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Moments after proclaiming that fixing the energy crisis of 2008 was “not a partisan issue” on this morning’s Steve Gill Show [guest host Larry Woods], Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn forgot the definition of “non-partisan.”

Investors Business Daily has two good reads.  First some new polling on the issue: 

Will To Drill Is Strong, Poll Finds; Climate Change Pales As Concern

By INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Monday, July 14, 2008 4:20 PM PT

"Everybody wants more oil, correct? Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John McCain need to be asked -- and they should be forced to answer this question -- why do you want the Saudis to pump more oil? Why do you want OPEC to pump more oil? Come on, now, you three are candidates for president of the United States. Tell us, if you want our votes, speak up, why do you want more oil in the market?

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Volkswagen is developing the ultimate commuter car for the 2010 model year - it gets 200 mpg. Gasoline could hit $40 a gallon and it will steal be cheaper to drive than my current car. Of course, if cars like this do hit the market at a reasonable price, gasoline won't hit $40 a gallon.

Volkswagen is developing the ultimate commuter car for the 2010 model year - it gets 200 mpg. Gasoline could hit $40 a gallon and it will steal be cheaper to drive than my current car. Of course, if cars like this do hit the market at a reasonable price, gasoline won't hit $40 a gallon.

Bush begs Saudis for help with rising oil prices

"Oil prices are very high, which is tough on our economy," Bush said on the second day of his visit to the Islamic kingdom -- one of the key members of the OPEC oil cartel.

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I've been seeing lots of very deceptive - or at least misleading - news coverage about a science experiment where claims are made that a rat heart was 'brought back to life and began beating'. That's sort of what happened. Here's the skinny on it which explains it a bit better:

I wrote last Friday (Can we cash-starve the oil tyrannies? Probably not) about whether the United States could starve Saudi-funded terrorism by eliminating the petrodollars the Saudis earn from selling us 1.53 million barrels of oil per day. At $90 per barrel, they earn approximately $137 million every day from American buyers.