tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21307924.post388076971340383786..comments2024-01-03T02:37:17.197-06:00Comments on Conservative Commentary: Is Anyone Actively Involved?Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17457956739752722879noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21307924.post-54853345345620713602008-06-27T18:03:00.000-05:002008-06-27T18:03:00.000-05:00Heidi, I have spent considerable time in the regio...Heidi, I have spent considerable time in the region, and there is nothing there except oil. If oil were to drop to $10 a barrel because no one used it anymore, the entire region would become like Somalia or Haiti. Oil pays for everything there, including housing subsidies for the average Saudi citizen. Without oil, there is little threatRoberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17457956739752722879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21307924.post-44610605854174750532008-06-25T10:51:00.000-05:002008-06-25T10:51:00.000-05:00you said "Hard to hate Americans when you are scra...you said "Hard to hate Americans when you are scrapping for food."<BR/><BR/>au contraire, robert. it will simply be another excuse for al queda and the world at large - including the libtards among u.s. at least it will limit their ability to get funds from that region.<BR/><BR/>but will that be enough? don't you think the muslims in the rest of the world not hit by the reduction in production of oil from the middle east will still give them money?<BR/><BR/>i, too, agree with you on what needs to be done here. and i, too, call and write everyone in public office i can find. but it must just be you, rocky and me doing it... some days it's so depressing...<BR/><BR/>heidianne jackson<BR/>http://biggirlpants.typepad.comheidianne jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06783032991482798159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21307924.post-3905371082378216082008-06-23T08:40:00.000-05:002008-06-23T08:40:00.000-05:00professional politicians have little reason to res...professional politicians have little reason to respond to the noises from the peanut gallery. and all we have in this country are professional politicians. they feign interest and make lots of noise but accomplish zilch.dons_mindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05845667516172764211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21307924.post-16053443129597912812008-06-22T18:26:00.000-05:002008-06-22T18:26:00.000-05:00Politics will never be the answer except stepping ...Politics will never be the answer except stepping out of the way deregulating to allow the free market to take over by allowing drilling.<BR/><BR/>There is enough in the ground in our own country to meet our needs and allow us to become a major exporter.<BR/><BR/>In fact there is a vein in Montan that if let loose can horizontal drill from an already existing drilling sight which would hit the market in months not years. This one vein has about 40 billion barrels of oil!<BR/><BR/>Get the feds and the enviro lobby out of the way and drill and watch the free market lower oil prices!The Liberal Lie The Conservative Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07082308076603570611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21307924.post-77585943624048871552008-06-22T10:44:00.000-05:002008-06-22T10:44:00.000-05:00I for one have joined you in writing to my senator...I for one have joined you in writing to my senator and congresswoman. You are correct that in order to be heard, we must make an effort.<BR/>The impact of the 60s and 70s was in the mass of protesters who took to the streets and made their objections known. I don't advocate anarchy, but I'm a stalwart supporter of peaceful protest and nonviolent civil disobedience.<BR/>In this electronic age, I believe mass emails might just have the same effect.rockynchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00772988855661101621noreply@blogger.com