President Obama's Weekly Address - May 14, 2011

Expanding Responsible Oil Production in America

President Obama's Weekly Address - May 7, 2011

Clean Energy to Out-Innovate the Rest of the World

President Obama's Weekly Address - April 30, 2011

Ending Taxpayer Subsidies for Oil Companies

Grand Oil Party

DCCC: Despite the need to cut spending and reduce the debt, today House Republicans voted against cutting taxpayer spending on subsidies for Big Oil companies making record profits. Last week, House Republicans voted to slash education, research and public safety budgets that would lead to more than 700,000 jobs lost nationwide.

One simple question: why are the leading oil companies, whose profits topped $485 BILLION in a 5-year span, receiving tax subsidies from the government?

Here we sit, with the Tea Party protesting that we're taxed enough already, Wisconsin union members fighting to keep their collective bargaining rights after banksters sucked state pension funds dry, $14 trillion in debt, states laying off workers in the public sector in an attempt to keep their heads above water while dragging down unemployment numbers and the economic recovery in the process, and we're allowing massive oil corporations making record profits to get away with huge tax breaks. Or rather, the fiscally responsible Republicans (and handful of DINOs) are allowing it to continue. How is that remotely acceptable?

Hey, Congressional Aide Brian Martin...

... where are your smart ass comments now?


Still defending Rep. Taylor's "rainbows and chocolate milk" bullshit, or have you decided that this is actually a serious disaster? Oh, but I forgot, you "know a lot more about what is going on in the Gulf than" I do.

Asshole.

Offshore Drilling

I'm kind of surprised at the media's nonstop questioning of the offshore drilling question. C'mon guys, this is the gasoline tax holiday redux.

Even the Bush Adminsitration's Department of Energy states that "Access to the Pacific, Atlantic and eastern Gulf regions would not have a significant impact on domestic crude oil and natural gas production or prices before 2030."

But I suppose that's what happens when the powers-that-be tell the news offices what to talk about.

2030! I hope my tank of gas lasts til then. Maybe if I drive 55...