But he wanted to have gasoline at European prices. Was he lying to us then, or lying to us before?

Worthless piece of camel dung!

President Algae and Chu want $9 gas so we’ll all think that getting fucked by companies like Solyndra is just dandy

Just remember gas was $1.78 when he took office.

I read somewhere that if we started drilling today we’d be completely off foreign oil in 12 years and have a supply that would last 250 years!

Try to guess what year this speech was given…….
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We can’t let the doctor remain alone in his lonely fight against socialized medicine, or the oil industry fight its own battle against divestiture or crippling controls, repressive taxes; or the farmer who hurts more than most because of government harassment and rule changing in the middle of the game. All of these issues concern each one of us regardless of what our trade or our profession may be. Corporate America must begin to realize that it has allies in the independent businessmen and women and the shopkeepers, the craftsmen, the farmers, and the professions. All these men and women are organized in a great variety of ways. But we talk within our own organizations about our own problems — the drug industry for itself. What we need is a liaison between these organizations to realize how much strength we as a people still have, if we’ll use that strength.

I mentioned oil. Is there anyone that isn’t concerned with the energy problem? Government caused that problem while we all stood by unaware that we were involved. Unnecessary regulations and prices imposed — price limits — back in the ’50′s are the direct cause of today’s crisis. Our crisis isn’t because of a shortage of fuel; it’s a surplus of government. Now we have a new agency — we have a new agency of enormous power — 20,000 employees and a 10 and 1/2 billion dollar budget. That’s more than the gross earnings of the top seven oil companies in the United States. And that’s just to start with. It is nothing more than a first step toward nationalization of the oil industry.

And, you know, when they tell us about the conservation — of course we should save. No one should waste a natural resource. But they act as if we’ve found all the oil and gas there is to be found in this continent, if not the world. Do you know that 57 years ago our government told us we only had enough for 15 years? And nineteen years went by and they told us we only had enough left for 13 more years. Now, we’ve done a lot of driving since then and we’ll do a lot more if government would do one simple thing: get out of the way and let the incentives of the marketplace urge the industry out to find the sources of energy this country needs.
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Ronald Reagan; What Ever Happened to Free Enterprise.

Ludwig Von Mises Memorial Lecture at Hillsdale College, delivered 10 November 1977, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale MI

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/ronaldreaganhillsdalecollege.htm

someone called him “camel dung”

how rude!

That is so insulting to camel dung!

jim: I thought you were the psychoanalyst amongst us. Surely there is some way around all this that heralds a way for you to psychoanalyze it enough to help the rest of us at least try to understand some of it. Right? Help us out a little.

(p.s. If you aren’t the analyst. My apologies. There has been one on here)

And i see where its over $5:00 a gallon in SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA and i suppose there will be some dumb news story about some wackos riding their stupid bicycles or someone who has reurned using horse drawn plows as were always hearing about from these stupid liberal journalists

Pond scum…….the womb of liberalism to be used for gas….HAHAHAjihadHAHAH…..

I wouldnt let that fk wash my windshield……how is he president.

….I need some war porn…….and another beer

@ Grizz, I’m with you, and everyone here with that. You know, let me better you with this.. He could have his motorcade come down our street. A huge explosion happens and his vehicle in flames. Would I look out the door” Sure I would, but would close it soon after to keep my two beagles from barking.. My truth..

If the American people could only see the shit happening here in Florida with B. P. . They are being bled out by obama and his crooks . Don’t get me wrong , there was plenty of damage and they should pay . The sad deal is , people are getting money who were never affected by the oil spill one damn bit . Millions going to people who are defrauding American taxpayers and obama knows it . The Anti Christ is not detached from reality , and he sure as hell has a plan . It’s unfolding right before America’s eyes . YOU LIE obama ! .

He was actually complaining because they were too low.

This man has worked SO hard he deserves a Chevy Volt motorcade. In fact I think he should be driven to all his fund-raisers in that motorcade with no planes involved. That should keep him busy trying to criss-cross the country in a Volt!

@ NWMN

Perfect words…from the greatest president of my lifetime (thus far).

The EPA has got to be defanged or defunded, and we a Congress with more cost cutting chutzpah. Unemployment is cheaper than keeping these bureaucracies open. Lady Pelosi indicated that unemployment was great; I say we left some bureaucrats start enjoying ‘stimulating the economy’.

Now we are going to have $5.00 gas thanks to president shitstain!

@Bee1 says:

“All of the Republican nominees had better use this in their campain ads somewhere.”

EXACTLY! But they are too STUPID!

Yep, nothing like the Repubs getting handed a winning ad campaign by the Dems. However……….

@ Sickofislam – I think you are right. I don’t think the Repub nominee will even mention this. I remember Reagan with a graph and shopping cart explaining where everything was before Carter took office and where it was then. Then he simply asked “are you better off than you were four years ago?”

Winning strategies are truthful, factual, but short and to the point and easy for the populace to understand. That’s probably why they won’t use this stuff in the campaign.

Unfortunately for us, RNC now means Reckless, Numbnuted, Cretans.

I work for an electric utility company and reality is we do need “all of the above approach” for all energy needs.

Problem is Barry and EPA are killing off the “current options before we have others that are financially viable to make any significant contribution to our energy needs.

THAT’S the problem!

WTF? Did Odumbass say he wouldn’t/doesnt take money from Big Oil Co. and the lobbists? Wasnt he the biggest reciepient of BP’s camp. monies? Proving once again how big of a liar he is. Not to mention, in the add, he’s complaining about $3.50 a gal. gas when he stated the “UNDER MY PRESIDENCY, ENERGY PRICES WOULD NECESSARILY SKYROCKET.”???WTF YOU STOOPID F*CKING HYPOCRITE.

I am always so angered when things like this are so taken out of context. Obama is in no way saying that the current oil crisis can be eradicated simply by tapping in ‘ALGAE POWER’.

This is part of a bigger picture idea, that we can obtain usable fuel from alternative sources other than crude oil if we invest in technological development now. People are so stubborn and selfish that they are always concerned with short term finances, boohooing about the fact that they have to pay $10-20 more dollars per fill-up now. If we actually just deal with a little hardship now and invest in technologies that will help us obtain cheaper energy in the future, these perpetual crises will cease happening.

The reason these oil price crises keep happening is because Americans feel that they have a right to pay absurdly cheap prices for gasoline (historically almost always cheaper than milk; imagine that) to power their disgustingly inefficient gas guzzlers that are rarely used for anything other than commuting. Politicians have to pander to individuals crying about gas prices because they don’t want to take the time to try and educate their electorate about long term investment into energy alternatives. It isn’t the politicians fault that gas prices are increasing. It’s ours. We need to stop the cycle by realizing that it is time to get independent of crude oil.

If we invested simply 0.001% of the GDP (currently 14.59 trillion) that would give us 146 million dollars to develop innovations not ONLY from algae but from all sorts of other biological fuel sources to obtain our independence from crude sources. I can tell you as a molecular biologist that 146 million dollars would be 144 million dollars more than a single lab would need to to accumulate the resources to develop microorganisms that will produce usable carbon sources that can be put into vehicles. Yes. Crude oil independence. And it would take less than 10 years.

My rant about people who cry about gas prices below:

If you are THAT affected by gas prices increasing, it likely means that you either drive too much or your car is extremely inefficient. Solutions:
1. Don’t commute in fuel inefficient vehicles. Carpool whenever possible. Take public transportation to work. Bike. Walk.
2. Move closer to your job. Why do you need to live an hour away from work? I’ve never heard a good excuse.

Calm down.
The GOP will get their turn to destroy the country soon enough.I know the anticipation is killing you guys.

…did obama drag us into two unnecessary, unwinnable, mideast stalemates (since neither Iraq nor Afghanistan did anything to us) for no other reason than to enrich his war-profiteer cronies? – nope, that was bushie!..did the economy collapse at the end of obama’s regime and did he formulate a bailout plan to replace the money his cronies stole? nope, bushie again!..so..how exactly did obama “destroy the country??”

Even among those who would never consider themselves to be racially biased, there is inherent discord with seeing an African American family inhabit the white house (in a position other than the help). If you ask many of his critics to specifically explain their “hatred” for the president, you will not get a true or accurate response. In the case of the GOP, they early on decided they wanted Obama out of office with all due speed. Any criticism they have of him after that point (before even his first 100 days in office) can’t be trusted.

Of course he’s racist. He’s a Republican. They don’t call it the Bigot Party for nothing!

It’s about time I stated the Obvious. YOU are the racist, scumbag liar that can’t stand having a black man as President. You R-Tarded proves that fact!