| Re: Oil Politics: GOP Outmanuvers Dum-o-crats: Nancy, Please Get A Clue |
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Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile
Author: ShrikebackShrikeback Date: Aug 11, 2008 13:15
On Aug 11, 7:43Â am, Robert Cohen msn.com> wrote:> The babbits are seemingly winning the
> propaganda gold metal, and laughing & tut tutting at their foolish
> opponents dilemma.
>
> FACT: The overwhelming mass of Americans is being victimized by both
> parties' shitty energy
> politics since 1973 (except Jimmy Carter's), and imho will go
> Republican again with 3--5 dollar
> gasolene and diesel.
>
> This is a no brainer, as a James Carville would admit over dinner.
>
> Dopes anybody really think  truck jockeys, tourist businesses,
> commuters etal, and families will vote for the Democrats who are
> currently seemed to be inhibiting oil supply?
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> McCain has machiavellianingly quickly flip-flopped on Anwar and off-
> shore drilling
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> Obama has tried to make the decision ambiguouus, which (imho) is a
> loser.
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> Nancy Pelosi has been out-politiked, and she knows it.
>
> They say she'll release the House Democrats to approve or disapprove
> by themselves (independently) when Congress resumes; and I hope that's
> not too late by then
>
> The GOP has found its issue, and it's no surprise that they'll try to
> demagogue it back into incompetent, mal-administreation political power
This is not mere demagoguery. Allowing
off-shore drilling will necessarily have a number
of beneficial effects:
1. It will create high-paying jobs.
2. It will change expectations concerning oil prices. Oil is
now in a bubble; this is obvious because it has risen at a
greater than exponential rate in the last couple years. That
is _not_ sustainable. Clearly, as with real estate, the
general trend is upwards, but a greater than exponential
increase is a sign of a bubble. The popping of the bubble
will require a change in expectations (concerning the value
of the dollar _and_ the value of the commodity in the bubble).
We all know that no matter how dumb Repuglicans
can be, Democrats are always dumber.
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