You are a bot, you are a blind supporter of Trump. Worse than the Bushbots (oh I'm sorry, Jorge Bush).
@sneakypete No, Pete isn't a bot. Sheesh.
I get what he is saying in that if Republicans keep going off on tangents and squabbling, the Dems will laugh all the way to the bank, and the Republicans (Remember the GOPe) will be right beside them. They're all doing it now.
This is going to be a challenge for Trump, but face it, it would have been a challenge for Cruz, too. Cruz is no more an insider than Trump is in the sense of having the enmity of the backroom boys at the GOP for so long they spurned him to 'deal' with Trump. They're dealing with Trump, all right.
So we are where we are. There has been a lot of good progress while the GOPe was getting together with the Democrats, but I think good things are going to get hung up.
The Methane rule was not overturned thanks to the GOPee Stalwarts of McCain, Collins, and Graham
http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,262220.msg1316718.html#msg1316718 a lot of that methane comes as a byproduct of oil drilling. If you can't drill until the pipeline is in, you have already limited production by pipeline capacity, if you put in more line than you need, you have wasted money, and the biggest obstruction to putting in those feeder pipelines is the labyrinthine Federal permitting process. Considering over 50% of the land west of the Mississippi, and a considerable amount of the Appalachians and Alleghenies are Federal, too, the effect on drilling for oil and natural gas will be negative.
That has potential to be a serious blow to the energy industry because pipelines are only an expense if you don't have product to move, but hey, Tillerson got his golden parachute, and EOM is on the teevee arm waving about fueling the planet with pond scum. Let it age a while, deep under ground, Rex, that's how we got the other stuff (oil).
While Trump was saying AGW isn't proven, Tillerson signed this POS.
http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,262569.msg1319234.html#msg1319234 Always watch what the other hand is doing. Who's running the show?
Any meaningful war on obamacare is in the trenches. not much progress for the fighting, but the same GOPE who played the voters by voting for repeal when they couldn't get it across the Resolute Desk are resolute in not passing it again.
Retaining the Ethanol Mandate is just dumb. Without even arguing the use of ethanol as a fuel, the way it is set up is that a set number of gallons will be sold as motor fuel, regardless of how much fuel is sold. If only 1 gallon of gasoline was sold, the same amount of ethanol would have to be mixed in with it as if billions of gallons were sold. Considering 10% is the limit (the "blend wall") where damage starts happening to engines and fuel systems and warranties are voided, maybe that isn't such a good idea. Just let the Market decide.
Such things aren't helpful, and Congress is the problem in much of this.
Anything that affects energy and transportation is going to damage any hopes of economic recovery.
It's time for the administration to get their crap together on this and talk with someone who is knowledgeable about what IS, not what is pie in the sky in the energy industry, because pie in the sky will soak up subsidies, but it won't turn a wheel toward prosperity for anyone but the people sucking up the (taxpayers) money.
It is high time we quit with the circular firing squad, and focus on the real enemy: the Dems and the GOPe in Congress and elsewhere who are scuttling the attempts to set policy right.
What sucks is that every time there is a decent discussion going on someone has to start this Trumpanzee versus Nevertrumper rematch shit again and disrupt it. That's classic trolling, and the wolf pack tactics stink, too.
In the meantime, stuff is happening out there, and its getting lost in the shitstorm.
