Originally posted by Mobycat:
Wow...talk about being specious...
Obama is spot on. He's not saying everyone is going to have give up anything.
The point he is making - American's can't expect other nations to say OK to being screwed out of resources just for us.
It has NOTHING to do with telling you what SUV you can drive, or what temp you can have your house at, or what you eat.
You may hate Obama, Madman...but at LEAST stop the intellectual dishonesty, Madman.
What a pile of BS. You're the one being intellectually dishonest. Extremely dishonest with left wing bullshit talking points sprinkled on top.
What the hell are we screwing any country out of? Last time I checked, WE PAY FOR THE THINGS WE USE.
We are paying over 120 something dollars for a barrel of oil. We are NOT screwing anyone else. We are making them rich.
The only people being screwed are those being screwed by their own socialist leaders like Hugo Chavez. Canada is a big supplier of energy to the US. They aren't screaming that we screwing them. In fact they want to sell us more energy. It makes them more prosperous. However people like Obama and his cronies are actively doing their best to keep as little energy as possible from coming to the US market.
Obama is not spot on. He is full of shit. He is talking about control. Control he and his enviro-totalitarian friends would like to institute.
You are forgetting that California has been floating an idea about government thermostat control. The idea is not going to go away. It is going to keep coming back and stronger every time. Especially with anti-freedom and anti-growth people like Obama.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/16/us/16brfs-THERMOSTATPL_BRF.html