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Apparently smarting from polls that put his Senate leadership in the single digits, Harry Reid decided to fight back starting with this letter to The Hill Blog:
When our country is in crisis, Congress must be ready to take immediate action. Democrats in Congress have tried to take action again and again. We have proposed both [...]

Tags: alternative energy, congress, democrats, energy, harry reid, minority, nancy pelosi, oil, oil traders, opec, price gougers, republicans, Senate, tax

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Via See-Dubya at Michelle Malkin’s blog, with an assist from Gasbuddy:

Apparently Nancy is finally starting to feel the heat.  So, she came up with the ultimate solution her feable mind could produce:

July 8, 2008
The Honorable George W. Bush
The President of the United States
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20500 [...]

Tags: bush, china, clinton, demand, drawdown, economy, energy, Katrina, oil, oline, opec, pelosi, petroleum, president, price, recession, SPR

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The jam we’re in right now was put in place thirty years ago.  In that time, we’ve gone from being an energy exporter to an energy junkie.  It really doesn’t matter where we get our hit, so long as we don’t have to accept any responsibility for it.  For instance:

Oil - The Democrats absolutely refuse [...]

Tags: anwr, coal, democrats, economy, electric, energy, federal, france, gas, global, global warming, GM, harry reid, hybrid, nancy pelosi, nuclear, oil, opec, palo verde, pelosi, reactor, republicans, trash, warming

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I LOVE this!
The Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting is proposing a $300 million government prize to whomever can develop an automobile battery that far surpasses existing technology.
The bounty would equate to $1 for every man, woman and child in the country, “a small price to pay for helping to break the back of our oil dependency,” McCain [...]

Tags: 300 million, battery, dependence, electric, mccain, opec, republican

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Saudi Arabia has announced it’s increasing production by 200,000 barrels a day.  There are some thoughts I have about the article.

“Saudi Arabia is concerned that sustained high oil prices will eventually slacken the world’s appetite for oil, affecting the kingdom in the long run.”  I wonder what gave them that idea?  Could it have been [...]

Tags: anwr, aptera, aptra, dependence, economics, ethanol, gas, hybdrid, legislation, mccain, obama, oil, opec, petroleum, president, saudi arabia, SUV, volt

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It’s making the rounds again as the Dems warm up for the fall.  Obama’s already testing it.  Clinton has worn it out already.  Several have already blamed the price of gas on Bush, and most have offered their solutions to the Bush problem.  When you listen to them make those arguments, remember one thing:

That’s the [...]

Tags: anwr, bush, clinton, electric, gas, nuclear, oil, Oil Policy, Oil Supply, opec, petroleum, price, terrorism

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This folks, is nuts:
“We’re going to go right at OPEC,” Clinton said, on a last-minute campaign swing ahead of Tuesday’s Indiana and North Carolina primary clashes against her Democratic rival Barack Obama.
“They can no longer be a cartel, a monopoly that get together once every couple of months in some conference room in some plush [...]

Tags: anwr, demand, hillary clinton, monopoly, opec, supply, wto

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We’ve already seen what Nancy Pelosi has done for rocketing energy prices, she’s made it worse.  Now, we’ve got Harry Reid tackling the issue since it’s obvious Nancy’s ideas just make things worse.
Another item under consideration for Reid’s bill is a demand that the Bush administration put pressure on Saudi Arabia and other OPEC-member nations [...]

Tags: ernergy, harry reid, oil petroleum, opec, SPR

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This email is making the rounds.  It’s fairly accurate, but not totally:
We need to buy AMERICAN for a change.  Please read this.  Thanks.
 
WHERE TO BUY YOUR USA-GAS, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW . READ ON–
Gas rationing in the 80’s worked even though we grumbled about it.  It might even be good for us!
The Saudis [...]

Tags: amoco, arco, boycott, bp, chavez, chevron, citgo, conoco, exxon, hess, marathon, mobil, nancy pelosi, opec, phillips, saudi arabia, shell, sinclair, speedway, sunoco, texaco

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