Obama made the claim that people don’t keep there tires properly inflated and if they did the gas savings would be equivalent to all of the off shore drilling. That is ludicrous. And if Obama has the audacity to support such a program then the only way it can be enforced would be through another wasteful government program which Obama loves.

don’t be a jackass and pretend like he doesn’t have a comprehensive plan when it’s right effing there. drilling is not a long-term solution and it’s not enough to dramatically change the price of energy. and it hurts the environment. obama’s plan addresses the long term need in a array of policy proposals.

“Same old, same old Dem ideology”

well, i guess that’s all we needed to know. most democrats wouldn’t be so thrilled about offshore drilling.

this is just more made-up bullshit. he was answering the question about what an average citizen CAN DO TO HELP. this wasn’t a policy proposal that is asking for a government program. you really are just making stuff up.

“But please, don’t insult our intelligence by suggesting that inflating tires will do the job.”

nobody ever suggested this, including obama. he has a comprehensive energy plan. you just choose to ignore that for some reason. have fun with that!

How much petroleum is wasted bussing children across town for racial balance?

There are two points to be made:

1. Obama’s math of equating under inflated tires to the amount of off shore drilling is light years from the truth.

2. In order to ensure that people are driving at the proper tire pressure a government program would have to be developed to do so otherwise he is just talking out of his ass. Any such government program itself would be massive and extremely expensive. More gas would be wasted than saved by people having to drive to a government location to verify their tires are correctly inflated. And how would this program be enforced? The average person will not comply with this silliness. Tires get checked every year at safety inspections, during oil changes, by people themselves, etc. If my tires are 2 pounds under recommended pressure I am not going to waste my time, drive someplace, and spend 50 cents just to put some air in.

Obama is a dumbass.

Although the concept of tires losing air over time is new to Obama everyone else understands this since they were kids. Obama did not lay out a program of ensuring tire were at the proper inflation all of the time — he can’t do it unless people showed up everyday at a government center to get their tires checked.

Obama should lose the election on this issue alone.

Wow, you’re not only frightened, you’re angry, now, too.

Cognitive dissonance–ain’t it a (something that sounds like witch)?

Unless we’re willing to throw evey idea and possibility at the wall, what would the radical environmentalists have us do–come to a complete stop?

Get real. We can conserve out the ying-yang, but I still need to drive my car to work. I’m not ready to give up my air-conditioning or go on a electric rationing programming. If we have to drill then we drill. Burn coal, then burn it as safely as possible. Fire up the nuclear plants [which are safer now than they once were] and take what ever resources we have to invest in the R&D for alternative sources.

But for God’s sake, we have a Nation to run and power. And, “hello” we have plenty of competition out there. If we can put a man on the moon, we can come up with a reasonable, doable energy program to support us into the future. McCain has suggested a 300 million dollar prize for an improved battery design for electric cars and hybrid vehicles.

What’s Obama’s idea? Inflate your tires? Same old, same old Dem ideology–wait for biofuels to come on line? Solar? Wind? Whatever?

We need a bridge for the future. If Obamatrons can’t see that then they’re blind. Or total Luddites.

We’re in the 21st century folks and the competition is very stiff. If we don’t drill off our shores? Then China and India will. Wake up!