Word: drilling
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...compared letting the American government drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge—which both Barack Obama and John McCain have opposed—to “giving an alcoholic a gift certificate to the corner...
...Washington Drill, Baby, Drill The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would allow offshore drilling as close as 50 miles (80 km) from land but would curb tax benefits for oil companies and mandate greater use of renewable energy. Democrats, who for more than two decades have opposed coastal drilling, lauded the effort as a logical compromise, but Republicans dismissed it as a political gimmick unlikely to pass the Senate before the upcoming recess...
...from prepared remarks on the uncomfortable matter of the Wall Street collapse (which he sometimes admits is the result of years of lax Republican oversight in Washington) and added comments on a much more rewarding topic: oil exploration. As he started on the subject, someone in the audience yelled, "Drill, baby, drill." To which McCain responded, "Right. Drill, baby, drill." To which the crowd responded, chanting, "DRILL, BABY, DRILL...
...talking about Harvard sports, an untapped well of entertainment just waiting for you to “Drill, baby, Drill...
...fortune, and Democrats have not been able so far to curb the Republicans' forward motion. Thanks to deft handling of Hurricane Gustav, finessing of the popular-with-the-base/unpopular-with-the-nation President Bush, the crossover appeal of Palin, ample media-bashing and a convention punctuated by chants of "U.S.A.!" and "Drill, baby, drill," Republicans have united around McCain--challenging Democrats with the partisan energy essential to win. The alchemy of mixing a fun-loving but prickly 72-year-old Washington fixture with a sassy fortysomething mother of five whose backstory is part Northern Exposure and part Wizard of Oz obliterated...