RyanH said:
Wow!!! Bush is doing a great job. Isn't he? 50% approval rating
Your point? The presidency isn't a popularity contest. As long as he is doing a good job in office, I couldn't care less what his approval rating is.
RyanH said:
Wants to increase production of oil
Oh no... how awful. Imagine the tragedy that would result. Gas prices might actually be lower and the U.S. would be less dependent on foreign nations. God forbid!
RyanH said:
Energy crisis in California. We all know the real solution is exploring other forms of energy sources....i.e. electric cars.
So the energy crisis started when Bush became president? Oh no... wait a sec... I didn't know that Californians were having trouble driving their cars. How would electric cars solve California's energy problems? If anything, they would only CAUSE MORE HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS because of the absolutely PATHETIC performance on the vehicles (70 fucking horsepower on the Insight last time I heard) will make merging into highway traffic everyone's daily "brush with death."
Face it, buddy, the blame for California's energy crisis is placed solely on the heads of the members of its Democratic state government. The state government interfered with private business (the power companies) and now it's getting what it deserves (an angry public). It's a damn shame the people on California have to suffer for it, though. Then again, they were the ones who elected Democratic officials who stand exactly one hundred and eighty degrees from what the founders of this country stood for.
RyanH said:
I hope gas prices go back up.....Maybe they'll go through the roof and consequently force us all to step up to the plate and be responsible by using alternative modes of transportation.
Or maybe they'll make the "less fortunate" whom you love so dearly be unable to drive to work, drive their children to school, drive themselves and their children to the doctor, supermarket, etc. Isn't this a little bit hypocritical, my unbelievably-easy-to-verbally-rape friend?
Oh wait, I forgot, you're a so-left-I'm-about-to-fall-off leftist. This means two things:
1) It's OK to be a hypocrite.
2) The above scenario would actually be a GOOD thing for you.
Why would it be a good thing for you? The poor unable to get to work and other places due to insanely high gas prices would result in our borderline Socialist government providing them with help - help that would come from the tax money of the "other" working class (i.e. those of us who work but are not considered part of the "working class"). Of course, there isn't any money for that available at the moment... Oh well, no problem, that could easily be fixed by simply increasing taxes again and undoing any sort of tax cut we just had.
Lovely. Just lovely.
RyanH said:
I plan on going to the Gulf of Mexico for vacation, I just hope there isn't an oil spill while I'm swimming.
Me too, so you can feel foolish when you realize that there is no real threat of a spontaneous oil spill resulting from increased production. Then again, a leftist has been foolish all his life and still hasn't realized it, so what makes me think one would do so now?
-Warik