Comments on: King: Drilling is the solution http://iowaindependent.com/4290/king-drill-drill-drill Iowa politics, news, and commentary Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:05:29 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: iridiumred http://iowaindependent.com/4290/king-drill-drill-drill/comment-page-1#comment-12559 iridiumred Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:08:10 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=4290#comment-12559 "gets there money"? And you're criticizing someone's typing? “gets there money”? And you're criticizing someone's typing?

]]> By: hoglot http://iowaindependent.com/4290/king-drill-drill-drill/comment-page-1#comment-12351 hoglot Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:51:20 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=4290#comment-12351 Burns only reported public comments supporting King's position on energy--hardly independent reporting. He failed to report in Creston these opposing, documented federal agency, energy reports: In lease sale 8-20-08, for drilling rights to 1.8 million acres off the Gulf of Mexico, the high bidder was Statoil, a foreign company. American oil companies did not bid on 90% of tracts made available by the U.S. federal government. EIA reports new drilling would not reduce gas prices now or only pennies in the future. The EIA reported record amounts of U.S.refined gas and diesel were shipped to foreign countries while Americans struggled to pay heating and gas bills. In Apr. 377,000 barrels of diesel were shipped to foreign countries--the most since WWII. The U.S. has only 3% of the world's oil supply and uses 26%, leaving 23% still to be imported. New medical studies report lung cancer in non smokers is linked to dangerous carcinogens produced in combustion engines in cars and coal plants. These were all public comments made at the Creston Town Hall meeting. Burns only reported public comments supporting King's position on energy–hardly independent reporting. He failed to report in Creston these opposing, documented federal agency, energy reports: In lease sale 8-20-08, for drilling rights to 1.8 million acres off the Gulf of Mexico, the high bidder was Statoil, a foreign company. American oil companies did not bid on 90% of tracts made available by the U.S. federal government. EIA reports new drilling would not reduce gas prices now or only pennies in the future. The EIA reported record amounts of U.S.refined gas and diesel were shipped to foreign countries while Americans struggled to pay heating and gas bills. In Apr. 377,000 barrels of diesel were shipped to foreign countries–the most since WWII. The U.S. has only 3% of the world's oil supply and uses 26%, leaving 23% still to be imported. New medical studies report lung cancer in non smokers is linked to dangerous carcinogens produced in combustion engines in cars and coal plants. These were all public comments made at the Creston Town Hall meeting.

]]> By: Peggy2 http://iowaindependent.com/4290/king-drill-drill-drill/comment-page-1#comment-11583 Peggy2 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:03:46 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=4290#comment-11583 Quoting Dana Boone from <a href="http://www.browniowa.com">www.browniowa.com</a> re Obama's caucus victory in Iowa:<br><br>"We did it! Iowans showed up and did their part! Now it's up to the rest of the states to keep it going! We set it off! Victory!!!" Quoting Dana Boone from http://www.browniowa.com re Obama's caucus victory in Iowa:

“We did it! Iowans showed up and did their part! Now it's up to the rest of the states to keep it going! We set it off! Victory!!!”

]]> By: Peggy2 http://iowaindependent.com/4290/king-drill-drill-drill/comment-page-1#comment-11441 Peggy2 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:08:25 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=4290#comment-11441 daddysteve,<br><br>We're not naive at all. We're just calling this particular blog on its obvious misnomer...independent.<br><br>If Doug Burns is unbiased and independent, why did he follow Steve King to every town hall meeting he had the other day? What did he think Steve King was going to say in Denison that he hadn't already said in Creston or Council Bluffs? What was he looking for?<br><br>And, in case you didn't notice, our country has been at war for the last several years thus the requirement for military spending. Whether you agree with the war or not, we're in it and we have to win now or it was all for nought.<br><br>Cutting military spending during a war is like a man telling his pregnant wife that she should forego her monthly OB appointments to save the family money. daddysteve,

We're not naive at all. We're just calling this particular blog on its obvious misnomer…independent.

If Doug Burns is unbiased and independent, why did he follow Steve King to every town hall meeting he had the other day? What did he think Steve King was going to say in Denison that he hadn't already said in Creston or Council Bluffs? What was he looking for?

And, in case you didn't notice, our country has been at war for the last several years thus the requirement for military spending. Whether you agree with the war or not, we're in it and we have to win now or it was all for nought.

Cutting military spending during a war is like a man telling his pregnant wife that she should forego her monthly OB appointments to save the family money.

]]> By: daddysteve http://iowaindependent.com/4290/king-drill-drill-drill/comment-page-1#comment-10529 daddysteve Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:53:03 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=4290#comment-10529 I can agree with energy development. For King to say he's a fiscal conservative and then advocate our huge military is just ridiculous. This country has FINANCIAL problems. BTW- if you people out there think any media outlet is unbiased then you are naive children. This place allows comments. If I find one of their posts factually or philosophically incorrect then I will be happy to say so. I can agree with energy development. For King to say he's a fiscal conservative and then advocate our huge military is just ridiculous. This country has FINANCIAL problems. BTW- if you people out there think any media outlet is unbiased then you are naive children. This place allows comments. If I find one of their posts factually or philosophically incorrect then I will be happy to say so.

]]> By: Kim K http://iowaindependent.com/4290/king-drill-drill-drill/comment-page-1#comment-10513 Kim K Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:20:17 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=4290#comment-10513 Wait there Jamie, check the FEC, George Soros also gives money to John McCain. The Standard Bearer of the Republican Party!! You don't even hold true to your own conservative principals and are just as liberal with your spending and as big government with your patriot act as any liberal. Wait there Jamie, check the FEC, George Soros also gives money to John McCain. The Standard Bearer of the Republican Party!! You don't even hold true to your own conservative principals and are just as liberal with your spending and as big government with your patriot act as any liberal.

]]> By: Chase Martyn http://iowaindependent.com/4290/king-drill-drill-drill/comment-page-1#comment-10335 Chase Martyn Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:24:22 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=4290#comment-10335 Unlike most of the rest of the comments on this thread, I think your criticism is fair. We have edited the headline to avoid implying that King said "Drill, Drill, Drill," because it was actually the audience who said it. Unlike most of the rest of the comments on this thread, I think your criticism is fair. We have edited the headline to avoid implying that King said “Drill, Drill, Drill,” because it was actually the audience who said it.

]]> By: Daryl Smothgren http://iowaindependent.com/4290/king-drill-drill-drill/comment-page-1#comment-10231 Daryl Smothgren Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:07:52 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=4290#comment-10231 Hi Randall - <br><br>Too bad T. Boone says he wants to drill. Don't believe me? Listen to him in his own words here: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN6nciNgXHI">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN6nciNgXHI</a><br><br>Oooooh, sorry. You were close though.<br><br>Your fact checking is about as good as the Iowa Independent's. Hi Randall –

Too bad T. Boone says he wants to drill. Don't believe me? Listen to him in his own words here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN6nciNgXHI

Oooooh, sorry. You were close though.

Your fact checking is about as good as the Iowa Independent's.

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]]> By: Randall Haugen http://iowaindependent.com/4290/king-drill-drill-drill/comment-page-1#comment-10145 Randall Haugen Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:02:47 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/?p=4290#comment-10145 King is nuttier than a fruitcake,He got his Ass handed to him by T Bone Pickens and should heed his advice. Drilling does Nothing to solve our energy crisis. President Obama and a Democratic Congress and Senate Will. King is nuttier than a fruitcake,He got his Ass handed to him by T Bone Pickens and should heed his advice. Drilling does Nothing to solve our energy crisis. President Obama and a Democratic Congress and Senate Will.

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