They're laughing at her!

Waters and oil don't mix.

Let's arrange a date for Thugo and Maxine!

Maxine is brilliantly stupid in her own special way.

Hey, it could happen. Laugh while ye may.

methinks this should be a daily thread...

ah, the moonbattery!

By my count there have been 38 congressional investigations into gas price fixing.

38 time market forces where the cause.

When she said "socialize" I thought perhaps she was worried that the employees of oil companies just didn't have any friends, and that she is here to help with that...

Did any of you listen to the recent Senate hearings with the oil execs? You think these Dems are incapable of this? I certainly don't.

re: #7 jcm

to be fair, the futures market is really screwing things up right now. but no, socializing the fuel industry won't solve anything.

This liberal will be about socia---- (bites tongue).

The real Maxine for just a second....
A Gramsican Whore!

As if we didn't already know.

re: #9 rawmuse

Did any of you listen to the recent Senate hearings with the oil execs? You think these Dems are incapable of this? I certainly don't.

That's why we must not let BHO win.

Bad guy from an Ayn Rand novel.

If the prices keep going up, the government will have to Nationalize the oil companies to prevent some serious riots from taking place.

Video: Maxine Waters threatens to nationalize America’s oil industry.

Except she couldn't even think of the word "nationalizing"

"basically.... taking over...."

Pitiful.

N²L³

Unfortunately, her knowledge of the laws of supply and demand is her forte.

re: #15 mojo jojo

or people will start curtailing their driving

re: #18 pdogg

Unfortunately, her knowledge of the laws of supply and demand is her forte.

What?

re: #20 MandyManners

That was Maxine being as smart as she could be.

That will get us cheap oil.
Well, the price will be cheap but there won't be any oil.

The Dems are trying to repeal the law of supply and demand, but laws like that can't get repealed.

re: #10 schultzw

to be fair, the futures market is really screwing things up right now. but no, socializing the fuel industry won't solve anything.

Futures market, increased demand from India and China, Oil Ticks not increasing production. Lot of effects result in $135 a barrel oil.

Bottom line is we need a rational energy policy with energy independence implemented on a War footing. I'm not talking far out stuff, bring online our know reserves, spin up oil sand and shale. That will bridge us into the next energy economy. At the same time nuclear and clean coal electrical generation. Fast track it all.

And most importantly voters need to throw the Maxine Waters' of the political scene under the bus.

Her and what army?

Maxine Waters can KMA. As soon as I finish these onion rings...

re: #9 rawmuse

Did any of you listen to the recent Senate hearings with the oil execs? You think these Dems are incapable of this? I certainly don't.

Exactly right. A socialist POTUS and socialist majorities in both houses of Congress and they will do whatever they please with perfect inside-the-beltway reasoning.

Drill for oil in ANWAR? Never!

Nationalize the oil industry? A role-call vote would do it!

re: #20 MandyManners

sarc. ;)

Yes Comrade Walters, I will do whatever you say!
/moonbat liberal socialist off

They really do want to destroy the US and turn it into a Dictatorship. Once you do oil, what will stop them from taking guns, private property, other business, etc.

re: #21 jaunte

That was Maxine being as smart as she could be.

WA's own Patty Murray make her look like a rocket scientist.

Remember Odd/Even gas rationing?

Well. That's a way to get gas to 12.00 a gallon really fast.

re: #15 mojo jojo

If the prices keep going up, the government will have to Nationalize the oil companies to prevent some serious riots from taking place do something, like maybe start allowing the oil co's drill through Rudolph's head.

re: #15 mojo jojo

If the prices keep going up, the government will have to Nationalize the oil companies to prevent some serious riots from taking place.

How will that prevent riots?

re: #24 jcm

I'm personally intrigued by the whole oil from shale or sand process and what that could mean for our independence. Yes, and drilling in ANWR is an appropriate idea. After all, once global warming wipes out every creature up north, we can drill for oil w/o disturbing them!

I loved the lady laughing behind Waters as she searched for the word "nationalize",instead saying "socialize". What a maroon.

I can't imagine sitting before this group of Congress critters and having to endure a lecture from Maxine F'ing Waters. Makes me want to gack my dinner right back up.

I nominate my Dog

To replace this shiteous politician.

Nationalize the oil industry.

25¢ gas.
You can get 5 gallons once a week.
Taxes will be increased to pay for the National Oil Agency.
Only approved vehicles will be allowed to gas up.
Complainers will be sent to Joy Camp.

re: #30 Syrah

Yes

I mentioned this in an earlier thread today, asking anyone if they could help me remember Representative Maxine Waters' name.

The video clip at the link is edited for time and to reduce the utter stupidity of her big moment on camera. It took Rep. Waters forever to find another word to replace what she started to say, "to socialize...".

You want true agenda, it was staring us in the face right there. This is where the dems have gone. The party exists no more, except as the political arm of the master plan to reform America to the socialist ideal.

Gosh, I think I'll go listen to "The Internationale" now...

Those few seconds of her stumbling to find a word other than 'socializing' epitomize the ideology of the left.

re: #34 schultzw

I wouldn't count on it very soon. You should see what Canada's program is doing to the Great White North. Very water intensive and very polluting.

re: #34 schultzw

I'm personally intrigued by the whole oil from shale or sand process and what that could mean for our independence. Yes, and drilling in ANWR is an appropriate idea. After all, once global warming wipes out every creature up north, we can drill for oil w/o disturbing them!

The creatures are the only ones in ANWR, along with billions and billions of black flies...

/Sagan off

re: #34 schultzw

Shaddup ya German

/LOL

Ah brilliant Maxine. Cause affordable magic government gas for my car is way more important than expensive gasoline that actually will get delivered to the station near my house.

re: #38 jcm

approved vehicles: Toyota Prius, mopeds, Al Gore's air transport, John Travolta's jets...

anything else I might be forgetting?

I will not trade my SUV in for a moped. How do you intimidate anybody by tailgating them with that thing ?

re: #15 mojo jojo

Nationalizing private property to appease rioters doesn't sit well with me. Appeasing violent people does not solve the problem, only postpones it.

re: #30 Syrah

Remember Odd/Even gas rationing?

That wasn't rationing. That was a brain-dead and absolutely useless constraint.

re: #46 schultzw

Um. Yes.

Her personal Escalade and Escorts?

re: #48 Idle Drifter

Nationalizing private property to appease rioters doesn't sit well with me. Appeasing violent people does not solve the problem, only postpones exacerbates it.

-fixed that for ya

I feel sorry for the oil execs who had to sit for hours and listen to that crap. You make too much money, you get payed too much, and other questions you can not answer.

They produce the fuel that allows you to fly around the country on taxpayers dimes, while restricting where they can and can't get oil and have the audacity to claim that they are the problem. They produce oil, which runs the economy, you produce NOTHING!

re: #47 mikeinmd

you could always get some of those fake testicles hanging off the back

re: #47 mikeinmd

Smith model 29 in a Bianchi shoulder holster

Looks like I bought my government approved scooter just in time.

i think the cartoon maxine is smarter and makes more sense

re: #49 abolitionist

That wasn't rationing. That was a brain-dead and absolutely useless constraint.

You weren't there, were you?

re: #53 schultzw

you could always get some of those fake testicles hanging off the back

of a moped ? HAHAHA.

Sounds like another Obama supporter looking for a cabinet position...how does Oil Minister sound?

re: #34 schultzw

I'm personally intrigued by the whole oil from shale or sand process and what that could mean for our independence. Yes, and drilling in ANWR is an appropriate idea. After all, once global warming wipes out every creature up north, we can drill for oil w/o disturbing them!

Right now as understand it Sand and Shale would profitable. The problem is the method of recovery is *gasp* STRIP MINING *gasp* *faint*.

Other restriction on supply is our refinery capacity is literally maxed out. We haven't built a refinery in 38 years. It speaks volumes about the industries efficiency gains that they've keep up with supply, but eventually we have to build more capacity.

The fuel is most likely hydrogen. We have more than enough oil to get us there.

Can we call them communists now?

re: #59 Maximu§

More like Castor Oil Minister

re: #57 Allah al Fubar

You weren't there, were you?

Out of college by then.

re: #26 average_guy Geez, I hate to say this but Senator McCain said he wouldn't drill in ANWAR either - saw it on FoxNews - maybe his interview with O'Reilly.
But he sure as shit wouldn't nationalize the oil industry.
Why is it that Democrats especially seem to feel that only "fat cats" own shares of stock in large corporations?

re: #59 Maximu§

Sounds like another Obama supporter looking for a cabinet position...how does Oil Minister sound?

Please, stone me now. I must deserve a good stoning. From Oil Minister.

/Dont' hit my dog

re: #54 markie

Smith model 29 in a Bianchi shoulder holster

"I said, 'Back off!'"

re: #60 jcm

strip mining, my favorite type

;)

California- land of the fruits and nuts- Mad Maxine should be nationalized- as an incompetent idiot- and so should the jerks that elected her. Madness. With Gov. running anything the price will go up to $100 a gallon! Dumb demorats.

re: #64 realwest

Hey, Real!

re: #48 Idle Drifter

Nationalizing private property to appease rioters doesn't sit well with me. Appeasing violent people does not solve the problem, only postpones it.

They're doing that with farms in the Former Rhodesia and its working wonderfully.

/sarcasm

Is it possible that she is engaging and intelligent to talk to in person? Just comes across as a moron over the newswires?

re: #61 unrealizedviewpoint

Yes, I have been all along anyway! Commie rats, marxist socialist liberal pigs!

re: #61 unrealizedviewpoint

Can we call them communists now?

Yep.

re: #60 jcm

The fuel is most likely hydrogen. We have more than enough oil to get us there.

We don't have a supply of hydrogen. We have fossil fuels we can get hydrogen from (while losing a lot of the energy content of the fuel), or we can get hydrogen from water, by using about 5 times or more the amount of energy we can get back from using the hydrogen. Where does that energy come from? The National Academy of Engineering says nuclear plants.

These little missteps (misspeaks?) are little windows into their souls.

We see you.

Maxine Waters: Minister of Remedial Affairs

Rhodesia?

re: #57 Allah al Fubar

You weren't there, were you?

I was there. Maxine was similar to these guys I remember from the hour-long gas line at Pendleton. Four guys drive into line in a big old Impala convertible, let the car idle for an hour, get to the pump, and buy a dollar's worth of gas.

In the meantime, my little six cylinder which got close to 30 on the highway and more than 20 around town was pushed forward in neutral whenever the line moved. I filled it up with the max.

re: #64 realwest

Geez, I hate to say this but Senator McCain said he wouldn't drill in ANWAR either - saw it on FoxNews - maybe his interview with O'Reilly.
But he sure as shit wouldn't nationalize the oil industry.
Why is it that Democrats especially seem to feel that only "fat cats" own shares of stock in large corporations?

Yeah, McCain compared ANWAR to the Grand Canyon....how many tourists go to ANWAR? I bet we could poll the lizards and no one here could even vouch for its existence.

I'm not liking trading my way of life for the comfort that the black flies and caribou get from not sharing a little of their space with some oil rigs.

re: #46 schultzw

approved vehicles: Toyota Prius, mopeds, Al Gore's air transport, John Travolta's jets...

anything else I might be forgetting?

Seattle Mayor Nickels chauffeur driven limo.

Nickels: Give cars summer vacation, drive less

Nickels spoke at a Rainier Avenue South intersection, where he showed off a billboard encouraging drivers to switch to light rail. However, they will have to wait: Sound Transit's light-rail line isn't scheduled to open until next year.

He had to be driven to the event, he couldn't drive less and make the pronouncement from his office.

This the same genius who wrote a Christmas to school children if they didn't stop global warming Santa would drown.

re: #30 Syrah Oh yes and I still remember the incredible lines to get gasoline anyway (I mean despite the odd/even deal)!

re: #79 savage_nation

Now Zimbabwe, run by Robert Mugabe

run into the ground.

re: #67 schultzw

strip mining, my favorite type

;)

EARTH FIRST!
We'll mine the other planets later!

re: #55 Noam Sayin' HEY NOAM! Yup, sure looks like you did - but are you SURE it was government approved, hmmm?!
LOL!

I guarantee you Maxine planned her response and the use of the word nationalize. She didn't just awaken with the idea of take 'em over. But why couldn't she find the word?

re: #49 abolitionist

That wasn't rationing. That was a brain-dead and absolutely useless constraint.

Politicians are only really interested in being perceived as "doing something" about a problem. If their solution fails, it will only provide them with another opportunity to be perceived as "doing something" when they propose their next solution.

Gas rationing "worked" in that it allowed politicians to "claim" that they were "doing something" about the situation.

re: #84 jcm

EARTH FIRST!
We'll mine log the other planets later!

fixed it for ya

Rep. Maxine Waters (Moonbat - CA)

/25 pounds of rocks in a ten pound bag

re: #88 Syrah

Kinda like suing OPEC. MAGIC !

re: #60 jcm

Right now as understand it Sand and Shale would profitable. The problem is the method of recovery is *gasp* STRIP MINING *gasp* *faint*.

Other restriction on supply is our refinery capacity is literally maxed out. We haven't built a refinery in 38 years. It speaks volumes about the industries efficiency gains that they've keep up with supply, but eventually we have to build more capacity.

The fuel is most likely hydrogen. We have more than enough oil to get us there.

Working in the oil industry does open people up to new sights and ideas. Drive through Rifle and Parachute, CO and you'll see oil rigs drilling for Natural Gas high up on the hills and even on some of the mountains. Hearing stories from Hot Shot truckers supplying tools to those work sites during the winter would scare some from trying to break into the business.

re: #90 savage_nation

SAVAGE!

re: #90 savage_nation

LOL, Sums it up nicely for me.

re: #74 Kosh's Shadow

We don't have a supply of hydrogen. We have fossil fuels we can get hydrogen from (while losing a lot of the energy content of the fuel), or we can get hydrogen from water, by using about 5 times or more the amount of energy we can get back from using the hydrogen. Where does that energy come from? The National Academy of Engineering says nuclear plants.

Gosh, it'll come from coal and shale, both are plentiful right here in the us.. And drilling in Anwr if we can get the tree huggers loose of them thar trees.. Oh, wait! A senator just flew over Anwr and didn't see a tree or an animal for over 700 miles.

That's okay... let's let Dubai buy us out, and let's let the Saudi's change our laws. Nobody'll notice!

/I am going to be sick.

re: #91 Killian Bundy

/25 pounds of rocks in a ten pound bag

You're certainly not talking about her intellectual quotient.

re: #81 jcm

2008 Mayor of the Year nominations are now closed. The finalists are:

Greg Nickels

Kwame Fitzpatrick

Please cast your ballots by 11:59 ET on Friday, May 23rd.

re: #87 unrealizedviewpoint

I guarantee you Maxine planned her response and the use of the word nationalize. She didn't just awaken with the idea of take 'em over. But why couldn't she find the word?

She started to say socialize..... realized what that meant and tried to recover and come up with nationalize. But was so disconcerted by letting the mask slip on her socialist agenda couldn't recover.

re: #101 savage_nation

Where you be?

re: #79 savage_nation

Oh, I thought it was a rug I bought.. from Rodhesia.

I also bought some new pants from Norweigia.. I like them a lot.

re: #86 realwest

Check yer inbox. I just sent a pic of the scoot.

re: #71 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Is it possible that she is engaging and intelligent to talk to in person? Just comes across as a moron over the newswires?

no.

When the price of oil begins to have an adverse effect on our economy McCain will awaken to the need to drill, and drill everywhere he will. He'll be the 1st to drill through some polar bears head. The man is sensible and changes his mind as the situation warrants.

re: #96 Allah al Fubar

That's okay... let's let Dubai buy us out, and let's let the Saudi's change our laws. Nobody'll notice!

Very few seem to notice it happening already...

re: #89 markie

fixed it for ya

Let's get down to brass tacks.
To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamatation of their women. Then log and mine.

re: #105 joecitizen

no.

Don't you lecture me!

Stop being so wordy, why dontcha?

re: #74 Kosh's Shadow

We don't have a supply of hydrogen. We have fossil fuels we can get hydrogen from (while losing a lot of the energy content of the fuel), or we can get hydrogen from water, by using about 5 times or more the amount of energy we can get back from using the hydrogen. Where does that energy come from? The National Academy of Engineering says nuclear plants.

This looks like a nifty way of finessing the hydrogen-storage problem:
ZINC POWDER WILL DRIVE YOUR HYDROGEN CAR

re: #101 savage_nation

FBV!

Haven't said hi yet.

SAVAGE!

re: #106 unrealizedviewpoint

He already missed that bus. It's already started.

re: #104 Noam Sayin'

Saw where you'd completed a cyclist course. What's yer ride?

Maxine Waters is what Michelle Obama will be in twenty years.

re: #84 jcm

EARTH FIRST!
We'll mine the other planets later!

HaHaHaHa
foflmao

re: #92 wolfie

Kinda like suing OPEC. MAGIC !

Better then magic.

Suing Opec is one way to make Saudi Investments in US based assests "disappear."

It could also make dollar trading of Oil change "presto" into Euro trading of Oil.

re: #114 DesertSage

Maxine Waters is what Michelle Obama will be in twenty years.

I'd a given ya 20 updings for that if I had 'em!

re: #98 schultzw

2008 Mayor of the Year nominations are now closed. The finalists are:

Greg Nickels

Kwame Fitzpatrick

Please cast your ballots by 11:59 ET on Friday, May 23rd.

It's Kwame Kilpatrick, but either way, he's a fine Irish lad...

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