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Net Neutrality, Green Tech and the Pong Republicans

Bennet Kelley | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Internet, Green Jobs, Pong, Green Technology, Obama Broadband, Drill Baby Drill, Net Neutrality, Climate Bill, Politics News
Bennet Kelley

The ultimate question is whether we will summon our resources to meet the challenges of a new era and be at the forefront of innovation -- or whether we will be content simply playing Pong.

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The Rabid Right

Josh Dorner | Posted 08.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Tea Baggers, Rush Limbaugh, John Kerry, Barabara Boxer, Sarah Palin, Oil, Twitter, Clean Energy, Glenn Beck, Tea Party, Drill Baby Drill, Coal, Nuclear Power, Big Oil, Dick Cheney, Green News
Josh Dorner

Luckily for Palin, "drill, baby, drill" only takes up 18 characters, leaving a full 122 more to pay homage to Big Oil, dirty coal, and the nukes that she loves so much.

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One Man's Car Shows Why Aid to the Automakers Must Include a Commitment to Fuel Efficiency

Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Co2 Emissions, Middle East Oil, Biofuels, Chrysler, Fuel Efficiency, President Obama, Chrysler Bailout, Drill Baby Drill, Mercedes, Auto Bailout, General Motors, Hybrid Cars, Toyota Prius, Vegetable Oil, Global Warming, Fuel-Efficiency-Standard, General Motors Bailout, Honda Insight, Green News
Mitchell Bard

By forcing General Motors and Chrysler to shift focus to a future of fuel-efficient vehicles, all of the concerns can be addressed. The automakers can be saved.

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GOP Looks For Next "Drill, Baby, Drill"

Politico | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: GOP Slogan, Michael Steele, Gop, New GOP Slogan, Republican Party, Drill Baby Drill, Offshore Drilling, Republicans, Politics News

Republicans are searching for a new catchphrase to define this year's offshore drilling debate after concluding the memorable "drill, baby, drill" lin...

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Obama's NSA Advisor Likes: Clean Coal, Nuclear, Long Walks On Beach (With Drilling Apparatus)

Grist | Posted 01.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Green Security, Clean Coal, National Security, NSA Advisor, Nuclear, James L. Jones, Drill Baby Drill, Green News

For a lot of the folks who voted for Barack Obama, promoting "national security" means weaning ourselves from dirty fuel sources. For the man Obama...

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My 2008 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 2]

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stuart Bowden, Ted Stevens, Jesse Jackson Jr, Ron Paul, Guantanamo, Al Franken, Best Government Dollar Spent, 50 State Strategy, Mccain, Primary Schedule, Awards, China, Worst Political Theater, Drill Baby Drill, Sarah Palin, Most Overreported Story, Andrew Cuomo, First Cat, Howard Dean, Socks the Cat, 2008, Bailout, Sofa, Condoleezza Rice, Katie Couric, Worst Political Scandal, John Edwards, Status of Forces, Sorry to See You Go, Health Care, Aids, Global Warming, Gravel, Election 2008 Coverage, Alaska, Bobby Jindal, Thomas Tamm, Reconstruction, Joe the Plumber, Tony Snow, Bernanke, Democrat, Letterman, Socks Clinton, Most Underrated, Democrats, Barack Obama, Best Idea, Predictions, George Carlin, 15 Minutes of Fame, Honorable Mention, Michigan, Hybrid, Wiretapping, Fred Thompson, Hillary Clinton, Executive Experience, Maliki, Caribou Barbie, Best Spin, Stuart Bowen, Destined for Political Oblivion, Kucinich, Jesse Helms, Private Jet, Beijing, Truth Commission, Going Green, Iraq, Most Overrated, Isaac Hayes, Spitzer, Caroline Kennedy, Bush, Wright, Blagojevich, Paulson, Bo Diddley, Mclaughlin, Unemployment, Inauguration, Destined for Political Stardom, Biggest Government Waste, Snl, Florida, Socks, Primary, Africa, Whistleblower, Best Political Theater, Most Underreported Story, Boldest Political Tactic, Castro, David Plouffe, Jeremiah Wright, Olympics, Harvey Korman, Beau Biden, Bernie Mac, Free Speech Zone, Wall Street, Chris Weigant, Oil, Most Honest Person, Socialism, Michael Crichton, Arthur C. Clarke, Saturday Night Live, Tina Fey, Worst Idea, David Letterman, Tamm, Wurzelbacher, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Love her or hate her, you have to admit that John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin for the Republican ticket this year was without any doubt the boldest political tactic of the year.

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Steven Chu, Energy Chief

James M. Gentile | Posted 01.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Steven Chu, Renewable Energy, Secretary of Energy, Green Energy, Off-Shore Oil Drilling, Steven Chu Energy Secretary, Drill Baby Drill, Offshore Drilling, Green News
James M. Gentile

Chu understands that energy policy is not just about oil, and he has a distinguished history of involvement in the kinds of transformational science that could radically alter U.S. dependence on foreign oil.

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12 Top News Year's Resolutions for the Republican Party

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 01.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Joe the Plumber, Election Reaction, Katie Couric, Viagra, Roe v Wade, Drill Baby Drill, Campaign, New Years Resolutions, Monty Python, Gay Marriage, Republicanss, Politics News
Francesca Biller-Safran

First, I will never, ever, ever again pick a running mate just because she or he is "hot" and makes me want to say "You Betcha" even though my Viagra prescription has expired.

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Hannibal Palin

Michael DeJong | Posted 12.02.2008 | Style

Read More: Lipstick, John McCain, Muzzle, Mother Nature, Election Day, Pitbull in Lipstick, Environment, Sarah Palin Vice President, Hannibal Lecter, Halloween Movies, Drill Baby Drill, Silence of the Lambs, Alan Greenspan, Style News
Michael DeJong

Sarah Palin -- Republican Doma-Veep-trix running mate to Presidential candidate John McPain...oops, I mean McNasty, no, I mean McCain (Halloween brings out the worst in me.)

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Three Strikes Against John McCain

Marguerite Manteau-Rao | Posted 12.01.2008 | Green

Read More: John McCain, Energy Independence, Oil Industry, Exxon, Edward Markey, National Security, Drill Baby Drill, Global Warming, Green News
Marguerite Manteau-Rao

The fact that we hold only 3% of the world's oil reserves, and yet consume 25% of it, makes it clear that we cannot drill our way out of our current energy dependence.

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Election 2008 Haiku

Gary Cohan | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Michelle Obama, John McCain, Haiku, Battleground States, Hillary Clinton 2008, Economy, Jackie O, Trickle-Down Economics, Terrorist, Election 2008, Palin Clothing Budget, Campaign Strategy, Drill Baby Drill, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Hawaii Birth Certificate, Hothead, Bill Ayers Obama, Socialist, Mccain Pow Politics, Reverend Wright, Politics News
Gary Cohan

The battleground states are morphing red, purple, blue.

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Drill, Baby, Drill: Anatomy Of A Slogan

Thomas de Zengotita | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Joe Biden, Ronald Reagan, Bill O'Reilly, Drill Baby Drill, Sarah Palin, Environment, Nuke the Whales, Politics News
Thomas de Zengotita

Drill, Baby, Drill is a contemporary version of Nuke The Whales. What was once a mocking expression of actual domination has been reduced to a desperate simulation.

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Transforming the Way We Think and Live

Grace Lee Boggs | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration, Drill Baby Drill, Barack Obama, Economy, Transformation, Great Depression, Sarah Palin, George W. Bush, Politics News
Grace Lee Boggs

Our times are also perilous because it will take more than vision and liberal politics to win over or at least neutralize some of the social forces being energized by Sarah Palin.

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Sarah Palin Is Making Powerful and Sexy a Potent Brew Without Emasculating Her Husband

Jill Brooke | Posted 11.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Women in Politics, Margaret Thatcher, Women's Issues, Vice President Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin, Todd Palin, Golda Meir, Power, Drill Baby Drill, Femininity, Feminism, Sexuality, Living News
Jill Brooke

It sure doesn't look like Sarah Palin will be facing divorce. She may have difficulty explaining foreign policy, but she is clearly proud to assert femininity and sexuality along with power.

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Sarah Palin and Boone Pickens: Birds of a Feather

Josh Nelson | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy Policy, T. Boone Pickens, Wind Power, Politics, Todd Palin, Pickens Plan, Green, Drill Baby Drill, Oil Drilling, Natural Gas Vehicles, Global Warming, Sarah Palin, 2008 Presidential Election, Politics News
Josh Nelson

As has been pointed out repeatedly, Sarah Palin does not "get" the energy situation. Truth be told, she probably "gets" the energy situation about as well as Pickens himself gets global warming.

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Spill, Baby, Spill!

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Election and Environment, Hurricane Ike, Environmentalism, Sarah Palin Vice President, McCain Offshore Drilling, Democrats Offshore Drilling, Hurricane Ike Texas, Sarah Palin Cartoon, Drill Baby Drill, Offshore Drilling, Environmental Protection Agency, Oil Spill, Satire, Sarah Palin, Oil, Environment, Political Satire, Vice Presidential Debate 2008, Politics News
Matthew Filipowicz

The scary thing is that the Republicans want more. Even after it's obvious the realities of "drill, baby, drill" are "spill, baby, spill", they still want more.

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Does Sarah Palin Believe in Oil?

Jessica Olien | Posted 11.06.2008 | Green

Read More: Fossil Fuel, Evolution, Oil, Drill Baby Drill, Dinosaurs, Sarah Palin, Intelligent Design, Elementary School, Political Satire, Green News
Jessica Olien

Palin doesn't believe in those funny-lookin' fossils that eventually evolved into you and me. This is extremely funny as she certainly seems to believe in their byproduct oil.

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When Not Drooling Wins and the Environment Loses

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Environment, Politics, Election, Wormhole, Anwr, Dependency, Drill Baby Drill, Offshore Drilling, Alaskan Wildlife Refuge, Exxon, Vice Presidential Debate, Superpower, Russia, Oil, String Theory, Fossil Fuel, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

String Theory holds that the universe actually is comprised of multiple dimensions, as many as 26. Palin and her supporters occupy something beyond our familiar three, plus time.

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McCain Could Learn a Bit About Preparation from Palin

Disgrasian | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, I'll Try to Find You Some and Bring 'Em to Ya, Sarah Palin, Katie Couric, Sarah Palin Katie Couric, Presidential Debates, Drill Baby Drill, Barack Obama, Crisis Mode!, War With Russia, Politics News
Disgrasian

If McCain finds himself fumbling for an answer, we suggest looking to Sarah Palin for guidelines.

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Pickens Having Trouble Talking Wind With GOP

ClimateProgress | Joe Romm | Posted 10.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, T. Boone Pickens, Renewable Energy, Green Energy, Drill Baby Drill, Green News

Lobbying for his plan to sharply ramp up renewables, the billionaire oilman has been brought face to face with the Big Energy Lie -- the absurd notion...

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Obama and McCain: Silent on Climate Change

Betsy Taylor | Posted 10.13.2008 | Green

Read More: John McCain, Energy Action Coalition, Antarctic Ice Shelf, North Pole, Climate Change, Powervote, Barack Obama, Global Warming, Offshore Drilling, 1sky, Arctic, Drill Baby Drill, Green News
Betsy Taylor

If McCain and Obama don't address the scale and urgency of global warming, on what basis will we insist that they live up to their campaign commitments and to take bold action next year?

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Jason Linkins

"Drill Baby Drill" Re-Imagined As Horrorshow

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Drill Baby Drill, Republican National Convention, Politics News

If you're like me, you probably watched the Republican National Convention with a sort of dismayed confusion that John McCain let himself get green-sc...

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Ixnay on the Alin-Pay

Cindy Handler | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Palin Bridge to Nowhere Flip Flop, John McCain 2008, Viral Emails, Rightwing Smear Machine, Drill Baby Drill, GOP Base, Progressive Politics, Rightwing Republicans, Censorship, VP Nominee, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Politics News
Cindy Handler

If you were running the campaign of someone whose voting record is almost completely aligned with George Bush, and whose positions on Iraq, taxes and healthcare are just about as popular, wouldn't you want the same thing?

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The Politics of Flattery

Edwin Eisendrath | Posted 10.11.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Republican Convention, Voters, Abortion, Socrates, McCain Torture Speech, Rod Blagojevich, George W. Bush, American Democracy, Sarah Palin, Palin Moose, Mccain Torture, Drill Baby Drill, Athens, Mccain Speech, Athenian Democracy, Chicago News
Edwin Eisendrath

The biggest question for Americans is not whether we like Barack or John, Sarah or Joe better. It is whether we have the character to recognize flattery when we hear it, and to stay focused on what matters.

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Dems: You Can Box McCain In on Oil Drilling -- In a 'Postpartisan' Way

RJ Eskow | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, John McCain, Oil Speculation, Presidential Debates, Drill Baby Drill, 2008 Election, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Oil, Offshore Drilling, Politics News
RJ Eskow

I don't want to see more offshore drilling, but if we can put an end to oil profiteering -- and to the exhaustion of our natural resources to enrich a few -- it would be a trade-off worth considering.

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