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(Talking Points Memo) Dumbass GOP candidate: two weeks ago when I said China was drilling for oil on Florida's beaches I was wrong, but that was two weeks ago and who knows what has happened since   (tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com) divider line 55
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tnpir [TotalFark] 2008-07-11 03:20:39 PM  
The willing stupidity of politicians will never cease to amaze me.

 
trouzourt [TotalFark] 2008-07-11 05:41:25 PM  
its all Bush's Fault ?

/boobies

 
whodigsben 2008-07-11 05:42:14 PM  
One thing's for sure. You were a moran 2 weeks ago and you still are one now.

 
GodsTumor 2008-07-11 05:42:19 PM  
Sadly most republicans probably believed it

 
Crazy Bacon Legs 2008-07-11 05:43:15 PM  
Oh, sure. Everyone's going to jump on the anti-GOP bandwagon again.

The Chinese are stealing our air, our seaweed, and our Olympics. It's only a matter of time before they drill for our oil.

There's got to be some way I can drag Obama into this as well. I'll think about it.

/Off my meds.

 
John_From 2008-07-11 05:44:16 PM  
Naked day has been formally declared by 2 Kings. All hotties should abide by the decree asap

karmaloop.blogs.com

 
BobXXL 2008-07-11 05:45:00 PM  
Are there any adults in the house....ADULTS???

 
duuuuuude 2008-07-11 05:45:45 PM  
Not everyone from PA is this dumb.



I swear, I'm not that dumb. I SWEAR. HAND TO FSM.

 
rytheran 2008-07-11 05:46:30 PM  
We have nothing to fear but fear itself. Whatever happened to that? Why does it always have to be 'fear this, fear that'. I'm so sick of it that I just don't care anymore.

 
Steigen 2008-07-11 05:46:43 PM  
Big deal, Obama thinks we have 57 states.

 
trancemission 2008-07-11 05:47:02 PM  
John_From:Naked day has been formally declared by 2 Kings. All hotties should abide by the decree asap

Can I be a duke? Yeah, a kick-ass duke!

 
skinink 2008-07-11 05:48:56 PM  

Well this here's a story about a man named Chen,
The Florida rice farmer barely fed his family of ten;
And then one day he was shooting at a dog at some food,
When up from the ground come a bubling crude!


Oil that is. Sweet and Sour, China Tea.


 
wrappedintinfoil 2008-07-11 05:49:26 PM  
Your idea, very interesting, except for one thing, is STUPID!

\? obscure

 
Rockdrummer 2008-07-11 05:49:55 PM  
hmmm..

Link (new window)

 
captain_heroic44 2008-07-11 05:50:01 PM  
tnpir:The willing stupidity of politicians conservatives will never cease to amaze me.

FTFY

 
wage0048 2008-07-11 05:53:38 PM  
trouzourt:its all Bush's Fault ?

/boobies


FAIL much?

 
Obdicut [TotalFark] 2008-07-11 05:54:29 PM  
Rockdrummer:hmmm..

Hmmm what, exactly?

From your article:

China's Sinopec oil company does have an agreement with the Cuban government to develop onshore resources west of Havana, Piñon said. The Chinese have done some seismic testing, he said, but no drilling. Western diplomats in Havana told McClatchy that to the best of their knowledge there is no Chinese drilling offshore.

 
olddeegee [TotalFark] 2008-07-11 05:54:34 PM  
i300.photobucket.com
Did they say her name was Melissa Joan Hart?

 
kumanoki 2008-07-11 05:56:31 PM  
NINE ELEVEN.
content2.myyearbook.com

 
bruce4bruce 2008-07-11 05:56:36 PM  
If it's in international waters close to the coast of Florida would it be ok for China to do this?

 
John_From 2008-07-11 05:58:09 PM  
trancemission:John_From:Naked day has been formally declared by 2 Kings. All hotties should abide by the decree asap

Can I be a duke? Yeah, a kick-ass duke!


Tube travel for allllll

 
HotWingConspiracy [TotalFark] 2008-07-11 05:59:47 PM  
"Vote for me, I have no idea what's going on. It's probably scary though."

 
Recidivism Repeat Offender! 2008-07-11 06:03:32 PM  
John_From: Naked day has been formally declared by 2 Kings. All hotties should abide by the decree asap

trancemission: Can I be a duke? Yeah, a kick-ass duke!

John_From: Tube travel for allllll


Only if you solve the potato famine in Idaho

/I know ppl who still quote this china drilling story as fact

 
Ace Frehley's Ghost 2008-07-11 06:04:55 PM  
Maybe China is drilling out there... NOW!

Okay, but maybe... NOW!

NOW!

 
milk_plus 2008-07-11 06:05:57 PM  
If making shiat up to scare voters is OK now I guess I can say that she spent the winter of 2007 being ass-fisted by Rosie O'Donnell and correct it next week by saying she wasn't ass-fisted then but maybe there was some ass+fist activity sometime in '08.

 
AngryWhiteMale [TotalFark] 2008-07-11 06:07:47 PM  
If only there was some way to take pictures of the ocean from above and compare them to pictures from a year ago.......


I know, it's crazy talk.

 
Funk Brothers 2008-07-11 06:10:11 PM  
China has been eating our pancakes which has lead to food prices rising across the board.

 
dofus 2008-07-11 06:11:54 PM  
duuuuuude:Not everyone from PA is this dumb.

Hmmmm.... Thinking... Thinking...

Not so sure.

 
Hypnotoad2966 2008-07-11 06:12:00 PM  
bruce4bruce:If it's in international waters close to the coast of Florida would it be ok for China to do this?

From what I've heard they're being explored now.. by a few countries they just haven't started drilling yet. Also I don't think China has anything to do with this. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

 
Zaphodius 2008-07-11 06:14:51 PM  
What is funny is that I am in China drilling for oil for an American oil company...

With the limited number of offshore drilling rigs available, it should not be surprising that we eventually will use some Chinese rigs and partner with the Chinese on drilling as we do with every other country.

 
MrJazz 2008-07-11 06:16:37 PM  
When this first came up, people were screaming about diagonal drilling (a variation of drinking our milkshake) to reserves that were in our waters.

Probably one of the more embarrassing made up stories. They even had maps of where the Chinese were supposably drilling.

 
Can'tLetYouDoThatStarFox 2008-07-11 06:18:20 PM  
Why do people vote for such farking idiots to represent them? Oh wait, nevermind.

 
WillieStokes 2008-07-11 06:19:07 PM  
trouzourt:its all Bush's Fault ?

/boobies


Welcome to FARK, now crawl back in your hole.

 
trippdogg 2008-07-11 06:23:05 PM  
I don't even get their logic if their claim was true: "Because the Chinese could theoretically cause an enviromental disaster, we're stupid if we don't risk the same thing?" Or as my mom would have said, "So if the Chinese go jump off a bridge does that mean you're going to too?"

A bad idea is a bad idea, it doesn't matter whose it is.

 
phikapmchugh 2008-07-11 06:24:12 PM  
Are they drilling...right meow?

 
TJStix 2008-07-11 06:26:30 PM  
milk_plus:If making shiat up to scare voters is OK now I guess I can say that she spent the winter of 2007 being ass-fisted by Rosie O'Donnell and correct it next week by saying she wasn't ass-fisted then but maybe there was some ass+fist activity sometime in '08.

You really went out of your way to talk about ass-fisting...

 
Danger Avoid Death 2008-07-11 06:31:20 PM  
rytheran:We have nothing to fear but fear itself. Whatever happened to that? Why does it always have to be 'fear this, fear that'. I'm so sick of it that I just don't care anymore.

I'm afraid you're right.

 
milk_plus 2008-07-11 06:33:36 PM  
TJStix:You really went out of your way to talk about ass-fisting...

In the GOP the ass is the new vagina.

 
mysha 2008-07-11 06:37:14 PM  
Why would the Chinese want to upset us by drilling off of Cuba, when all they have to do to get the oil is drill a hole from the other side of the planet through the center of the earth?

/maybe they could make the hole by have a bunch of Chinese repeatedly jump up and down in sync?

 
Noam Chimpsky 2008-07-11 06:42:32 PM  
How does a Democrat's stance on drilling change if China was drilling off of Florida? Do they suddenly want us to drill?

 
FloydA [TotalFark] 2008-07-11 06:47:42 PM  
trippdogg:I don't even get their logic if their claim was true: "Because the Chinese could theoretically cause an enviromental disaster, we're stupid if we don't risk the same thing?" Or as my mom would have said, "So if the Chinese go jump off a bridge does that mean you're going to too?"

A bad idea is a bad idea, it doesn't matter whose it is.

___
If I'm going to die a slow, painful death as a result of a completely preventable massive environmental disaster, it damned well better be an AMERICAN completely preventable massive environmental disaster!

What are you, some kinda commie?

 
KeatingFive 2008-07-11 06:49:30 PM  
Noam Chimpsky:How does a Democrat's stance on drilling change if China was drilling off of Florida? Do they suddenly want us to drill?

I dunno, if a Republican commits a crime, do Republicans get soft on crime?

 
The_Tom 2008-07-11 06:49:43 PM  
Hypnotoad2966:bruce4bruce:If it's in international waters close to the coast of Florida would it be ok for China to do this?

From what I've heard they're being explored now.. by a few countries they just haven't started drilling yet. Also I don't think China has anything to do with this. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.


If the United States were to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (pops), it would gain exclusive legal rights to all undersea resources found to a maximum of 350 nautical miles offshore, provided the continental shelf in question is a natural extension of the US' territorial landmass. Where 350 mile radii overlap (as will be the case with Cuba, the Bahamas, Bermuda and so on), the default option is splitsies midway between the two countries.

Of course, the US hasn't ratified that treaty yet, mostly because there's still a voting block of neocons and the freaky-deaky black helicopter crew in the Senate that hate anything that smells of the Yooooo-Ennnnn. It's gotten increasingly hilarious that this opposition still exists, as even Dubya himself has swung to being in favour. (FWIW, Obama supports UNCLOS ratificatio. McCain did, back when he was a "moderate" and a "maverick," but has since decided as part of his uberconservative makeover that he has to howl about its need to be renegotiated.)

Until that happens, the Chinese would technically be in the legal clear to set up drilling operations 13 miles offshore. The notion of customary international law might kick in to complicate things, though...

Oh, and the notion of American warships might also.

 
Poopspasm [TotalFark] 2008-07-11 06:54:50 PM  
TFH: GOP candidate: two weeks ago when I said China was drilling for oil on Florida's beaches I was wrong lying through my teeth to stir up FEAR FEAR FEAR FEAR!!!, but that was two weeks ago and who knows what has happened since

FTFY.

 
Therion [TotalFark] 2008-07-11 07:18:26 PM  
Are they drilling now?
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Gdalescrboz 2008-07-11 07:47:52 PM  
why the fark does it matter if hes a GOP candidate. Peeps need to stop acting like the battle between GOP and Dems is one of epic, good vs evil, proportions. They are all thieving rats who should be thrown in jail for life.
/with a few exceptions

 
Gdalescrboz 2008-07-11 07:48:38 PM  
sorry,
GOP member**

 
Mr. Gunn 2008-07-11 08:01:42 PM  
Crazy Bacon Legs:Oh, sure. Everyone's going to jump on the anti-GOP bandwagon again.

The Chinese are stealing our air, our seaweed, and our Olympics. It's only a matter of time before they drill for our oil.


They're trying to steal our title as "World's Biggest Polluter", too. Scroll to yesterday's links.

/ah yes, the "but he did it too" excuse.
//Stopped working for me after 3rd grade.
///I can see why they still use it.

 
trouzourt [TotalFark] 2008-07-11 08:15:53 PM  
WillieStokes:trouzourt:its all Bush's Fault ?

/boobies

Welcome to FARK, now crawl back in your hole.


But it is all Bush's fault.. we could be drilling there right now.. however he has no money to bribe the congress as he spent it all on Iraq... and we aren't even Drilling there yet... isn't that sad?
well maybe when we invade Iran then we can get some oil ?

/better?

 
bgilmore5 2008-07-11 08:38:17 PM  
Are they saying a Repubtard is fear mongering? I just refuse to believe it.

 
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