tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post3956934101174940583..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: The Black Sheep and the Republican CardinalsDeuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-5640763649447094462008-01-09T20:35:00.000-05:002008-01-09T20:35:00.000-05:00In The Shadow Of The Moon (2007)http://quicksilver...In The Shadow Of The Moon (2007)<BR/><BR/>http://quicksilverscreen.com/watch?video=20805Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132252460964519368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-47959834675300512362008-01-09T20:28:00.000-05:002008-01-09T20:28:00.000-05:00Who made the decisions?I think it was President Bu...Who made the decisions?<BR/><BR/>I think it was President Bush. I think he decided he had enough on his plate. He didn't push, knowing the bureaucracy is against him, and knowing he spent all his political capital on Iraq.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132252460964519368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-72891928708349308872008-01-09T16:47:00.000-05:002008-01-09T16:47:00.000-05:00Total Delegates:Romney 30 McCain 10 Huckabee 21 Gi...Total Delegates:<BR/><BR/>Romney 30 <BR/><BR/>McCain 10 <BR/><BR/>Huckabee 21 <BR/><BR/>Giuliani 1 <BR/><BR/>Thompson 6<BR/><BR/>Hunter 1<BR/>---<BR/>Left out Hunter:<BR/>He campaigned in Nevada while the rest were in NHDoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-26946270164536356042008-01-09T16:39:00.000-05:002008-01-09T16:39:00.000-05:00I have a W'04 Bumper Sticker on a Metal Locker I h...I have a W'04 Bumper Sticker on a Metal Locker I have for computer junk to remind me WHY I have PTSD for those times that my alzheimers kicks in and I can't remember.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-63127341519275319122008-01-09T16:24:00.000-05:002008-01-09T16:24:00.000-05:00Medved is for McCain.Medved is for McCain.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-73581540440801751642008-01-09T14:30:00.000-05:002008-01-09T14:30:00.000-05:00I agree it could be doneIt has not beenIt's been s...I agree it could be done<BR/>It has not been<BR/>It's been six years that the problem hs been in our face<BR/><BR/>Who made the decisions<BR/>What was not done<BR/>Where did it not happen<BR/>Why is that<BR/>How did that happen<BR/><BR/>Who and why are the pertinent questions, not a debate over future unknowables, when there is agreement about what should be done.<BR/><BR/>But it has not<BR/>Maybe it will be, but if the "bureaucracy" kills it, who is that. Where are they from, Why would they kill itdesert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-20244625864496009642008-01-09T14:02:00.000-05:002008-01-09T14:02:00.000-05:00Look, I have no doubt it can be done in 4 years. T...Look, I have no doubt it can be done in 4 years. The main problem is getting the bureaucracy to go along with it. To my thinking, Giuliani is one of the few candidates that can do it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132252460964519368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-72543714340101144992008-01-09T13:59:00.000-05:002008-01-09T13:59:00.000-05:00tape of the debateI'm a bit in error, our man Rudy...<A HREF="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6609258293315850610&q=gop+debate+new+hampshire++abc&total=151&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=6" REL="nofollow">tape of the debate</A><BR/><BR/>I'm a bit in error, our man Rudy DID NOT say it could be done. Had no time but four Presidental terms<BR/>Ike, JFK, LBJ, Nixon.<BR/><BR/>Romney firm that it cannot be done.<BR/>Big John, quiet on timelines. Romney must have biased me against the whole Team.<BR/><BR/>The wonder of YouTube.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-58624976975774666272008-01-09T13:45:00.000-05:002008-01-09T13:45:00.000-05:00That's his line in the debate, too, but that it co...That's his line in the debate, too, but that it couldn't be done in a decade. Huckabee and the rest all agreed on the program, but Huckster set a time frame, ten yeas. No one else agreed.<BR/><BR/>They were hittin' on Huckster for sayin' it could be done in a decade.<BR/><BR/>A telling exchange. A sit up and take notice moment.<BR/><BR/>Thompson and Romney in the transcript, Rudy's denial of a ten year schedule lost in the "cross talk" and Ron Paul blaming high prices on inflation, as the price of oil, he said, in gold has remained steady. Not even venturing into supply dislocations or peak oil.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-44764228746914986912008-01-09T13:39:00.000-05:002008-01-09T13:39:00.000-05:00In the interview I mentioned earlier, Giuliani sai...In the interview I mentioned earlier, Giuliani said that he thinks of this project in parallel terms to that of the "man on the moon" project. As you say, this has been an ongoing project of many different administrations. What I think is different now, is the sense of urgency that Giuliani will bring to it. (As did Kennedy).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132252460964519368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-80321099350668511802008-01-09T13:27:00.000-05:002008-01-09T13:27:00.000-05:00He'd start ...Bush started ...Clinton started ...B...He'd start ...<BR/>Bush started ...<BR/>Clinton started ...<BR/>Bush started ...<BR/>Reagan let lay<BR/>Carter was big on alternate fuels<BR/><BR/>Where's the beef?<BR/><BR/>Rudy said in the debate, in New Hampshire, that the problem could not be solved in ten years.<BR/><BR/>Heard it myself, I'm sure that there is a transcript, somewhere on the web.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-63496641693936505022008-01-09T13:24:00.001-05:002008-01-09T13:24:00.001-05:00In the interview I watched, Giuliani said that fro...In the interview I watched, Giuliani said that from day one of his presidency he would start to move aggressively in the direction of energy independence. He also said that he would get the DOS bureaucracy, and that of the CIA, under control. I believe him. And I believe he's got the smarts to accomplish it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132252460964519368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-72206013291769144052008-01-09T13:24:00.000-05:002008-01-09T13:24:00.000-05:00Then when reason and motives for the lack of actio...Then when reason and motives for the lack of action are advanced, you deny them. <BR/><BR/>Becoming even more vindictive about the problem, without advancing an alternate cause.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-52996113759233923602008-01-09T13:23:00.000-05:002008-01-09T13:23:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-2472317776571951462008-01-09T13:14:00.000-05:002008-01-09T13:14:00.000-05:00All that is grantedBut the course is not changed.E...All that is granted<BR/>But the course is not changed.<BR/><BR/>Everyone of the GOP candidates, but Huckster, said the energy challenge could not be met or solved in ten years. To a man.<BR/><BR/>That is, as we have all discovered, thanks to rufus and his educational efforts, not true.<BR/><BR/>The US could replace all of the Saudi imports within five years, if we moved aggresively in that direction, with an ethanol program. Not having to be based on corn ethanol, but a variety of other marginal land crops.<BR/><BR/>We don't even try.<BR/><BR/>You have not offered a reason why that is. Instead just getting more boisterous about the problem. <BR/><BR/>Never addressing the question of who and why the challenge is left to fester.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-58474026734367894932008-01-09T13:05:00.000-05:002008-01-09T13:05:00.000-05:00Like I said, the realities of the past are not the...Like I said, the realities of the past are not the realities of today. And the realities of today are not the realities of the future. China, Japan, India, etc., would rather not buy that oil. Everyone understands the danger. There's an opportunity now to change the game. Everyone should realize this.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132252460964519368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-43110382724291271402008-01-09T12:57:00.000-05:002008-01-09T12:57:00.000-05:00I'm the proud owner of quite a few "I LIKE IKE" bu...I'm the proud owner of quite a few "I LIKE IKE" buttons, from when my aunt was on the Latah County Republican Central Committee. Sounds like an important position doesn't it? It wasn't, but I got a lot of buttons. I don't remember any bumper stickers though. These are small tasteful buttons, maybe an inch and a half across. I'd vote for Ike, if he were around today. Wonder what he'd make of this all.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-57770768080129873892008-01-09T12:55:00.000-05:002008-01-09T12:55:00.000-05:00Even if your reasoning is correct, Israel is up sh...Even if your reasoning is correct, Israel is up shit creek, with out a domestic paddle. <BR/><BR/>Never cut the puppetmasters' strings, now it's to late, nuclear parity has been reached 300 to 3, being an equal MAD exchange.<BR/><BR/>The Wahabbi mussulman conspiracy having access to 100 warheads.<BR/><BR/>More than enough to get three to their targets. Maybe that is where the extra Saudi influence is derived.<BR/><BR/>It's not the oil the Saudis sell to China and Japan, nor even India. Unless we want it to be.<BR/>Free Trade is king.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-74598777839103652242008-01-09T12:38:00.000-05:002008-01-09T12:38:00.000-05:00"So the Sauds have no more influence,.."Right. You..."So the Sauds have no more influence,.."<BR/><BR/><BR/>Right. <BR/><BR/>You win. Enjoy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132252460964519368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-30101351689918633772008-01-09T12:36:00.000-05:002008-01-09T12:36:00.000-05:00Get myself a Model T to go along with it.Get myself a Model T to go along with it.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089498195545182330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-63976875572462454622008-01-09T12:35:00.000-05:002008-01-09T12:35:00.000-05:00After Thompson goes down I could use a Goldwater, ...After Thompson goes down I could use a Goldwater, or even better, Calvin Coolidge bumper sticker.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089498195545182330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-47284333864116641192008-01-09T12:31:00.000-05:002008-01-09T12:31:00.000-05:00Funny stuff, matMexico and Canada sell US the same...Funny stuff, mat<BR/>Mexico and Canada sell US the same <A HREF="http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/company_level_imports/current/import.html" REL="nofollow">amounts of oil</A>, as do the Saudis.<BR/><BR/>No more, no less on average.<BR/>Canada supplies abit more<BR/>Mexico a bit less<BR/><BR/>So the Sauds have no more influence, no less. We allow the US to be safety valve for Mexico, and don't do much for Canada, but leave 'em alone. Which may be all they desire.<BR/><BR/>But if you are right, we'll trade Israel for Saudi oil, better believe it.<BR/><BR/>So either way, you're in the shitter.<BR/>So it goesdesert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-42461964545853085422008-01-09T11:52:00.000-05:002008-01-09T11:52:00.000-05:00Anyway, the realities of the past are not the real...Anyway, the realities of the past are not the realities of today. And the realities of today are not the realities of the future.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132252460964519368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-9598451248327691632008-01-09T11:50:00.000-05:002008-01-09T11:50:00.000-05:00The Saudis have you by the balls, and you're screa...The Saudis have you by the balls, and you're screaming in pain. Everyone knows you're screaming in pain. No amount of "global-zone percolating violence" or "freemason conspiracy" nonsense is going to convince anyone that these screams of pain are screams of pleasure.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132252460964519368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-16972006129447247612008-01-09T11:38:00.000-05:002008-01-09T11:38:00.000-05:00Not US cities.They are not on the map, not in the ...Not US cities.<BR/>They are not on the map, not in the global-zone of percolating violence.<BR/><BR/>You have rejected the reasoning I've advanced, but the facts remain the same.<BR/>Seems pretty obvious to me.<BR/>Figure out your own reasons for it.<BR/><BR/>Then let us know what they are.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.com