President Obama is speaking this afternoon to unveil what he claims is his plan for American energy amidst rising gas prices. Sadly, Americans know all too well from three years of this administration that Democrats' plan for energy is to artificially increase prices while exacting enormous costs on the rest of the economy.
◼ OBAMA TO "PROMOTE ENERGY PLAN THURSDAY"Perhaps most shockingly, the Obama administration is trying to reinvent its record of blocking oil and gas production, most recently with their decision to block the Keystone pipeline but also with the hurdles they've placed in front of new oil and gas leases.
◼ "GAS PRICES ARE HIGHEST EVER FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR"
◼ OBAMA WANTED ENERGY PRICES TO "NECESSARILY SKYROCKET" UNDER HIS CAP-AND-TRADE PLAN"
◼ ENERGY SECRETARY STEPHEN CHU IN SEPTEMBER 2008: "SOMEHOW WE HAVE TO FIGURE HOW TO BOOST THE PRICE OF GASOLINE TO THE LEVELS IN EUROPE"
◼ FLASHBACK: HOUSE DEMOCRATS RAMMED THROUGH CAP-AND-TRADE NATIONAL ENERGY TAX IN 2009
◼ "THE ANTI-JOBS PRESIDENT" REJECTS JOB-CREATING KEYSTONE PIPELINEOBAMA ADMINISTRATION CONTINUING TO SLOW-WALK NEW DRILLING PERMITS
◼ GREEN GROUPS THREATENED TO ABANDON OBAMA IF HE APPROVED KEYSTONE
◼ NATIONAL JOURNAL ANALYSIS: "U.S. ECONOMY MISSED OUT ON CREATING UP TO A QUARTER-MILLION JOBS" IN 2011 BECAUSE IT "LACKED [ENERGY] INFRASTRUCTURE"
◼ INCREASING ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH KEYSTONE XL WOULD LIMIT PRICE SPIKES IN FUTURE
◼ OBAMA MORATORIUM ON GULF DRILLING "TAKING ITS TOLL" AND "MIGHT AS WELL STILL BE IN EFFECT"Instead of allowing proven energy technologies to tap into existing energy reserves and increase American energy independence, Democrats have repeatedly placed high-risk, taxpayer-funded bets on companies like Solyndra in the name of unproven "green" experiments, but have little to show for it.
◼ GULF BUSINESSES FRET THAT "PERMITORIUM" REMAINS IN PLACE
◼ ISSUANCE OF NEW PERMITS MUCH SLOWER THAN IN RECENT YEARS
◼ OBAMA'S MORATORIUM ON OFFSHORE DRILLING SHRANK PRODUCTION IN THE GULF OF MEXICO
◼ OBAMA HAS RESCINDED SEVERAL LEASES FOR OIL EXPLORATION
◼ OBAMA SAID STIMULUS WAS INTENDED TO "TAKE BETS" ON NOW-BANKRUPT COMPANIES LIKE SOLYNDRA◼ Obama: Republicans Playing Politics with Spiking Gas Prices - Michelle Malkin
◼ LAST WEEK OBAMA INSISTED HE WOULD "DOUBLE DOWN" ON GIVING TAXPAYER MONEY TO COMPANIES LIKE SOLYNDRA
◼ AFTER HE USED STATE OF THE UNION TO EMBRACE HIS RECORD OF FAILURE ON "GREEN" PROGRAMS LIKE SOLYNDRA
◼ "REPORT: ENERGY LOANS COULD COST $3B" FROM "HIGH-RISK" GREEN PROGRAMS
◼ REPORT "ECHOES CRITICISM" THAT "OBAMA ADMINISTRATION SHOULD HAVE CUT OFF MONEY TO SOLYNDRA FAR SOONER THAN IT DID"
◼ OBAMA'S RE-ELECT CAMPAIGN SIGNALS INTENTION TO RUN ON FAILURE, CELEBRATING NOW-BANKRUPT SOLYNDRA IN THEIR FIRST 2012 AD
◼ Obama accuses GOP of playing 'bumper sticker' politics with higher gas prices - The Hill
“You pay more and they’re licking their chops. And you can bet since it’s an election year, they’re already dusting off their three-point plans for $2 gas,” Obama said. “I’ll save you the suspense: step one is drill, step two is drill, and then step three is keep drilling.◼ ‘Chops Licking,’ Then and Now - Ed Driscoll
“We heard the same line in 2007 when I was running for president,” Obama said. “We hear the same thing every year. We’ve heard the same thing for 30 years.”
Gee, as the above video highlights, I can remember a politician who licking his own chops to see higher energy prices himself in 2008 — and several big media outlets on both coasts who also supported the idea of themselves:
Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket. Even regardless of what I say about whether coal is good or bad. Because I’m capping greenhouse gases, coal power plants, you know, natural gas, you name it — whatever the plants were, whatever the industry was, uh, they would have to retrofit their operations. That will cost money. They will pass that money on to consumers.
