Stuff the fucking flag pin argument up your ass!

[kaiser soze]

PatriASS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfibaWamS70&eurl=http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x167510)

[funk63]

Ive done worse things to flags.

[RobMoney$]

Obama took the flag pin out of his ass a long time ago and replaced it with a tire pressure gauge (http://www.northerntool.com/images/product/images/154599_lg.jpg).

[yeahwho]

Properly inflated tires and driving slower will save money as soon as you drive away. Releasing petroleum from the strategic reserve has dropped the price of gas three times in past 20 years. We can cut our demand and conserve enough to make drilling unnecessary. Decreasing demand does three things: lowers the price of gas, cuts down on pollution and sets us on the path to energy independence.

Nothing that McCain supports will drop the price as quickly as these simple measures or make up a long-range energy policy, yet McCain makes fun of those who promote them.

Consumers' trouble maintaining proper tire pressure -- affecting not only fuel economy but tread life, handling and safety -- has not escaped the attention of your benevolent federal government. Tire pressure monitoring systems are now mandatory on all new cars, making the Obama tire gauge flap something of a debate in the rearview mirror.

Plus this is good and bad, but mostly good for Barack, who at least is consistent

McCain is a fan of Yucca Mountain, the proposed Nevada waste dump that is to be the burial place for more than 100,000 tons of highly radioactive waste generated by the country's commercial reactors. Obama calls Yucca a mistake. Critical decisions on whether to go forward with it will have to be made early in the next presidency.

The Obama campaign on Saturday released a TV ad for Las Vegas and Reno stations criticizing McCain on the issue. The ad says, in part: "Imagine trucks hauling the nation's nuclear waste on our highways to Yucca Mountain? John McCain supports opening Yucca. He's not worried about nuclear waste in our state, only in Arizona."

In response to the ad, the McCain campaign accused Obama of hypocrisy, noting that in 2005 Obama twice voted in favor of a $31.2 billion bill providing funding for energy and water development projects that included $577 million for Yucca Mountain. Yet McCain, though he backs the Yucca project, voted against the funding bill once — it passed 92-3 — and did not vote when it came up again, at which time it passed 84-4.

Ironically, Obama and McCain agree on one of the most polarizing energy and environmental issues of the last quarter century — whether to drill for oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Neither wants to open the Alaska refuge to energy companies, something Bush has been trying to do for nearly eight years.

[RobMoney$]

http://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/general_current_events/voters_see_stark_differences_between_obama_and_mcc ain_on_energy_issue


By substantial margins, voters believe that McCain’s top priority is finding new sources of energy while Obama is more focused on reducing the amount of energy we consume.
Data released yesterday shows that voters overwhelmingly believe it is more important to find new sources of energy (http://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/issues2/articles/81_say_finding_new_energy_sources_is_urgent_nation al_need). Sixty-seven percent (67%) believe McCain shares this priority while just 29% believe Obama holds that same view.


I believe we need to persue both of these avenues. I support drilling in ANWR, but I also recognize and support the need to explore alternative forms of energy.