Submitted by: Eugene Karsner
William “Bill” Phillips
Bill spent nearly 50 years in the US oil and gas industry; most of his career was with the Phillips Petroleum Company. Bill is a descendant of Frank Phillips. Frank Phillips, along with his brother Lee Eldas (L.E.) Phillips, Sr., founded the original Phillips Petroleum Company in 1917 in Bartlesville, [...]
June 29, 2008
Editorial
Oil and Inflation
This month, Ben Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, broke from the usually banal official pronouncements about the dollar to talk bluntly about the risks of inflation. He told an international conference that a weakening dollar had caused an “unwelcome rise” in inflation and pledged to guard against such dangers.
Until this recent [...]
Let’s look at what Obama is really saying to attract all of his supporters. With the price of almost everything being effected by high fuel prices may someone will explain to me just what his attraction is to anyone.
Obama’s list of NOs, things he speaks out against and derides John McCain for supporting:
Do not drill [...]
The Democrats actually believe that they have an ideal solution to the price crisis at the pump! Their solution is amazing and so simple to them they cannot believe their political opponents will not go along with their wishes.
Plan 1. Tax BIG Oil. They are making too much money and should be sur-taxed on their [...]
Richardson touts Obama’s energy, economic policies
Sat Jun 28, 2008
WASHINGTON - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, a former energy secretary from a swing state in the presidential race, promoted Barack Obama’s energy and economic policies Saturday in a national radio address that he was picked to deliver by Obama’s campaign.
“Sen. Obama will push for a second stimulus [...]
Drill Here. Drill Now. Drill ANWR.
Paul Driessen
Saturday, June 28, 2008
“We can’t drill our way out of our energy problem.” This daily mantra, mostly from Democrats, underscores an abysmal grasp of economics by the politicians, activists, bureaucrats and judges who are dictating US policies. If only their hot air could be converted into usable energy.
Drilling is [...]
An Inexhaustible Energy Source: Heated Words. But Can It Be Tapped?
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
WASHINGTON — Fourth of July fireworks came early on Capitol Hill.
With angry constituents waiting for them back home, lawmakers clashed fiercely on Thursday over how to address high gasoline and oil prices. But with all sides recognizing that there is virtually [...]
Citing Need for Assessments, U.S. Freezes Solar Energy Projects
Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun, via Reuters
Mirrors channel sunlight onto a tube filled with oil at a solar power plant in Boulder City, Nev. The plant produces energy to power about 14,000 homes.
By DAN FROSCH
Published: June 27, 2008
DENVER — Faced with a surge in the number of proposed [...]
Republicans Assail Democrats on High Oil Prices
Matt Purple
Thursday, June 26, 2008
The GOP had harsh words for Democrats on Capitol Hill this morning, accusing them of misunderstanding the economics of oil and stalling needed drilling initiatives.
“We ought to take a square look in the mirror,” said Rep. Kevin Brady (R.-Tex.). “We need more American-made energy and [...]
McCain, GOP unleash
anti-Obama plan
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By JONATHAN MARTIN | 6/26/08 12:41 PM EST
Republicans might have a reason to smile: John McCain and his allies seem to have finally settled on a way to draw a stark contrast with Barack Obama.
After weeks [...]
