Quieting the R-word: US economy proving robust
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May 19, 2008, 12:41 GMT
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Unless we can get oil down we will hit a recession. The USA can't sustain $70/bbl oil let alone the $120s we have been seeing.
We need to drill in Alaska, off shore, Colorado, the Dakotas and Wyoming instead of exporting trillions of dollars to countries that hate our guts.
We desperately need to knock the price of oil down or there will be a recession.
Just remember it is an election year and these are the same people that told all of us that there was WMD's in Iran. Typical of a neo-con right wing nutjob.
...after 90 days of doom and gloom, perpetrated by theliberal drive-by media template...surprise!...it has not materialized! The Libnazi media:
Bury the story.
The poor sod above seem to think gas was going to stay the same forever, when conserivatives have been preaching domestic production, and refining expansion for 30 years.....stymied by libnazi stonewalling on the permit processes for decades.
Typical Libnazi left wing nut jobs.
'Just remember it is an election year and these are the same people that told all of us that there was WMD's in Iran.'
They are the CIA, MI5, Interpol, the FSB, the DPSD, the BND and the Chinese MSS as well as the companies that sold him the stuff to make it and a whole lot of dead Kurds, Iranians, Marsh Arabs and shiites?
'Typical of a neo-con right wing nutjob.'
' Deutsche Presse-Agentur' are 'right wing nutjobs'? Who knew?
Bush lying...to congressmen and women...who we are expected to believe swallowed it hook, line and sinker.
Doesn't say much for Hillary, does it???
You are right SP4, does not say much for Hillary.
Does not say much for all of the hook, line and sinker crew that greenlighted this war over 'nothing' and the fools that support the dead end fight.
'Does not say much for all of the hook, line and sinker crew that greenlighted this war over 'nothing' and the fools that support the dead end fight.'
Can America Win The War? Yes, We Can!
..The more we see of Obama, the more cracks we see in the facade of that optimism. A new poll from Rasmussen suggests one of the clearest divides between John McCain and Obama:
If John McCain is elected President, 49% of voters say it is at least somewhat likely that the United States will win the War in Iraq. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that just 20% believe victory in Iraq is likely if Barack Obama is elected in November.
There are very few things the United States government has done more consistently well throughout its history than win wars against our enemies. It's the most basic, traditional function of government - yet the public recognizes that Obama lacks faith that we can win, whereas McCain has proposed a positive vision of victory by the end of his first term. Which is why I think the following would be a guaranteed applause line for McCain on the stump:
Can America win the war against its radical Islamist enemies?
Yes we can!
Can we finish the job our troops have worked so hard and sacrificed so much to do in Iraq and Afghanistan?
Yes we can!
So tell me - why is it that Senator Obama suddenly runs out of hope and optimism when it comes to fighting our enemies?'
But the war isn't the only area where Obama's decided lack of confidence in the traditional functions of our government and the dynamism of our economy leads him down the path of pessimism and a cramped view of the future of American liberty.
Read On...
The most eye-poppingly Carterish of these was Obama's recent declaration that
'We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times . . . and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK.'
Yes, we can! Obama suffers from a failure of faith in American markets and American liberty, the very same lack of faith that gave us Jimmy Carter and malaise the first time around.
...An interesting part of the Associated Press report on the operations in Mosul to destroy al-Qaeda in Iraq’s last territorial stronghold. Nouri al-Maliki left Mosul and returned to Baghdad when Nancy Pelosi showed up in a surprise visit, and apparently the surprise went both ways. Pelosi sounded like General David Petraeus, although I doubt the suspension of disbelief was all that willing:
The prime minister returned to Baghdad from Mosul — where he has been overseeing the crackdown — to meet with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who made a surprise visit to Iraq on Saturday.
Pelosi, a top Democratic critic of the U.S.-led war in Iraq, expressed confidence that expected provincial elections will promote national reconciliation.
She welcomed Iraq’s progress in passing a budget as well as oil legislation, and a bill paving the way for the provincial elections in the fall that are expected to more equitably redistribute power among local officials.
“We’re assured the elections will happen here, they will be transparent, they will be inclusive and they will take Iraq closer to the reconciliation we all want it to have,” said Pelosi. She also met with Iraq’s parliament speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker and Gen. David Petraeus, the top American commander in Iraq.
Pelosi, who also traveled to Iraq in January 2007 shortly after the Democrats assumed congressional control, has been a sharp critic of the Bush administration’s conduct of the war and has pressed for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country this year.
Let’s see. Iraqi Army taking control of national security — check. Maliki building support from Sunnis and Kurds — check. Congressional benchmarks for provincial elections, de-Baathification reform, oil revenue distribution, and general national reconciliation being met — check.
And Nancy Pelosi acknowledging all of these signs of the surge’s success … checkmate.
hotair.com/archives/2008/05/18/guess-who-realized-the-surge-is-working/
This is because, if it becomes the dems war, she cannot very well wak around saying we're losing.
Democrats - They'll believe anything another dem tells them.
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SP4: GollyMay 19th, 2008 - 14:32:38
..who knew!
We did
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