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why don’t you go and ask the questions.  You have repeatedly written that the press doesn’t do it’s job in ND so why don’t you go to the Energy summit which I believe is open to the public and ask your questions.

Rob,

What’s Dorgan doing in North Dakota?  Is he running for re-election?

“Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of the mind is irreparable.”

Wouldn’t matter if he were running.  The republicans can’t field any candidates, just look at the debacle of the Republican House candidate, what’s his name.

Whew!  Right over your head, Puzzle!

“Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of the mind is irreparable.”

To the extent that we can control energy prices (gas, diesel, electricity, natural gas....) any run up in prices is 100% the fault of government. 

We can’t (and shouldn’t) try to control world wide affluence.  We can’t control the political situation all over the world.  But we can build refineries, develop our own oil fields, big nuclear plants and do what needs to be done.

Byron Dorgan is one of the worst offenders in the gas wars.

What’s going to happen to US industry when the global warming extremists like John McCain double the price of electricity?  I would think all these factories will close and set up in countries where they aren’t scared of technology.

From the Dorgan news release:

“North Dakota is the Saudi Arabia of wind, and we produce more crops that could be used for biofuels than any other place in the world.

The Saudi Arabia of wind? Wow! Why haven’t I heard about that before?

Dorgan is the Saudi Arabia of hairspray.

Sen. Dorgan has rabid support from the Left and the anti-oil and anti-coal crowd--this is a great cover for him--see Dorgan who is for all kinds of alternate fuels and energy.  Never mind that most of this will not/cannot come on-line for years to relieve our energy problem and cost.  Sen. Dorgan portrays himself as the visionary and hero of the energy crisis.  I was at the conference yesterday at BSC--it was most enlightening, and also revealing as to the realities of how long it will take to really reduce our dependence on foreign oil.
Dorgan is no dummy--his theatrics have fooled a large share of the populace--it proves that you can fool most of the people some of the time.

so why don’t you go to the Energy summit which I believe is open to the public and ask your questions.

Well I’m not a media professional, for one thing.  It’s pretty sad that a member of the public would have to attend this sort of thing and ask tough questions the reporters won’t.

If I were free I would actually attend the summit, but unfortunately my personal life doesn’t allow me the time right now.  New house.  New baby.

You know how it goes.  So I do the best I can by publishing my thoughts on the matter on the most read - by far - blog in the state.

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.

-- Thomas Jefferson

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