Where Would Jesus Drill?

My thanks to Think Progress for this story:

The other day, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann told us that we don't need Nancy Pelosi to save the planet. Jesus has it covered. Here's what she said:

"[Pelosi] is committed to her global warming fanaticism to the point where she has said that she's just trying to save the planet. ... We all know that someone did that over 2,000 years ago, they saved the planet -- we didn't need Nancy Pelosi to do that."

It gets better.

Yesterday on CNN, Rep. Bachmann gushed about how the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is "the most perfect place on the planet to drill."

Watch the video here.

What else did Rep. Bachmann's have to say?

   *     The Arctic Refuge is the perfect place to drill because "it is permanently frozen in darkness three months of the year under ice and snow for nine months of the year."

Yes. Aside from the frozen darkness and ice and snow, it does sound perfect!

   *      "[T]his area was specifically set aside for drilling by President Jimmy Carter for drilling."

Except that . . . . . . it wasn't.

President Carter said the law he signed actually blocked "any oil company drilling until Congress votes otherwise. . . The simple fact is, drilling is inherently incompatible with wilderness."

   *     Bachmann also called past and current drilling on Alaska's North Slope a "31-year demonstration project of responsible drilling."

Except that . . . . . . it's not.

There's a long trail of oil spills and accidents on the North Slope, including BP's 200,000 gallon spill that went undetected for five days just two years ago.

Of course, Rep. Bachmann might believe that her Lord wants us to bulldoze new roads into, erect drilling rigs and platforms on, and pump the oil out of His creation so we can drive around in our cars and warm up His planet. But does she really believe He'd approve of her fast-and-loose approach to the truth?

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Re: Where Would Jesus Drill? (none / 0)

Michelle talks to Jesus a lot...

Mostly late at night, screaming "Oh God, Oh Jesus" with the picture of George Bush in her hand.


On Nov 4th, Barack Obama officially ends the Southern Strategy....
by WashStateBlue on Fri Aug 15, 2008 at 01:13:13 PM EST

I get the feeling... (2.00 / 2)

...that Michelle would like Jesus to drill her for oil.  Or something.

Man, that was dirty.  But just remember, this is the lady who got butterflies just thinking about President George W. Bush, and gushed like a schoolgirl when she actually met him.  This is the lady with an unhealthy obsession with what other women do with their reproductive organs, and insists that sexual reproduction and evolution are not responsible for the variety of species on earth.


The pebbles have voted and the avalanche has begun.

President-Elect "That One"

by Dracomicron on Fri Aug 15, 2008 at 01:21:33 PM EST

They just don't make that brand of crazy (2.00 / 2)

anywhere but the US :)


by ItsNeverOver on Fri Aug 15, 2008 at 01:23:11 PM EST
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Re: They just don't make that brand of crazy (2.00 / 2)

Yeah, what's with the district that RE-elected her?

Sure, maybe you slide by the first time, but, now, they must know she is bat-shit looney?

Either the whole district is as nutzoid as she is, or, they have one wicked sense of humor....


On Nov 4th, Barack Obama officially ends the Southern Strategy....
by WashStateBlue on Fri Aug 15, 2008 at 01:25:22 PM EST
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They're not crazy (2.00 / 1)

They're just conservative, and the 2006 challenger was Patty Wetterling, who is a wonderful person but a horrible politician.  Bachmann went negative on Wetterling, and everybody was just confused as to how one even manages to do that to the mother of Jacob Wetterling.

If Wetterling had just taken up Mike Hatch on his offer of vice-governor, he probably would have won (his incompetant VG candidate was one reason he lost to Pawlenty) and Tinklenberg, who is highly qualified, would have won the DFL nomination and probably the election (he's no pushover).

Long story short: Bachmann got lucky, even in a very conservative district.


The pebbles have voted and the avalanche has begun.

President-Elect "That One"

by Dracomicron on Fri Aug 15, 2008 at 03:54:01 PM EST
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Re: Where Would Jesus Drill? (2.00 / 1)

Jesus said,"the earth was made to be drilled, anywhere and everywhere." Didn't you read the Bible?


Dizzy Zzyzzy
by Zzyzzy on Fri Aug 15, 2008 at 02:15:06 PM EST

Re: Where Would Jesus Drill? (none / 0)

Rec'd for just the title alone, (although your very good diary deserved that anyway).

It make me laugh out loud.  Very nice turn of phrase, ItsNeverOver.


by snark adam excuse on Fri Aug 15, 2008 at 03:00:06 PM EST

Re: Where Would Jesus Drill? (2.00 / 1)

Thanks, Snark- love the name. Snark is a quality I always strive to hold in my heart when I blog ;)


by ItsNeverOver on Fri Aug 15, 2008 at 03:52:18 PM EST
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Re: Where Would Jesus Drill? (none / 0)

Thanks!  Somebody else thought up the name, and I stole it before he could use it.  Now he's pissed at me...I'd better hide.  ;-)

(Sorry Chris...again!)

I really like your work, BTW.  Kudos to you, "Its."


by snark adam excuse on Fri Aug 15, 2008 at 04:24:24 PM EST
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Re: Where Would Jesus Drill? (none / 0)

Great diary.  nice points, and great point / counter point on what Rep Bachmann fallaciously argued


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by DizzyQueen on Fri Aug 15, 2008 at 03:30:29 PM EST


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