Let's drill.

Hey all, prices continue to rise at the gas pump. The President has taken the right approach, but Congress still remains unmoved.
It’s been established through polls and surveys that most Americans now believe that exploring our own oil resources will eliminate our dependency of oil from countries like Saudi Arabia. Most OPEC leading countries aren’t sympathetic when petroleum prices are through the roof as long as their pockets are filled with dollars. President Bush took the proper step by lifting an executive ban that had been placed on off shore drilling sites. Good job President Bush. I think that if we use our resources of oil and natural gas it would get oil prices to drop, our economy would receive a much needed boost, the dollar would regain some value, and some jobs would be created based on the demand of the industry. Politicians in Congress have divided themselves along ideological lines to see who can either stand up to those huge oil companies, or those who think we’ll be broke if we remain at the mercy of OPEC.
The President said “This means the
only thing standing between the American people and these vast oil resources is action by the U.S. Congress,” as reported on an article by Daniel Whitten. I hope that Congress feels the pressure to do the right thing. It seems like people are complaining, but they aren’t doing anything about it. People in Congress need to know who they are representing. They can’t impose their own agenda’s and sacrifice the future of this country.
Both of the major Presidential candidates responded to the President’s actions. Whitten reports how Bill Burton a spoke person in Senator Obama’s campaign reacted to the news. He said
``If offshore drilling would provide short-term relief at the pump or a long-term strategy for energy independence, it would be worthy of our consideration,
regardless of the risks. But most experts, even within the Bush administration, concede it would do neither.” I thought we could use the time we used our own oil to develop other sources of energy not crush the economy even further. Senator McCain reiterated his position of allowing off shore drilling at home. Well, I guess we know who cares more about part of the economy.
Do you care for drilling at home, or are you more worried about Winnie de Poo loosing his habitat? Do you think that drilling at home is a good short or long term answer? James.