Poll: N.J. voters back offshore oil drilling

have an issue to try to help them win NJ. More drilling and nuclear power.

On August 5th of this year while on WOR radio in New York Governor Corzine said the following... The potential payoff is too low to warrant oil exploration off the coast” of New Jersey. Little does Governor Corzine realize that lifting the ban on offshore drilling would bring immediate relief to the taxpayers of New Jersey at the gas pump as well as in the coming winter months when everyone needs to heat their homes. offshore oil drilling which if expanded, could send an immediate sign to the oil commodities markets that additional supply of oil will soon be available which would then provide for an immediate drop in oil prices. Proof of this was the executive order on offshore oil drilling which was recently lifted by President Bush. The lifting of this ban is largely a symbolic move since there is also a federal law banning offshore drilling. However once President Bush Lifted the offshore drilling ban, crude oil dropped over $6.00 a barrel. This immediate price drop has also translated into an 11 cents per gallon price reduction at the pump for Americans. Does this poll showing the residents of New Jersey are for off shore drilling now mean anything to Corzine? Governor Corzine should realize the “Not In My Back Yard (NIMBY)” attitude which he and the other environmental extremists have been pushing as their agenda for many years is something of the past. All Americans want to reduce our dependence on foreign oil now. We can accomplish this as part of a multi pronged approach which would include solar, wind, bio-fuel and off shore drilling. I guess when you have made the million he has on Wall Street and when you are driven around at the expense of the taxpayers of New Jersey then you have no idea what each of us the citizens of New Jersey are paying out of our pockets daily in fuel and energy costs. Obviously this is just another example of Jon “The King” Corzine being out of touch with us the taxpayers of New Jersey.

Of course our Governor is against off-shore drilling. He's shown a flagrant disregard of the wishes of the residents of New Jersey. We want goverment waste and spending cut he does nothing. We want property tax relief he does nothing. He proposes toll increases and financial gimmicks we don't want. He has "super secret" plans. We want open government.

His being against one more thing we want is no surprise.

I just hope the people of this State throw him out on November 3, 2009.

Big Oil ? you mean Hugo Chavez or the Saudis ?. since when are you an oil expert ? Alaska's Gov knows more about oil and drilling than you know about fornicating. Enough already with the massive transfer of cash to our enemies Our cars dont run on Ben & Jerrys Ice cream or hot air from so called windfall profits tax. They still run on oil. Joe and Jane Americans gets it. Its there its ours, lets get it , lets use it and lets save the rest of our jobs

That state is a prime example of systemic corruption, there it's mostly Republican.

Read...

http://www.citizensforethics.org/node/33584

http://www.adn.com/fbi/story/461896.html

http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/347/alaska-corruption.html

From Frederick Douglass

If there is no struggle there is no progress......Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.

Oil Drilling "Truffer" Nick Lento Calls Public Buyers of Lies, and Uninformed

Trenton, 08/13 -- In a erruptive fit of pique earlier today, regular Politickernj opiner, Nick Lento suddenly and without warning, lashed out at roughly two thirds of the New Jersey public, calling them variously uninformed, buyers of lies, and believers of big oil lobbying propaganda & PR ("BOLPAPR") which he alleged had been used to systematically poison public opinion.

He not only specifically called the vast majority of the New Jersey public "buyers of lies," but he also alleged that John McCain had "terrorized" the public into supporting him.  He gave no details, except to point out that everyone knows someone who thinks Barack Obama is a Muslim.

Nor did he elaborate on exactly what specific instances of BOLAPR spreading had so deeply poisoned public opinion, but he formulated what he said was a sure-fire way to reduce oil prices -- USE LESS OF IT. Asked how a typical commuter with a fixed driving distance could "use less," or a family could use less heating oil, especially if there is a cold winter, he did not have any immediate answer.

But it did not stop him from pointing out his expertise on the subject. "Contrary to what most of the obvious dolts out there think they know, I, Nicholas Lento, am one of those few who is actually informed," he confidently chirped. 

As proof, he cited endless and hastily-posted paragraphs of questionable leftie-liberatard propaganda from the usual suspects (e.g., a general reference to a June 2008 Congressional report).

He was also asked if he viewed public employees and senior citizens as part of that uninformed and lie-buying majority cabal that he views with such contempt, given the fact that they all have oil and energy company stocks as important parts of the portfolios of their pension systems, and mutual fund investments.

"Absolutely! There are no exceptions when it comes to ignorance!" Lento shot back.

by Trochilus

....in Alaska are corrupt whores of big oil.

It's a thirty minute video with actual FBI TAPES of these corrupt scumbags in action.

http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/347/index.html

And here's another great article on the subject of John McCain and the kinds of corruption that Senator Stevens has been involved with...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/julian-e-zelizer/senator-ted-stevens-and-j...

>>>>>>>Senator John McCain faces a two-face problem in this campaign for the presidency. The indictment of Senator Ted Stevens just added to this problem. Stevens, the senior senator from Alaska, was indicted for failing to disclose substantial gifts from powerful corporate interests in his state.

McCain has been struggling to tap into the "good" face of the conservative tradition. He desperately wants to remind disenchanted conservatives of the legacy of individuals such as Senator Barry Goldwater, President Ronald Reagan, and Speaker Newt Gingrich. These men advocated and promoted a robust set of ideas for the GOP and were committed to challenging liberal Democrats by offering Americans a contrasting world view. Whether one liked or hated them, these Republicans built a conservative movement around arguments about taking an aggressive stand against totalitarianism, the superiority of private markets over government, and the centrality of individual liberty.

Then there is the other side to the face of conservatism, the one whose lineage includes President Richard Nixon and, most recently, former Majority Leader Tom DeLay. This is a very different image of the Republican Party, one that has caused almost as much anger with conservatives as with liberals.

This side of the Republican face symbolizes a conservatism that has become corrupt with power. The Nixon-DeLay side didn't really oppose big government, but rather wanted to control government, expand it, and use it for their own political purposes and self interest. The uglier side of conservatism has produced a cottage industry of books by the right lamenting the decline of their movement. <<<<<<<<<<<<

From Frederick Douglass

If there is no struggle there is no progress......Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.