tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30015942.post6488798428793487947..comments2024-01-22T18:47:37.815-06:00Comments on The Real Sporer: When Mike Gronstal sees this ............Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30015942.post-84073603938410630672008-06-21T22:43:00.000-05:002008-06-21T22:43:00.000-05:00Those who don't care about climate change are cons...Those who don't care about climate change are consistent and logical in going for the drill everywhere approach when it comes to energy independence. But those who acknowledge we must do something significant about climate change and drastically reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, it makes absolutely no sense to advocate for the drill everywhere approach. McCain needs to figure out if he's serious about climate change and GHG reductions. If he is serious, he must realize we have to put all of our resources into developing low or no-carbon alternatives and pursue efficiency with great urgency. <BR/><BR/>In the reality of political world, I could see domestic oil drilling being a token sacrifice in order to buy votes to go really strong for efficiency and alternative energy. If that were to happen, the idea of extra tax on new oil fields to fund low-carbon technologies would definitely make sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30015942.post-51344324640938273542008-06-21T19:33:00.000-05:002008-06-21T19:33:00.000-05:00Drilling in ANWR will NEVER happen there is a very...Drilling in ANWR will NEVER happen there is a very large group of very rich land owners in the area that would never let it happen.<BR/><BR/>As for big tax credits for wind energy, There is a candidate out west, I think his name is Hubler who is running on this issue. I dont know if he is a democrat or a republican, but he sounds conservativeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30015942.post-71316670590722423472008-06-21T16:21:00.000-05:002008-06-21T16:21:00.000-05:00That doesn't sound bad to me. The tax would be mi...That doesn't sound bad to me. The tax would be minimal, the benefit great.<BR/><BR/>Before anyone bitches about the taxes, it's a tax on found money. I'd rather do that than raise capital gains on old people.<BR/><BR/>My brother and two or three neighbors live on a wind swept hill out in the boonies by Runnells. Why on Earth can they not put up a little windmill and generate a bunch of their own power. The state of Iowa should have big tax credits for that kind of energy improvement and so should the feds. Enough to basically pay for it.The Deplorable Old Bulldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12317795016889341638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30015942.post-81112743930426519712008-06-21T15:30:00.000-05:002008-06-21T15:30:00.000-05:00How about open up ANWR and Florida, slap a $1 per ...How about open up ANWR and Florida, slap a $1 per barrel tax on it, and designate it for tax credits for solar, wind, and other clean sources? The Republicans would be happy with more drilling, the Dems would be happy with more taxes to pay for "green energy". <BR/>I think it is Germany that has solar stuff going up all over the place because there are some pretty significant incentives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30015942.post-25433177778178081142008-06-21T14:58:00.000-05:002008-06-21T14:58:00.000-05:00Thanks rf, hell I've been a debater since I was 1...Thanks rf, hell I've been a debater since I was 14. I love to argue-although I prefer not to get nasty.<BR/><BR/>On a point of agreement, I fail to understand why no American politician but Huckabee has embraced the true comprehensive energy plan-which the old debater in me calls "do everything".<BR/><BR/>We should be doing everything from drilling everywhere there is oil (and yes, if there is no oil in existing leaseholds trade 'em for new land), longer term CAFE standards (I think the market has taken care of this anyway), huge tax incentives to heat/cool structures with windmills/solar/geothermal or other clean and renewables. Spend a lot more money on creating and improving automotive energy tech.<BR/><BR/>But we can do everything and I think the first politician to grasp that is going to be very popular.The Deplorable Old Bulldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12317795016889341638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30015942.post-13661147833620522302008-06-20T13:13:00.000-05:002008-06-20T13:13:00.000-05:00A political observer with political skills akin to...<I> A political observer with political skills akin to Attila the Hun </I><BR/><BR/>Yay! I got mentioned. I'd like to thank the Academy......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30015942.post-37511812096020320872008-06-20T12:24:00.000-05:002008-06-20T12:24:00.000-05:00sporie:I'll second RF's thoughts, although I think...sporie:<BR/><BR/>I'll second RF's thoughts, although I think the real benefit to Iowans is the more time you spend blogging the less time you have to screw up their politics.Art A Laymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02463128235828410052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30015942.post-33817245943017988382008-06-20T09:11:00.000-05:002008-06-20T09:11:00.000-05:00Come on, let’s be fair to Sporie. I know, I give ...Come on, let’s be fair to Sporie. I know, I give him crap all the time and call him on his lack of logic, grossly slanted reading of history, blind partisanship, etc. But, by maintaining this blog and posting his provocative views he does provide us a great forum for discussion. Some of the most interesting and entertaining discussion I have been able to find in the blogosphere. Somehow he has been able to attract a very eclectic group of commenters here, from the right-wind nutcases to us argumentative D’s and progressives.<BR/><BR/>So with that, genuine thanks, Sporer! I do appreciate the time and effort you put into this blog, even though I may not always act/write like it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30015942.post-53335433489311094922008-06-20T08:51:00.000-05:002008-06-20T08:51:00.000-05:006:48:You're absolutely correct. I, too, came here...6:48:<BR/><BR/>You're absolutely correct. I, too, came here seeking wisdom. Seeking the <I>Light</I>. Like Diogenes, I continued the search for the elusive honest man. Alas, the search continues.<BR/><BR/>Instead I find a dualist; a budding Demosthenes by night and a Johnnie Cochran wannabe by day. A poor man's Ronald Reagan cloaked in the mantra of a Karl Rove imitator. A political observer with political skills akin to Attila the Hun and the empathy of Marie Antoinette.<BR/><BR/>Can one doubt that at our founding sporie would have been a Tory?Art A Laymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02463128235828410052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30015942.post-82120932187959213032008-06-19T23:05:00.000-05:002008-06-19T23:05:00.000-05:00Calm down guys, it has already been established th...Calm down guys, it has already been established that one of sporie's better angels is not consistency.<BR/><BR/>Just as there are frustrated English teachers and Math teachers and History teachers, sporie is a frustrated poet, philosopher, historian, evangelical zealot.<BR/><BR/>He researched all of those professions for income levels and found that being a shyster lawyer beat em all hands down.<BR/><BR/>Wait till he finds out there are great fees in suing insurance companies over flood losses.Art A Laymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02463128235828410052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30015942.post-86592712152182407122008-06-19T22:44:00.000-05:002008-06-19T22:44:00.000-05:00If Bush had balls (which he doesn't) at 11:59 toni...If Bush had balls (which he doesn't) at 11:59 tonight he would sign an executive order releasing HALF the strategic patroleum reserve onto the market at 12:01 and crush the speculators.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30015942.post-933436924369429172008-06-19T09:32:00.000-05:002008-06-19T09:32:00.000-05:00Guys, guys:Not to worry! Dumbya is on his way the...Guys, guys:<BR/><BR/>Not to worry! Dumbya is on his way there and all will be well.Art A Laymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02463128235828410052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30015942.post-30792196166179974892008-06-19T09:27:00.000-05:002008-06-19T09:27:00.000-05:00EFJ is correct! Maybe the big lug can't afford hi...EFJ is correct! Maybe the big lug can't afford his $100 million dollar energy slush fund. Maybe we just can't afford that right now. <BR/><BR/>Maybe the big lug can't afford corporate welfare to companies like microsoft right now.<BR/><BR/>Maybe some of these ridiculous bleeding heart liberal do nothing and produce no results non-profits and government programs like CIETC can all go by the wayside right now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30015942.post-87981324096901019602008-06-19T09:24:00.000-05:002008-06-19T09:24:00.000-05:00I have been hearing libs/dummycrats catterwall, th...I have been hearing libs/dummycrats catterwall, throw temper trantrums, stamp their feet and ball up their fists over public financing of campaigns.<BR/><BR/>so, how do you all square the fact that obama just lied to you all? He broke his promise to you. What does that do to your fervent passion for taxpayer financed campaigns? He just told the democrats to shove it, didn't he?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30015942.post-91672755251485661882008-06-19T09:23:00.000-05:002008-06-19T09:23:00.000-05:00We are missing the obvious here. We must follow s...We are missing the obvious here. We must follow some logical course of action:<BR/><BR/>1. Assess actual costs of flood recovery.<BR/><BR/>2. What costs are responsibility of the whole? (I hate to say government, because government is us and only has money they confiscated from us.)<BR/><BR/>3. What costs are the responsibility of the individual\private sector?<BR/><BR/><BR/>4. Evaluate what should reasonably be done. (not all buildings, homes, businesses, and schools have some absolute right to be rebuilt. Prioritizing is ok)<BR/><BR/>5. Figure out how to pay for the work.<BR/><BR/>a. $600 million rainy day fund. No coincedence the name fits. It is a term started in our agrarian society to describe dealing with flooding.<BR/><BR/>b. CUT SOME FAT!!!<BR/>(I know, I know, there's no fat in government. Every program is important as it buys another constituency group of "looters" for liberals) <BR/><BR/>The problem can be solved without borrowing, but it won't because liberals will employ their hyperbole and make this about caring for the poor, and disenfranchised, the children, and the elderly.<BR/><BR/>The best way to to care for the future of Iowa is to NOT incur debt if at all possible.<BR/><BR/>EFJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30015942.post-79936535149259103442008-06-19T09:04:00.000-05:002008-06-19T09:04:00.000-05:00and speaking of national security and oil producti...and speaking of national security and oil production. Libs - who still think there isn't a national security issue with oil - keep saying we can't drill our way out of this (yes we can), yet they think we can tax our way out of this. <BR/><BR/>Why does taxing our way out of this make any sense. That only INCREASES oil prices. Drilling our way out is the correct response. Drill here, drill now.<BR/><BR/>Oil is a renewable energy source.<BR/><BR/>Do the libs know that not one oil rig was hurt during any of the hurricanes? Not one oil spill - not one. <BR/><BR/>Drill here, drill now. Get me a bumper sticker.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30015942.post-66940614653485383542008-06-19T08:59:00.000-05:002008-06-19T08:59:00.000-05:00Rather than debate the merits of tripe, let's disc...Rather than debate the merits of tripe, let's discuss how the democrats want to nationalize oil refineries so they can control production? That came up this morning. Now we see what the democrats really have in mind for the US. They want to nationalize healthcare and energy. What governments nationalize things? Russia, Venezuala, Cuba and all other dictators. <BR/><BR/>Why do democrats want to be dictators in a free land? The ONLY free place on earth - and that includes Europe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30015942.post-25101475417997281952008-06-19T08:19:00.000-05:002008-06-19T08:19:00.000-05:00Hey dickwad sperm sample at 5:28 - several hundred...Hey dickwad sperm sample at 5:28 - several hundred people each day read Sporer. Go read the more interesting blogs like Century of a Common Iowan or Bleeding Heartland or actually, any of the lib blogs - include the ragister. More your speed of reading over there. You need lots less congnitive ability with their tripe.<BR/><BR/>Then, save yourself some pain and heartache by not having to suffer from tripe infections to your insufficient brain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30015942.post-73561862682739465782008-06-19T08:13:00.000-05:002008-06-19T08:13:00.000-05:00rf and spotlight show us once again that democrats...rf and spotlight show us once again that democrats absolutely cannot understand national security or economics. <BR/><BR/>Their answer to everything is Bush is evil!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30015942.post-81986789600880490202008-06-19T07:36:00.000-05:002008-06-19T07:36:00.000-05:00Ted wants to be state chairman and then on to be g...Ted wants to be state chairman and then on to be governor. He salavates everyime he's on the radio and passes Terrace Hill.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30015942.post-81154470900276255062008-06-19T07:16:00.000-05:002008-06-19T07:16:00.000-05:00Any Anderson Cooper sightings yet? Why is he not ...Any Anderson Cooper sightings yet? Why is he not rowing a boat around with a concerned look on his face.<BR/><BR/>Oh yeah. We're white.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Nevermind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30015942.post-73666827125573490762008-06-18T18:34:00.000-05:002008-06-18T18:34:00.000-05:00Using the flood for your own political gain Sporer...Using the flood for your own political gain Sporer? Your no better than the liberals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30015942.post-24431155697755063962008-06-18T15:24:00.000-05:002008-06-18T15:24:00.000-05:00sporie:Nothing like a catastrophe to bring out the...sporie:<BR/><BR/>Nothing like a catastrophe to bring out the best in the conservative heart.<BR/><BR/>I can hear Dumas now: "One for all! All for none!"Art A Laymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02463128235828410052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30015942.post-9956396830747979382008-06-18T13:16:00.000-05:002008-06-18T13:16:00.000-05:00Anon 11:13,Please note that my comment was about t...Anon 11:13,<BR/><BR/>Please note that my comment was about the funding mechanism for the war. Sporer dedicated this whole post to the specific issue of funding flood relief and reconstruction. If other government spending/funding issues are not directly related to that, I don’t know what is. I’m sorry you are uncomfortable discussing the Iraq debacle and the very real consequences it has on us and the generations to follow.<BR/><BR/>Yoda,<BR/><BR/>I get your point. I hope you and your loved ones are ok.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30015942.post-11762729001082127372008-06-18T11:13:00.000-05:002008-06-18T11:13:00.000-05:00but see rf, we're not talking about the war. we'r...but see rf, we're not talking about the war. we're talking about the floods. and there isn't some magical money that was suppposed to go to help the flood or tornado victims and now mr. dirty stinky bush is sending it to iraq. no. it's not apples to apples. but i understand that democrats love to cry and bitch and moan about the war no matter what the topic because it's easy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com