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Embarrassed as a democrat that this administration has done so little. ive tried to talk inside the fence, inside the tent, as it were, and i have not been listened to at all. so, theyre going to pay a huge price because they didnt listen, they didnt do. from 2007 onward ive been saying the very same thing. we have got to have more domestic production. if he woo-- we dont were at the mercy of opec, shame on us, we have all of this oil we are in the ground, were not touching it. >> neil: and a ma...

>> neil: youre talking about unfunded liabilities and the whole nine yards, right? >> what im talking about, you take the debt, the unfunded civilian and military pensions and unfunded social security, under funded medicare, according to official government documents, 7 trillion 400, going up 10 million a minute and find out and track it at 10 million minute.com. and thats the number people should be talking about, know the 16 trillion dollar number. >> neil: you know, ron paul, rand pauls fathe...

And so, when senator reid said that, it was disingenuous on his part. >> neil: youve got to wonder, i never find it constructive to make political hack statements from either party for the republicans to d disparadi disparadi disparage when he goes to the hurricane hit areas or mitt romney. a good gesture is a good gesture is a good gesture. done with it, shut up. >> it is and it was a good gesture and i agree with you. here is what senator reid is forgetting. some people died. some other people...

Neil? >> yikes, yikes. >> jonathan, thank you very much. jonathan serry. its slamming drivers on this busy holiday weekend and gas prices at a record level for a labor day weekend. and jumping 30 cents just last month. could it have voters jumping away from the president, come november. who better to ask than john hofmeister, the president of shell oil. thats a staggering run-up, whats going on here? >> americans are going to pay more for gasoline this year than ever in our history, neil. thats ...

Use the flame though maybe a smaller one, not that big gas guzzler when youre going around to colleges and talking about student loans and stuff like that. and youre an ecological man. why would you want to drive that truck around? >> president obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans. and to heal the planet. my promise is to help you and your family. >> neil: well, between the two of them the bottom line you argue, you pursue a coherent energy policy youll get votes. >> if you hav...

Democrats, democrats must admit that domestic welfare and entitlements must be reformed. >> he got applause on the military thing, david, but its kind of what youve been saying, everyone has to look at their sacred cows and go to town, right? >> everything has to be on the table, we need to reestablish, tough controls, and social security reform and medicaid and rationalize our economies and generate more revenues, we need to reduce, defense and other spending without compromising national secur...

Growth, maintains a solvent secure safety net and should be politically feasible at about 21 to 22 percent of gdp. maybe a little lower. but, the republicans have been part of the problem, too. they brought us medicare prescription drugs, they bought us two undeclared and two unfinanced wars, and they bought us the second round of tax cuts that we couldnt afford. so theyve got to change, but so do the democrats. >> thats right. you and i so many times that we can point fingers till were blue in ...

Floods in the storm ralph vamged gulf. now at seven. and live in new orleans with the latest, joen than. >> hi, neil, life is rapidly returning to normal here in new orleans, which benefitted from the added protection of the army corps of engineers levee stem which has undergone nearly 15 billion dollars in renovations and improvements sense hurricane katrina. outside the federally protected area its a different story for the low lying coastal communities and in the plaquemines parish, draining ...

2020 through more growth policy-- >> what is it now? >> well, if you just look at public debt, its about 75%, when you count what we owe social security and medicare, its 105. so if we just look at the public debt. 75, lets get that to 60% of gdp by 2020. pro growth, do more fiscal responsibilities. neil, as you know, at the end of world war ii we were at 122. we went down to the 30s and we didnt pay off a dollar of debt. >> neil: does it make a difference, dave, if we get the government as a sh...