Recall what the challenger to U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, Texas Rep. Rick Noriega, had to say about drilling for oil last month?
“We must have a bold vision and move toward energy independence. We can’t rely on what Mr. Cornyn says — that somehow we’re going to drill our way out. To say that would lower fuel prices is disingenuous. We can’t even get that oil for seven or eight years.”
Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Rick Noriega has said several times this week that the solution to high gasoline prices is to drill for more oil in Iraq, not in pristine American wilderness or coastal areas.
Drill here, drill now, pay less is stupid, is it Mr. Noriega? Well, I see someone has changed their mind:
Democratic Senate candidate Rick Noriega provided details Tuesday of his energy proposal, saying America needs to use renewable energy and find new sources of oil, in part through offshore drilling.
“Texas leads the U.S. in both fossil fuel reserves and in renewable energy potential and deserves an energy policy that takes both factors into account,” Noriega said in an energy policy document he unveiled in Dallas.
I’m guessing that while he was traveling around the state of Texas, someone might have mentioned that oil is a big deal here. But, that’s just a guess.
I still don’t think that he understands the entire issue:
Noriega said, “we cannot drill ourselves out of our current problems,” but he said drilling must be part of the solution. “Too often, Washington politicians treat energy policy as a false choice between finding new sources of fossil fuels or building our renewable capacity,” he said. “I reject the either-or approach.”
The ‘either/or’ line is getting old. No one is saying that we should stop building nuclear power plants or continue researching solar/battery technology. We are saying that we need to utilize the resources that we have while we develop those other resources.
It really is too much to expect Mr. Noriega to understand that. Greater supply, lower prices is a very complicated formula.
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He has as much a right to change his mind as a anyone else. Maybe he’s seeing the light? I wish that more of his democrat colleagues would join him.
Mayhap the light he has seen is the train of voter discontent rushing toward him.
This guy is a weasel that will say anything it takes to get elected. I don’t trust him to tell the truth. Fact is I don’t think many politicians are interested in what the real truth is.
It really is too much to expect Mr. Noriega to understand that.
Based on his campaign to date, I think that is really is too much to expect from him.
This guy is a weasel that will say anything it takes to get elected.
As will 99% of politicians in the world. Rick’s hardly any worse at it than other pols. Maybe a little bit less educated on the issues than your average US Senate candidate, but he’s no more or less dishonest.
Rick changed his mind because he knows that it would not be possible to get elected using the stance he really believes. The big question is; If elected would he return to his old belief that we do not need to drill here?
Rick just read John Kerry’s book, “Flip/Flopping for Dummies”. Now all Rick has to worry about is that there are no “swift boaters” out there. Good luck, Rick, once a “loser”, always a “loser”.
Rick is just taking a cue from algore, kerry and nobamas playbook. “Tell em what they want to hear” just doesnt matter if its true
I would say its a dem trait but its not, both side have shown to be liars and I no longer trust our government at all
Well, for whatever reason, at least he’s conceding that drilling is part of the solution, which is more than the idiots Reid and Pelosi.
I expect that he’s just saying whatever seems necessary to get elected, and if elected (perish the thought) will do whatever he wants.
The real goal of the Democrats and their socialist/communist buddies around the world is to eliminate the middle class. A big part of that is to minimize the amount of choice that the middle class has. Less energy = less choice = less freedom = less opportunity and upward mobility. Their wet dream is to have an impassible gulf between the poor/working class and the rich/ruling/elite class.
Why Democrats don’t want to lower gas prices
Now, maybe some of them honestly believe that solar, wind, etc. are going to be able to replace petroleum (these would be the Useful Idiots) but no way are these going to allow us to live the same lifestyle (i.e. same level of freedom and choice) as we do now. It’s not about finding a better form of energy, it’s about crippling the middle class, which is the backbone, heart, mind, and soul of America. Kill the middle class, kill America.
Noriega’s first goal is to be elected. If polling data, voter information tells him the majority of Texans want us to drill now, he will have an epiphany. Looks like he had one. It’s just too bad that once they get elected, each household is not equipped with a ” dump the elected official button”. When a household gets too fed up with a politician, they type in the name and push the red button. Enough buttons pushed and he/she is automatically fired. New election.
Lose an Eye,
I agree on the honesty issue with you.
American woman,
You’re spot on!
It would be different if Mr. Noriega starts leading the way and make some noise on this drilling. If he can can swing the democrats from saying NO to everything and if they truly start giving the people a break from all the high gas prices and the inflation caused by among other things, the gas prices, than maybe people will consider voting for him. Without that he’ll be toast in the election.
There’s no doubt in my mind that the democrats are responsible for this fiasco.
I have a feeling that both parties are anxious to get out of town for the summer and leave this whole mess unresolved. They should not be allowed to do this though! They really do not seem to care at all for the American people.
I’ve been looking all over the internet for Rick Noriega’s private enterprise work experience. Here’s Rick Noriega’s career:
Finished HS 1976
Started college, finally graduated 1984 (8 years?)
Army reserves - not sure how much was active.
Masters in Public Admin from Harvard 1990 (obviously going to school, and not for a degree where he was going to work in private sector)
1990-1993 - Project manager for Communities in schools, taught in HCC, staff
for Texas State Senate.
1993 - joined Houston Industries, Inc., (now CenterPoint Energy, Inc.) as part of the Governmental Affairs department in November 1993. He became a manager of economic development for CenterPoint Energy AFTER winning the Democratic nomination for State Representative, District 145, in the spring of 1998.
So when it comes to drilling and refining, Rick Noriega has virtually no experience. He was really sucked off the government nipple most of his life. Even his private sector experience was connected to the government. Yet he’s going to tell Texans about what ails their pocket books when it comes to high gas prices?