The Left constantly complains that nations fight wars for oil. The Left prevents us from drilling for oil here

Aren't they just fighting themselves? At least from the viewpoint of Logic?


Now we see Russia invading Georgia for Oil!


They (and communists in general) have been the darling of the left. Anti-business and all.


Russia has plenty of oil, but doesn't want to loose Georgia as a customer who buys from them! Georgia has oil and wants energy independance. Are the communists just greedy as well as dictatorial?


Please give your views on the above issues.


Michael Savage says ';Liberalism is a mental disorder';. The more I see and hear from the Left, the more I believe he has a verifiable case.


The Left constantly complains that nations fight wars for oil. The Left prevents us from drilling for oil here
Best question ever!!!!





Communism can only compete with western democracies IF they're able to usurp natural resources by force!!! Putin is trying to squash the bug and re-coup all his marbles. And the left in this country is rooting for him.





I long for the days when the left in this country felt more passionate about democracy and the rights of free speech instead of international rights of self determination, even by oppressive regimes. The left in this country has voiced more passionate feeling for letting Saddam keep Iraqis under his thumb then they ever voiced about preserving fragile democracy in a former Soviet region.


The Left constantly complains that nations fight wars for oil. The Left prevents us from drilling for oil here
Perhaps thinking through the issues is too complex for some conservatives. There is no simplistic answer to our energy problems and comparing objecting to wars for oil to ruining our environment for very little actual gain is a simplistic approach. It also doesn't take into account the lack of adequate inquiry into why the oil companies are stockpiling millions of acres of public land and object to ';use it or lose it'; legislation.





Your analysis of the Russia/Georgia situation points out the similarities with Bush's Iraq War and doesn't help your case against liberals.
On the issue of fighting themselves that goes on and on. Right now they see an opportunity to push their environmental agenda on America but oddly it's the same environmentalist that put road blocks in the way. Can't have wind farms in migration pattern of the speckled purple warbler now can we?





Communist Russia wants total control of oil since it's the money maker, heck they even ';arrested'; the biggest oil tycoon in their country. Conveniently his company came under government control.
Because the political leftists are simply western communists. Look at how Speaker Pelosi has said that she will not allow an up-or-down vote on offshore drilling, like she's some kind of tyrant. She is the the leader of a freely-elected democratic legislature yet she acts like Stalin.





Speaking of things reminiscent of Stalin, it is the democrats who are trying to resurrect the misnamed 'fairness doctrine' because they cannot stand any speech that they disagree with. The democrats' blatant hatred of capitalism is another example, with their demonization of oil companies as 'Big Oil.' But that's par for the course when the leftist party is funded by trial lawyers and union leaders.
1. Since there is no gas shortage to drive up prices anywhere in the country - why gift our protected areas to the Oil industry over the run up of speculators buying futures?





2. Why not end the Enron loophole that hides the speculators that are trading oil futures?





3. Maybe if the Bush administration had not offered Georgia a fast track NATO membership in July, Russia would not have strong-armed Georgia in August. Do you think Russia will ever permit a NATO member on their doorstep?
you know, the world would be better off without people like you. You should rephrase ';people that disagree with me have mental disorders';.





anyway... im a liberal and guess what... IM OK WITH OFFSHORE DRILLING :o *GASP* dare he? O NOES!





If you would stop bashing my ideology, you might stop and realize you have potential allies even among the other side of the fence. But you're statements already prove to me that ';Conservatives are full of themselves';





i can make rash generalizations too.
Again this isn't a left vs. right issue. We do fight other nations for oil. I am all for drilling oil in our own country because this will give us less dependence, in the mean time, on foreign oil and give us a chance to still explore alternative energy methods. Even though the electric car was created in the mid-90s.
or maybe you are so trained to respond to Buzz words and external stimuli that you don't realize when you are being used?



Yes, the all powerful ';left.'; Why do you resist us? Resistance is futile.