Comments on: Chuck Schumer and Hillary Clinton: Where Is the Leadership? http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/30/chuck-schumer-and-hillary-clinton-where-is-the-leadership/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:40:14 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: ddartley http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/30/chuck-schumer-and-hillary-clinton-where-is-the-leadership/comment-page-1/#comment-49429 ddartley Thu, 01 May 2008 14:32:12 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/30/chuck-schumer-and-hillary-clinton-where-is-the-leadership/#comment-49429 Very important note: didn't mean to say "whom." Very important note: didn't mean to say "whom."

]]> By: ddartley http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/30/chuck-schumer-and-hillary-clinton-where-is-the-leadership/comment-page-1/#comment-49428 ddartley Thu, 01 May 2008 14:31:33 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/30/chuck-schumer-and-hillary-clinton-where-is-the-leadership/#comment-49428 Where is the leadership from Schumer and Clinton? They realized leadership was a liability even BEFORE they voted with the wind for the Iraq war. Whom has my contempt even more than Republicans who voted for the war? Democrats who voted for it. Where is the leadership from Schumer and Clinton? They realized leadership was a liability even BEFORE they voted with the wind for the Iraq war.

Whom has my contempt even more than Republicans who voted for the war? Democrats who voted for it.

]]> By: gecko http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/30/chuck-schumer-and-hillary-clinton-where-is-the-leadership/comment-page-1/#comment-49407 gecko Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:13:43 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/30/chuck-schumer-and-hillary-clinton-where-is-the-leadership/#comment-49407 At his lecture and book signing for Common Wealth this week (Columbia's Miller Theatre on Monday, April 28, 2008), Jeff Sachs said that it was appalling that candidates Clinton and Obama during their last debate said absolutely nothing about the climate change crisis which is by far the most important issue of our time. At his lecture and book signing for Common Wealth this week (Columbia's Miller Theatre on Monday, April 28, 2008), Jeff Sachs said that it was appalling that candidates Clinton and Obama during their last debate said absolutely nothing about the climate change crisis which is by far the most important issue of our time.

]]> By: JF http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/30/chuck-schumer-and-hillary-clinton-where-is-the-leadership/comment-page-1/#comment-49405 JF Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:22:48 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/30/chuck-schumer-and-hillary-clinton-where-is-the-leadership/#comment-49405 Schumer does not show leadership. He does not lead. He follows "the Baileys," and he won't stop fighting for cheap gas until the Baileys get rid of their SUV: http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/03/14/defending-the-baileys-right-to-kung-pao-chicken-and-an-suv/ Schumer does not show leadership. He does not lead. He follows "the Baileys," and he won't stop fighting for cheap gas until the Baileys get rid of their SUV:

http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/03/14/defending-the-baileys-right-to-kung-pao-chicken-and-an-suv/

]]> By: Mark Walker http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/30/chuck-schumer-and-hillary-clinton-where-is-the-leadership/comment-page-1/#comment-49401 Mark Walker Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:55:14 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/30/chuck-schumer-and-hillary-clinton-where-is-the-leadership/#comment-49401 <a href="http://www.theoildrum.com/node/3915#more" rel="nofollow">An Open Letter to Our Next President About Energy Policy</a> by Robert Rapier of theoildrum.com An Open Letter to Our Next President About Energy Policy by Robert Rapier of theoildrum.com

]]> By: Josh http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/30/chuck-schumer-and-hillary-clinton-where-is-the-leadership/comment-page-1/#comment-49396 Josh Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:08:32 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/30/chuck-schumer-and-hillary-clinton-where-is-the-leadership/#comment-49396 A Senator from Michigan wants to blame the increasing price of oil entirely on the oil companies? And he wants gas prices to be capped so that people can keep buying big expensive cars? I'm stunned. STUNNED, I tell you. A Senator from Michigan wants to blame the increasing price of oil entirely on the oil companies? And he wants gas prices to be capped so that people can keep buying big expensive cars? I'm stunned. STUNNED, I tell you.

]]> By: ddartley http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/30/chuck-schumer-and-hillary-clinton-where-is-the-leadership/comment-page-1/#comment-49394 ddartley Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:55:16 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/30/chuck-schumer-and-hillary-clinton-where-is-the-leadership/#comment-49394 Maybe with things looking so bleak for the auto-dependent world, maybe it will soon be time for a politician on the national stage to say that which only a very few dare say: Something that has to be drilled out of the ground, transported hundreds or thousands of miles, refined, then transported hundreds or thousands more miles, and then burned (which is a dirty chemical process for ANY substance), SHOULD BE EXPENSIVE!! Maybe with things looking so bleak for the auto-dependent world, maybe it will soon be time for a politician on the national stage to say that which only a very few dare say:

Something that has to be drilled out of the ground, transported hundreds or thousands of miles, refined, then transported hundreds or thousands more miles, and then burned (which is a dirty chemical process for ANY substance), SHOULD BE EXPENSIVE!!

]]> By: Mark Walker http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/30/chuck-schumer-and-hillary-clinton-where-is-the-leadership/comment-page-1/#comment-49391 Mark Walker Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:53:23 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/30/chuck-schumer-and-hillary-clinton-where-is-the-leadership/#comment-49391 Sen. Levin wants to "stop the speculation" on oil. Does that mean investors are forbidden to bid on the futures markets? These guys should get their story straight. Either the free market is allowed to operate or it isn't. Demonizing the oil companies does no good. They may be sneaking in some extra profits, but the real reason for rising oil/gas prices is that crude oil production has peaked in the face of rising worldwide demand. Starving the oil companies will only reduce exploration and extraction, which of course would reduce supply and accelerate rising fuel prices for everyone. And diverting from the strategic reserves is a suicidal idea. Those reserves exist for national security reasons. If a hurricane takes out a refinery or two, we're going to have bigger problems than high gas prices. Sen. Levin wants to "stop the speculation" on oil. Does that mean investors are forbidden to bid on the futures markets? These guys should get their story straight. Either the free market is allowed to operate or it isn't.

Demonizing the oil companies does no good. They may be sneaking in some extra profits, but the real reason for rising oil/gas prices is that crude oil production has peaked in the face of rising worldwide demand. Starving the oil companies will only reduce exploration and extraction, which of course would reduce supply and accelerate rising fuel prices for everyone.

And diverting from the strategic reserves is a suicidal idea. Those reserves exist for national security reasons. If a hurricane takes out a refinery or two, we're going to have bigger problems than high gas prices.

]]> By: LN http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/30/chuck-schumer-and-hillary-clinton-where-is-the-leadership/comment-page-1/#comment-49389 LN Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:50:56 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/30/chuck-schumer-and-hillary-clinton-where-is-the-leadership/#comment-49389 Record profits being made by oil companies and no regulation and no blame goes to them. Instead states are supposed to do without money to support their already strapped programs so people can pollute the air, run us over ect... Idiot politicians! Record profits being made by oil companies and no regulation and no blame goes to them.

Instead states are supposed to do without money to support their already strapped programs so people can pollute the air, run us over ect...

Idiot politicians!

]]> By: Spud Spudly http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/30/chuck-schumer-and-hillary-clinton-where-is-the-leadership/comment-page-1/#comment-49387 Spud Spudly Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:38:34 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/30/chuck-schumer-and-hillary-clinton-where-is-the-leadership/#comment-49387 Interesting Reuters story on this: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080430/ts_nm/usa_politics_gastax_economists_dc;_ylt=AjolpY3MJbqmZ.lz1NxpqrQEtbAF Interesting Reuters story on this:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080430/ts_nm/usa_politics_gastax_economists_dc;_ylt=AjolpY3MJbqmZ.lz1NxpqrQEtbAF

]]> By: Larry Littlefield http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/30/chuck-schumer-and-hillary-clinton-where-is-the-leadership/comment-page-1/#comment-49381 Larry Littlefield Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:04:58 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/04/30/chuck-schumer-and-hillary-clinton-where-is-the-leadership/#comment-49381 Schumer has been like a broken record on this issue. I took the time to write him a letter pointing out the folly of it, and it might of been a coincidence, but he shut up about it and talked about mass transit and alternative fuels for a month or two. But that was an abberation. Another abberation -- isn't he supposed to call for gas tax cuts, and object to "price gouging" and "windfall profits," on Sunday nights? We have a generation of leaders seeking to make sure that there is nothing left for anyone else when they kick the bucket -- the political differences concern the beneficiaries not the future effects. Schumer is representatives. Schumer has been like a broken record on this issue.

I took the time to write him a letter pointing out the folly of it, and it might of been a coincidence, but he shut up about it and talked about mass transit and alternative fuels for a month or two. But that was an abberation.

Another abberation -- isn't he supposed to call for gas tax cuts, and object to "price gouging" and "windfall profits," on Sunday nights?

We have a generation of leaders seeking to make sure that there is nothing left for anyone else when they kick the bucket -- the political differences concern the beneficiaries not the future effects. Schumer is representatives.

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