“Drill now”: Newt’s group delivers 1.3 million petition signatures to Congress
posted at 10:09 pm on July 16, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Darned impressive. Maybe it is the “conservative MoveOn,” minus the periodic bleats for attention that end up sabotaging its own side.
Your companion reading for the clip (aside from the American Solutions fact sheet on drilling, natch) is FactCheck’s critique of Obama’s “fast track” alternative, which turns out not to be so fast. Remember the next time you see some Democrat sneering that drilling now won’t produce any oil in the short term that St. Barack’s time horizon for alternative fuels is fully 10 years, predictably with “no guarantee that just spending more for research will produce the sort of new fuels, vehicles or other breakthroughs that would actually reverse the growth of oil imports.” He promised you Change, but he didn’t promise you it’d happen before, oh, say, 2020.
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can we make that 1.3 million and one? I forgot to sign the petition.
bloggless on July 16, 2008 at 10:12 PM
Git’er done Newt.
Zorro on July 16, 2008 at 10:13 PM
My true names on the petition……….. is yours?
Seven Percent Solution on July 16, 2008 at 10:13 PM
I support this 100%. Congress needs to pass this NOW! Leave partisan bickering aside for once.
nazo311 on July 16, 2008 at 10:16 PM
My true names on the petition also…
dhunter on July 16, 2008 at 10:18 PM
Democrat Congress.. good luck.
Chakra Hammer on July 16, 2008 at 10:18 PM
Or they can just do nothing…the drilling ban (congressional) ends in September. I really want to see them try to pass it again. Oh, it’s gonna get fun.
sunny on July 16, 2008 at 10:19 PM
Excellent,and heres a thought,with Obama flippinzee/der/
flopponzee,and stands for nothing,how about McCain has a
Newt style “Contract with America”,that way you’ll know
exactly what your voting for,
while Obambi flutters around promising the world!
canopfor on July 16, 2008 at 10:19 PM
Democrat controlled Congress with 9% approval rating.. LOL
Chakra Hammer on July 16, 2008 at 10:19 PM
Maybe the 9% approval rating comes from the environmental wackos?
Chakra Hammer on July 16, 2008 at 10:20 PM
I`m peeking in on some late-night jackass-ery by the dems on C-SPAN………..Morons.
ThePrez on July 16, 2008 at 10:20 PM
Call, email & send a fax to all of your rep’s. Take 5 minutes in the morning.
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/directory/congdir.tt
The sooner we get to our oil the the sooner we can increase the supply. Simple logic. Of course I know how logic & Democrap arguments go hand in hand.
I like Hannity’s idea on the topic.
http://www.hannity.com//Article.asp?id=711786
Doing nothing accomplishes nothing.
VikingGoneWild on July 16, 2008 at 10:20 PM
I signed weeks ago, so I can honestly say I did my small part.
Now…lets watch the dems squirm under the assault.
Bishop on July 16, 2008 at 10:21 PM
Sure is. I put the bumper sticker on the back of my car yesterday.
VikingGoneWild on July 16, 2008 at 10:22 PM
Has anyone heard of T. Boone Pickens?
Troy Rasmussen on July 16, 2008 at 10:24 PM
[In my best Jerkinator voice]: Do it. DO IT NOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!
Citizens petitioning their government for redress of grievances……gotta love it!
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on July 16, 2008 at 10:25 PM
You know, this higher prices has backfired on the Dems. They wanted higher prices, ask Gore and Obama. The higher prices puts the left in a corner, and the right can go for the knockout.
WoosterOh on July 16, 2008 at 10:25 PM
Reagan’s chief economic adviser and Harvard economics professor Martin Feldstein says drilling today can lower prices today:
amerpundit on July 16, 2008 at 10:26 PM
380,000 highway jobs at risk due to high gas. conservation gets you nothing. Drill now
http://thehill.com/content/view/74887/70/1/1/
unseen on July 16, 2008 at 10:26 PM
My true names on the petition……….. is yours?
Seven Percent Solution on July 16, 2008 at 10:13 PM
yes
unseen on July 16, 2008 at 10:27 PM
“Drill more,Drill now”
“Do it all,Do it now,Do it for America”
Notice how Republicans are offering solutions!
The Liberals don’t offer solutions,they are busy
with the blame game!
And what are they afraid of,
Republicans want to drill,and Liberals would rather
pull out from existing projects,strange eh!
canopfor on July 16, 2008 at 10:27 PM
Hell! See what happened after President Bush’s presser the other day? Just discussing serious proposals will drive the cost down.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on July 16, 2008 at 10:28 PM
Drill NOW!
No!
Drill YESTERDAY!
How is this even up for debate? Any Congressman who votes against it should be sent home with a pink slip.
Tony737 on July 16, 2008 at 10:29 PM
Or they can just do nothing…the drilling ban (congressional) ends in September. I really want to see them try to pass it again. Oh, it’s gonna get fun.
sunny on July 16, 2008 at 10:19 PM
gore’s speech tommorrow should be interesting. Wonder what magic spell he will weave this time as his presious global warming crapola is going down in flames with the high gas prices.
Environmentalist wackos still think gas is too cheap.
unseen on July 16, 2008 at 10:29 PM
1.3 million? Pffft! Let us eat cake!
SouthernGent on July 16, 2008 at 10:29 PM
Hell! See what happened after President Bush’s presser the other day? Just discussing serious proposals will drive the cost down.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on July 16, 2008 at 10:28 PM
that is until the DEMs outlaw speculators from the market. speculators work both ways. On the way up and on the way down. If the speculators are outlawed while oil is this high, it will take years to bring the cost of oil down as the few vested interest left in the market conspire to keep the price high.
unseen on July 16, 2008 at 10:31 PM
My true name’s on there too. I didn’t realize I could put a fake one. Oh the possibilities…
BadgerHawk on July 16, 2008 at 10:31 PM
My real name is on the petition. I have sent many emails to the troll Pelosi, Feinstein and the idiot Boxer. I do not have a Nevada address so I cannot email Reid. I think more highly of dog poop in my yard than Harry Reid.
Zelsdorf Ragshaft on July 16, 2008 at 10:31 PM
Every time I pump gas, I tape a homemade poster on the pump showing unflattering pictures of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid explaining that THEY are responsible for fuel prices. It also has their phone numbers and the Democrats voting percentages vs. Republican on oil exploration and drilling.
I don’t know how long they stay up there until someone rips it down, but at least the next person behind me sees it. And if they’re a liberal, so much the better. Eat this, tree hugging Stalinst pricks.
Plus, I signed the petition and donated enough to get a Drill Here Drill Now sticker for my gas guzzling Yukon. Will it make a difference? Dunno. Does it make me feel like I’m not just sitting here taking it up the kazoo? Youbetcha.
pistolero on July 16, 2008 at 10:34 PM
Has anyone heard of T. Boone Pickens? – Troy
Yeah, saw him on Glenn Beck and some tv ad, he says ‘we can’t drill our way out of it’. But he’s wrong, the way the free market works, drilling would indeed bring down the cost at the pump. He’s right too though, about alternative energy.
Tony737 on July 16, 2008 at 10:35 PM
By the way, I’m sure American Solutions could use a contribution to helps its efforts. Will anyone join me in throwing them a buck or two?
amerpundit on July 16, 2008 at 10:35 PM
Yup. So is my wife’s, her mother’s, her father’s, my mom’s, my dad’s, my sister’s, uncle’s and aunt’s, etc. This is really a welcome sea change in the last year or so, and Newt has been a big part of it (sitting on a couch with Pelosi notwithstanding).
Weight of Glory on July 16, 2008 at 10:35 PM
Has anyone heard of T. Boone Pickens?
Troy Rasmussen on July 16, 2008 at 10:24 PM
Troy,
boone’s ideas are good just be aware that he is talking his book, he owns oil, wind farms and LNG company. therefore he wins if oil stays high WHILE we switch over to wind and LNG. Drilling now would reduce oil prices therefore his “we can’t drill our way out of this” is technically true in the long run but drilling now will reduce gas prices now and give us breathing room to change over in 10-15 years
unseen on July 16, 2008 at 10:36 PM
By the way:
Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less
…… sign the petition!
Seven Percent Solution on July 16, 2008 at 10:37 PM
Every time I pump gas, I tape a homemade poster on the pump showing unflattering pictures of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid explaining that THEY are responsible for fuel prices. It also has their phone numbers and the Democrats voting percentages vs. Republican on oil exploration and drilling.
pistolero on July 16, 2008 at 10:34 PM
great idea
unseen on July 16, 2008 at 10:38 PM
You do not need to be a Nevada resident to email Reid. That’s for congress critters. Plus, even for congress you look on their website, find the address for their local office and paste that into the webform. You can put your real identity in the body of the text on the webform if you wish. But no elected official should be beyond the reach of the people they are
screwingserving, whether you have a chance to vote for them or not. They affect your life.pistolero on July 16, 2008 at 10:38 PM
I signed.
Newt is making it real hard for Obama to act on this issue, isn’t he? Hee, Hee. McCain is soft pedaling “drill now” but Newt is taking it home. And building himself a little base for himself for 2012?
PattyJ on July 16, 2008 at 10:38 PM
A spokesman for Pelosi and Reid has issued the following statement in response to the petition to drill for oil with 1.3 million signatures:
“LaLaLaLaLa ….. LaLaLaLaLa ….. LaLaLaLaLa”
fogw on July 16, 2008 at 10:39 PM
Every time I pump gas, I tape a homemade poster on the pump showing unflattering pictures of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid explaining that THEY are responsible for fuel prices – Pistol
BRILLIANT!
Reagan’s chief economic adviser and Harvard economics professor Martin Feldstein says drilling today can lower prices today
But libs don’t understand how all of that free market stuff works, they think the govt run the economy.
Tony737 on July 16, 2008 at 10:42 PM
A spokesman for Pelosi and Reid has issued the following statement in response to the petition to drill for oil with 1.3 million signatures:
“LaLaLaLaLa ….. LaLaLaLaLa ….. LaLaLaLaLa”
fogw on July 16, 2008 at 10:39 PM
It’s all a hoax according to Peolosi. Does she remind anyone else of the wicked witch of Oz? Can we throw water on her and melt her?
unseen on July 16, 2008 at 10:42 PM
I dunno. The only thing that I have head anyway Obama talk about is conservation, which will only go so far, and McCain doesn’t seem to want to drill in anyplace as pristine as ANWAR which rules out pretty much everything.
MB4 on July 16, 2008 at 10:44 PM
AWESOME idea. Do you use the same one everytime? Is it something you can email? Love to do that everytime I’m at the gas station.
VikingGoneWild on July 16, 2008 at 10:46 PM
Or, car engines could always be converted to burn $hit, they produce a lot of that in D.C. That might work.
MB4 on July 16, 2008 at 10:46 PM
PIERCE THROUGH HIGH GAS PRICES WITH YOUR DRILL!
/Sorry, got Gurren Lagann on the brain of late.
ZK on July 16, 2008 at 10:46 PM
I ride a camel everywhere. I don’t need no #uckin’ gas.
MB4 on July 16, 2008 at 10:49 PM
Excellent idea.
amerpundit on July 16, 2008 at 10:49 PM
drill everywhere and govt incentives to get the oil to the market as fast as possible.
release startegic oil reserves (50%) asap.
this will drive the price way down.
then attack IRAN and steal all of there oil.
custer on July 16, 2008 at 10:49 PM
Saudi Arabia would be a better choice for many reasons.
MB4 on July 16, 2008 at 10:54 PM
Saudi Arabia would be a better choice for many reasons.
MB4 on July 16, 2008 at 10:54 PM
If they didn’t have every oil well set to explode if we did that then maybe. but they ensure there saftey with a burn earth policy
unseen on July 16, 2008 at 10:58 PM
I ride a camel everywhere.I don’t need no #uckin’ gas.
MB4 on July 16,2008 at 10:49PM.
MB4: That must be some Camel?haha:)
canopfor on July 16, 2008 at 10:58 PM
That’s brilliant. I’m totally going to do that.
BadgerHawk on July 16, 2008 at 11:00 PM
And one o’ them names is mine.
Bob's Kid on July 16, 2008 at 11:02 PM
I don’t have the file on this PC, but I will email it to someone. Can I send it to Hot Air? Amerpundit? It would be a real shame if these things started showing up in mass quantities all across the country, wouldn’t it?
I’ll get something sent tomorrow for whomever steps up and wants it.
Oh, and it’s not an entirely original idea. I remember el Rushbo saying that the picture should be Pelosi, with the digital dollar amount rolling in her eye holes.
pistolero on July 16, 2008 at 11:02 PM
Signed it a month ago.
As the Chinese saying goes:
“The best time to plant a tree: 20 years ago.
The second best time: today.”
Drill holes in the Jihad NOW!
profitsbeard on July 16, 2008 at 11:05 PM
You must have one huge “Long Johnson”……. Impressive!
Seven Percent Solution on July 16, 2008 at 11:07 PM
Any chance you can offer a pdf or some such version of that poster for those of us with less time and talent?
melachiro on July 16, 2008 at 11:12 PM
pistolero email it to me asap at melachiro@yahoo.com
oh and….let the spam begin again
melachiro on July 16, 2008 at 11:14 PM
I’ll give Hot Air first dibs, but I’ll gladly accept a copy for distribution on the web.
amerpundit on July 16, 2008 at 11:17 PM
You know what would be helpful? If I actually provided by email address:
amerpun@amerpundit.com
amerpundit on July 16, 2008 at 11:19 PM
My real, real name is on the petition! And I would love one of those gas pump posters!!
atxcowgirl on July 16, 2008 at 11:23 PM
Damn skippy.
And Seven Percent Solution was on TV the other night.
misterpeasea on July 16, 2008 at 11:31 PM
Forgive me, but weren’t they supposed to get 3 million signatures? I hope this continues. AND, thanks for pointing out that the Congress legislation sunsets in september; I didn’t hear that anywhere else!
ParisParamus on July 16, 2008 at 11:32 PM
Great, great idea.
misterpeasea on July 16, 2008 at 11:34 PM
I didn’t want to toot my own horn……. but prayers for the Snow family and sign the damn petiion!
Seven Percent Solution on July 16, 2008 at 11:44 PM
I printed out the Drill Here! Drill Now! flyers from the AmericanSolutions site and leave them at gas stations. I signed my real name as well. No Fear!
DerKrieger on July 16, 2008 at 11:45 PM
Just like with the McCain Shamnesty bill, it’s going to be us… the true grassroots… that gets this thing going. KEEP IT UP EVERYBODY!
MsUnderestimated on July 16, 2008 at 11:49 PM
My name’s on that petition as well.
I think I remember him saying he’s not interested, but this raises the possibility in my mind of Newt being drafted as Veep. What do you guys think about that possibility? He could ride the oil independence issue to the #2 spot on the ticket, and beat the Dems over the head with it if he were so inclined.
At least that’s my 2 cents.
cs89 on July 16, 2008 at 11:51 PM
[pistolero on July 16, 2008 at 10:34 PM]
That is a great idea. I’d like one and I’m going to add little phone number tear-offs with Reid’s and Pelosi’s numbers on them.
Dusty on July 16, 2008 at 11:54 PM
Drill here, Drill Now … stickers should be the Kilroy was here of the 21st century.
Buy Danish on July 16, 2008 at 11:57 PM
You mean giving Kucinich and his spaceship a meaningless “impeachment” hearing when impeachment is off the table isn’t a useful cause for taxpayers?
Topsecretk9 on July 17, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Stands to be more effective than a liberal “no war for oil” sticker on a fricken car!
Topsecretk9 on July 17, 2008 at 12:02 AM
Do any of you think Newt’s little commercial with Nancy on global warming was a little strateeegery head fake? I do.
Topsecretk9 on July 17, 2008 at 12:04 AM
Get real. This is a Democratic Congress. We’ll get the shaft, but not the drilling.
Dr. Charles G. Waugh on July 17, 2008 at 12:11 AM
Nah… All you need to do is select a Nevada zip code, and use it with (real or imagined address) when you fill out the contact form on his web site. All these constituent-specific forms look for is a valid zip code.
seanrobins on July 17, 2008 at 12:13 AM
I just created a Word doc that you can download and print. Don’t have the full blown Adobe, but this is a good start here.
MsUnderestimated on July 17, 2008 at 12:14 AM
Military camels are Pelosi’s latest conservation plan. She calls them Humpvies.
Dr. Charles G. Waugh on July 17, 2008 at 12:17 AM
My wife and I both signed when it was still at 50,000 signatures!
Vntnrse on July 17, 2008 at 12:25 AM
MsUnderestimated
You have a typo in the headline, obout …FYI.
I gussy upped your file in PDF format if you’d like it, I’ll email it to you.
Topsecretk9 on July 17, 2008 at 1:02 AM
Spam…..Viking don’t care. Not when I can get something awesome!
vikinggonewild@yahoo.com
Thanks in advance!
VikingGoneWild on July 17, 2008 at 1:03 AM
I signed the petition,how do you know if your name is on the
petition,is there somewhere to check?:)
canopfor on July 17, 2008 at 1:08 AM
Pelosi lied, gas pumps died.
Entelechy on July 17, 2008 at 1:55 AM
I donated $50 to American Solutions and got my sticker about a month ago.
I LOVE the poster on the gas pump idea, I am going to do that and put little tear-offs with Pelosi and Reid’s phone numbers on them too, with a DRILL HERE DRILL NOW reminder on them.
Fishoutofwater on July 17, 2008 at 1:58 AM
BTW – I live in Las Vegas, and a valid Vegas zip code, if anyone needs it when calling or emailing ranges from 89100 to 89150 or so.
Fishoutofwater on July 17, 2008 at 2:01 AM
Pelosi lied,gas pumps died.
Entelechy on July 17,2008 at 1:55AM.
Entelechy: That picture of Pelosi,has that Queen of Mean,
Leona Helmsley look to it!haha:)
canopfor on July 17, 2008 at 2:07 AM
here is a JPG rework of MisUnderestimated’s word doc with little tear off’s included.
Topsecretk9 on July 17, 2008 at 2:29 AM
Yes, yes,
Let’s leave our children with big empty holes in the ground and trillions of dollars in debt.
Who better than “family man” Newt to lead the Republican effort to stick it to our kids?
No doubt he’s got NAMBLA’s support…
alphie on July 17, 2008 at 2:32 AM
No. NAMBLA’s got Pelosi’s you mean.
Holes in the ground. Hmmm. You mean the ones in the basement at Beverly Hills High and the Gucci “Beverly Center” mall?
I guess if an intellectual giant like Sean Penn didn’t notice the hole can’t be that big, eh?
Topsecretk9 on July 17, 2008 at 2:49 AM
Hate to break it to you….the US Gov’t has been in debt for decades but not due to US Gov’t subsidizing my gas purchases. The US Gov’t has increased my cost at the pump with taxes. The US Gov’t makes more per gallon than the people actually responsible for providing the product I need.
Instead of bitching and complaining about our offered solution maybe you (I.E. Democraps/liberal) can offer a realistic solution to the problem.
It’s easy to against something, what are you for?
VikingGoneWild on July 17, 2008 at 2:53 AM
It’s the Republicans who are pushing for fiscal pedophilia, top.
The first step to ending it is to get them to admit it…or just vote ‘em outta office.
alphie on July 17, 2008 at 2:53 AM
Good one.
MB4 on July 17, 2008 at 2:54 AM
Alphie
You 9 percenters use that as a campaign topic, meanwhile the rest of the taxpayers on planet earth support drilling
You love polls don’t you?
Topsecretk9 on July 17, 2008 at 2:58 AM
Al Gore lied, nobody fried.
Kerry dufus saluted, got booted.
Juan to LaRace did pander, got up conservatives dander.
Obama changed, his whole campaign rearranged.
MB4 on July 17, 2008 at 3:02 AM
Why poor people vote for Republicans and their scemes is a mystery, top.
Can’t they hear the Republicans laughing at them?
alphie on July 17, 2008 at 3:17 AM
Heh. What goes around comes around.
misterpeasea on July 17, 2008 at 3:21 AM
Hey 9 percenter, they vote Republican because they want to be something besides poor and dependent on gummint all their lives. Or else they vote Democrat.
Why rich people vote for Democrats and their schemes is completely inexplicable.
Keep pushing that Democrat line on drilling, wouldja?
misterpeasea on July 17, 2008 at 3:24 AM
I will indeed continue to speak for future generations of Americans, top.
I think it’s the main task of real conservatives…
alphie on July 17, 2008 at 4:03 AM
I signed!!
Dollayo on July 17, 2008 at 4:06 AM
Seeing boehner there ruins it for me. He was one of the leaders for 12 years that did nothing to move this country forward. He needs to go.
peacenprosperity on July 17, 2008 at 6:07 AM
100% winning issue for McCain.
Beat the drum EVERY SPEECH.
Become “McDrillin”
Dpet on July 17, 2008 at 6:30 AM
Hey, haven’t you heard? Barry O’s going to solve our energy problems by “fast-tracking” alternatives. What does that mean? It means he gonna throw money at research on alternative fuels, and HOPE that the researchers come up with something in about 10 years or so. (Of course, nobody is working on alternatives now, because the prospect of getting filthy rich has never motivated anybody. We need Barry O’s special brand of magic for that!).
Ya gotta love liberals. They refuse to drill because it won’t get more oil to the market for several years, but their “solution” is to HOPE that alternative energy researchers can come up with some viable alternative to oil in a decade or so. Yeah, that’s a responsible plan.
And yes, I signed my real name to the petition a few weeks ago.
AZCoyote on July 17, 2008 at 7:52 AM
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