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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
We lost their trust when instead of freeing ourselves from a dangerous dependence on foreign oil, both parties – and Senator Obama – passed another corporate welfare bill for oil companies.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
It was a revised report (hadn’t been updated since ’95) on how much oil was in this area of the western 2 / 3 of North Dakota; western South Dakota; and extreme eastern Montana? check THIS out: The Bakken is the largest domestic oil discovery since Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay, and has the potential to eliminate all American dependence on foreign oil.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
So in case you didn’t watch the DNC love – fest last night, here in a condensed version is what Barack HUSSEIN Obama promised (either explicitly or implicitly) to his acolytes: More affordable College Tuition Universal health care Create more jobs / keep jobs in America More veterans benefits Paid sick leave “Better’ ’ family leave (Better than what?) Better’ ’ pension protection’ ’ from CEOs (How many people besides government employees do you know who still have pensions?) Equal pay for an equal day’s work (whatever that is) Prevent another Katrina (now he is God – can control the weather) Cut taxes for 95 % (!) of all working families (which is, apparently, – in his own words – his definition of the’ ’ middle class’ ’) End dependence on Mideast oil in 10 (!) years.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
And, our dependence on foreign oil raises national security concerns.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Her reasoning: It would nicer if we could just wish away our dependence on oil.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
This includes examining your carbon footprint and your personal dependence on oil and natural gas, in particular.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
We lost their trust when instead of freeing ourselves from a dangerous dependence on foreign oil, both parties and Senator Obama passed another corporate welfare bill for oil companies.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I argued that repealing the gas tax (currently 18.4 cents per gallon) would only encourage more consumers to buy more gas at a time when we’re complaining about our dependence on foreign oil.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
He has accepted the failed orthodoxy of the far right – wing on economic policy – an orthodoxy that has led us to Enron, to a shrinking and less stable middle class, to a destabilizing dependence on oil, to an ossification of American society into classes, 1 and to the perfect storm of crises we are in the midst of now.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
The Bakken is the largest domestic oil discovery since Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay, and has the potential to eliminate all American dependence on foreign oil.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
In 10 years, we will finally end our dependence on oil from the Middle East.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
We share a shrinking, polluted planet and a perilous dependence on oil.
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
In addition, Barton has consistently opposed proposals to reduce the nation’s dependence on oil.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
We lost their trust when instead of freeing ourselves from a dangerous dependence on foreign oil, both parties and Senator Obama passed another corporate welfare bill for oil companies.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
We lost their trust when instead of freeing ourselves from a dangerous dependence on foreign oil, both parties and Senator Obama passed another corporate welfare bill for oil companies.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
McCain said such a tax would’ ’ increase our dependence on foreign oil and hinder exactly the same kind of domestic exploration and production we need.”
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
It sounds like McCain, once again, forgot his position on another issue: “The key, integral, vital part of our ability to eliminate our dependence on foreign oil will be directly related to that sign over there, “McCain told an invitation – only town hall meeting at the GM Technical Center in Warren, pointing to a sign for GM’s first plug – in electric car, the Chevrolet Volt.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
The plan, which Pickens detailed using a blackboard and a healthy dose of front – porch – swing humor, seeks to break the United States? $ 700 billion annual dependence on foreign oil through investment in domestic resources, primarily wind and natural gas.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
And for the sake of our economy, our security, and the future of our planet, I will set a clear goal as President: in ten years, we will finally end our dependence on oil from the Middle East.
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(. .)))
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