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Ricky
SFN Die Hard
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
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 Posted - 08/05/2008 : 12:04:15 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Ricky
In response to Obama's new add suggesting that McCain is in the pockets of Big Oil, this BBC article says Tucker Bounds defended McCain stating:
| the advert failed to mention that Mr Obama had voted in favour of a 2005 bill giving tax breaks to energy producers, a bill Mr McCain had opposed. |
Now I wonder why he used the phrase "energy producers"? A look at the actual bill reveals that the majority of provisions are regarding nonoil energy. The few that are oil are:
- Exempts oil and gas producers from certain requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act;
- Provides incentives to companies drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico;
- Tax reduction in the amount of $2.8 billion for fossil fuel production
So while it is partially true that it did give tax breaks to oil companies, it did much more to help other sources of energy.
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And, correct me if I am wrong, the oil companies have donated little if anything to Obama's campaign whilst McCain's very recently recieved a good, fat wad -- some of the donations, it is said, possibly illegal.
These comnpanies and their coal contempories are as stupid as the heads of OPEC. They should have been at least researching alternative fuels and electrical power process' for years. Sometime down the road, they are going to suffer for their short-sightedness and their greed.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
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Posted - 08/05/2008 : 14:05:48 [Permalink]
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| Where are the media that is supposed to report on such dishonesty from the political campaigns? |
Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
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"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
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Posted - 08/05/2008 : 14:57:05 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dr. Mabuse
Where are the media that is supposed to report on such dishonesty from the political campaigns?
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Oh, like dishonesty from political campaigns is news? Where are you from? Oh, never-mind... |
Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 08/05/2008 : 16:53:51 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dr. Mabuse
Where are the media that is supposed to report on such dishonesty from the political campaigns?
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I dunno -- loping their lizards on the Straight Talk Express, likely. The major media is as bought & paid for as the desks in their offices. It is to their advantage that such embarassments don't get a lot of public time.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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I thought that smelled familiar.
