MCCAIN Supports the Troops

But do the troops support MCCAIN? The lying anti-obama ads try to make OBAMA out as a person that does not care about the troops but what is the truth?

Compilation of MCCAIN FLIP-FLOPS

Oil Independance? MCCAIN has had SEVEN chances to vote YES

CLEAN Energy Act of
2007:
The most important bill in congress maybe IN OUR LIFETIME!!!

 U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 110th Congress - 1st Session

as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate

Vote Summary

Question: On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Baucus Amdt. No. 1704 )
Vote Number:  223 Vote Date:  June 21, 2007, 12:22 PM
Required For Majority:  3/5 Vote Result:  Cloture Motion Rejected
Amendment Number:  S.Amdt. 1704 to S.Amdt. 1502 to to H.R. 6 (CLEAN Energy Act of 2007 )
Statement of Purpose:  To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for energy advancement and investment, and for other purposes.
Vote Counts: YEAs 57
 NAYs 36
 Not Voting 6

NAYs ---36
Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Bennett (R-UT)
Bond (R-MO)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burr (R-NC)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Cochran (R-MS)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Craig (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
 Dole (R-NC)
Domenici (R-NM)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Graham (R-SC)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Kyl (R-AZ)
 Landrieu (D-LA)
Lott (R-MS)
Martinez (R-FL)
McConnell (R-KY)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Reid (D-NV)
Shelby (R-AL)
Stevens (R-AK)
Sununu (R-NH)
Vitter (R-LA)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)


Boxer (D-CA)
Brownback (R-KS)
 Coburn (R-OK)
Johnson (D-SD)
 McCain (R-AZ)
Sessions (R-AL)

McCain and Phil Grahm (Mental Receesion)

Former senator Phil Gramm says the nation is in a "mental recession," not an actual one

TMP captures the issue with this snipet:


The problem is MCCAIN has been name dropping GRAHM all year as his economics mentor.
Now, how can he say he does not speak for MCCAIN? Is there any reason to think
he is flipping on the status of GRAHM?

Responsively Leave Iraq

Sept 12th, 2007, Sen. OBAMA calls for immediate withdrawal from Iraq that could be
completed by March.
Sense then he has "refined" the withdrawal as "responsible removal" that is as a rate
of 1 to 2 combat brigades per month which may take as long as 16 months.
Is this a flip-flop? HAs he jumped to the MCCAIN position as the MCCAIN comments July 3rd claim?

No. The essential difference is that OBAMA as commander in chief will set the mission to leave while MCCAIN's mission to "commanders on the ground" is to win the war no matter how long it takes.

Joint FISA Flip Flopping

Some background:

I understand the FISA law must be brought into the internet age but I do not see how any red blooded American can vote for a bill that lets the government take away our freedoms and liberty.

I agree with the ACLU on this one.

OffSHore Drilling - Good Idea all of a sudden

Thanks to The Huffington Post for this source of John McCain "late May" position:

"[W]ith those resources, which would take years to develop, you would only postpone or temporarily relieve our dependency on fossil fuels," McCain said when asked about offshore drilling. "We are going to have to go to alternative energy, and the exploitation of existing reserves of oil, natural gas, even coal, and we can develop clean coal technology, are all great things. But we also have to devote our efforts, in my view, to alternative energy sources, which is the ultimate answer to our long-term energy needs, and we need it sooner rather than later."

Now

"I believe it is time for the federal government to lift these restrictions and to put our own reserves to use," he said on Tuesday, "as a matter of fairness to the American people, and a matter of duty for our government, we must deal with the here and now, and assure affordable fuel for America by increasing domestic production."

MCCAIN's BIG FLIP-FLOP:

This is a very big flip=flop because Sen. McCain has been known as a greener Republican. Now this is just pure political pandering like the gas tax rebate.
It is also simular to the gas tax rebate in that only the big oil companies will see any benefit.

Listen to Barack on off shore drilling.

My own opinion:

I think the oil is like a long term investment. Someday, maybe soon, people will realize it is much to valuable to be used just to burn (as in heating and combustion engines). So, ujntil then, let's keep it safe under the sea.

If it had been drilled years ago it would be gone.

Context/Priorities:

First we need to solve the long term problem and our incompetent government cannot seem to solve any problems unless they are faced with a crises. So, save the oil to be used as an ingredient for value added products and solve the "gas" problem with alternatives and conservation.

Big Oil:

When the time comes we should hire one big oil company to manage/oversee the drilling and sub-contract others to do the work. The USA should take the profits and use them to help pay off the war debt (or something everyone would be proud of).

Save the Planet

Might as well note that the big elephant in the room is not
$4 dollar gas prices but our actual planet is about to suicide itself because of human carelessness.