOB? She’s too busy pushing a book NO ONE wants to read, much less buy! Ranked 1,960 on Amazon! It’s actually DROPPED a 1000! LMAO
Uncle Bill said,
August 12, 2008 @ 9:27 pm
When will these blockheads ever take a course in economics 101. The “windfall” profits you keep sticking to us unwashed populace are called GROSS profits. That’s before all costs of doing business are deducted. It seems to have missed their minds that an oil exec before congress tried to explain that, but I guess his voice wasn’t loud enough to wake them up. Deduct the costs and the NET profit paints a whole different picture. Understand? Probably not!