Reformed Hippie

Pelosi is now backing off somewhat on her no-drilling stand.  But are you really surprised here??? Nope.  Her entire purpose was to help Obama save face by not forcing him to vote on the issue… if it never comes up for a vote then he cannot be open to ridicule.  Please note for the record that until very recently Obama was against drilling:

“If offshore drilling would provide short-term relief at the pump or a long-term strategy for energy independence, it would be worthy of our consideration, regardless of the risks. But most experts, even within the Bush Administration, concede it would do neither. It would merely prolong the failed energy policies we have seen from Washington for thirty years.”

Then in an interview with the Palm Beach post August 10th he reversed himself…

“My interest is in making sure we’ve got the kind of comprehensive energy policy that can bring down gas prices… If, in order to get that passed, we have to compromise in terms of a careful, well thought-out drilling strategy that was carefully circumscribed to avoid significant environmental damage - I don’t want to be so rigid that we can’t get something done”

That reversal was Pelosi’s que to allow her to begin backing off…  this Michelle Malkin posts here and the TheHill article here suggest she is now doing just that….

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday night dropped her staunch opposition to a vote on offshore oil drilling in the House.

Republicans, reacting to high gas prices, have demanded a vote on additional oil exploration in the Outer Continental Shelf, where drilling is currently blocked by a moratorium. Until now, Pelosi (D-Calif.) has resisted the idea as a “hoax.” But in an interview on CNN’s Larry King Live, she indicated that she was open to a vote.

“They have this thing that says drill offshore in the protected areas,” Pelosi said. “We can do that. We can have a vote on that.”

She indicated such a vote would have to be part of a larger package that included other policies, like releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which she said could bring down prices in a matter of days.

“But it has to be part of something that says we want to bring immediate relief to the public and is not just a hoax on them,” Pelosi continued.

She even indicated that she might support a package that includes drilling. She said her decision on whether to support such legislation would depend on how the policies are packaged.

“It’s not excluded, let’s put it that way,” Pelosi said.

So what’s next???  Pelosi-Reid will now begin deciding how they want this played out.  After all the entire Congress is controlled by these two individuals ("Taxation without representation").  The political game has to be played according to their rules no matter what is at stake for average Americans.

There will be a “compromise” bill that will probably dictate to the oil companies on how to go about doing this.  But of course none of this will happen until after their August vacation.  Five weeks paid vacation.  That “We the People” are paying for.

I can’t even afford to go somewhere for a weekender.

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This is simply the most sanctimonious and outrageous act in recent memory.  Over 70% of the American people believe in opening up additional areas in the United States for oil exploration.  Yet one pompous airhead in the House of NonRepresentatives is allowed to single handedly disallow a vote on a problem that an overwhelming number of American people are interested in solving.

Instead she has set up herself as judge and jury on this matter.  Read her pathetic attempt on ABC this weekend at diverting a simple question on the subject:

PELOSI: “…This is a diversionary tactic from failed energy policies.”

STEPHANOPOULOS: But if you feel you have the better arguments, why not give a straight up or down vote for drilling?

PELOSI: Because the misrepresentation is being made that this is going to reduce the price at the pump. This is again a decoy, it’s not a solution.

STEPHANOPOULOS: Well, if you’re right, why not let it be debated out and have the vote?

PELOSI: We have a debate every single day on this subject.

One thing that Pelosi has mastered in Washington… double talk.

This country needs to begin another revolution.  “Taxation without representation”… that was the cry many, many years ago.  Yet we see the same problem today.  Nancy Pelosi IS NOT the only representative for this country…. she has no right to keep the remainder of the 450+ representatives from voting.  Why do they allow this witch (and perhaps others would substitute the ‘w’ for a ‘b’) to rule the barnyard in Washington.  Instead of being a hen she sets herself up as the rooster who rules the barnyard.

It is high time that “We the people…” begin to take back our country from the likes of people such as Pelosi.  We truly need a revolution in this country… we need to vote out of office every last representative who allowed her to rule the barnyard.

It is too bad that the majority of the men in the House of NonRepresentation has the balls to take her on.

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