Comments on: Back from Africa

By: r-dawg

r-dawg — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 12:20:57 +0000

nateR, i’m not an obama supporter or a democrat. the economy is controlled by market forces – bush sr and bush jr were not responsible for the economic crash (under bush jr it happened b/c of 9/11, under bush sr. it happened during the end of the cold war).

please don’t lump me with john ballard who is clearly democrat. if you ask me both repubs and dems are looking out for their own interests and their re-election, not for the well being of america. i have zero faith in both parties.

By: MPMajorMike

MPMajorMike — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 01:49:08 +0000

Matt, Seriously, are you ever going to post? It has been almost 2 months since your last post. Yes, you do owe it to your fans to post on a regular basis or quit the website. I still love ya, but you need to post at least monthly. Mike

By: NateR

NateR — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 21:30:00 +0000

It’s funny you guys bring up the employment rate and gas prices, r-dawg and John Ballard, because I recall about 4 years ago people being more than happy to blame unemployment and high gas prices on George W. Bush. Now that Obama’s in charge, it’s “Oh, the President really has no control over that stuff.” Can you say double-standard?

By: r-dawg

r-dawg — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 00:28:27 +0000

sorry to break the news to the people loyal to their political party but unemployment occurs under both repubs and dems. think back to the recession under g.w. bush sr. the economy was good under reagan, and it was good under clinton, presidents of 2 opposing parties. you can give obama the boot but the economy is not going to bounce back nor will there be any magical transformation of america.

secondly, we don’t even vote for the president. the electoral college decides who the next pres is. so if matt is voting in il. the electoral college has already decided to vote dem regardless of how many il. residents don’t vote dem. look it up – at least 3 candidates have won the popular vote but lost the electoral vote – and they were denied the presidency b/c of that.

By: MPMajorMike

MPMajorMike — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 23:58:33 +0000

Matt – Are you ever going to post again??? Mike

By: John Ballard

John Ballard — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 20:52:13 +0000

The president has little to zero control over the cost of a gallon of gas. Even if we drill for more oil domestically, which we are, it has little bearing on the market because of the increase in demand for countries like China and India.

By: Roger Peterson

Roger Peterson — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 02:20:43 +0000

Fox News Sunday.com President Obama’s record
Then Now
Unemployment 7.8% 8.3%
Median Income $54,983 $50,964
Gasoline/Gallon $1.85 $3.78
National Debt 10.6T 15.9T

Sources: BLS; Sentier records, Dept of Energy; Dept. of Treasury

By: Roger Peterson

Roger Peterson — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 10:56:22 +0000

The newspaper article didn’t mention and I forgot, there are four pumps pumping out that oil on that 40 acres. There are 16 storage tanks for that oil on the property and tankers haul out 2 to 4 times a week to the refineries. And the Royalities to the two families who owned the farm ground after the first 5 months totaled $400,000 each.

By: Roger Peterson

Roger Peterson — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 21:32:45 +0000

This article found in Decatur’s Herald & Review Sunday morning newspaper;
A bountiful new oil well on Decatur’s southern edge(1 1/2 mile west of Elwin) has storage tanks emblaaoned withm
cripture urging us all to embrace faith as we confront the future. “Trust in the Lord with all you heart, and lean no on
your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6.
It sure sounds like a path to the faithful at the nearby Bethlehem Presbyterian Church. The Production Engery LLC
oil company, which mixes the Holy Spirit with its crude extraction, has another well on church owned land that hasn’t
hiy the big-time yet, but the 80-strong congregation is praying the Lord will eventually provide and give them expanded means to do good work’s for his name’s sake. We don’t want to build something big new church,” said
trustee Brian Albert, 52, who worship in a sanctuary that dates to 1911. “But, hopefully, we will be able to do more missions work: we would give the oil royality money to that.” It would be easy to think Bethlehem Presbyterian hasn’t got a hope or a prayer of striking it rich, but think again. Oil production pumped from reservoirs buried under the scorched corn and beans of the Illinois farmland is ticking over nicely, and crude cash is helping to lubricate an Illinois economy desperate for good news. The oil well on church property is barely 110 years from the well the Biblical quotes, and that well has been like manna from heaven: It’s so productive it earned Iowa-based Production Energy the “Wildcatter of the Year” award from the Illinois Oil & Gas Association in March. The well gained top honors by pumping out more than 175,000 barrels of crude in just nine months. Eddy Ekis, an oilfield pumper who works for Production Energy, put that in perspective by explaining a typical good well in the small scale production standards of Illinois might pump 10 barrels a day. “But here near Decatur we’re looking at 100 to 150 barrels a day,” said Eddy Ekis, 27. “It’s kind of like they hit honey hole.” Decatur and Macon County lie at the northern edge of the most prolific oil production area in Illinois, which is mainly concentrated in the southern and western parts of the state. Most wells, reconizable with their little huddle of above-ground tanks and a nodding jack nearby, are very small and produce maybe two barrels a day flat out. Natural gas production in the state is tiny, andoil wells are where the money is. The Illinois OIl & Gas Association siad there are 16,000 active wells in 43 counties in Illinois pumping
9 million barrels of crude a year in Illinois. There are 915,000 barrels of oila day, or about 18% of total US domestic production. The landlocked oil industry in Illinois employs more than 4,000 people directly, while it’s estimated that related economic activity and spending create jobs for another 10,000 employees in various other industries. There are also the lucky landowners collecting royality checks for the oil sucked from beneath their farms. Those growing wealthy aren’t always keen in brag about their greasy good fortune, but you can get an idea what they are buying,
a new shed for his farm equipment and helicopter. But the state lawmakers are clouding up the state’s horizon
on oil production in moving a bill restricting hydraulic fracking in Illinois. Some people are fearing for safety of their water supplies. Hydraulic fracturing using water under pressure to open up oil-bearing rock pores, has been crucial in getting many wells flowing. It’s not known for causing problems in Illinois. But if the state lawmakers restrict
fracking it will strangle the black and golden goose, would kill the oil industry in Illinois. My brother farms just east
of the productive reserve and my nephew farmstead is right next the 40 acres where the most productive oil field is.

By: Roger Peterson

Roger Peterson — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 10:27:44 +0000

Obama hasn’t come to central Illinois to campaign and I doubt if he will unless it’s at the
Univerisity of Illinois or the capital rotunda in Springfield, where he first announce his
candidacy for president, because unemployment in Decatur, IL stands at 11%, that’s
not a place to come to unless he’s desperates for votes. Obama thinks he has Illinois
in his hip-pocket and he thinks he has an ally, the Illinois governor. But the governor
has tried and suceeded to screw the unions in the state that you wonder if any of the
union’s bosses can get their members to vote Democrat or not at all.