Have you ever heard of “supply and demand”? It’s a fairly simple concept, really, that in its purest form means prices for commodities will rise as the demand rises, and prices for those same commodities will fall as demand falls; in other words, supply and demand are inversely proportional concerning price.

It seems to me Mr. Bush wanted the United States to become less dependent upon foreign sources of oil because those foreign sources could manipulate supplies at will. To do that he advocated opening vast areas of known reserves to drilling, exploration and processing, and also advocated building new, modern and environmentally clean refineries.

IT WAS THE DEMOCRATS/ENVIROWHACKOS/SOCIALISTS who constantly blocked any attempts to increase our own supplies of oil.

But don’t let me confuse you here. Go back and look at the voting records in Congress, and try to figure out if, were we to produce more oil and refine it ourselves, maybe, just maybe, oil prices (and consequently gasoline prices) wouldn’t have gone through the roof last year.

That doesn’t take a genius. Are you up to it?

The rest of us are simply sickened further than we were before the awarding of the prize.

One thing I will say for sure, Barack obviously deserved this award; It is meaningless and a total sham and has been for decades now.

he had been a White man you would be happy and cheering

yes. If it had been John “Silky Pony” Edwards, as white bread as it comes, who was President, I’d be cheering the big government spending, attempts to hamstring us with global warming Cap and Trade legislation, and the attempts to pass the progressive holy grail of universal health care. Yeah, we’d be cheering. Just like i was cheering for former Vice President Al Gore when he won the Nobel. And Al Gore is white. Except that I wasn’t cheering for him. Or for President Jimmy Carter. Who is also white. No cheering from this guy when those two “white guys” won the award… hmm.. I see a theme here, and it has nothing to do with skin pigmentation…

but hate if you even dare claim to be a christian I cast your sorry asses to hell.

Lucky for me you are not the Almighty, so I’m not very worried…

And yes I’m proud to be BLACK

oh, and how do you know that I am not? Are you making the assumption because I am classically liberal and against Obama that I am white? Pretty much a prejudicial thought process I’d say. Almost racist, as if black people are unable to hold such views… perhaps all of your racial demagoguery is simply some projection from you there…..

Obama sucks. And yes, short of resigning there is nothing this man can do that will please me.

The most insightful commentary I’ve seen that puts the whole matter in context was John Podhoretz writing The Michael Moore of Oslo in which he explained just why Obama’s receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize was totally in keeping with the committee’s current thinking death wish:

I can’t agree with my colleagues here on CONTENTIONS that a) Barack Obama should reject the Nobel Peace Prize or b) be embarrassed by it. The Nobel Committee chose him wisely because he does, in fact, represent the organization’s highest ideals.

He is an American president queasy about the projection of American power. He is an American president who rejects the notion of American exceptionalism. He is an American president eagerly in pursuit of legitimacy to be granted him not by those who voted for him but by those who do not cast a vote and who chafe at American leadership. It is his devout wish that America become one of many nations, influencing the world indirectly or not influencing it at all, rather than “the indispensable nation,” as Madeleine Albright characterized it. He is the encapsulation, the representative, the wish fulfillment, the very embodiment, of the multilateralist impulse. He is, almost literally, a dream come true for the sorts of people who treasure and value the Nobel Peace Prize.

It’s the most obvious choice, once you think about it, since Michael Moore won an Oscar for Bowling for Columbine.

I agree with Bigfoot, this is not on Obama (really, at all) as much as its on the Nobel Committee. They’ve jumped the shark when they gave this prize to him. It is now meaningless as a “peace” prize. It is a purely political gift to those that the Committee agrees with, with no real consideration to actual accomplishments. I know you think I hate President Obama and he can do nothing right correct, but you are wrong. I have no animosity towards Obama the man. I have plenty of animosity to his policies and the direction he wishes to take this country. As long as he continues those agendas, I will oppose him every step of the way. When he makes sound decisions, even I don’t agree with them, I will give him credit….