Limbaugh speaks about OIL!!!

mark · Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 1:14 pm Post subject: Limbaugh speaks about OIL!!!

...and it's hilarious. Just tune in to a completely clueless bozo.
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Who is John Galt?

mark · Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 1:59 pm Post subject: Re: Limbaugh speaks about OIL!!!

He's giving us all a glimpse at our immediate future. By that I mean, we're going to blame:

* the democrats because they stopped us from drilling for our oil right here in america.

* The Arabs because they're not producing enough oil.

* The environmentalist because they stopped us from drilling, and building more production

The message is that we could, (and with a repub congress could) go right on living the non-negotiable american dream.

And none of the candidates even talk about the changes that must be made simply to survive.

And you wonder why I remain a doomer?
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Jack · Dark Lord Joined: Aug 11, 2004 Posts: 5065

Yes, there will need to be enemies - those who can be blamed for the breakdown.

This should result in some fascinating political and social dynamics. Dangerous too...

Cool

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hironegro · Heavy Crude Joined: Apr 08, 2008 Posts: 328

GoghGoner · Heavy Crude Joined: Apr 10, 2008 Posts: 411

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Everytime I find some position or thing particularly worrisome, I ponder the title of that movie. So, Stop Worrying and Love the Neocons.

Dreamtwister · Fission Joined: Feb 06, 2006 Posts: 2196

I swear, the only people less qualified to comment on the economy than pundits are economists.
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kublikhan · Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 4:47 pm Post subject: Re: Limbaugh speaks about OIL!!!

Reminds me of the old Cree Indian Proverb:

thuja · Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 4:52 pm Post subject: Re: Limbaugh speaks about OIL!!!

Even with a democratic ruled congress and possibly presidency it will be very difficult for them to withstand the pressure to do something, anything, to deal with the crisis. It will be interesting to see if and when they give in about ANWR and then other domestic drilling.

My guess is that they will put forth ineffectual measures such as tax credits for wind/solar and raise CAFE standards. Hey, I want these things but really- they ain't gonna cut it.

Then by 2010 the heat will really be on- the Limbaugh/Hannity clones will be screaming for it and I think the populous will follow. Just do something! Now! Drill!!!

Not that it will do squat-

WebHubbleTelescope · Intermediate Crude Joined: Jul 08, 2004 Posts: 909

Limbaugh talkin' oil?
Endless supply of oil as his inner thighs rub against each other and produce gravy. (courtesy of an old Letterman line)

AgentR · Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 11:34 am Post subject: Re: Limbaugh speaks about OIL!!!

Flow · Heavy Crude Joined: Nov 05, 2005 Posts: 166

I listen to Rush all of the time. I gotta admit, I use to hate him and use to listen to him to get my blood boiling but the more I listened, the more I started to agree with him and I have to admit, he is right more times than he is wrong.

With regards to the oil conversations as of late, his argument is as follows:

1) 10 years ago Clinton vetoed a bill that would have allowed us to drill in ANWR. People are now saying that it would take about 10 years to get to the point that we could get 1 million barrels a day out of ANWR which we would be getting right now which would be helping out today.

2) Bush asked Saudi to increase output by 1 million barrels a day, which somebody says (possibly Joe Biden) would lower the price of oil by about $25 a barrel but then quotes Joe Biden as saying that the 1 million barrels a day out of ANWR would only lower oil by a few penny's a barrel (it could be Biden made both statements - not sure on this one) to point out how politics are hard at work.

3) Yesterday or the day before he ran down the states that use the most nuclear power and pointed out that Vermont uses the most but the liberals/congressmen from Vermont are the ones that complain the loudest about no more nuclear power.

4) Dems/liberals/environmentalists won't allow us to build a new refinery anywhere or drill for more oil in ANWR or off the shores of the USA (where China is Drilling) or build nuclear power plants anywhere the turn around and blame Bush/Republicans for the high oil prices which is what the "Drive-By Liberal Controlled" Media reports non-stop.

5) The liberal controlled media (excluding Fox News) will never talk about how the Dems won't allow the items mentioned in point #4 above but they are sure happy to lay the blame on Bush/Republicans. (He also goes on to say that the Republicans are too much of a wuss to call them on it).

6) There is oil galore in the off shore areas of the USA but we are not allowed to explore or drill or anything for that matter but China is there getting tons of the stuff there.

7) Oil will never get to $200 a barrel or $12 a gallon for gas because at some point most people will not be able to afford it and it will level out right about there.

Cool

We are really screwed because the 3 candidates for President all buy into the Global Warming Myth so there is no end in sight for helping with the price of oil (his funniest quote of late is the Global Warming "Experts" are now predicting that the Earth will in fact cool down for the next decade or so and then we are really screwed after this when it starts to warm up again - they really, really mean it this time).

9) (While we are on the subject) Global warming is about one thing - money. How will governments around the world be able to soak money out of people with "Carbon Taxes" - that 20ish years ago there was an ice age coming (I remember hearing about this when I was a kid) which became global warming (can't make up their minds on this one). That scientists who speak up against global warming are soon fired or grants cut off, etc so they have no option but to go with the flow and manipulate the data to show global warming is cause by humans (and not part of the natural cycle of the Earth's climate) i.e. ignore the effect on water vapor in the atmosphere (something we cannot control) to manipulate the models to show how the earth will warm up due to man made products. That we can't predict what the weather will be 5 days from now but we know for certain that the world will warm up X number of degrees in the next 10, 20, 30 or more years down the road.

10) The real reason why the oil companies shut down all of the refineries in the 70s is because the environmental constraints placed on keeping them running was not cost effective so they closed them (plus at the time we didn't need them anyway). They were old and the cost to get them up to standard was much more than what they could have made with them. And once again, this same group of people are the same ones that will not let us build new refineries anywhere for any reason.

10) Ethanol and Biofuels are joke. All they have managed to do is raise the price of food, cause food shortages and are no more clean than anything before them. Plus they lowered the effectiveness of fuel so we have to use even more of it to go the same distance. But we are federally mandated to use them

I am almost certain that nobody that posts on this thread has listened to more than an hour of Rush in their lifetime but I agree with him almost 100% on most of these issues (didn't use to but it I have nothing else to do at work with my spare time than to listen to Rush 5 days a week for 3 hours and he grows on you if you get past your anger toward his message and think about what he says).

vision-master · Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 6:02 pm Post subject: Re: Limbaugh speaks about OIL!!!

Flow · Heavy Crude Joined: Nov 05, 2005 Posts: 166

Actually yes (well kind of). My phone system is a touch screen monitor. It has all of our phone numbers for offices all around the world in it plus is has an audio selector (that transmits over a speaker on my desk) that allows us to listen to either whatever channel the projector is on (usually Fox News) or we can listen to one of two radio stations. One is terrible (mostly country music) and the other is local talk radio that has Rush on it. After 6 hours of Fox news straight, I am ready for a change so it is either Rush or nothing and I can't stand nothing.

vision-master · Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 6:23 pm Post subject: Re: Limbaugh speaks about OIL!!!

No Radio Free Europe for you.

dmtu · Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 6:44 pm Post subject: Re: Limbaugh speaks about OIL!!!