When you hear a reporter preface his question with the phrase "With all due respect," it usually indicates he disagrees with the person he is interviewing. It is often a courteous way of saying, "I think you're lying."
Had I been called upon to ask a question at President Obama's press conference on March 11, I would have started with it.
The president's statements on the efforts of his administration to boost domestic oil production were a masterpiece of dissimulation, if not outright lies.
How can he boast of having issued 35 new drilling permits, while Ken Salazar, his Energy Czar, is in Contempt of Court for refusing to issue them?
How can he suggest that taking steps to gather data on drilling off the mid and south Atlantic is in any way a positive step, when we all know he has taken these areas off the table?
How can he say that his administration is looking at the potential of Alaska, when we all know what that potential is, and that he has always been opposed to drilling there?
How can he blame the lack of production on undeveloped leases, when his EPA and Energy departments keep coming up with reasons to block exploration and drilling at every turn?
How can he take credit for oil production being at a higher level now than it was in 2003, when this increase in production is the result of policies of the previous administration, not his?
And why did he not mention that current US oil production is only 50% of what it was in the 70s, even though we are sitting on oil reserves greater than the reserves of all the Middle Eastern countries put together?
Oh, but the president is in favor of windmills, solar shingles, and giving $7,500 subsidies to buyers of electric cars that nobody wants.
With all due respect, Mr. President, your energy policy stinks.
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