Reagan cut no deal to free the American hostages held 444 days in Iran by the Ayatollah. Iran feared Reagan. They did not fear Carter.

Carter refused to permit American athletes to go to Moscow in 1980 to compete in the Olympics in response to the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan. And Afghanistan remained under Soviet control. Reagan supplied Stinger missiles and the Soviets were defeated. (I know, I know, Hollywood is trying to claim some left wing Democrat was responsible for funding the Mujahadeen. False. It was Reagan on the advice of William Casey. But that is Hollywood folks; revisionist history. The Democrats actually stood int eh way of our foreign policy in the 80s, just like they are today.)

I can still hear the speech: Reagan in Berlin: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." And the wall came down.

I don't really care about what a President does AFTER he leaves office. I care about what he does when he is IN office. And Jimmy Carter was an abject failure as a President. I would submit he was one of the worst Presidents ever. Ergo, what he says now must be measured against what he did in office.

Let him go pound a hammer; tell him to stay out of American foreign policy, e.g., meeting with Hamas/Hezbollah.

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You may hear that developing ANWR is not necessary since it only provides a six month supply of oil. Some say this is misleading; I think it's dishonest. ANWR, in the average case of 10 billion barrels of reserves, will produce a million barrels of oil a day for over twenty-five years. It will help offset our current 57% oil import rate. It will keep the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) running for many more years thus encouraging additional investment in exploration and production in Alaska. TAPS is currently flowing at less than half of its 2.2 million barrels per day capacity and can easily accommodate production from ANWR.

http://www.anwr.org/archives/1002_is_where_the_oils_at.php



I've been to the same site you went to.

That's where I got the information that, since no one has ever drilled there, no one knows how much oil is there.

Everything else is just speculation.


With this attitude we would still be living in caves and wondering if we had enough firewood to cook the raw meat we would be hunting.

The private sector, with the hopes of making profits and the risk of having losses, will best enable us to put cheaper gas in our cars and heat our homes in the winter. The government has never ever done this. And, I would submit, never can.

No one knows how much oil is in ANWR, it could be minimal, like just millions of gallons, and would be used up in a short time.

So, drilling in ANWR for a thimbleful of oil won't solve our long-term gas price problems.


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You may hear that developing ANWR is not necessary since it only provides a six month supply of oil. Some say this is misleading; I think it's dishonest. ANWR, in the average case of 10 billion barrels of reserves, will produce a million barrels of oil a day for over twenty-five years. It will help offset our current 57% oil import rate. It will keep the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) running for many more years thus encouraging additional investment in exploration and production in Alaska. TAPS is currently flowing at less than half of its 2.2 million barrels per day capacity and can easily accommodate production from ANWR.

http://www.anwr.org/archives/1002_is_where_the_oils_at.php



Man, I love facts. Open ANWR now! Open Federal lands in the west now! Open drilling off the coasts now! All these actions will ease the pain at the pump and enable us to heat our homes in the winter at cheaper prices. Do not believe the babble perpetrated by the Left about the climate. Remember, the same people who are claiming global warming proclaimed global COOLING in the 1970s.

****, not fast enough

You can do the tube sock boogie.

When I lick obsessively it is affection.

A white sock or a colored sock?

And the munchies!

Hey bud, let's party.

GOP has nothing to do with $4.00 gas. Demand (China and India) has outgrown supply.

Had we drilled in ANWR like the GOP wanted to do in '94 we would have have more supply. Democrat Bill Clinton vetoed that bill.

Take a class in Econ 101.

Since 9/11 have we been attacked?

When did the planning for 9/11 take place?

What about the WTC bombing in Feb 1993?

Obama is simply more government.

Bill left you no such thing. You got that from a Republican congress. The President doesn't make law. He enforces it. The GOP congress passed the laws to get you the surplus.

Also, Bill left you with the WTC bombing in Feb 1993; the bombing of our embassies in Africa; the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole. Let's see, what else: A nuclear North Korea. He permitted bin Laden to go to Afghanistan.

Bill Clinton gave us very little; he enjoyed the peace dividend left over by Ronald Reagan.

Strap in! This post is going to get real interesting!

I need to get some voices in my mind.

What about the voice inside your mind?

I don't think it can electrocute you but it can poke your eye out.

Hey, don't put down sparkle lip gloss. It helps you find yourself when you need to pee in the dark.