Today's TRMS
Doesn't McCain just have the most wicked sense of humor?! And yes we mean wicked, not in the Bostonian way, but in the "of the West" kind of way. Especially now that he has publicly tried to persuade his wife to compete in a topless beauty pageant at a biker rally in South Dakota. Now, what would Nancy Reagan do...?
On today's show Rachel will be talking to Greg Sargent from Talking Point Memo about the thousands of dollars Hess Corporation-- an oil company-- funneled into McCain's campaign just around the time of his pro-offshore drilling announcement.
And then Paul Rieckhoff from Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America joins us to talk about the $300 million granted to study post-traumatic stress disorder
Allow me to elaborate
Here's a few numbers.
World oil use in 2006: 86,000,000 barrels per day.
Estimate of what the proposed offshore drilling would provide: 200,000 barrels per day.
In other words: A 0.23% increase.
We're going to get a noticable drop in price because supply increased 0.23 percent? No, we are not.
In June Saudi Arabia agreed to increase their oil production by 700,000 barrels per day. That's a lot more than what we're going to get from off shore drilling. But was there any drop in the price of oil when they agreed to that? Nope.
It's a scam.
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By Jason M. BryantAugust 5, 2008 - 5:30pm