Democratic Convention

aflatoxin · Heavy Crude Joined: Jul 31, 2005 Posts: 265

Anyone else listening to this?

Sounds like energy is going to be a hot election topic.

About time.

smallpoxgirl · Moderator Joined: Nov 08, 2004 Posts: 6486

Remind you vaguely of this? link
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Tyler_JC · Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:27 pm Post subject: Re: Democratic Convention

Don't blame me! I voted for Kodos.
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aflatoxin · Heavy Crude Joined: Jul 31, 2005 Posts: 265

I'm slow to form opinions. I like to listen to big speeches. Today's highlights could be reduced to a 3 x 5 card, but these people can sure spit out the rhetoric.

From what I can tell so far, it's going to be the party that is out of touch with reality vs the party that still believes in talking snakes.

Plantagenet · Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 2:30 pm Post subject: Re: Democratic Convention

I'm looking forward to seeing the "Temple of Obama" on Thursday night--

--the dems are actually building a fake greek temple in a football stadium so Obama can appear to us mortals in an appropriate venue and give his speech.

Arsenal · Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 2:55 pm Post subject: Re: Democratic Convention

aflatoxin · Heavy Crude Joined: Jul 31, 2005 Posts: 265

skiptamali · Tar Sands Joined: May 09, 2008 Posts: 60

Apparently I missed this at the DNC, but:

"Earlier this week, we saw the contentiousness the offshore oil drilling issue can bring, with McCain protestors and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi exchanging jibes on the topic at the Democratic convention. But the fact is, increased need to probe the remote places of the Earth for oil may bring about far larger, more dangerous conflicts." Read the article here.

Yeah, it's about time we discuss this and regulate this sort of action as an international community before things get way way way out of hand- ie the Cold War heats back up thread, etc.

Through my education and experience with IGOs and NGOs, the best way to prevent hazardous interaction in sensitive areas like this is with an international concensus... but how often does everyone agree, especially with an issue like energy? The UN badly needs reform, and it doesn't have a significant legislative body or military to stand behind its agreements.

How else would you propose that we tackle this issue?

Plantagenet · Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:33 pm Post subject: Re: Democratic Convention

skiptamali · Tar Sands Joined: May 09, 2008 Posts: 60