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From The Feed: Montana Governor Schweitzer yuks it up

August 27, 2008 - Try to overlook the bolo tie and pay attention instead to his predictable, but sorta funny crack at McCain...

House Republicans' "Gas Price Showdown" nominated for Most Ridiculous Political Distraction

August 5, 2008 - About 24 House Republicans (who are either too cheap to take a vacation or seriously despise their families) engaged...

Poor? Depressed? Impotent? Offshore drilling can help!

July 30, 2008 - Last month, as cries over high gas prices reached a new pitch, President Bush proudly stated in front of the White House that he would end the ban on offshore drilling. Now, just this week, John McCain has put out advertisements accusing Obama of the most horrible crime of all...

Filed under: offshore drilling, oil drilling, oil rig, drilling ban, ANWR, ANWR drilling, George W. Bush, Bush drilling, president bush, john mccain, john mccain oil, oil prices, gas prices

From The Room: The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: Back From Alaska

July 28, 2008 - You take a week off and the world goes nuts! I'll get to the media's Obamathon and "Barack Does Berlin" later this week. Bush went and reversed an executive order and the price of gas in my area dropped fifty cents...

Filed under: offshore drilling, offshore drilling ban, offshore oil drilling, oil drilling, Anwar, Anwr, Aner, oil, U.S., politics, George W. Bush, Alaska drilling, drilling ban, Alaska National Wildlife Refuge, $4 gas, high gas prices, oil drilling executive order

The White House plan for oil independence: you got a better idea?

July 18, 2008 - The economy is listing, gas prices are spiking, and it seems as if there is no good news for our nation of drive-ins and drive-bys. That noise in the distance is the sound of conservationists being drowned out by economists as the country chooses which kind of green...

Filed under: white house, oil drilling, oil independence, continental shelf, drilling moratorium, george w. bush

From The Room: Notes from the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: I Am No Economist

July 12, 2008 - I am no economist. I couldn't tell you the difference between Adam Smith and Paul Craig Roberts. I don't know if NAFTA was good or bad for most of us, but I do know I liked it better when the person at tech support spoke English as their...

From The Room: Thank You, Mr. Oil Speculator for Saving My Baby's Life

July 4, 2008 - If the energy company CEOs, oil speculators, and Saudi princes ever needed a great PR line, it's now. And here 'tis. Oil Companies: In the Business of Saving Lives The bad news: Fuel prices have skyrocketed. The good news: You're around not to afford them Yessiree. Tha...

From The Room: David Vitter Has a New Fetish

June 20, 2008 - Fool me once, shame on -- shame on you. Fool me -- you can't get fooled again. -- The President of the United States of America Why have gasoline prices doubled in a year? Demand hasn't doubled. Supplies are the same. I have this horrible feeling -- having liv...