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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 369321" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p>Many of you may have seen the ads on TV done by T. Boone Pickens concerning our energy situation and offering no opinion either way, here's the link to his website with more details on what he suggests.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.pickensplan.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red"><strong>http://www.pickensplan.com/</strong></span></a></p><p> </p><p>This morning on C-Span during the Washington Journal program, Congressman Peterson, Repub. from Pa. and Congressman Abercrombie, Demo. from Hi. were on talking their own bi-partisan efforts to make America completely energy independant. It was a very interesting discussion and call in and worth the 45 minutes to watch if you get the chance. </p><p> </p><p>The video hasn't been archived yet but should in the next couple of days and if I find it, I'll post it for viewing. This is an issue where IMO all ideas no matter from where they come or from what political slant should be out on the table in a completely open and honest discussion. I appreciated Abercrombie in the discussion as he was up front that he is a very liberal democrat but that he is also completely sold on the idea that America needs to be completely and totally energy self sufficent. I believe the vast majority regardless of political belief feel the same way. He also supports off-shore drilling as well. He and Peterson have been working together on this bi-partisan effort for 5 years so Abercrombie seems not to be a recent "Jesus" convert if you will. BTW: Abercrombie admitted it was Peterson 5 years ago talking about this issue that made him a true believer.</p><p> </p><p>Again, IMO this issue is so vital to America and it's own self interests that we should be looking at everything and holding nothing back. As to the Pickens Plan video, you may not like the bottomline solution or you may but both Peterson and Abercrombie verified many of the numbers Pickens was crunching in his video including the $700 bil annually flying out of our country to foreign interets. Both Abercrombie and Peterson were supportive of the Pickens' idea and wanted to do more with natural gas exploration. </p><p> </p><p>We can argue all day on other issues and their related problems but this one seems such a "no-brainer" to me. If we can become energy independent, our economic power I believe can return and we can tell the Middle East to go pound sand plus the fact that the price of oil will collaspe and this will also deny vast sums of money from the very people we find ourselves in a war with these days. I see this as the weapon we just keep refusing to use and we don't have to put one soldier on the ground to use it which is even better for the individual soldier and the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>JMO</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 369321, member: 2189"] Many of you may have seen the ads on TV done by T. Boone Pickens concerning our energy situation and offering no opinion either way, here's the link to his website with more details on what he suggests. [URL="http://www.pickensplan.com/"][COLOR=red][B]http://www.pickensplan.com/[/B][/COLOR][/URL] This morning on C-Span during the Washington Journal program, Congressman Peterson, Repub. from Pa. and Congressman Abercrombie, Demo. from Hi. were on talking their own bi-partisan efforts to make America completely energy independant. It was a very interesting discussion and call in and worth the 45 minutes to watch if you get the chance. The video hasn't been archived yet but should in the next couple of days and if I find it, I'll post it for viewing. This is an issue where IMO all ideas no matter from where they come or from what political slant should be out on the table in a completely open and honest discussion. I appreciated Abercrombie in the discussion as he was up front that he is a very liberal democrat but that he is also completely sold on the idea that America needs to be completely and totally energy self sufficent. I believe the vast majority regardless of political belief feel the same way. He also supports off-shore drilling as well. He and Peterson have been working together on this bi-partisan effort for 5 years so Abercrombie seems not to be a recent "Jesus" convert if you will. BTW: Abercrombie admitted it was Peterson 5 years ago talking about this issue that made him a true believer. Again, IMO this issue is so vital to America and it's own self interests that we should be looking at everything and holding nothing back. As to the Pickens Plan video, you may not like the bottomline solution or you may but both Peterson and Abercrombie verified many of the numbers Pickens was crunching in his video including the $700 bil annually flying out of our country to foreign interets. Both Abercrombie and Peterson were supportive of the Pickens' idea and wanted to do more with natural gas exploration. We can argue all day on other issues and their related problems but this one seems such a "no-brainer" to me. If we can become energy independent, our economic power I believe can return and we can tell the Middle East to go pound sand plus the fact that the price of oil will collaspe and this will also deny vast sums of money from the very people we find ourselves in a war with these days. I see this as the weapon we just keep refusing to use and we don't have to put one soldier on the ground to use it which is even better for the individual soldier and the taxpayer. JMO [/QUOTE]
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