Comments on: Opportunities missed, so far http://www.dinocrat.com/archives/2008/06/14/an-empty-place-needs-a-can-do-attitude/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:49:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: gs http://www.dinocrat.com/archives/2008/06/14/an-empty-place-needs-a-can-do-attitude/#comment-312300 gs Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:39:30 +0000 http://www.dinocrat.com/?p=6512#comment-312300 Let me get this straight. Contrary to what I'd think from his <a href="http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/" rel="nofollow">Web site</a>, McCain acknowledges that oil is a national security issue, but he leaves drilling to the individual nimby states--with the coincidental exception of pro-drilling Alaska. I've already <a href="http://theanchoressonline.com/2008/06/11/oil-inventories-short-prices-soar/#comment-245710" rel="nofollow">vented</a> to the Anchoress:<blockquote>McCain married money and it makes no difference to his lifestyle whether gas is twenty cents a gallon or twenty dollars. To paraphrase: “McCain to Reagan Democrats: Drop Dead”. If John McCain would rather be a rootin’-tootin’ straight-talkin’ maverick than be President, I’m not going to scurry after him and beg him to change his mind.</blockquote>I had thought of oil prices in terms of the economy and my lifestyle, but the WSJ's <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121322872046666269.html" rel="nofollow">Daniel Henninger</a> jolted me with a compelling reminder of the national-security implications. Let me get this straight. Contrary to what I’d think from his Web site, McCain acknowledges that oil is a national security issue, but he leaves drilling to the individual nimby states–with the coincidental exception of pro-drilling Alaska.

I’ve already vented to the Anchoress:

McCain married money and it makes no difference to his lifestyle whether gas is twenty cents a gallon or twenty dollars.

To paraphrase: “McCain to Reagan Democrats: Drop Dead”.

If John McCain would rather be a rootin’-tootin’ straight-talkin’ maverick than be President, I’m not going to scurry after him and beg him to change his mind.

I had thought of oil prices in terms of the economy and my lifestyle, but the WSJ’s Daniel Henninger jolted me with a compelling reminder of the national-security implications.

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