McCain: Drill Here, Drill Now

Drilling

Drilling for oil is a very old way of thinking. What we need to do is use wind power, solar power, demand that the automobiles sold in the United States run entirely on an alternate fuel. If we just keep our focus on oil, we will end up in worse condition then we are now.

John of KS @ Aug 17, 2008 11:31:01 AM

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Well kids all good things must come to an end, I will check in from time to time as long as library's have internet access. Washington as decided to pretend that its business as usual Nancy and the Nancy boys see no problem because the current economic situation does not effect them. remember ladies and gentlemen that congress chose to break with your futures in the balance. You, all of you, need to express your displeasure to them, actions don't let a day go by where there is not a news story of your displeasure or they will take what little you have left. fight for your way of life America Washington is the enemy from within they will not act for you because they don't care about you, you are an ssn number a tax statistic these people have all been in Washington far to long. Families that have bread career politicians or bored rich house wives that couldn’t balance there own budgets, so they want to mess up yours just little bit.

those of you who agree with me we need these people alive (our current batch of lifetime politicians) to answer for there crimes against the united states and its people. find ten to fifteen like minded friends that you can trust plan for things to get a lot worse and they will. buy guns buy ammo cash them in different locations pick targets carefully and prepare your children this may not be over in our lifetime they will not be happy about giving up there power. life is short what matters is how you chose to live under tyrants as there cash cow (slaves) or as my fellow free man and women in control of your own life. Tear yourselves away from the television or that will be your vote for do what you want to me. don't let yourselves be pacified into submission stand up and fight, fight like American men and women. we are an unstoppable force if you unleash it I hope you do before its to late before you let yourselves become 3rd world. work together stick together and they cannot beat us.

Do you miss the freedom you once had, have you notice the rape of the constitution and its amendments. We have been betrayed by our politicians they have sold us out for there own gain. First print yourself copies of the constitution and bill of rights keep them close to your heart. Now take a good look around as the price of gas rises the masses become more and more isolated, expect Home Land Security to gain more and broader powers those who used to get by on a 40 hour pay check will soon be the new homeless and destitute. The American dream is about to become a nightmare, For the present time all politicians should be held accountable and face the penalty for there betrayal. The democrats and republicans are both guilty our judicial system is a joke. Our judges and lawyers have created a lottery system where the man who has a fly in his bottled water can get rich overnight but of course the real winner is the lawyer. A system where O.J. and Kennedy-Smith go free, street gangs rule the streets. Still not enough for you to take arms and take back our country well consider this a communist / socialist America if both major parties get there way, ripe with corruption that only they will benefit from and cement there positions in there eyes for all time. Think your being taxed enough well I’m afraid they will have to raise taxes to pay for our natural disasters for 2008 and well also for the aid we had to give China because they hold so much of our debt.

Ask yourself do you want your children to be slaves to foreign powers are you willing to let yourself be distracted by ufo’s aliens bunny huggers and pacifists or american idol. Are you willing to wait till they desensitize our military with overseas boarder skirmishes so they can be used against us (to keep the peace of course) We eat food that is not safe willingly, most of our food supply is not inspected.

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is an incurable degenerative neurological disorder (brain disease) that is ultimately fatal. Among the types of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy found in humans, it is the most common.

It is recognized that a single host gene encodes the agent for scrapie, transmissible mink encephalopathy, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, kuru, GSS, Creutzfeldt-Jakob and other Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies. This gene is transcribed equally in both normal and diseased hosts.

The claim that rendered sheep offal fed to cattle was the initiator for BSE is not fully supported by the facts. Although recent revelations of the variant-CJD being possibly linked to BSE are still being debated, it is surprising considering past evidence of just such a cross species transmission.

Director for the Animal Resources Department and Pathology of a leading biologics manufacturer in Canada that a more plausible explanation may be a pathway failure in which one of the host body's sophisticated production processes is interfered with. Through comparisons of pathologic lesions at an electronmicroscopic level, the author has discovered what he considers significant associated pathology that suggests mechanical destruction. The vacuolation resulting from the prion disease is not unlike many other neuropathogeneses. It may be more appropriate to evaluate prions on a cellular pathway level and thereby examine their development and spread more as a molecular epidemiology. Upon review of articles and materials involving spongiform encephalopathies, certain hypotheses were expounded in this article suggesting that far more information on this family of disease agents can be extrapolated from current knowledge. The fact that thus far, prions have been unique in the behavior suggests that accepted principles that normally are applied to other micro organisms do not adhere well in when dealing with abnormal prions.

Certain species are more prone to TSE's than others. The high susceptibility of goats does not only apply itself to scrapie but to CJD as well. When CJD was injected into goats, the resultant disease was indistinguishable from naturally occurring scrapie either on the basis of clinical signs nor by histopathology. Whereas other species seem to rely heavily on a host-agent mechanism for determining severity and incubation period, this does not appear to be a restriction exhibited in goats.

The potential for human infection with prion disease is a distinct possibility wherever beef or dairy products are consumed and BSE exists. Since 85% of CJD cases are not familial based, there is the possibility that some of these cases as recently reported in Britain, are BSE related. A view of the CJD incidence worldwide reported in Masters? paper of 1979 overlaid against a map of the beef and dairy industries would possibly suggest that a relationship between the disease was occurring prior to this decade and that BSE may have been present earlier than its recorded date in Kent, England.

The possibility of a closer relationship in mechanism between CJD and Alzheimer?s Disease must be fully explored and identification of those cases of AD which were misdiagnosed must be done in order to acquire a more accurate knowledge of CJD incidence. If the hypothesis of prion disease being the result of an abnormal pathway resulting in human diseases such as CJD and AD, then it would be likely that the host would eventually encode the abnormality as in AD and propagate the disease in subsequent generations. Some indicator of BSE or V-CJD would arise in the present of near future in either an isolated cow or a human, respectively.

The alteration of prions as they passage through various host species would indicate that there was a common origin for prion diseases and that host specificity was a result of continued passage within the same species. This would also suggest that a genetic susceptibility or recognition process would also be achieved within the host species over time. The process of alteration would increase the opportunity for further prion dysfunction which in turn may advance the onset, severity, and transmissibility of the prion which is evident in the clinical findings of the numerous prion strains within a single species.

Such alterations could result in every mammalian species developing a prion disease specific to itself with maximized effect. The ability for different etiological agents to produce histopathological signs within the central nervous system having similar features amongst numerous mammalian species may indicate a predisposition which encourages genetic incorporation.

Sourcing of bovine material for any purpose, including consumption, manufacturing, research etc. should be from a country where CWD, scrapie and BSE are not present. In this way a level of confidence can be achieved which cannot be obtained presently with products from certain countries. The summons to take the prion situation seriously of almost a decade ago could never be more prophetic than on this threshold that we currently find ourselves upon.

Let’s look at these betrayals a little more closely from the present back under this congress we lost a variable yield nuclear warhead and sent 4 nuclear detonators (I hope they where not Z-pinch detonators) to China. Bill and co-president Hillary Clinton gave nuclear reactors to North Korea making it possible for them to make nuclear weapons not to mention the embarrassment that there presidency cost us world wide. Did you know that they single-handedly brought our military to its knees with no equipment and no funds even to keep military planes flying not to mention the manpower forced outs. The attacks of 9/11 were successful because our enemies saw weakness in Bill and Hillary Clinton (and by extension, the American people). They were successful because Clinton and his top advisers were negligent. Our enemies succeeded because Bill and Hillary Clinton defanged the CIA and FBI during his tenure in the White House. They succeeded because the U.S. military rusted under another oblivious politician who put all his faith in the hands of the United Nations. George H.W. Bush took us into Iraq with just cause, but probably didn’t trust bill Clinton to mop up pulling us back at the moment of victory. which may have avoided the current boarder skirmish there and in Pakistan. Still want to blindly follow these fools. this is no longer the country that our fathers founded. The above is the short list of our leaders betrayals if you wish to blindly follow then nothing said or stated here will stop you.

The enemy is not big business or capitalism they should be encouraged and nurtured and we need to reevaluate laws on a case by case basis to eliminate the lawsuit lottery system. natural resources should be exploited and this can be done cleanly but these things can not be done under the current political climate. The dems and reps will continue to shake fingers at each other get nothing done and drive us further into a pit that there is eventually no way out of. the hour is late and time is very short Americas cancer is the body politic and we are the antibody.

In the decades yet to come thousands will die from cjd and its variants this can not be avoided but that number does not have to keep growing its up to us to institute checks and balances to protect our food system. With similar checks and balances to protect our political system. every citizen should consider themselves a protector of the constitution and a protector of there fellow citizens. There was a time when if a person saw injustice they would feel obligated to put a stop to it. In these days we live in now we turn our heads and hope they don’t bother us. We have lost our civic mindedness but it has not been forgotten we are not a nation of black white yellow we are Americans we have evolved to a point where color means nothing we must protect one another if we are to survive as a nation. The road ahead will not be easy but good things never are. religious and ethnic intolerance must be put aside to complete this task. This was and will be again the land of the free and home of the brave.

We the people can take back our country.

BrainMaggot

Brain Maggot of CA @ Aug 01, 2008 02:15:33 AM

DRILL NOW !!!

America's infrastructure is based on oil. All the trucks, planes, trains, ships, that deliver all goods to market run on oil. All automobiles, as well as all the gas stations across America run on oil. All petroleum based products, run on oil. Although alternative fuels most definitely should be developed, in the mean time America must have oil to keep our economy from screeching to a halt. In addition, our national security requires energy independence ASAP, so that we are not transferring all our wealth to foreign countries who do not like us, and who can cripple us by turning off the spigot, disrupting oil transport to us, or arbitrary oil price hikes. These are all reasons why we must be drilling for more oil right now and right here in the U.S.A. ... ASAP. Nancy Pelosi and her cronies stubborn commitment to petty party politics, instead of realistic concern over our national interest, even in the face of 76% of Americans who want off shore drilling now, will end up in bringing America to its knees.

Howard of CA @ Jul 24, 2008 15:17:28 PM

Drilling

No Daniel, I don't think anyone thinks the oil companies are going to sell to just the US. The whole issue is Supply and Demand, we want to increase supply. We want to have US accessible oil in an emergency. We don't want to be dependent on the whims of the middle east and OPEC. Iran is threatening to disrupt shipments, other nations are having labor issues, strikes and violence. It makes sense to put Americans to work in good jobs, develop our resources responsibly, increase national security and work hard to develop other sources of energy, including shale, coal, solar, hydro, wind, nuclear etc. Why do our supplies have to be off limits when the rest of the world is drilling all around us? We do know oil demand is growing from other developing nations and we need to access other energy sources, but that will take time. This is a wake up call. Let's answer it!

Cammy of WA @ Jul 23, 2008 13:42:51 PM

DRILL HERE, DRILL NOW

DOES THE TIME BEFORE THE OIL WE WOULD PRODUCE HERE IF WE WERE TO DRILL WOULD DO US ANY GOOD COUNT THE TIME REQUIRED TO CONVINCE THE IDIOTS THAT DO NOT WANT TO DRILL THAT WE MUST. IF WE WOULD QUIT TALKING AND START DRILLING WE COULD BEGIN THE PROCESS. I BELIEVE OUR BIGGEST GAIN FROM DRILLING HERE IS BECOMING ENERGY INDEPENDENT AND SPENDING THE MONEY WE INVEST IN OIL HERE IN OUR COUNTRY RATHER THAN GIVING IT TO THE FOLKS THAT HATE OUR COUNTRY AND WANT TO KILL US. OUR COUNTRY MADE A SERIOUS MISTAKE BY PLACING THE OVERLY STRICT LIMITATIONS ON DRILLING HERE YEARS AGO. THIS DOES NOT MEAN WE SHOULD REPEAT THAT MISTAKE TODAY. LETS START NOW, THE SOONER THE BETTER. NO MATTER HOW LONG IT TAKES YOU CAN'T GET IT DONE UNTIL YOU START.

WAYNE CLARK of TX @ Jul 22, 2008 11:11:40 AM

McCain: Drill here, Drill now

It is time, We the People started taking back our country from the environmentalist wacos and the liberals. We can drill safer and better than China or Cuba. If the price of a barrel of oil goes up when OPEC says that they are going to reduce production, then it will go down when America says we are going to drill. DAH, Economics 101. The Democrats and liberals are "Stuck on STUPID". To quote Al Gore, "It's time for them to go".

Ronald R. Brett of FL @ Jul 18, 2008 20:26:52 PM

Oil and Gas..DRILL NOW!!!!!!

America, We are about to bite the dust if we don't do something now. The economy is terrible, gas prices are soaring, which makes the price of everything else soar! The use of ethanol "corn fuel" is a stupid idea!!! Look what it does to the price of corn!..then beef, then, pork..eggs....milk...etc. You get the Idea. It is not even very efficient.

You know, You get all of these "tree-hugging" , ignorant, liberals who think fuel is the only product of oil and gas. Has anyone ever asked them about all the plastics and synthetic materials that they use every day."Probably most of the components in their solar panels." All the plastics used in the medical field, etc..? If it is not made of stone, glass, wood , metal or from an animal, then it is most likely made from oil.

We do need to explore fuel alternatives, but not ones that will cause the prices of our commodities to skyrocket. Then, we are just defeating the purpose.

We have in the midst of us a group of socialists in Washington that are out to bring America to it's knees.It IS their goal!OF COURSE they know that drilling will lower gas prices and also relieve us of OPEC all together. Thats why they don't want us drilling in the most energy rich areas! The "Green River" formation in Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado ALONE! has more oil and gas than Saudi Arabia does ALTOGETHER! The "socialists" or Democrat "LEFT" in Washington want our hands tied so we will look to them when we are in trouble. It gives them their power.

The "new" oil and gas boom is here and now. Especially the discovery of natural gas..It is clean, efficient, and cheaper than oil to make into Gasoline. I live in north Texas. Just look what it has done for our economy. It has brought billions upon billions of dollars, and thousands upon thousands of jobs to north Texas and abroad!! Our economy is fantastic, other than the high gas prices. Drilling offshore, and inland in the U.S. will create MILLIONS of jobs!! Extinguishing foreign dependency. Our gas money will stop funding terrorist organizations. The middle east is controlling our economy with high gas prices. IT IS AN ECONOMIC TERRORIST ATTACK with the help of the liberals in Wash. who have the same goal!

The environment will be fine."Have you ever watched the caribou stay warm next to the Alaska pipeline?" We have stricter standards here than they do in middle eastern countries. Why not produce our energy cheaper,cleaner,all the while, creating jobs? The same people that don't want to drill here, are the same ones who side with the environmentalists. If they cared so much for the "global environment", why wouldn't they want to produce with stricter standards?OPEC would probably pollute less if they weren't supplying the U.S." their biggest customer" with oil and gas..FACE IT, IT IS NOT ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT TO THESE PEOPLE!!! It is about CONTROL, DONINATION, AND DESTROYING AMERICA!!

Brandon E. of TX @ Jul 07, 2008 09:49:50 AM

OIL

We need to start drilling now not later we need anwar, the two contenintal shelves

the gulf the rockies and we need this immediately. It will not take five years, true some will take a while but other prospects can be producing within six months. We also need to incentivise the expansion of the refineries within our borders. To insure the developed reserves are used here we need to insentivise the oil companies so that the newly developed product stays here and does not go to the world market. Once we have done all of this then we need to go like hell of alternative energy, starting with Nuclear and ending with bio diesel. If our politicians will not listen then we need new legislators. Perhaps we need a new Contract with America from our Legislators

pledging to develop our resources. This needs to happen now before the fall elections.

Don Nyman of FL @ Jun 27, 2008 16:24:19 PM