Archive for ‘Energy’

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Mitt Romney’s No Friend of Cheap Gasoline

on October 7th, 2012 at 7:44 pm

Mitt Romney likes to talk about war, specifically war with the country that has the third largest oil reserves in the world, Iran. Over the years, Mitt Romney has developed a very close relationship with Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, who talks up a military strike with Iran every time a microphone is […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Romney’s Holy Grail: $5 a Gallon Gasoline

on July 15th, 2012 at 3:24 pm

It’s not the best kept secret out there, but some may not have noticed it; Mitt Romney is intent on making you pay $5 a gallon for gasoline. You’ve probably noticed how Romney opposes every alternative energy option out there, and you might be keeping track of Romney’s inflammatory rhetoric when it comes to the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Romney’s Reveals His Koch Problem at Hampton Getaway

on July 12th, 2012 at 4:29 am

Before heading to Aspen, “Mitt Romney headed to the sprawling estates of the Hamptons, where he held a whirlwind series of fundraisers, charging up to $50,000 a head and infusing his campaign with an expected $4 million.” He was there to meet with one of his closest friends and allies. Mitt Romney declared he was […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Meet a Friend of Mitt, the Other Koch Brother

on June 7th, 2012 at 2:42 am

Bill Koch isn’t as well known as his other two brothers, Charles and David (they had a falling out a few years back when they were fighting over their billion dollar inheritances) but he does share similar extremist views. William I. Koch, the Osterville summer resident and fossil fuel magnate who helped bankroll the opposition […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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T. Boone Pickens Goes After the Koch Brothers

on May 3rd, 2012 at 11:31 pm

“The biggest deterrent to an energy plan in America is Koch Industries,” the BP Capital founder tells Yahoo’s Aaron Task. “They do not want an energy plan for America because they have the cheapest natural gas price they’ve ever had, and they’re in the fertilizer business and they’re in the chemical business. So their margins […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Billionaire “Petro Prince” = Romney’s Top Energy Advisor

on March 23rd, 2012 at 9:19 pm

I guess it’s not surprising that Mitt Romney would pick a billionaire to be his top energy advisor, Harold Hamm, a man who makes a fortune whenever oil prices go up. Politico has the story;  Romney has been touting his understanding of the industry on the trail, but his ties to Big Oil – and a handful of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Under President Obama, Oil Production Has Steadily Climbed

on February 25th, 2012 at 11:08 am

Besides developing new sources of energy and decreasing our dependence on foreign oil,  American oil production has increased by an average of 640,000 barrels of crude oil  a day.    Read more

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Is It Ethical For Republicans to Drum Up a War With Iran and Then Complain About Rising Gas Prices?

on February 23rd, 2012 at 11:57 am

Let’s get this straight, Fox News and all the Republican candidates for president, except Ron Paul, want to bomb Iran. They wanted this in the summer of 1998 and gas prices rose just as high under George W. Bush. Do they not know that this drumbeat to war gives their financial friends a chance to gouge the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Financial Speculators Pushing Gas Prices Through the Roof

on February 21st, 2012 at 6:41 pm

Robert Reich breaks it down; Speculators have pushed crude oil to $105.28 per barrel, up 35 percent since September. Brent crude, Europe’s benchmark, is now $120.37 a barrel – also worrisome because many East Coast refineries use imported oil. Funny, I don’t hear Republicans rail against speculators. Could that have anything to do with the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Energy Halves

on November 15th, 2011 at 3:44 am

Barack’s Backers is excited to announce a campaign that might just change the world. It’s called ENERGY HALVES, an operation to get every single American to cut their energy usage in half! It’s self explanatory isn’t it? We need to get everyone to commit to cutting their energy usage by 50%. Not an easy thing to do, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Oil Fat Cats Defend Government Tax Breaks

on May 12th, 2011 at 10:20 pm
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Should Oil Companies Give Back Their Tax Breaks?

on May 10th, 2011 at 10:11 pm

President Obama and Congressional Democrats thinks so, Republicans nowhere to be seen. In these days of mult-billion dollar oil company profits, it would seem to be a no-brainer that the fat cats in the oil industry would help pay down the debt, afterall do they really need billions in tax breaks when gas is over […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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End Tax Subsidies to Oil Companies

on May 6th, 2011 at 10:56 pm

 

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Obama: End Tax Breaks For Big Oil Now!

on April 26th, 2011 at 11:33 pm

Congress should take “immediate action” to end “unwarranted” tax breaks for the oil and gas industry and use the savings to invest in clean energy, President Barack Obama wrote to congressional leaders on Tuesday.   Read more Now it’s up to the Republicans in Congress to pick up the ball. Hopefully, John Boehner and the other […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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President Obama Talks About Fuel Costs

on April 24th, 2011 at 2:53 am
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