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• 1. Mike Carroll  |  April 29th, 2008 at 1:23 pm

  Question for Liberals-
  Since your team opposes building new refining capacity as well as oil exploration both on and off shore in the US, please explain to me how a Democrat would “solve” the energy shortage and reduce the cost of gasoline?
  I will be in a meeting at work so don’t expect an immediate response to what will no doubt be brilliant suggestions.
  I hope that is nice enough Pat.

• 2. Kaus  |  April 29th, 2008 at 2:04 pm

  Reduce the cost of gasoline is easy….get rid of the surcharge the government takes from every gallon. Ooops, can’t happen with Pelosi in office.

• 3. Jon  |  April 29th, 2008 at 2:25 pm

  Mike…Thanks for clarifying where conservatives stand on this issue…I had a feeling and now I know that the conservative position is to create environmental havoc through on and off shore drilling for a finite amount of fossil fuels. I don’t have a quick answer to “solve” the energy shortage but I would say in the meantime we’d be wise to practice serious conservation and encourage, (no, not encourage - rather require) significant research and development into alternate energy options. and…Kaus…I’m not sure about the surcharge from the Feds, but for the state gas taxes, even though we may not like them we do like good, safe roads and streets so I’m not ready to oppose gas taxes.

• 4. ROTStar  |  April 29th, 2008 at 3:10 pm

  Hey Pat,

  Here are the stats for the RRStar Political Blogs for April 21 through April 27, 2008:
  Applesauce 29 posts with 40 out links 4 YouTube.
  In Chambers 2 posts with 7 out links 1 YouTube.Sweeny Report 6 posts with 3 out links 0 YouTube.Why We Blog 9 posts (8 left 1 unknown) 0 out links 0 YouTube.
  If your interested in seeing balance in the RRStar blogs I have started one as a companion similar to Applesauce but from the right. Right of The Star.

  Here is a list of the political blogs the RRStar offers, not one offers a national view from the right.
  DKK

• 5. ROTStar  |  April 29th, 2008 at 3:12 pm

  Oh, and here is a list of Rockford Area Bloggers if anyone is interested.

  It is hard to find them via Google so I started a list. Add your blog in the comments.
  DKK

• 6. Kaus  |  April 29th, 2008 at 3:27 pm

  Post 3…..does this mean that this paper is not fair and balanced? All the blogs are left leaning? Gee what a shock. Rockford is a blue state supported by a blue corrupt governer and Obama the Senator who won his seat through conspiracy. Poor Jack Ryan never stood a chance against the evil political machine.

• 7. Saul Rosenberg  |  April 29th, 2008 at 3:33 pm

  You said “anything” right?

  Nothing profound here, just a few “suggestion box” entries collected for RRstar.com in general and are not directed and anyone specifically. Feel free to forward on, place of refrigerator, delete, bronze, hard bound, or flame this suggestion post. We can take it.

  1. How about not trying to sneak stories from 500 or 5000 miles away into the front page of RRstar.com as though they occurred in Rockford. You might try a separate area for items that have nothing to do with Rockford at all. Not that stories like “buffalo spotted in river” isn’t interesting, but when it’s for somewhere in Missouri or “Blink-and-ya-miss-it” Kansas and not Rockford, people feel “tricked”. (Buffalo story was fabricated for this example and no endangered animals were harmed in the posting of this comment)

  2. Please give a hug the person who posts the weather forecast on the front page. They appear to need it as their cup is always “half empty”. A forecast of 5 sunny and 70 degree days in a row is usually overshadowed by a 30% chance of “sprinkles” on the 6th day. “Enjoy is while it lasts” and “return of dreary skies” are not comments people like to read first thing in the morning. Take pessimism out of the media?? - I know, we’re crazy.

  3. Full page ads where a dog takes over the front page and renders the screen, mouse and browser incapacitated has undoubtedly led to the demise of computer peripherals. I won’t name the guilty company, but because of that add most of us in the office would use anyone EXCEPT them.

• 8. ROTStar  |  April 29th, 2008 at 3:51 pm

  Totals since I started counting March 27, 2008 through April 27, 2008:

  * Applesauce 115 posts with 129 out links 16 YouTube.
  * In Chambers 20 posts with 198 out links 1 YouTube.
  * Sweeny Report 22 posts with 11 out links 0 YouTube.
  * Why We Blog 21 posts (18 left 1 right 2 unknown) 1 out links 0 YouTube.
  DKK

• 9. Menlo Bob  |  April 29th, 2008 at 4:22 pm

  If you were an Obama supporter NOW would be a good time to absent yourself from the news wouldn’t it.

  Barack Obama is currently in the act of disowning the guy whom he previously said “I can no more disown him than I can disown the black community.”

  This would be the first example of Obama actually embracing the word CHANGE. Once that starts no telling where it’ll end. Maybe Rezko and Ayers will follow along.

• 10. Mike Carroll  |  April 29th, 2008 at 5:45 pm

  Jon-Thank you for clarifying the Liberal position on how to solve the energy shortage. If I understand you correctly, the answer is to discourage any supply or market based solution, demand research in alternative energy sources through government directed programs ( which have obviously been successful to date) and “practice” serious conservation (I’ll give up my car right after you Jon).
  Yes Jon, you have found me out. Not only do I want to create environmental havoc I want to devastate the wilderness and shoot Bambi in the process.

• 11. Tom McMahon  |  April 30th, 2008 at 9:32 pm

  Pat, I think you’d enjoy John Walkenbach’s J-Walk Blog. Like you, John runs an interesting blog and is wrong about nearly everything.

• 12. Pat Cunningham  |  April 30th, 2008 at 9:42 pm

  Thanks, Tom. I’ll check him out.

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