While I take in the factor that the pres stands to make a lot of money off of oil while he is in office, there are other factors. Take China's and India's booming economies, Governments around the world trying to establish punishment taxes on it's people all under the guise of "Global Warming" and the fact that this country hasn't built an oil refinery in nearly 40 years. Which might I add is also because of the global warming folks... but the cause has changed hands from nuclear winter, to global cooling, to acid rain, to deforestation... please fill me in if I missed any of the latest militant environmental causes... there is also the fact that we have more oil in South Dakota than Saudi Arabia, yet we don't touch it. O and lets not forget Anwar, the Alaskan oil exploration site smaller than the size of 3 football fields! O and the protesting against new construction of nuclear power plants, which would in turn have us using less coal and oil to make electricity. Environmentalists are to blame way more than Bush for the price of fuel.

Historically I could buy this, but the dollar has made recent gains and gas prices continued to shoot up.

Why hasn't the Democratically controlled congress implemented their "common sense" plan to reduce prices? Why haven't they worked to open up ANWR?

Why do you think it won't help give us lower prices? How can increased supply not help?

Posted By drummer72 on 06/05/2008 11:16 PM
Yes, I'm waiting for hastings and reagan to chime in

You get your wish. Let us examine the facts. For decades the left have opposed drilling for oil in Alaska and off our shores, building refineries, and nuclear power. Now that India and China have greatly increased their oil demands, and we have not had a corresponding increase in supply, the old law of supply and demand takes effect and prices go up. Using the logic of the left , it is obvious that  all of the above is the fault of George Bush.

To respond to kenmoreguys question as to why the Rep congress did not pass legislation to drill in ANWR - You do not know the facts. Several attempts were made by republicans to do just that. The last was in December of 05. On Dec. 21,2005 a Democratic filibuster killed the plan. Do not take my word for it, look it up. There go those pesky facts again, destroying a perfectly good emotional rant.

Again, you have your facts wrong, the ANWR provision was attached to the defense bill, not the other way around. The Dems filibustered to get ANWR excluded,not to defeat the defense bill. No matter how you try to duck , twist, and turn, your statement that Reps did not try to pass a bill allowing drilling in ANWR is false. Those pesky facts struck again! They tried several times an each time it was killed by the Dems. They had good reasons (in their opinion) to do so at the time, but to say years later, they did not kill the bills, is just dishonest. 

No one has claimed that ANWR is a long term solution, but it could ,with the help of offshore drilling, help increase supply and thus decrease prices (basic law of supply and demand).

As to why Bush's crystal ball did not tell him years ago that the economies of India and China would explode and greatly increase world wide demand for oil, I have no idea. Perhaps he should have listened to all of the prominent Democrats who knew that this was going to happen. Who were they, by the way? 

The Democrats stopped the bill because it was a crazy idea of using 1 piece of legislation to carry another. I believe McCain even criticized Senator Steven's attempt at that. I'm not twisting anything...the Republicans didn't pass any legislation during their years in power. Fact! Show me where they did pass legislation. You can say the Democrats blocked the attempts, but in my opinion, they were right in doing so...much like this instance where Senator Stevens was out of line.
Why is it that the only way to fix the oil crisis is through drilling?? Oh yeah...because it keeps lininig the pockets of the oil industry.

Now, do you really want to go back and forth all day on something we have a difference of opinion on.

The original video clip was from March.  A time when gas was rising and me, you and everyone here knew that gas was probably going to hit 4 dollars a gallon. 
So, for a third time....how could GW have been so clueless when someone discussed the prices of 4 dollars a gallon?  Can't a right just state the obvious....Georgie is out of touch with reality?

Remember, the national average price of a gallon of gas was $2.10  when the Democrats took control of Congress less than 2 years ago!.  

Another thing to remember is that there are a number of Republicans that have been brainwashed by the global warming fraudsters, so those members are voting with the Democratic majority on environmental issues.  Getting enough members in Congress to accept the fact that to be safe and not sorry, we should be pumping our own oil and not buying any from other countries isn't easy to do.  

On the bright side, we're only buying about 18% of our oil from other countries, so if increasing our own production was made a priority beginning tomorrow, we just might be able to pull through this mess in a few years without our economy being totally wrecked!        

How are you doing any differently by constantly blaming the Republicans?

Democrats are no stranger to this tactic.

If you're going to complain about partisanship, then why aren't you taking swipes at Pelosi for her statement: "Democrats have a commonsense plan to help bring down skyrocketing gas prices by cracking down on price gouging, rolling back the billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies, tax breaks and royalty relief given to big oil and gas companies, and increasing production of alternative fuels."

As Cactus Rob points out, prices have gone way up. Where is that commonsense plan?

Did you fall off the turnip truck yesterday?

OMG. If you think that attaching a different provision to a bill in order to get it passed is a crazy idea, you must of had a very bad US History teacher.This is how thing have been done almost since the beginning of the Republic. The Democratic Congress is doing the exact same thing this year, as every Congress does every year. On this subject, I find you logic confusing. You fault the Reps for not passing drilling legislation, then you praise the Dems for blocking the legislation. So, in effect, the Reps are bad for not being able to get the bill passed, and the Dems are good for not allowing the bill to be passed.

One more time, basic economics 101, in order to lower the price of a commodity you must increase the supply or reduce the demand, As more and more nations industrialize and grow their economies (India and China are the biggest examples of this) demand will continue to grow. Conservation efforts are all well and good but overall world wide demand for oil is going to go up.So, demand is not going down. That leaves us with supply. So far as I know, drilling is the only way to get more oil. If you know of another way please share.

We are not going back and forth over opinions. You voiced opinions, I pointed out facts that demonstrate that your opinions are in error. At no time have I voiced an opinion (maybe once, when I said that you must of had a bad history teacher). I just point out verifiable facts. If these facts do not mesh with your preconceived world view perhaps you should consider a more fact based view of things.