Thursday, July 9, 2009

Will "Drill Baby Drill" Sell in Arlington?

Was just perusing the website of Eric Brescia, the Republican candidate for House of Delegates here in Arlington's 47th District. His issues page promises to, "Promote economically viable, efficient, and clean energy technologies." But the first item in his energy plan?
Develop Virginia’s natural gas supplies and dedicate royalty revenue to transportation
Pursue an energy strategy that would only create a handful of jobs in places far from Arlington like Virginia Beach? And dedicate the revenue to transportation with nothing about where and how the money is spent (Brescia's website also says nothing about dedicated funding for Metro)? So Arlington could get none of the jobs and none of the transportation funding, but receive all of the negatives of higher global warming pollution?

Sounds like Arlington Republicans are putting up yet another candidate simply to raise his own profile at the expense of the issues that matter to Arlingtonians.
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 13, 2009 at 11:03 PM

    You can't link him to "Drill baby drill."

    Brescia is talking about natural gas, not oil. Many "green" pundits have talked about how clean natural gas is...

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  2. TheGreenMilesJuly 14, 2009 at 10:54 AM

    Oh dear god, do I have to educate you about Republican politics? Is this really about to happen? Fine.

    Michael Steele, Republican National Convention, September 4, 2008: "Then let’s reduce our dependency on foreign sources of oil and promote oil and gas production at home. In other words, drill baby drill!"

    And please, tell me which "green" pundits support natural gas drilling. In fact, name just one. We'll all hold our breath in the meantime.

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  3. AnonymousJuly 14, 2009 at 4:06 PM

    I can tell you some Green Politicians who support Natural Gas.

    There names are Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid.

    http://speaker.house.gov/newsroom/pressreleases?id=1028

    Read it and weep sir

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  4. TheGreenMilesJuly 14, 2009 at 4:18 PM

    So basically, since I called you out on the "green pundits who heart natural gas" and you have no answer, you change the question?

    OK, let's keep chasing the GOP's moving target: Is natural gas better than coal? Yes. This is like saying assault & battery is better than murder. That's supposed to have us weeping? Not quite (sir).

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