Bang the Drum

rants and ramblings of a political junkie

No Offshore Drilling: Yes, I mean Obama, too

By Karoli August 3, 2008 Bush Administration, Congress, Domestic Policy, Election 2008 No Comments

Last Friday’s hot news of the day, spun for your listening and viewing pleasure, was the rather breathless report that Barack Obama had reversed his stance on offshore drilling, which…

Chevron: Same spin, different day

By Karoli August 1, 2008 Domestic Policy, Election 2008 No Comments

4th in the series. I can post one a day for the 10 years the ‘drill-here,drill-now’ doctrine would take to make any tiny changes. And will. Chevron declared profits of…

No Offshore Drilling – #3

By Karoli July 31, 2008 Domestic Policy, Election 2008 No Comments

Third of the daily postings of images of California shores, untainted by the fingers of Big Oil. The news that Exxon/Mobil raked in $1,485/second for the entire second quarter of…

Listen: Rachel Maddow – What’s Wrong with John McCain?

By Karoli July 31, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

“…everybody acknowledges that the facts don’t matter…only matters what is said about the candidate regardless of their relationship to the truth” “What ought to be the scandal in this campaign…

No Offshore Drilling #2 – Updated

By Karoli July 31, 2008 Bush Administration, Domestic Policy, Election 2008 No Comments

Second in the daily postings of images of California shores, untainted by the fingers of Big Oil. Imagine this scene with a few drilling platforms in the distance. It doesn’t…

Again, on the subject of offshore drilling…

By Karoli July 30, 2008 Bush Administration, Domestic Policy, Election 2008 No Comments

My Newsgang Live friend Christian Burns says that the majority of the country sees offshore drilling as a solution. In fact, it is no solution at all. As a lifelong…