{"id":5483,"date":"2008-06-30T23:40:19","date_gmt":"2008-06-30T23:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/06\/reid-coal-makes-us-sick-oil-ma.html"},"modified":"2008-06-30T23:40:19","modified_gmt":"2008-06-30T23:40:19","slug":"reid-coal-makes-us-sick-oil-ma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/06\/reid-coal-makes-us-sick-oil-ma.html","title":{"rendered":"Reid: &#8220;Coal Makes Us Sick, Oil Makes Us Sick&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You know, it&#8217;s absolutely amazing that a leader of our government would make such a stupid and unfounded assertion. Oil makes us sick? What the heck does he expect us to use instead? And what the heck does he use? <embed type='application\/x-shockwave-flash' src='http:\/\/foxnews1.a.mms.mavenapps.net\/mms\/rt\/1\/site\/foxnews1-foxbusiness-pub01-live\/current\/videolandingpage\/fullPlayer\/client\/embedded\/embedded.swf' id='mediumFlashEmbedded' pluginspage='http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer' bgcolor='#000000' allowScriptAccess='always' allowFullScreen='true' quality='high' name='FOX Business' play='false' scale='noscale' menu='false' salign='LT' scriptAccess='always' wmode='false' height='275' width='305' flashvars='playerId=videolandingpage&#038;referralObject=1908469' \/>BTW, he can offer all the tax incentives he wants but that&#8217;s not going to impact what I pay at the pump. What the heck is Reid doing to lower the price of gas? Someone should ask him and hold him accountable for his inaction and his stupid comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know, it&#8217;s absolutely amazing that a leader of our government would make such a stupid and unfounded assertion. Oil makes us sick? What the heck does he expect us to use instead? And what the heck does he use? 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