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From: John B. on 5 Sep 2008 12:51 On Sep 5, 12:16 pm, "dene" <d...(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote: > "John B." <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:cd75bd73-27f3-434d-bfaf-12aa6fed2b4f(a)j22g2000hsf.googlegroups.com... > > McCain has many enemies in Washington and a lot of them are > Republicans. That is not a good foundation for the cooperative, > collegial bipartisanship he claims to favor. > > Remember when Bush called himself a "uniter, not a divider?" I'm not > falling for that again. > > ================================== > > Are you implying that you once voted for Bush? > > -Greg No, I'm saying I thought he was honest.
From: Trevor Zion Bauknight on 5 Sep 2008 13:09 In article <302691a1-7a67-47c5-a248-85ba89095f71(a)b38g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, lein <boomer_the_cat(a)my-deja.com> wrote: > On Sep 4, 11:42�am, annika1980 <annika1...(a)aol.com> wrote: > > Last night Sarah Palin made a speech which went 40 minutes but was > > short on issues. > > The one brief mention of policy was stolen straight from Barack > > Obama's DNC speech. > > > > Here's what Obama siad in his speech: > > "As President, I will tap our natural gas reserves, invest in clean > > coal technology, and find ways to safely harness nuclear power. I'll > > help our auto companies re-tool, so that the fuel-efficient cars of > > the future are built right here in America. I'll make it easier for > > the American people to afford these new cars. And I'll invest 150 > > billion dollars over the next decade in affordable, renewable sources > > of energy - wind power and solar power and the next generation of > > biofuels; an investment that will lead to new industries and five > > million new jobs that pay well and can't ever be outsourced." > > > > Now here's what palin had to say: > > "Starting in January, in a McCain-Palin administration, we're going to > > lay more pipelines ... build more new-clear plants ... create jobs > > with clean coal ... and move forward on solar, wind, geothermal, and > > other alternative sources." > > > > Is there an echo in here? > > > When Barack says "I'll invest 150 billion dollars", does that mean > he'll invest his money or yours? Both. Ours. An investment in the common good, get it? It's called government. -- Trev
From: Frank Ketchum on 5 Sep 2008 14:00 "William Clark" <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote in message news:wclark2-C86C5D.10284705092008(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu... > Pardon? Miss Alaska would like to drill to line her pockets. Many of the > rest of us would like to preserve something for nature, especially given > that we will be done with oil within the next 50 years anyway. Perhaps you should do a little research about all of the different products that we use daily which are derived from oil. You are touching one of them right now.
From: John B. on 5 Sep 2008 14:08 On Sep 5, 2:00 pm, "Frank Ketchum" <nospamfo...(a)thanksanyway.net> wrote: > "William Clark" <wcla...(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote in message > > news:wclark2-C86C5D.10284705092008(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu... > > > Pardon? Miss Alaska would like to drill to line her pockets. Many of the > > rest of us would like to preserve something for nature, especially given > > that we will be done with oil within the next 50 years anyway. > > Perhaps you should do a little research about all of the different products > that we use daily which are derived from oil. You are touching one of them > right now. Perhaps you should do a little research about how much oil the US has and how much it consumes. While you're at it, look at the Energy Information Administration's estimates of how much oil there is under ANWR and offshore, how long it would take to get it from the ground to the gas pumps, how long it would last, and what effect it would have on gas prices.
From: Lloyd Parsons on 5 Sep 2008 14:43
In article <6id45nFq9g7uU1(a)mid.individual.net>, "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote: > "Frank Ketchum" <nospamforme(a)thanksanyway.net> wrote in message > news:r4cwk.37562$Rs1.1283(a)newsfe08.iad... > > > > "lein" <boomer_the_cat(a)my-deja.com> wrote in message > > news:302691a1-7a67-47c5-a248-85ba89095f71(a)b38g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > > > > > When Barack says "I'll invest 150 billion dollars", does that mean > > > he'll invest his money or yours? > > > > To liberals, our money is theirs. > > No truer words. I get a kick out of all the talk about foreclosures. If > the Dems control the white house and congress, then $$ will fall from the > sky and make these people's payments for them. Same with health insurance. > Same with the price of gas. > > -Greg Oh please! The republicans have spent and borrowed more than the Democrats every thought they could get away with. After this administration and the congress he had most of that time, I don't ever want to hear a Republican talk about pissing money away. |