I read his speech about getting American energy free from OPEC by 2025. McCain might have accidentally found something that will resonate with most of the voters this fall. He actually hit a triple on this one (a homer would have been drill EVERYWHERE with good care for the environment WHILE drilling). There is hope for him yet.

Now, if we could just get this clown to understand that Americans do not want to reward illegals for breaking the law.

So she is naughty. Very naughty.

Tim Burton on June 24, 2008 at 1:55 AM

Bad boy!

karenhasfreedom on June 25, 2008 at 1:18 AM

I think many of us have been saying this all along.

Start drilling in ANWR.

ANWR – Alaskan Nubile Woman Republican?

We need to focus on the local races and get as many conservatives in Congress as possible to prevent EITHER party candidate for President from taking our country in the wrong direction. I donated to the PA politican running against that idiot in PA who smeared the marines (Murtha). I also saw a guy named Steve Beren on FoxNews who is trying to unseat Jim McDermitt (that guy is a pox on our nation). I also donated to his campaign, too. I am trying to do this for the local elections, rather than give money to the party at the national level and have them waste it on RINOS.

karenhasfreedom on June 25, 2008 at 1:18 AM

Exactly right!!! Just sent money to two proven-conservative Senatorial candidates: only one of which was from my state. Not a single cent for RNC (Rinos, Not Conservatives).

We need to focus on the local races and get as many conservatives in Congress as possible to prevent EITHER party candidate for President from taking our country in the wrong direction. I donated to the PA politican running against that idiot in PA who smeared the marines (Murtha). I also saw a guy named Steve Beren on FoxNews who is trying to unseat Jim McDermitt (that guy is a pox on our nation). I also donated to his campaign, too. I am trying to do this for the local elections, rather than give money to the party at the national level and have them waste it on RINOS.

right2bright on June 24, 2008 at 7:28 PM

Well the Natives (as they like to be called) had a hard time. But the Chenega Corp is actually the last remaining of their village. The first tome something “happened” the 64 earthquake tsunami, wiped them out pretty good. Then illness and such, then the Valdez Oil Spill just killed everything else.

For 40 people to come out of that into a fotune 500 company, is pretty damn impressive. Chenega is one of the few Corps that does base security all over the world. They are a very laid out and planned organization. Even if they are Native Pref.

I didn’t live here then so I looked up the oil spill. It was pretty bad, but that was forty years ago. Has technology improved enough to make this less likely? There hasn’t been an oil spill in this area since. Is it safe now?

Rose on June 24, 2008 at 6:28 PM

Safe enough for Oprah…If you had $10 million you could probably pick up a fixer-upper along the beach.

right2bright on June 24, 2008 at 7:09 PM

Gotta love it when people blame natural occurances. :)

upinak on June 24, 2008 at 7:13 PM

Yeah, those “Valdez” Indians were a mess…

right2bright on June 24, 2008 at 7:09 PM

Gotta love it when people blame natural occurances. :)

And btw, I went to school at UCSB: there’s oil tar all over the beaches there, moreso than there would be after a spill & subsequent clean-up with today’s technology. I’m not mad at the gold coast residents who don’t want to look at anymore oil platforms off the coastline (there are already about 50!) but if we replaced what’s there with updated platforms, I bet we’d get a lot more oil more efficiently.

Biffstir on June 24, 2008 at 5:59 PM

Please, do a little research. Oil has been seeping up from Oceanside to Morrow Bay for tens of thousands of years. The California Indians used it everyday. You weren’t stepping in “oil spill”.
In the 50’s you couldn’t walk around Huntington Beach or Tin Can Beach (Bolsa Chica now) without having your feet covered with tar. Since the oil has been pumped and replaced with sea water there is not as much seepage now.

ftp://ftp.consrv.ca.gov/pub/oil/publications/TR53.pdf

I didn’t live here then so I looked up the oil spill. It was pretty bad, but that was forty years ago. Has technology improved enough to make this less likely? There hasn’t been an oil spill in this area since. Is it safe now?

Rose on June 24, 2008 at 6:28 PM

This says 17,650 total bbl spilled from Katrina and Rita.

lived in SB for 21 years. Rents are too high, and I lived in a run down old shanty in Isla Vista. all the nice festivals like Solstice Parade are cool and all that. Yep walked Coal Oil Point many times, came home with tar all over my feet, vegetable oil removes most of it. Many places along the Ellwood Mesa have tar and oil seeping up through the ground. Don’t know if you remember that??? Every time I saw one of those tar oil seeps I would sing the Beverley Hills song to myself and think of Jed Clampett.

Biffstir on June 24, 2008 at 5:59 PM

Here let me help you. WAAA.

SB have a pretty damn pristine beach and you have to dig about a foot deep to get to even some of the oil and that it is not conciderable. The Oil slick that came ashore was already deteriorating before it hit. So most of it was a lumpy mess that didn’t stick all that well and the sand that was touched by the oil was burned. I have been there on vacation.

Now if you go to Valdez, dig 2 inches under any of the dirt, rocks etc. You find oil and a heavy amount of it.

And I really don’t think you know how much it cost to construct a platform. Especially a new one. Please go ask a Oil Company or a Company who owns the Rig to make a few news ones, for the simple fact of beautification to a coast line and watch their reaction.

Redhead Infidel on June 24, 2008 at 5:29 PM

I don’t know. Some people can make the best of anything our of any situation. Sarah sure has in many cases.

You never know with circumstances and the future.