Want to get an idea why Democrats have no clue on energy policy? Take a listen to Barack Obama explaining how we can get an extra 12 million barrels of oil a day. We can pull it out of thin air — literally:
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next up police will be having tire check points and finning those that have impoper PSI readings. Every yearly inspection will require a $400.00 tune up.
I can see the laws writing themselves. Like the seatbelt laws or the helmet laws
The whole-eco movement is nuts. Wind, Solar, inflate your tires and dont use plastic bags at the store. We won WW2 with that kind of thinking? It doesn’t stand up to reason unless they want us to be living on the prairie in sod houses again.
My Dad had a ‘73 Chevy Caprice Classic. Good God but that thing was a boat. He got the Oldsmobile in ‘79. ;)
My Dad got our 1969 Chrysler New Yorker Braugham in 1975. Much like the Caprice, it was a boat. Dad used to let me tan in the back window, while he was driving about 70 mph and smoking with the windows rolled up.
Uh, Barry, modern cars don’t need tuneups. Gone are the days when you needed to replace your points and plugs, have a carb adjustment and generally tinker with the engine to get it to run at its optimum level.
It’s all controlled by the onboard computer now. If something gets out of spec, the good old “check engine” light will let you know.
Anyone who wants to air up their tires and get a tune-up, and all that other maintenance that makes your car run better and therefore used less fuel, please come to my shop and I will be happy to oblige.
After all, the Messiah says you should!
Forget the McCain commercial, maybe I can use that for MY commercial!
Universal health care…..Eh, could live without it.
Universal car care….Now there’s something I’m down for. If my vehicle breaks down, I won’t be able to work. If I can’t work, I can’t pay taxes. If I can’t pay taxes, I’ll be drawing unemployment. Therefore, it is more advantageous for the government to cover the cost of my car care as it is to my health care.
Is his assumption based on ALL Americans not having properly inflated tires or a percentage? If a precentage then what percentage? How much on average do these tire pressure criminals drive per year? So many questions, so few answers.
Getting all three of us kids in the back seat – my baby brother in the upright car seat with the bar across the front and attached to the seat with only a seatbelt – that was always an adventure. Good God but if we were in an accident he would’ve been launched through the front winshield after breaking several ribs on that bar. Of course he may have been the only survivor when the car burst into flames after a collision like that. :)
Judging by the crowd reaction, it seems like his idea went over about as well as the time BO cut the cheese during the middle of one of Rev. Wright’s sermons.
Maybe the Democrats could use a tune-up on energy policy. It looks like they’re still stuck in the 1970s, with tired, worn-out points and bad timing. On energy, Obama is your father’s 1973 Oldsmobile.
But what about the poor folks that cannot afford to inflate their tires properly? Those coin-op machines are now up to a buck in Bush’s economy. There needs to be a tax credit for the working poor so that they can afford to inflate their tires.
Tires are now the type where you have to have them checked… once a year. The no flat tire tires, the road guaged tires, and even the car that tells you to inflat your tires if the pressure is off.
Obama seriously isn’t mechanically inclines and has no idea about automobiles or the industries that work with automobiles, does he!
“I have no idea how a vehicle actually operates. I’ve just heard a bunch of stuff (BS) over the years and I’m gonna through it at you and see if any of it draws a positive reaction.”
The wheels on that bus go round and round…. round and round *paused for PSI test* round and round. Who am I going to throw under it again…. all through the towns!
Mr Messiah sir, Who is going to provide this “air” that you speak of that will magically solve our energy concerns? Where is it, that we may go and inflate our tires to 36PSI, and hasten this, what you call, energy independence?
The other important part of his energy policy is another round of rebate checks.
MayBee on July 30, 2008 at 5:03 PM
Interesting how they like to use that term “rebate.” A whole lot of those tax “rebate” checks went to people who were paying no taxes in the first place. Ah, “social justice” . . . don’t ‘ya love it?
Oil went up more than $4 today, Obama. Keep showing your ignorance. We want that hole you’re digging yourself to be nice and deep by November.
Yep, Pelosi told us back in 2006 that she and her Dim buddies had a plan to bring down the high cost of gas. The price has doubled since she made that promise.
C’mon Nancy, what are you waiting for? Put that great plan of yours into action before the entire country grinds to a halt. Or is destroying the U.S. economy part of your master plan to save the planet?
Uh, Barry, modern cars don’t need tuneups. Gone are the days when you needed to replace your points and plugs, have a carb adjustment and generally tinker with the engine to get it to run at its optimum level.
It’s all controlled by the onboard computer now. If something gets out of spec, the good old “check engine” light will let you know.
Jeez…is he that fucking stupid or does he think we are?
Neither. To a man like Barack Obama there is no such thing as an objective fact. Therefore, it doesn’t matter to him what is actually the case, nor does he concern himself with whether his assertions match reality. The only thing that matters to him is how others feel about what he says. And, when it comes to innocuous nonsense, that tripe fits right in.
can i use the hot air coming from the messiahs pie hole to over inflate my tires?
Oh and when i ride my chopper /ridged i under inflate my rear tire , I will use a little more fuel but i have a much softer ride . well as soft as you can on a hard tail chopper .
Politicos have just fallen in love with that “comprehensive” buzz word. Why can’t the “Dims” apply comprehensive to an energy policy that would do all of the things that would help us out. The “Dimwits” that say we can not drill our way out of this problem are ignoring the huge impact domestic oil production would have. Sure, we need to look at alternatives such as wind, solar, biofuels, hydrogen and what-not but writing off domestic drilling is insane.
And Lolly Peloser is whining about how ‘Big Oil’ has millions of acres offshore that they can drill in so why do they need more? Because, you stupid old trout, there’s no prospect of oil under where they don’t want to drill. Perhaps some home-made trepanning to let the demons out of Lolly’s head???
How do they know how many people are driving around on under-inflated tires?
AZ_Mike on July 30, 2008 at 6:09 PM
I can’t give you any national number, or even averages, but I can tell you this much: nearly half of the vehicles I work on have tires that are not at the proper pressures. I think this comes from a combination of things, including slow leaks people don’t notice, gauges at those coin-op compressors not calibrated, some folks just put air in until it “looks full” (which will be overinflated every time), and just plain old not bothering with it.
You want to save fuel, here’s a thought: Just drive EASY! Back off the the throttle a little earier coming to a stop, get into it a little easier, and follow whatever the posted speed limit is.
This guy is so smart … As long as the Teleprompter rolls. When it stops rolling, the truth comes out. Dumber than a post turtle.
If you recall, these were the type of things they came up with in the old Soviet Union … Marxism never changes. And look how that worked out for the Russians.
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Heh.
On energy, Obama is my ex-bro-in-laws’ AMC Pacer.
Mew
acat on July 30, 2008 at 4:37 PM
*Watches video*
And the crowd goes …wild?
DanStark on July 30, 2008 at 4:38 PM
Jeez…is he that fucking stupid or does he think we are?
Sefton on July 30, 2008 at 4:39 PM
Or the Corvair. “Unsafe at any speed.”
Or the Edsel.
CurtZHP on July 30, 2008 at 4:39 PM
next up police will be having tire check points and finning those that have impoper PSI readings. Every yearly inspection will require a $400.00 tune up.
I can see the laws writing themselves. Like the seatbelt laws or the helmet laws
unseen on July 30, 2008 at 4:40 PM
And always fasten your seatbelt, kids.
Aristotle on July 30, 2008 at 4:40 PM
Does it have to be an either/or sort of question?
Slublog on July 30, 2008 at 4:41 PM
The whole-eco movement is nuts. Wind, Solar, inflate your tires and dont use plastic bags at the store. We won WW2 with that kind of thinking? It doesn’t stand up to reason unless they want us to be living on the prairie in sod houses again.
JAW on July 30, 2008 at 4:41 PM
This is getting better and better…the more he explains, the more foolish he looks. So backward, so, so, so, Goreish.
Tell the fixed income couple in Wisc. in the fall, that they could have heated their home if they had inflated their tires.
right2bright on July 30, 2008 at 4:41 PM
My Dad had a ‘73 Chevy Caprice Classic. Good God but that thing was a boat. He got the Oldsmobile in ‘79. ;)
crazy_legs on July 30, 2008 at 4:43 PM
Hey you can’t expect Barack to be an expert on everything!
Or anything at all, for that matter.
Remind me again why this guy thinks he’d make a good President?
NoDonkey on July 30, 2008 at 4:43 PM
Auto maintenance we can believe in.
Mark1971 on July 30, 2008 at 4:43 PM
Obama is in the pocket of Big Auto Repair.
lorien1973 on July 30, 2008 at 4:44 PM
Which my administration will make you do…
Plus, trun the A/C down and stop eating at fast food restaurants…
-Obama
VolMagic on July 30, 2008 at 4:44 PM
ummm…yes democRATs think we are that f’ing stupid and so far we have done nothing to assuage them of this notion!
sabbott on July 30, 2008 at 4:45 PM
I assume it’ll now be a federal crime to drive without the proper pressure on your tires? Cops can pull you over to check your air pressure?
lorien1973 on July 30, 2008 at 4:46 PM
My Dad got our 1969 Chrysler New Yorker Braugham in 1975. Much like the Caprice, it was a boat. Dad used to let me tan in the back window, while he was driving about 70 mph and smoking with the windows rolled up.
Good times. I loved that man.
Matticus Finch on July 30, 2008 at 4:46 PM
Uh, Barry, modern cars don’t need tuneups. Gone are the days when you needed to replace your points and plugs, have a carb adjustment and generally tinker with the engine to get it to run at its optimum level.
It’s all controlled by the onboard computer now. If something gets out of spec, the good old “check engine” light will let you know.
Barry says, “These aren’t the cars I knew!”
BacaDog on July 30, 2008 at 4:47 PM
My tires are already inflated properly, so I guess I’ve done my part and there’s nothing more to worry about.
forest on July 30, 2008 at 4:47 PM
I buy tire inflation offsets, so screw you, I’m riding on rims today!
Texas Rainmaker on July 30, 2008 at 4:47 PM
You definitely deserve the blue eagle of good citizenship!
lorien1973 on July 30, 2008 at 4:48 PM
HAAA. Buffoonish! Oh man, that’s a McCain ad just WAITING to happen!
marklmail on July 30, 2008 at 4:48 PM
Hey Barry, can I use some of the pressure from your inflated ego to fill my tires?
VolMagic on July 30, 2008 at 4:49 PM
BacaDog on July 30, 2008 at 4:47 PM
true….there are still a couple things to keep in good shape like airfilters etc but most have been taken out of the individuals control.
unseen on July 30, 2008 at 4:50 PM
don’t let your kids ride in the front seat next to the glove box with the hand guns. I just want to scream, AAAAAaaaahhh!
kirkill on July 30, 2008 at 4:50 PM
Um. No.
Stick to the prepared stuff, Barry. You should know by now that when you go off script, you sound like an idiot.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on July 30, 2008 at 4:50 PM
Good one!
becki51758 on July 30, 2008 at 4:50 PM
Remember that BS about putting helium in your tires, how its’ buoyancy would make the car lighter and improve mileage? I’ll bet he suggests that next.
redshirt on July 30, 2008 at 4:51 PM
And how many of his supporters or the media (but I repeat myself) will actually question his logic here?
amerpundit on July 30, 2008 at 4:51 PM
Sounds like it’s time to break out the Jimmy Carter Sweater.
Mojave Mark on July 30, 2008 at 4:52 PM
He’s a symbol of the possibility of not drilling.
Akzed on July 30, 2008 at 4:52 PM
Anyone who wants to air up their tires and get a tune-up, and all that other maintenance that makes your car run better and therefore used less fuel, please come to my shop and I will be happy to oblige.
After all, the Messiah says you should!
Forget the McCain commercial, maybe I can use that for MY commercial!
JamesLee on July 30, 2008 at 4:52 PM
Oh, and BTW, why don’t we do both!
redshirt on July 30, 2008 at 4:52 PM
Universal health care…..Eh, could live without it.
Universal car care….Now there’s something I’m down for. If my vehicle breaks down, I won’t be able to work. If I can’t work, I can’t pay taxes. If I can’t pay taxes, I’ll be drawing unemployment. Therefore, it is more advantageous for the government to cover the cost of my car care as it is to my health care.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on July 30, 2008 at 4:53 PM
Is his assumption based on ALL Americans not having properly inflated tires or a percentage? If a precentage then what percentage? How much on average do these tire pressure criminals drive per year? So many questions, so few answers.
DerKrieger on July 30, 2008 at 4:54 PM
They do use Nitrogen though.
TheBigOldDog on July 30, 2008 at 4:54 PM
Getting all three of us kids in the back seat – my baby brother in the upright car seat with the bar across the front and attached to the seat with only a seatbelt – that was always an adventure. Good God but if we were in an accident he would’ve been launched through the front winshield after breaking several ribs on that bar. Of course he may have been the only survivor when the car burst into flames after a collision like that. :)
Yeah… I miss my Dad.
crazy_legs on July 30, 2008 at 4:55 PM
Judging by the crowd reaction, it seems like his idea went over about as well as the time BO cut the cheese during the middle of one of Rev. Wright’s sermons.
swami on July 30, 2008 at 4:55 PM
Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual, uninvolved, uninformed, tires improperly inflated.
Buy Danish on July 30, 2008 at 4:56 PM
Ed, you have a way with words!
jgapinoy on July 30, 2008 at 4:56 PM
“you know, we can’t all set our thermostats at 72, drive all we want, eat all we want”
Forced rationing of energy via obstructing future development.
DerKrieger on July 30, 2008 at 4:56 PM
“Getting all three of us kids in the back seat”
You had seat belts?
We just slid back and forth in the back bay of the station wagon.
NoDonkey on July 30, 2008 at 4:57 PM
He’ll blame his “inartful” statements on being overdue for a nap.
jgapinoy on July 30, 2008 at 4:57 PM
Audacity of Dope strikes again.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on July 30, 2008 at 4:57 PM
I’d like to see how he explains how that will help Michelle’s children.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on July 30, 2008 at 4:58 PM
BO is Dr No.
“No!” to more drilling.
“No!” to more refineries.
“No!” to more nuclear plants.
And he says Bush has “No” energy policy.
jgapinoy on July 30, 2008 at 4:59 PM
But what about the poor folks that cannot afford to inflate their tires properly? Those coin-op machines are now up to a buck in Bush’s economy. There needs to be a tax credit for the working poor so that they can afford to inflate their tires.
rw on July 30, 2008 at 5:00 PM
The other important part of his energy policy is another round of rebate checks.
When you throw that in, that’s when you get the whole picture.
MayBee on July 30, 2008 at 5:03 PM
Herein lies the difference between Us and Them. Us being those that believe in liberty and Them being the do-gooders and hopers.
rockhead on July 30, 2008 at 5:03 PM
How will it help Michellin’s children?
Nosferightu on July 30, 2008 at 5:05 PM
Sweet! Bonus points.
wccawa on July 30, 2008 at 5:05 PM
Tires are now the type where you have to have them checked… once a year. The no flat tire tires, the road guaged tires, and even the car that tells you to inflat your tires if the pressure is off.
Obama seriously isn’t mechanically inclines and has no idea about automobiles or the industries that work with automobiles, does he!
upinak on July 30, 2008 at 5:06 PM
If you read between the lines, he just said.
“I have no idea how a vehicle actually operates. I’ve just heard a bunch of stuff (BS) over the years and I’m gonna through it at you and see if any of it draws a positive reaction.”
PappaMac on July 30, 2008 at 5:07 PM
Next photo op, wifee out putting air in the tires and the kids telling her how to do it.
L
letget on July 30, 2008 at 5:07 PM
He’s been listening to Tire Discounters commercials too much.
NO2 be hanged, fill them with Hope.
- The Cat
MirCat on July 30, 2008 at 5:08 PM
Yeah, and my Dad has his tied in a knot to fool the car into thinking he had it on so the “FASTEN SEAT BELT” idiot light and buzzer would stop.
crazy_legs on July 30, 2008 at 5:09 PM
Is Obama getting his talking points from Laurie David of “one sheet” fame?
Dusty on July 30, 2008 at 5:09 PM
when obama suggests that we pull on a sweater, i’ll know that he is the second coming…of jimma carter.
DrW on July 30, 2008 at 5:10 PM
Air, schmair. Pelosi has the answer…
Get rid of them two and everything’s copasetic, running on hope and roses.
tree hugging sister on July 30, 2008 at 5:10 PM
The wheels on that bus go round and round…. round and round *paused for PSI test* round and round. Who am I going to throw under it again…. all through the towns!
upinak on July 30, 2008 at 5:10 PM
You do know that most of the democrats hold oil stock are involved with oil campanies. Right?
Here is a gauge, take some air out of your head before you explode.
upinak on July 30, 2008 at 5:12 PM
Mr Messiah sir, Who is going to provide this “air” that you speak of that will magically solve our energy concerns? Where is it, that we may go and inflate our tires to 36PSI, and hasten this, what you call, energy independence?
PappaMac on July 30, 2008 at 5:12 PM
Interesting how they like to use that term “rebate.” A whole lot of those tax “rebate” checks went to people who were paying no taxes in the first place. Ah, “social justice” . . . don’t ‘ya love it?
Oil went up more than $4 today, Obama. Keep showing your ignorance. We want that hole you’re digging yourself to be nice and deep by November.
AZCoyote on July 30, 2008 at 5:13 PM
Ha! He keeps those bus tires fully inflated and ready to roll over someone at any given moment.
Brat on July 30, 2008 at 5:14 PM
Your ideas fascinate me. Please send me a newsletter on how to buy said offsets. Thank you.
P.S. Bwah ha ha ha ha!!
mjk on July 30, 2008 at 5:16 PM
Yep, Pelosi told us back in 2006 that she and her Dim buddies had a plan to bring down the high cost of gas. The price has doubled since she made that promise.
C’mon Nancy, what are you waiting for? Put that great plan of yours into action before the entire country grinds to a halt. Or is destroying the U.S. economy part of your master plan to save the planet?
AZCoyote on July 30, 2008 at 5:19 PM
I’m pretty sure Jim Geraghty calculated it was 6.5 million gallons per DAY, not per year. Still, it’s no where near what Obama is promising.
Tyrs Fury on July 30, 2008 at 5:22 PM
So I’m guessing tune-ups are free under an Obama administration?
Seixon on July 30, 2008 at 5:22 PM
Well, this should kill any post-Europe bounce!
Little Boomer on July 30, 2008 at 5:22 PM
Obama…on your shoulder…I show up when you start doing wrong… (I love how the singer starts singing along with hmself)
…at great cost to the consumer!
urbancenturion on July 30, 2008 at 5:23 PM
Isn’t this, effectively, just another version of blaming the public?
Blaise on July 30, 2008 at 5:25 PM
I think this is just proof that the wheels are coming off the Obama Express!
Star20 on July 30, 2008 at 5:27 PM
True, he said 6.58 million gallons of gas per day, which comes out to about 335,000 barrels of oil per day, which is diddly squat.
Seixon on July 30, 2008 at 5:27 PM
Maybe it’s Obama’s underinflated tires that’s pulling him to the right. Obama, this ain’t gonna be a goodyear.
marklmail on July 30, 2008 at 5:28 PM
I’m sure McCain can get almost all past and present Nascar drivers to be in his tv ad to say this is BS.
With all the hot air around the Obama camp i’m sure they have over inflated tires.
Rbastid on July 30, 2008 at 5:31 PM
Somebody is playing games with the teleprompter again.
volsense on July 30, 2008 at 5:31 PM
When all of our tires are inflated, America will become a net exporter of oil.
Cicero43 on July 30, 2008 at 5:31 PM
Neither. To a man like Barack Obama there is no such thing as an objective fact. Therefore, it doesn’t matter to him what is actually the case, nor does he concern himself with whether his assertions match reality. The only thing that matters to him is how others feel about what he says. And, when it comes to innocuous nonsense, that tripe fits right in.
JDPerren on July 30, 2008 at 5:31 PM
PLEASE MAKE THIS A CAMPAIGN COMMERCIAL!
“The democrats response to your paying $4.00 a gallon at the pump: Inflate your tires and get a tune up”
[run obama clip]
“Barrack Obama: Clueless, elitist, and out of touch.”
JustTruth101 on July 30, 2008 at 5:32 PM
This should earn him the coveted Mario Andretti endorsement.
alycan1 on July 30, 2008 at 5:33 PM
I think Obama needs a fact checker.
ctmom on July 30, 2008 at 5:45 PM
So now that we have to pay for air, how is that energy dependent? Would paying for air be concidered a tax now?
Oh the options we as a nation face for the right to be free of oil. **chuckles**
upinak on July 30, 2008 at 5:45 PM
can i use the hot air coming from the messiahs pie hole to over inflate my tires?
Oh and when i ride my chopper /ridged i under inflate my rear tire , I will use a little more fuel but i have a much softer ride . well as soft as you can on a hard tail chopper .
Mojack420 on July 30, 2008 at 5:46 PM
Which pie hole are you referring too!?
upinak on July 30, 2008 at 5:48 PM
Politicos have just fallen in love with that “comprehensive” buzz word. Why can’t the “Dims” apply comprehensive to an energy policy that would do all of the things that would help us out. The “Dimwits” that say we can not drill our way out of this problem are ignoring the huge impact domestic oil production would have. Sure, we need to look at alternatives such as wind, solar, biofuels, hydrogen and what-not but writing off domestic drilling is insane.
brtex on July 30, 2008 at 5:53 PM
I think Obama is just shilling for Big Air.
rockmom on July 30, 2008 at 5:57 PM
And for those of us who do check our tire pressures regularly this helps us how?
JimK on July 30, 2008 at 5:59 PM
How do they know how many people are driving around on under-inflated tires?
AZ_Mike on July 30, 2008 at 6:09 PM
I would love to see this moron check his tire pressure or change a spark plug. He knows just as much about auto repair as he knows about governing.
Les in NC on July 30, 2008 at 6:09 PM
Thank God you.
From the squeaky, misinterpretation, I think upinak’s breathing helium.
tree hugging sister on July 30, 2008 at 6:17 PM
And Lolly Peloser is whining about how ‘Big Oil’ has millions of acres offshore that they can drill in so why do they need more? Because, you stupid old trout, there’s no prospect of oil under where they don’t want to drill. Perhaps some home-made trepanning to let the demons out of Lolly’s head???
GeneSmith on July 30, 2008 at 6:20 PM
“Stupid old trout.” Oh, that’s great!
::snort::
tree hugging sister on July 30, 2008 at 6:23 PM
I can’t give you any national number, or even averages, but I can tell you this much: nearly half of the vehicles I work on have tires that are not at the proper pressures. I think this comes from a combination of things, including slow leaks people don’t notice, gauges at those coin-op compressors not calibrated, some folks just put air in until it “looks full” (which will be overinflated every time), and just plain old not bothering with it.
You want to save fuel, here’s a thought: Just drive EASY! Back off the the throttle a little earier coming to a stop, get into it a little easier, and follow whatever the posted speed limit is.
JamesLee on July 30, 2008 at 6:26 PM
This guy is so smart … As long as the Teleprompter rolls. When it stops rolling, the truth comes out. Dumber than a post turtle.
If you recall, these were the type of things they came up with in the old Soviet Union … Marxism never changes. And look how that worked out for the Russians.
tarpon on July 30, 2008 at 6:54 PM
is good for a commercial thou
Ropera on July 30, 2008 at 7:23 PM
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