Drill Gate: Obama Administration Ignores American People, Enacts De-Facto Ban on New Offshore Energy Exploration and Production
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One of the most disappointing aspects of the Obama Administration’s domestic policy has been the way it has dealt with domestic energy production – in particular new offshore energy production. It took oil prices reaching $147 a barrel for President Bush to tear up the moratorium on offshore energy production, but at least when he did, he quickly moved forward with the regulatory process to give Americans access to these energy sources—and the jobs this development would create. The Obama Administration, on the other hand, would be hard pressed to move any slower than they already have, never mind what the American people want.
It has recently come to light, through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by American Solutions, that there may be more here than meets the eye. More on that in a second; first, a bit of history on what led up to what is now called “drill gate.”
In July 2008, when oil prices reached $147 a barrel, the Institute for Energy Research called on President Bush to end the moratorium on additional offshore energy exploration and development. For years and through both Republican and Democratic administrations, the Federal government had not allowed new offshore energy exploration or production. But when oil prices hit new highs, President Bush saw the light and started the process of opening up new areas for energy development.
President Bush saw that the public wanted new offshore energy production. The public favored additional offshore drilling by a 2 to 1 margin and President Bush acted accordingly, implementing the necessary regulation to open up new areas for energy development.
Less than a month after taking office, instead of moving forward with the plan the Bush Administration proposed, President Obama and his Interior Secretary Ken Salazar decided that first, they needed 6 additional months to hear from the American people. They made this decision despite the fact that the Bush Administration had already solicited comments from concerned citizens; the Obama Administration wanted more time for even more comments.
Maybe they hoped that by waiting 6 months, environmental groups and their well-honed letter writing operations would send more comments to the Administration than people who want increased energy security and jobs created by offshore energy development. But if that was the Administration’s plan, it backfired.
The Institute for Energy Research and several other like-minded groups organized our own plans to help Americans let their government know they favored additional offshore energy production. Unfortunately for the Obama Administration, our efforts paid off. The Administration received pro-drilling comments from the public by a 2 to 1 margin.
But here’s the catch… the Obama Administration didn’t publicize this information, despite having the information months ago. We only recently found out because another pro-energy, pro-jobs, pro-economic growth group, American Solutions used the Freedom of Information Act to pry this information from the Administration.
So why does offshore drilling matter? One reason is that it will create a lot of new jobs. In fact, one study estimates that over a million U.S. jobs are locked away in the job-creating energy resources we have offshore. Also, by producing oil and natural gas at home we’ll help stabilize the world market for oil, holding the price lower.
In his State of the Union address, President Obama said that he was open to offshore energy production. Now is the time for him to walk the walk and not just talk the talk on offshore energy and jobs production.
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February 12th, 2010 at 5:21 pm
Well,
I am 65 years old. I remember when we got most of our own oil and gas.
However, the progressives have through legislation and litigation effectively shut off our oil and gas production. They are trying to cause a crisis. Well, they have done so. To this I say, let us continue to gather our own resources as we move toward alternate energies.
February 12th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
It’s time that Obama wakes up and listens to the American people. It’s shameful that we continue to be beholding to foreign coutries who supply the bulk of our oil when we have it within our power to use our own supplies. How can this man profess to represent this great land?
February 12th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
Drill now, Drill everywhere we can in the US and offshore. This will speed our independence from foreign oil – and CREATE JOBS!
February 12th, 2010 at 5:25 pm
I am furious with the Obama Administration and energy is only one issue where they have shafted the American People and refust to listen to anything we have to say. We need to drill and we need to drill NOW! They will hear us in November!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 12th, 2010 at 5:25 pm
President Obama, let’s see it. Move ahead now and open up America for off shore exploration and drilling. We need the jobs and the many other benefits that this will bring America. We need to be more energy independent. You said you were behind it in your state of the union address. I’m from Missouri, the “Show Me State”. Now is the time to act. Now is the time to show us.
February 12th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
I was excited to hear the president say we would drill more to stop sending our money to the middle east and reduce the cost of energy—he’s a fricken lier (again and again and again)
February 12th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
The Obama Administration continues to do what they want with complete disregard for the people of America.
February 12th, 2010 at 5:29 pm
The United States need to open up offshore gas and oil exploration. ANWR should also be oened up for exploration.
February 12th, 2010 at 5:29 pm
I feel very strongly this administration needs to begin offshore drilling to end our dependence on foreign contries for our oil. The president promised in his state of the union address to be open to considering this; now is the time to do it.
February 12th, 2010 at 5:30 pm
The United States needs to open up offshore gas and oil exploration. ANWR should also be oened up for exploration.
February 12th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
I believe it is critical that we begin offshore drilling and start to develop our independecy from foreign oil…..for example, if Israel is forced to take out the nuclear sites within Iran, the disruption in the oil supply could spike to $6 – $10 – $15 per gallon at the pump for the foreseeable future creating financial burden and economic chaos…..since it will take years to get from drilling exploration to gasoline at the pump…we need to get started now…we’ve wasted a year or more already…..the American people know this, why doesn’t this administration? I also believe that we should on a parallel track fund innovated research and development in alternative energy…but what many folks may not realize, is that if suddenly tomorrow a new aternative “green” energy source(s) were found, it would take 20, 30 or 40 years to fully integrate into our energy utilization framework…..anyone thinking otherwise is naive….so we need to in the interim, use our natural oil and natural gas resources to free us of this dependance on foreign oil.
February 12th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
Why not also begin work up in the Montana , North Dakota Canada area?? I understand there is much untapped energy there .
February 12th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
His policy is for the birds, We need gas and oil now, other fuels are still in the future,IE wind, solor, atomic Ect. we ned to cut out the imports and
stop supporting over seas Countries that just as soon that we did not exist.
February 12th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
We need to drill our own OIL. We also need to restore the Glass Steagall Act of 1933. We need to keep the speculators out of commodity trading. We need to make the Media like CNBC to debate the issue, instead of just staking the bull side. Our Inventories are at record highs but the price keep going up, like this week alone crude went up 4%.Its time our politicians did their job. This economy can not improve with high energy prices like we had in 2008 and like they’ve doubled since March of 2009. Refinery run rate is down to 77.7%. This country set up a energy department in the 70′s what are we paying them for? Now Obama want to set up a Global warming dept. Is this how politicians take care of their supporters?
February 12th, 2010 at 5:37 pm
I am in favor of aggressively developing energy sources that frees the United States of Anerica from dependence on foreign suppliers of energy to the USA. If that is drilling off shore…I am in favor of it…if that is nuclear energy and nuclear generating plants for electricity I am in favor of it….if it is developing the oil fields in North dakota I am in favor of it….if it is mining more coal I am in favor of it.
Do it here and do it now and use it for the United States energy independence !!!!!!
Ben Peterson
February 12th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
the Democratic Party has succeeded in crippling our economy, and their biggest weapon has been energy. To supplant our market economy with a socialist model they have done everything they can to destabilize our society. The American people have to be made aware of these facts.The first step to solving a problem is accurately defining it.
February 12th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
Gentlemen / Ladies:
WHAT IS IT THAT YOU’RE WAITING FOR??? I support offshore drilling!!!
WHY? THINK ECONOMIC VALUE / JOBS / GROW THE ECONOMY !!!
WHY IS THIS SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND???
THINK BENEFITS TO THIS COUNTRY NOW! NOW ! NOW !
NOT TOMORROW.
YOU WANT TO PAY DOWN THE FEDERAL DEBT? WHY NOT BEGIN N O W !!!
MAY BE (TRITE)…BUT WHY NOT NOW !!!
LARRY S. MONG
lsmong@cox.net
February 12th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
The Obama administration is the real party of “NO”. Obama thinks it is his way or the highway! We must vote them out to save America!
We must start a “REVOLUTION”!
February 12th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
Hello, I guess the Demos and , the gruesome threesome, Barry, Pelosi and Reid are in denial. So insolated from the real world.
Global warming my butt. We live in Monroe, GA, it began snowing here this aft at 1:30 and it is still snowing. D.C. had how many feet of snow last wk into this wk. The entire east coast has been hammered repeatedly this early winter with snow.
Bottom line, all the libs want to do is to retain their stranglehold on us, the American people. Make us believe their lies. Of course the progressive liberal media as well as the progressive celebs believe it hook line and sinker, or should I say, they know many of the American people are dummies, they voted him in to office and still believe that we need to give him a chance. We have, even those that wanted the McCain/Palin ticket in’08. All he has done is bowed to our enemies, kissed their behinds, dug our economic hole deeper and deeper, those of us that have a brain, know that he hates America, he and Michelle don’t even know which hand to use when the pledge of allegiance is recited. He is a Muslim. He wasn’t born here and everything that comes out of that mouth, he looks like they put black lipstick on him, are lies. Big fat lies.
He lies about everything. He won’t let us drill, cause he wants us to be subordinate to the Middle East and to those that wish to kill us. He doesn’t give a hoot about us or the United States. All he cares about is how he can turn this country into another European state across the pond and to hold onto to his power. Next to having to look at his ugly face, and those stupid ears of his, worse than Brit Charles. ( can see why Di couldn’t stand him) Pelosi really makes me want to hurl. She is such a liar. CAtholic, she is no Catholic. Another sham, she plays church. Makes up her beliefs as she goes. Biden, please, he is no Catholic either and talk about dummies. He is the biggest one in the bunch.
They will have a rude wake up call, come mid term, when they are all flushed down the proverbial potty.
Keep up the drilling. Drill baby drill.
M. Testa,. Monroe, Ga
February 12th, 2010 at 5:50 pm
Lets put our people to work our own oil fields, pay off the loans we have made and the deficit spending. We have more Oil than they do. Yea someone will get rich and We americans will enjoy the profits and we canuse them for future energy projects her at home.
February 12th, 2010 at 5:51 pm
It is INSANE that American taxpayers’ funds are going to be sent to
Venezuela so THEY can drill offsho9re and sell the fuel to China, yet Americans are PROHIBITED from utilizing our OWN ENERGY SOURCES. I hope the people who put Obama in office are hanging their heads in shame.
February 12th, 2010 at 5:53 pm
Maybe – just maybe, we should be thankful that Obama doesn’t want us to become independent of foreign oil. If the U.S. strikes it big time in off shore drilling, Bakken, ANWR, etc., Obama would probably, in view of his socialistic attitude, want to take it from America, and give it to other nations.
A Nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious, but they survive treason from within. Cicero, 42 B.C.
February 12th, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Cui Bono, why hasn’t anybody followed the money? Who pays the salaries of the eco-twinkies who keep us from being able to produce our own energy supplies, rather than depending upon regimes which don’t like us? Who benefits most when we can’t use our own resources? I would hope to see a question like this at many TEA parties.
Ave atque Vale
February 12th, 2010 at 6:02 pm
OOPs. I meant to say “Nations can survive their fools, and even the ambitious, but the CANNOT survive treason from within”. Sorry about that.
February 12th, 2010 at 6:02 pm
Obama is an ASSHOLE – out to screw all of us and take over this country and turn it into a Communist dictatorship. The only way we can survive and win ANYTHING for our benefit is to get rid of the bastard.
February 12th, 2010 at 6:05 pm
I don’t believe anything will be done regarding off-shore drilling until Congress takes matters in their hands and finds a way to bypass Obama and his cronies, Reed and Pelosi. The president is such a liar I can’t stand to watch any of his conferences without my blood pressure escalating. Unless something is done soon, I’m afraid we’re in for a rougher next three years. God bless America. SOON!!!!
February 12th, 2010 at 6:09 pm
Offshore drilling will create American jobs. Great paying jobs. If you are really for creation of jobs, then open the doors to all U.S. Energy creation. Offshore Drilling, Shale, Atomic energy, Coal all create great paying jobs.
Stop the outflow of U.S. dollars and put them in the hands of Americans. The only Climate that has changes is that 16% of Americans can no longer pay to heat their homes because they are out of work.
Tax revenues are down because 16% of our country is sitting at home with no job to advance their family. Who cares about climate change when there are no jobs.
Business to business sales are dropping and this will lead to more job losses.
Citizens need to vote everybody out. They are all damaging America. Democrats for trying to destroy the country and the Republicans who won’t fight hard enough to stop them. Capitalism has made this country thrive for over 230 years. Communism and Socialism fail because no one wants to work for the people who won’t work to support their own families. This is still the Land of Opportunity. Try to remember that when you create new legislation.
February 12th, 2010 at 6:14 pm
Obama and the legislative branch of government need to remember that they work for the people and it is their responsibility to listen and act on the will of the people! We the people want our dependence of oil and gas from outside the USA to STOP! We demand that offshore drilling for oil/gas be a top priority now and that ANWR along with identified area’s within the USA be developed with producing wells. Not only will we eliminate our dependence on oil/gas from abroad but jobs will be created and oil revenue/tax income can be used to pay debt created by the Obama administration. Obama is borrowing large sums of money from China and at the same time giving money to Brazel to develop Offshore Oil with George Solis being one of the major investors in Brazil. One has to ask why Brazel and not the USA???
February 12th, 2010 at 6:14 pm
My comment is above, it is number 19. Thanks M. Testa
February 12th, 2010 at 6:15 pm
Mr. President, I do not believe the promise you made in your State of the Union Address, that you would resume off shore drilling. I bellieve you do not intend to resume drilling anywhere. Your belief that the solution to the nation’s energy problems lies in wind and other “green” resourses is a pipe dream. The solution lies in concurrent development of multiple energy resourses–fossil fuels, bio-diesel, nuclear, wind and solar, all of which together, offer the promise of energy independence for America, not to mention the multiple thousands of jobs said development would create. Why are you avoiding development of the world class natural gas resourses that are available right here in our own country? You, Sir, stand in the way of America becoming the hands down leader in world energy. Michael Cotton, Lufkin, Texas
February 12th, 2010 at 6:16 pm
Abolish the Dept of Energy and the Obama Administration
February 12th, 2010 at 6:17 pm
I am 77 years old and I remember when we had oil wells in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
There may have been more in other states as well as in Texas and Oklahoma but my parents took me on vacations to visit close friends who had moved east. I have read several articles recently about the U.S. having more oil in the country than all of the arab nations put together. We also have vast reserves offshore all along the SE coast as well as the southern coast! The oil hullabaloo is just that! Our government seems to be more interested in paying huge amounts to arab countries and putting huge taxes on it when the people purchase it. They also tax our own oil companies which they pass along to us. BO’s government is dead set on being a permanent entity and the best way to control us is through complete control of the automotive, oil, all other forms of energy, and God forbid! healthcare! These people are progressives (BO and the Dems) and they believe they are a whole lot smarter than we are. They feel that we NEED to be told how to live, think and behave in all ways! We are literally fighting for our lives and half of the people do not recognize it or do not believe it! The worst of it is that they are infiltrating our schools and universities and have for the last 40 years and many of our best and brightest have been hijacked into this evil way of thinking!
I sincerely hope that we have an election and are able to vote our way out of this, but the way BO and his government has been ignoring the Constitution and doing things “their way” I greatly fear what may happen!
February 12th, 2010 at 6:27 pm
Hi again, this will be short, in relation to my last comment. I have several bumper stickers on my truck. I know that drivers that are Hope and Change lovers read and get very pissed and the ones that like them, laff and give me thumbs up. My bumper stickers are: My fav-. My golden retriever is smarter than our President. The tooth fairy exists, Santa is coming and Obama can fix it all. We are losing our country, does anybody care?
I wish Obama would get a clue, but he probably has one, he knows that those that voted him in have no clue as to what he is really up to. I agree with the gentleman that wrote, Obama is an a-hole and he is out to screw the American people. Can I say this- he needs to get on a plane with that boxer bomber and this time, hope it works with only Barry, Nancy and Harry on it. Ba BYE
M. Testa- I am proud of My Country, My God and My husbands guns. !!!!!!!!!!!!
February 12th, 2010 at 6:28 pm
Enjoy the bumper stickers from Monroe, Ga
February 12th, 2010 at 6:42 pm
The USA should be independent of foreign oil, therefore we need to drill for oil off our shores and within our states wherever it is found. We know there are untapped oil resources in Alaska. This would make oil prices lower which would help businesses. Drilling for oil and building nuclear plants would create thousands of jobs. It seems Obama is trying to bring our great country down. A country that has given him a priviledged life.
February 12th, 2010 at 6:47 pm
I BELIEVE THAT DRILLING SHOULD BEGIN IMMEDIATELY,BUILD REFINERIES,USE NATURAL GAS AND DEVELOPE CLEAN COAL. I DO NOT BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE BEHOLDEN TO ANY FOREIGN GOVT. LET’S START PAYING OFF OUR DEBTS, AND DO AWAY WITH EARMARKS. I AS AN AMERICAN I DO NOT THINK I AM BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE, BUT I THINK I HAVE COMMON SENSE AND ALL THOSE INTELLECTUALS COULD LEARN SOMETHING FROM JUST AVERAGE FOLKS. I THINK MOST OF THE “BRAINS” WILL BE RELACED IN THE NOV ELECTIONS.
February 12th, 2010 at 6:52 pm
I agree – drill now – drill everywhere possible – STOP SENDING OUR MONEY AND JOBS OVERSEAS!
February 12th, 2010 at 6:53 pm
Its really quite simple. The Obama administration doesn’t know what to do. When you have your head up your butt, its hard to see, know, or do anything.
February 12th, 2010 at 7:12 pm
When the American people have spoken it is only a mindless, cretinious, idiot who would deny the verdict. When you are fourteen trillion bucks in the tank as this government is only an idiot in denial would shut the door on something that would increase our fuel supplies and add jobs to the economy. Anyone who would favor buying with dollars we don’t have fuel for this nation has his head right where the sun don’t shine. The mindset that the liberals and Obama has is tantamount to putting up the white flag of surrender. Real Americans despise this attitude and want to be counted in extremely sufficient numbers to refute and deplore this head up butt attitude by Obama and of course Reid and Pelosi. Do it, do it now, build more refineries, build more nuclear facilities, don’t wait till tomorrow, it should have been done years ago. I am not in favor of national suicide and I think I am in the majority.
February 12th, 2010 at 7:19 pm
The longer I watch this adminstration the more I get the feeling that this president is both foolish and naive. He may be intelligent but that does not make him wise. If he truly wishes to lead this country he would look to the beginnings of this country and it’s leaders and follow the letter of the Constitution instead of trying to rewrite it. At every turn the president seems to make the wrong choice for our country and he is backed by the egotistical people that we elected.
February 12th, 2010 at 7:28 pm
I totally expect Obam’s Administration to continue ignoring the people, but WE THE PEOPLE will vote him and him and his Arrogant Democrats OUT of office!! This is OUR country and we American should and will keep jpbs for our country ome way or another!! Americans are smart and know Obama had lied to us all along!!! Jobs with drilling belong to us and not countries that hate us in the first place and want to do us harm!! Stop feeding the problem and get America back to work!!
February 12th, 2010 at 7:34 pm
Myself and most of my friends, are tired of the games the “Nobama” administration is playing. Reading one thing off the teleprompter, and saying something else out of the other side of their mouths. It seems they don’t really want America to be independant of foreign oil. We have enough resources here in the U.S. If they would lift the bans, then that would create millions of jobs right here, and reduce our dependence on forign oil.If the American people will stand up now, and vote these underhanded politicians out of office, then maybe we could move on to finding new energy in the future. I will be the first to cast my vote to oust the liberal politicians!
February 12th, 2010 at 7:34 pm
Energy should be the first priority, lets not pay Saudi Arabia what we can supply ourselves. Oil, natural gas should all be drilled for. If President Kennedy got a man on the moon, you ought to be able to get American oil and gas to America, and the sooner the better.
February 12th, 2010 at 7:51 pm
I’d say that with the developements in Iran and other Middle Eastern Countries, and after 9/11 that someone in Washington would wake up and tell the big oil companies that they need to start drilling and do it now, our country is so vulnerable to our enemies that it’s scary, I can’t believe that the people on Capital Hill who get’s payoffs from the Middle East would put money ahead of our security, but they are, many of the memeber’s of Congress receive money from these countries to make sure that this country doesn’t drill.
February 12th, 2010 at 8:12 pm
We need term limits the worst way. Then successful people could run for office, get elected, do what is best for the country and then go home to live with the laws they helped pass. I have to believe that if all our congressmen were soon to be private citizens we would be energy independent.
The career politician exempts himself from the disagreeable rules he applies to the rest of us. They spend entirely too much of their time trying to get re-elected.
The founding fathers had it right, only tax payers should vote to raise taxes!
February 12th, 2010 at 8:19 pm
The impending Middle eastturmoil fueled by Iran’s development of Nuclear ballistics has mad it imperative that the USA now start excavating and drilling for oil or gas off shore. Also impetus should be started now to start drilling in Alaska and other large oil exploration sites Mid USA ( Bakken Oilfields).Obama does not say much about Nuclear Power stations. This form of power should be the Governments number one project.We have the latest technology, the man power to costruct Power plants . and oil Refineries. Technology has gone forward such that Nuclear Power plants.96 % of the spent fuel can be turned into new fuel. The 4% waste can be be laboratory controlled to produce medical applications. It would mean no need to store waste at Yucca Flats. Nuclear also doe NOT produce green house gases.To produce power one must use many types of fuel . If we assume 1 kw hours for 1 Kilogram of fuel If we use coal, it needs 3 Kw of fuel to generaye 1 kw of electricity. Using Plutonium with reprocessing for 1 kw of nuclear energy would produce 5 million hours of electricity. Also the waste would be reprocessed for other utilties.
February 12th, 2010 at 8:25 pm
Once again as Joe Wilson said “YOU LIE”. BO continues to punish the American people with his policies. He claims to be focused on creating jobs but ignores one of the best ways to create great jobs by having an energy policy that relies on using our own natural resources. Drill Here! Drill Now! Pay Less! We need to VOTE these morons out as quickly as we can.
February 12th, 2010 at 8:26 pm
A couple of points, likely and based on experience, the US could by permitting, 1) offshore drilling, 2)aggressive development of onshore federal leases (Alaska and the Western States)plus 3)permitting development of oil shale in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming we could add 2-5 million barrels of oil production per day over the next 5-15 years. In addition we would add several TCF/yr of natural gas production (gas is not so critical, the various shale plays have created somewhat of an oversupply in the current economy – this occurs because most of the creativity of the industry and shale play exist on PRIVATE property. The owners of the resource like converting something buried deep in the ground into money!). However, the fools in this administration and the self-centered Secretary of the Interior (Salazar) have destroyed thousands of jobs in the industry. What’s almost poetic justice if not for the pain on working folks is the number of jobs lost in the natural gas industry on the Western Slope of Colorado (Salazar’s home state, his own brother is on record opposed to his policies) – unemployment is highest in the State as the industry shut down. And now – more taxes! That shuffling sound you hear is jobs fleeing the USA, these are jobs that will not be back!
February 12th, 2010 at 8:26 pm
the idea of not tapping into our own natural resources is insane and a product of the environmental morons who somehow got into power over this critical issue.
February 12th, 2010 at 8:29 pm
It’s purely about power–the power to tell us what, when and how we can live our lives. This feral pack of communists read enough of the Consitution to know that it’s words mean LIBERTY AND FREEDOM and this scares the crap out of these fools we collectively put in place who think they rule over us. Until they are stunned enough with the power of Citizens who are capable of individual responsibility, to awaken those communists that we are sick and stinking tired of their reigning in of our God-given rights, this insanity will continue. THEY WORK FOR US AND THEY HAVE FAILED IN THEIR JOB. There are many among us far better skilled and talented to be fair representatives of us, who bring nothing more to the table than the will to give of themselves–not the corrupt stealing of our individual sovereignty and freedom to innovate and prosper. The arrogance and ineptitude of amateurs is blasphemy to the American Spirit.
February 12th, 2010 at 8:40 pm
The stonewalling of energy production is deliberate to bring this country down so the environmentalists and the socialists can take control. Restrictions need to be lifted so we can produce our own oil, coal and nuclear power that will also create the jobs we need.
February 12th, 2010 at 8:47 pm
Too much government.
We the people do not want this and will not tolerate it. 2012 is not that far ahead and 2010 even closer. You will see a change for sure, a big one. We will get back to our own self sufficient mode, possibly sooner than later as our Government tramples on relentlessly on to the Devastation of our beloved country. Offshore drilling is just one of the ways to begin to strengthen our backbone as a nation. We still stand for offshore drilling and forever will until there is no need for fossil fuel. We will prevail!!
February 12th, 2010 at 8:56 pm
LISTEN TO ME, Your response to the people of this country SUCKS!
WHY DON’T YOU LISTEN TO ME? Quit hiding from the people, LISTEN TO ME!
February 12th, 2010 at 8:57 pm
DRILL BABY DRILL!!!!!!!!
That will get the American economy going faster than anything!
God gave us the resources to use. Let’s use them! God is in control–not Al Gore and global warming!!!!!!! I understand America alone has oil resources enough to last literally thousands of years!
February 12th, 2010 at 9:01 pm
Obama apparently has authorized $2BILLION in loans to Brazil to drill offshore for oil going only to China. How does he get away with this? Only a little noticed item in the Wall Street Journal & Glenn Beck have mentioned
his obvious payoff to George Soros (largest stockholder in Brazil’s state controlled industry).
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203863204574346610120524166.html
February 12th, 2010 at 9:14 pm
never in my 75 years have I seen abunch of left wing loons as REID POLISI OBAMA AND THE GANGSTERS AND COMMINIST AND IDEALOGS IN HIS CABINET they ingore the will of the people. they thinlk that we are a bunch of dumb sheep that need to be lead to slauther the progressives think they are the elite and we dont matter they fail to see that drilling and using our own resorces are the way until a differt type of energy is brought into being the gouble warming is a farce that made GORE millions in 1920 they were wondering where all the ice bergs were so waths new.I hope the CAP AND TRADE BILL is DOA that would ruin this country. REALLY TIRED OF BEING LIED TO. JAMES ROGERS
February 12th, 2010 at 9:15 pm
Would drilling not create jobs and keep more dollars in the U.S.
February 12th, 2010 at 9:15 pm
We have clean coal processes. We have safe ways to drill offshore.
We can develope our natural gas reserves. We can recomission and build more nuclear power plants. We can allow the private sector to market wind and solar power systems.
If the government would allow us to do these things then we do not need forign oil.
Monte
February 12th, 2010 at 9:22 pm
Both parties have lied to us about energy policy, and both are parties of “No” when it comes to doing anything more than issue useless promises. Nothing will change until we (the public) force whomever is in power to pursue energy independence through nuclear, off-shore drilling, etc. Go to Goooh.com to see a plan for changing the existing power of Congress to stone-wall what we, the citizens want. We need a peaceful revolution now…
February 12th, 2010 at 9:25 pm
What policy? Talk about the party of “NO”. When it comes to anything good for the United States of America the Obama Administration says “NO”.
Obama is a good snake oil saleman but, he is a lousy president. I give him a “D-” and that is being kind.
No experience, no solutions, just socialism. Obama, give me less government, less taxes, freedom for independent capitalism.
When is the coming ice age going to arrive? Sorry, it just did.
February 12th, 2010 at 9:27 pm
Socialist George Soros, Brazilian oil stockholder is quietly destroying our country. He is the villain. Obama is his little puppet, not only in the drilling issue, but everything else going on as well. Under Soros, Obama will not drill offshore for oil for the United States, but instead, Obama HAS authorized that loan of 2 billion dollars for that wretched Brazil to drill offshore for oil that is ONLY going to benefit ONLY that other wretched country, China. It is PATHETIC, and SICKENINGLY UNBELIEVABLE how the Soros/Obama is wrecking our country.
February 12th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
I agree it’s time we broke the strangle hold the Middle East has on this country. I say expand the off-shore exploration and development. We should also develope the oil reserves in the foothills of the Grand Teton Range. With the safety measures and devices used in the oil fields, both off-shore and inland, these days, there is less danger of a spill than from the hundreds of tankers transporting foreign oil to our shores.
At the same time, this country also needs to expand the capacity of refineries. It does no good to bring the crude to the surface if there are no refineries to make it usable for us.
Equally as important are jobs. It’s high time we stopped shipping our jobs overseas. Develope the off-shore and inland fields and put Americans back to work.
February 12th, 2010 at 9:36 pm
Yes, thank you, Tom for the work you are doing on behalf of energy and the use of our natural resources. I say drill everywhere and anywhere there is oil! Yes, drill, drill, drill must be the mantra for the people of America.
This administration has done nothing constructive to promote American safety and freedom; it is apologizing at every turn and bowing to glober leaders. We need real, genuine leadership; we don’t have that now. You have taken the lead in the cause of energy usage. Keep up the good fight! We are behind you and getting the message out to others as well. God bless you and God bless America and the good gifts our Creator has provided.
February 12th, 2010 at 9:40 pm
Drill Baby Drill! Majority rules! We have so many God given Energy sources, that we would never need foreign Oil. We could balance our Budget and have money left over, if we would only use all these resources.
The far left is bringing this country to it’s knees, and that is the plan !
Destroy all we have and rebuild in their image. Power hungry Leaders are the problem! A new world government is on the horizon, and this is just part of it.
Can’t wait for Novembers vote. Lets clean house! Both parties are guilty.
Obamas Gang is the worst I have seen in a long time, 3 more years, what sort of damage can he really do. I say, support the tea parties.
February 12th, 2010 at 9:47 pm
We might as well face it, Obama is a dyed in the wool Marxist. He’ll never change nor will his policy toward off-shore drilling. How to stop him? I don’t honestly know, since he ignores the will of the people. I really don’t see much hope, especially since there are so many RINOs in Congress.
February 12th, 2010 at 10:16 pm
I SAY TO ALL TRUE AMERICANS. IF WE LET THIS ADMINISTRATION GO ON WITH THIS ROAD TO DISTRUCTION THEY WILL AND CARRY US AND GRAND CHILDREN WITH THEM. I FOUGHT IN VIET NAM WAR IN 1966 & 1967 WITH ALL HEART AND SOUL BECAUSE I NEW IT WAS FOR OUR GREAT COUNTRY.WHEN I RETURNED AFTER A 11 WEEK STAY IN JAPAN HOSPITAL FROM A GUN SHOT WOUND I RECIEVED 12 DAYS BEFORE MY TOUR WAS OVER.WE LANDED AT FORT GORDAN GA.AIRPORT AND THERE WAS NO WELCOME HOME, WHICH I WAS NOT LOOKING FOR THAT. PEOPLE WHEN I ENTERED THAT AIRPORT THERE WAS A LARGE T.V.PLAYING. THE NEWS WAS ON SHOWING A VERY LARGE GROUP OF YOUNG STUDENTS[I LEARNED]LATER THEY WERE PROTESTING WHAT I HAD JUST LEFT. PEOPLE ALL OF YOU KNOW SEN. JOHN KERRY HE WAS LEADING THIS GROUP, HE HAD JUST RETURNED FROM VIET NAM. HE IS A SEN.NOW& A PAST PRES.HOPFUL. WHAT I AM SAYING PEOPLE & LISTEN GOOD. WE HAVE A FULL GOV. RAN BY [JOHN KERRYS & OBAMAS] THEY ARE LEADING US TO DESTRUCTION. I FOUGHT BEFORE FOR THIS COUNTRY AS A YOUNG MAN NOW I AM A 67 YR.OLD MAN THAT WILL FIGHT AGAIN FOR OUR COUNTRY. WILL YOU? MAY GOD BLESS OUR NATION AS A PEOPLE
February 12th, 2010 at 10:23 pm
It’s insane that our government continues to freeze utilization of all our natural energy resources. We are still many decades away from cheaply developing new technology and we need to bridge the gap in the meantime by using the vast GOD given resourses our Nation has available. This entails drilling for oil and natural gas on shore and off shore, building nuclear power plants and new fuel refineries, and implementing clean coal extraction capabilities. It’s ridiculous that we have to pay other countries to provide the natural resources that we have in abundance. Let’s Roll!!!!
February 13th, 2010 at 12:03 am
The sooner we vote the incompentents out of office the sooner we can get our country going in a direction that is good for Americans and makes sense. What’s going on now is the worse thing that’s ever happened to our once great country! I can’t believe how gullible Obama sheep are and believe his bs and think it won’t affect them and their families too. &^%$#@!
February 13th, 2010 at 12:19 am
Obama..Reed..Pelosi..the three stooges. I hope to Christ this country wakes up and railroads these FUCKWADS to MOSCOW where they will be at home.
WAKE UP AMERICA>>BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE!!!!
Vito
February 13th, 2010 at 12:37 am
We do not need higher prices for energy and increases in our taxes paid during these times without employment nor increases in retirement income!!!!
We need to become independent for our energy sources as soon as possible and the best method is to show the Middle Eastern oil countries that we are willing to drill here, drill now and to build more refineries and nuclear power plants. Then begin a program to give American oil companies tax reductions to develop hydrogen cells for distribution from their present gas stations, and give American automobile companies tax reductions to develop and manufacture hydrogen cars and trucks with a phase over from fossil fuels over the next 10 to 15 years. Then we can remain a leader in the world and supply American technology and vehicles to the world! How’s that?
February 13th, 2010 at 1:14 am
I agree with all of you and am also very much pissed at these three idiots and their ways. So lets be sure every body to get these fools knocked out of office in 2010 and 2011 for the rest of the garbage.
February 13th, 2010 at 1:27 am
I am all for offshore drilling, mining oil shale and drilling for natural gas. This would create jobs that could not be outsourced and help lessen our dependence on foreign oil. I am also for building some new refineries while we are at it. More jobs and more self sufficiency. Why is it that now it is very difficult to find anyone that will admit voting for Obama? I don’t care what color he is, but he is driving us off a cliff! Please vote out the incumbents in November! Maybe it is time for a common sense woman like Sarah Palin to run the country….I don’t think she could do worse than Obama has. Thank God for Fox News …..fair and balanced!!!
February 13th, 2010 at 1:55 am
WE have enough oil and gas billions,of barells located in Bakken fields that could bring oil prices down to where we didn’t have to support these foreign countries who want to destroy this country, I think the Saudis are paying the environmentalist, to keep major companies from drilling these reserves.I don’t understand why these politions can’t see what’s happening in this country when it comes to energy,mabe a lot of them are being paid by Saudis also. We need to throw the whole bunch out and elect some that will work for the American people and stand up for this great nation.
February 13th, 2010 at 2:33 am
I am appalled and disgusted by our so called Democrat administration to allow us to get in such a mess, such as not drilling for oil offshore and on land. What’s its going to take to make them realize we are sick and tired of being sick and tired by their greedy actions as to wanting power over us, making decisions Americans do not want nor need? They have done so in secrecy over the years and now openly pushing for their own agenda. I’ve never said much before but have been disgusted since this so called Obama administration took office. First of all we need jobs which drilling on land and off shore would make. We also need solar and wind power which would make many more jobs. We do need healthcare but not at the price of our families later on in years! We must keep insisting they dump their present plans for healthcare and start over from scratch! Most of all government needs to stop borrowing from foreign countries and lower taxes, not raise them. If they fail to do the jobs we elected them to do, then I say impeach from the White House, boot out the Senators and Congress by electing someone we trust! I’ve also been grumbling how we need to abolish the Electoral College as they abuse it and our votes as it presently stands and take it back to its original state where the Electoral College was only used as a tire breaker vote when electing a President. As it now sstands our Senators can give our votes to whoever they want which to me is abuse of our votes. Hear us government! Wake up before its too late or we find someone else to sit in your offices!
February 13th, 2010 at 2:37 am
Dear Sir: The left seem to be on a self-destructive, utopian, anti-capitalistic path. The Rockefellas (shipping) continue to transport imported oil from our enemies and they the controlling faction for CFR. The people must continue to scrream “Drill Bay Drill” because we have beneath ourwestern states more oil and natural gas than the entire MIddle east has beneath its sand.
February 13th, 2010 at 3:09 am
RIGHT ON ABOUT THE THREE STOOGES. WE ALL NEED TO GO DOOR, GET ON THE PHONE, TELL FRIENDS,WRITE LETTERS AND DO ALL WE CAN TO GET THE NEWS OUT. I LOVE THE U.S.A AND WOULD BE GLAD TO FIGHT FOR IT. AT 55 THEY WOULDN’T TAKE ME, BUT I CAN DO ALL OF THE ABOVE. IF ANYONE KNOWS OF SOMETHING ELSE LET ME KNOW. KEEP UP THE GOOD FIGHT THE U.S. IS WORTH IT THANKS BOB
February 13th, 2010 at 3:28 am
It is time Obama removes his cloak of arrogant, egotistical elitism and became what is expected of any elected official – a servant of the people. America has vast domestic resources available (ANWR, off shore, Bakkan, Green Valley, coal liquification, etc.) at a fraction of the cost of imported oil. It is time our “leaders” stop sacrificing the nation, the economy, and American taxpayers hard earned money, lives and livelihoods as they worship their god of ecology.
February 13th, 2010 at 4:57 am
i think we should have our own resources and cut out the foreign dependence…
February 13th, 2010 at 4:59 am
i think we should cut out foreign dependence and gather our own resources…
February 13th, 2010 at 7:15 am
What is at work here and elsewhere i government is economic treason. We should be an energy exporting nation. The forth largest known natural gas deposit in the WORLD is in Pennsylvania/New York. We should be drilling for oil and gas on and off shore. At the same time, we need to excellerate our nuclear energy program.
February 13th, 2010 at 7:21 am
I cannot understand why the President and the Dems have been so against this country drilling for our own abundant resourses. Sending billions of dollars to the Saudis and to Canada when we could be making good paying jobs doesn’t make sense. Foreign oil has certainly been a factor in the economic mess we find ourselves in today.
February 13th, 2010 at 8:07 am
THIS PRESIDENT AND THE DEMOCRATS COULD NOT SURVIVE ON THERE “GREEN POWER”ONLY,LETS SEE IF HE CAN DRIVE HIS CARS RIGHT NOW THE WAY IT IS TODAY,LETS SEE IF HIS A/F 1 WILL GET OFF THE GROUND ON HIS GREEN POWER,LETS SEE IF ALL THE DEMOCRATS CAN DO THERE EVERY DAY THINGS WITH OUT OIL,GAS,COAL….THERE IS “NOTHING” HERE TODAY TO REPLACE OIL THAT IS USED IN ALMOST EVERY THING YOU TOUCH,EAT,WEAR,MEDICAL,DRIVE AND FLY…..SO TELL ME MR.PRESIDENT WHY ARE YOUR WIND MILLS THAT ARE IN MICHIGAN(I BELIEVE)ARE FROZEN IN PLACE AND WILL NOT SPIN,WHERE WILL GET YOUR “GREEN POWER”THEN MR.NO IT ALL…..THE PROPLE AND COMPANIES THAT ARE PUSHING THIS “GREEN POWER” NOW ARE ONLY DOING IT FOR THE ALL MIGHTY $$$$ AND THAT IS TO PUT IT IN THERE POCKET AND CAN CARE LESS WHAT HAPPENS DOWN THE ROAD WITH NO OIL,COAL,GAS……
February 13th, 2010 at 8:35 am
Dear Mr. President,
While this country is exploring different energy initiatives that will be efficient and economical for this country, we still need to continue drilling. This makes so much more sense then banning us from doing so when other countries are doing just that. When there is truly “green energy” then we can ease off on drilling. Honestly, if solar panels were cheap, efficient and economical I would have them all over my house but as it stands now they will cause us a financial hardship so we cannot do it.
Keep drilling….
Sincerely,
Donna Spicer
February 13th, 2010 at 8:59 am
We can not believe with all the resources in the USA that we are not using our own oil and natural gas. I support the Pickens plan to get all the big semi’s on natural gas. We need to use our own resources and give people here work. I blame both parties for not using our own resources for energy but I must add that with this administration I have never in my life seen such waste of money and corruption. I think the only way to get out of this national debt is with opening up all sources of our energy here in the USA and drilling off the coasts too.
February 13th, 2010 at 9:11 am
This president don’t want to help America, this president wants to create a crisis, and do it any way he can. This president wants to bring us down to our knees so he can becoome a dictator like Chevez. He wants complete control of everything. He’s trying to bankrupt America.
February 13th, 2010 at 9:14 am
Did you ever get the feeling that the entire federal government has been taken over by those that work against our interests and who are doing everything within their power to emasculate our country’s greatness? They have dragged us into one no-win war after another; they have regulated and taxed us to death; they have run up an unsustainable national debt and deficit which is soon to result in hyper inflation which is a tax; they have entered into trade treaties that have resulted in our jobs going over seas and our stores inundated with Communist Chinese inferior products; they have turned more and more of our sovereignty over to the United Nations, world courts and other globalist bodies; they have ruined the once greatest public education system in the world; they refuse to have the Federal Reserve audited so we can see where our money is going; they have ruined our once valued currency by issuing federal reserve notes unbacked by anything of intrinsic value; they have made senators popularly elected resulting in a monumental culture of corruption in that body and the states now without a voice in national affairs (Up until 1913 members of the senate were appointed by the various state legislatures to assure the states were represented); they have not come up with an energy policy since the establishment of the Department of Energy decades ago; they have looked upon the American people with nothing but utter contempt for their wishes, and ad infinitum. We have become unhinged from everything the constitution nailed down to prevent these people from doing to us.
February 13th, 2010 at 9:38 am
Dept of Energy instituted in 1977 to lessen our dependence on foreign oil and it’s 33 years later….and the budget for this necessary dept is at $24.2 Billion a year with 16,000 Federal employees and approx 100,000 contract employees. What the hell do they do………….count oil tanker coming into port? Every time a you see the government’s lips moving they a lying. And especially Obama; he has no intention of allowing off shore drilling.
I say, throw all the bums out of Washington and start drilling and put American workers back to work!
February 13th, 2010 at 9:45 am
It’s time to send OBAMA another message. IER should do this again and we need to work harder to get more signatures. We needed more like 1.3 mil not 13,000.
February 13th, 2010 at 9:47 am
It is time that people all over the country let their Congress members know that if this administration won’t open up off shore and on shore drilling for oil, that they will drill a couple holes in the president and suck his black oil out of him.
What are we doing letting these people wrecking this country? If they keep up the way they are doing now, we won’t have a country to call a free country.
February 13th, 2010 at 9:56 am
The Dems dare to call the Republicans the party of “no.” What about the
hard-headed liberal stance on blocking drilling and creating more nuclear
power plants? This is where the jobs are: private industry, right here at home where we have the natural resources. It is pure insanity to continue down
this course of importing 70% of our oil. Thirty years ago we imported 30%.
This is a matter of national security, yet the environmentalists seem to have the upper hand in this debate, which should not even be a debate. But I have no
confidence in Obama in showing any leadership in this regard.
February 13th, 2010 at 10:03 am
Thank you Tom for your hard work for the American people. You are doing the right thing for us. I believe the United States of America should do everything in its power to find energy sources where ever they exists. Alaska, off shore, or what ever it takes to keep us independent from other countries that do not have our best interest in their radar screen. I totally support your efforts to move forward seeking energy sources in all areas.
Thank You,
Jim
February 13th, 2010 at 10:06 am
Where is reason?? Why would we continue to support our enemies? Why do we send dollars that could support new jobs off-shore?? Had we not become dependant on the middle east we would not be at war at this time. I am not sure if our country is run by fools or individuals that want to destroy us!! Drill now in the USA while we build multiple small nucular power plants in ever state. In 25 years we could be free of the need for oil.
February 13th, 2010 at 10:39 am
The big O has one agenda and only one. Raise taxes and bankrupt our great country. He will not lift his bands on oil, gas and nuclear power which we have in great supply. If he did it would impede the progress of his agenda. After all he has to have some valuable natural resources left here before he sells out our country to a foreign government.
Keep up the pressure on the big O. Won’t change his mind, but will change the minds of those who voted for him.
February 13th, 2010 at 10:42 am
In a nutshell this administration is delusional as well as clueless. If not then they are consciously and systematically trying to bring about the destruction and financial collapse of the greatest nation in world history. As Americans we need to stand up make our voices heard. If this administration insist in this course of action then “we the people” must start pressuring our legislators to find legal grounds for impeachment. Because by their actions they are threatening the sovereignty of this great nation. Last time I checked they are all public servants not self serving gods as some of them think themselves to be.
February 13th, 2010 at 10:52 am
The USA needs to develop all the energy sources possible including and especially our own petroleum reserves. To continue our dependency on foreign sources for our energy is financial and social suicide. Why do the Arabic countries hold their positions of power? It is the Black Golden Rule where Oil is the Black old, and those who have it make the rules. We need the alternate sources to take the place of pretroleum , because with all the things that petroleum products are used for it is too precious to burn. Drill Baby Drill.
February 13th, 2010 at 11:03 am
After reading all of the great comments from everyone I’ve concluded that we all share the same opinions and should stick to our guns and not back off. There is a vast majority of common sense Americans, that also share our opinions, who will make their voices heard in the ballot boxes in the upcoming elections. “United we stand Divided we fall”. Let us truly change America and restore a “Government Of the People,For the People and By the People” and rebuild this great nation.
February 13th, 2010 at 11:20 am
Let’s keep marching with the Tea Parties and whatever to show that we are serious, that this is not just a fleeting movement. We have to be vigilant to educate those who don’t know any better, the younger voters who weren’t around to experience the oil shortage of the 70′s. Those who don’t remember how things were turned around after being told that it would never be better. We can do it again. We need to do it NOW!!
February 13th, 2010 at 11:34 am
I think gasoline prices would be around $1.50 a gallon if we were allowed to drill the the oil that is available offshore of the U.S., in the Bakken Reserve and in ANWR. There are a lot of poor people and a badly ailing economy that could use such relief.
February 13th, 2010 at 11:57 am
As for my personal comments, I cannot respond with sociably acceptable language so I will merely suggest that if Congress does not have the courage to fight Obama then it is time for a REAL “change”. For all the new “wannabe” politicians who expect to seek office this November, their platform had better be pro-conservative, Pro-home grown energy, Pro-sensible economics and Pro-small business or they will not qualify for the job. After all, they are supposed to be working for us and if they don’t qualify before they get to office, then we will continue to have the same problems we face today. I have not thoroughly read all 96 comments already posted but those I have read leads me to believe the opening sentence of comment 96 and as well , I am impressed with the degree of intelligence and in depth thinking of the majority of respondents. Keep pushing!!!
February 13th, 2010 at 12:00 pm
I totally agree with this article, but was so surprised (ashamed) that so few people responded (13,000)I did not vote for Mr. Obama and I don’t agree with most of what does & says. BUT, What is wrong with the rest of you people??You need to get off your lazy asses and do something about this mess you all have gotten us into by voting for this jerk!!
February 13th, 2010 at 12:03 pm
It has been established that if we drill along the California coast, we will reduce if not completely erase the deficit in our state’s budget. Why are letting the environmentalists have so much power?
February 13th, 2010 at 12:03 pm
It has been established that if we drill along the California coast, we will reduce if not completely erase the deficit in our state’s budget. Why are we letting the environmentalists have so much power?
February 13th, 2010 at 12:52 pm
Drill!!!
February 13th, 2010 at 12:59 pm
How have we let the “progressives,” move our country in such a leftward leaning state? We limit ourselves through or own inaction, sitting by watching things pass. We have the resources to put ourselves on a better footing and should not let the oppurtunity pass by. Drill here, Drill now.
February 13th, 2010 at 1:10 pm
This is interesting,it took a while,but I read all the coments. they all say the same.The one thing I would really go for is term limits and drill for our energy I don’t understand the lack of consern that millions of dollers every day going overseas DRILL HERE DRILL NOW
February 13th, 2010 at 1:22 pm
The OBAMA ADMINSTRATION prefers the Muslims and would like to destroy AMERICA and they have proven this by their actions and words. Saying that this is no longer a CHRISTIAN NATION.
If we drilled for more OIL AND GAS we would mot have to rely on the ARABS for these things and we could PAY DOWN OUR DEBT in no time. We pay BILLIONS OUT TO THE ARABS FOR OIL AND GAS NOW. SARAH PALIN proved that in ALASKA. NOW they have a SURPLUS IN THE BANK INSTEAD. This would also help our FIGHT ON TERRORISM because the MUSLIMS TERRORISTS would not be getting our money. WE HAVE ENOUGH NATURAL GAS TO RUN ALL OUR VEHICLES IF WE PUT IT TO USE.
SOMETHING IS REALLY ‘HAYWIRE’ WHEN WE THE PEOPLE CAN SEE THIS AND YOU ON WALL STREET DON’T. PLEASE TELL US WHAT IS BLINDING YOU and we could give you an OPERATION ON YOUR EYES.
February 13th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
The leftist environmentalists and their socialistic democratic politicians have caused our country’s substantial onshore and offshore energy assets to lay idle while continuing to send billions of US dollars to the mideast countries-most of whom hate us.
My recomendation is to vote every democratic politician who is anti US energy out of office as soon as they appear on the ballot and install some one who will support using our US energy assets for the benefit of this country. i.e. drill here, drill now, not to mention using our world leading supply of natural gas and restarting up the use of nuclear enrgy as well!Hopefully, as it is increasingly looking likely, B. Hussein Obama and his Chicago machine advisors will be thrown out in 2012 and the country can return to the pursuit of individual liberty, capitalism, and energy common sense.
February 13th, 2010 at 1:50 pm
Virtually every nation in the world with the financial resources to do so are developing a robust program to drill offshore for oil. They in turn will offer it for sale to us.
If we drill for it ourselves, we will surely realize a cost savings. So…. why not stoop all this nonsense, and do so ASAP?
February 13th, 2010 at 2:34 pm
It is past time to look at the real data. Ice cores from Antarctic and the Arctic showing the flip flop of climate from extremely warm to an ice age in 50 years or less, the deep solar minimum causing global cooling, which led to the last mini age of 1645–1715, and stalagmites taken from the blue hole caverns in the Bahamas also revealing climatic swings, and volcanic activity in the Dark ages and as recent as Mt. Pinatubo in 1991 are factors in all global climatic change that are not controllable by humans. Too bad so many people are duped by the press into believing the Al Gore tag line on global warming. They need to stop acting like Chicken Little and need to do their homework.
February 13th, 2010 at 2:36 pm
I fear that the Obama administration will do what they have consistently done so far. They will talk nuclear power generation and off shore (or shale deposits) oil drilling but will do everything they can to put road blocks in the way via environmental and regulatory opposition. The states, that can, must take their own initiatives and start drilling to create jobs while still moving toward alternative clean energy where it makes sense. One thing that is not specifically addressed in the article is that of the effect of oil on our national security. If anything happens (e.g. Iran) to stop the flow through the straits of Hormuz, we will be in deep trouble if we don’t open our own oil/gas resources. Hopefully, starting in 2010, we can start throwing out the progressives, mostly democrat, who are standing in the way of our great country. Vote the dems out and then start on the incumbents until we have a congress that comports itself in the spirit of our Founding Fathers.
February 13th, 2010 at 4:19 pm
Every person I know wants our country to be energy independent. You published a 2 to 1 figure but I believe it is higher than that. The reason this number isn’t higher is because most of the Left Wing activists don’t have to go to work! Conservatives don’t have the time to go to rally’s, protests, or even respond to websites because they are busy working and EARNING a living , not getting handouts from Obama.
Conservatives want to act but we don’t know what to do. We need a specific, detailed action plan. If we had a way of being heard instead of just complaining about this administration among ourselves, we would do it!
February 13th, 2010 at 4:21 pm
When will Obama listen to the American people? He is supposed to be serving us. We need to be self sufficient. Drilling is one of the best ways!
February 13th, 2010 at 4:30 pm
I agree with most of the respondents. DRILL DRILL DRILL! It makes NO sense to pay foreign importers when we have our own supply of oil & natural gas within our borders. We must exercise our power on election day 7 throw the bums out!
February 13th, 2010 at 5:29 pm
DRILL!! DRILL!! MEAN WHILE MAKE COAL INTO GAS & OIL LIKE THE GERMANS DID IN WWII. THAT SHOULD SUPPLY US FOR THE NEXT HUNDRED YEARS. ALSO PERFECT SOLAR, WIND, HYDRO, AND NUCLEAR WE NEED ALL FORMS OF ENERGY FOR A STRONG FUTURE.
February 13th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
NOW election day throw the bums out!
February 13th, 2010 at 7:30 pm
If Obama, his administration and congress want the kind of government they are trying to shove down our throats they need to pack up and move to Russia. To put it simply the government needs to get the hell out of our way.
February 13th, 2010 at 7:52 pm
We have oil offshore – not just tx/la gulf area either – florida straights, cali, Alaska, parts of east coast. Also giant shale plays in Dakotas, Green River Basin (think Rocky Mountains) and others. Major JOBS creation, unlike the phony, huge deficit “stimulus” spending the admin has been shoving down our throats. They are still talking about “green energy”. What a croc – global warming has been totally discredited with all the leaked e-mails PROVING they cooked the books, picked & chose which data they used and then manipulated the data & the programming to give the results they wanted to see. Wind & solar – not nearly efficient enough. You don’t like look of a refinery, what about wind farms covering THOUSANDS of acres. If you don’t believe, go to Cali & see for yourself. The admin is not about energy (or any other) independence. O & co are all about more government control. We have the resources – LETS GO GET THEM!
February 13th, 2010 at 8:40 pm
Please quit depending on foreign oil when we have so much oil and gas in this country. We need to drill and build new refineries, then if we can get other energy sources, such as solar and wind start the process. Clean energy is so much more expensive most people can’t afford it. Keep our jobs in energy that we can use now.
February 13th, 2010 at 11:37 pm
Obama as President is am embaressment. Our economy needs jobs, drilling would support. Our country is in dept to foreign countries , drilling would reduce. Our country is being driven towards socialism, using clean energy as the tool and Chicago politics to jam it into law. Finally he is at best a “Community Organizer ” from a corrupt political environment and a history of radical friendships and associates
His Presidency is embarassing
February 14th, 2010 at 9:22 am
The Obama administration needs a chris to keep power to destroy our economy !
He doesn’t understand Americans will soon reject them and remove them from office, hopefully by votes not violence, but both options or on the table…
February 14th, 2010 at 9:33 am
The problem is the wrong people are asking obama for the further development of oil and gas. he doesn’t listen to the average ( majority )american. We are all idiots and simply can’t comprehend the complexities of global warming ( made up )science.
We need to convince the people obama listenes to, luckily they can all be bought. Lets start with the u.n., we just need to convince the criminals running the u.n. that they can steal 10X the amount by drilling that they could by being green. Illegal aliens, convince them drilling will create millions of illegal jobs for them and their numbers could swell to 80-90 million. All new progressive voters and just think of the additional jobs created when we are forced to change the name washington to chavez, all the signs will have to be changed and unless i make sure my children learn to speak spanish they won’t be eligible for those jobs.
How about europe and all the other 3rd world countries, just bribe their professors and they’ll not only make up the data ( proving our theory, actually any theory anyone wants ) they’ll also convince our children
February 14th, 2010 at 1:18 pm
As a wild life enthusist,and a one time supporter of change, I finally have come to terms with the idea, that these are NOBAMAS IDEALS, to make this world HIS world and not that of people who are willing to change along if the process is that of truth, clearly, you have not been willing to CHANGE, look around you, our area alone is predicting that our resevoirs will be to the max, but the end of this season, I have yet to see any indication other than what you wish to publish along with Mr. Gore about the truth of global warming..NONE. in fact, it astonishes me, that this man can scream at the top of his lungs about global warming and produce thought provoking photos of starving bears, but refuses to acknowledge his own lack of regard by living in a mansion with lights glowing like bonfires daily..orried about global warming,NO, what I am worried about is that you proceed to scream it loud enough to abolish the one thing we should be worried about, and that’s the plight to prevent off shore drilling, because it will harm wild-life..
In as much as I love animals and the beauty of nature, I can tell you this, I have witnessed first hand, no harm to any animals where any drilling has been allowed, besides my personal thoughts, May I ask why, if you are so against off shore drilling, due to land corruption and animal rights, why do we allow people to own pastures for livestock to FEED US, when we know we can produce protein from soy.
I no longer want change, at least not the kind the so called president speaks of, I want the RIGHT CHANGE, I say start here, right on the land you so protect, and rid America of illegal Aliens, Corrupt politicians and start using common sense instead of stradegy to pull this nation back to where it belongs…In the hands of those who love it!
February 14th, 2010 at 1:30 pm
Its A shame how quick they forget they were to do the will of the people not the will of special intrest the all mighty dollar has struck agin
February 14th, 2010 at 2:41 pm
I dislike the policy very much. No one in this administration seems to be listening to the people at all. I can see no other way than to revolt. Our country is being dismantled in ways that i never would have believed. GOD bless America.
February 14th, 2010 at 4:50 pm
I think all of his policies SUCK….He has an agenda to bankrupt this country with not one regret….I think he need a solar powered snow plow to remove the snow, maybe a wind powered one…..then he could be covered up for a while….
We need to drill now but he is being drilled by the left wing EPA and will never come over to our side…unless somhow we can force his hand by cutting off lhis power in the White House but then that will never happen until we get a new conservatie house and senate…..so in Noverber, we better get some in there to take away some of his power…
GOD BLESS AMERICA AND WE MUST ALL PRAY THAT ALL HIS POLOCIES FAIL…TOTALY.
February 14th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
Patriots must be more careful to listen more closely to political candidates during their campaigns.All the leftists code phrases were used by O’Bama during that lenghthy presidential run.Some examples were “social justice”…”redistribution of wealth ” “a para-military force was needed for domestic use by this President…one even more powerful than our existing military”. O’Bama mentioned he” wanted to bankrupt the coal industry.” How could any Pennsylvanian vote for him…much of our electricity is generated by coal here in this State.He sees the Constution as a living evolving document…this is a sign of a true progressive….they believe they can evolve our country into a Communist State….their long term goal…..Mrs.H. Clinton even admitted she was a ” Modern Progressive”. Leftist often create a crisis only to step in to power and substitute a new regime or government.
One must be blind not to see the dictatorial style of the present day Democrats.
One of the great Blessings our Country has enjoyed and one that has made us powerful was a cheap source of energy…..and abundant natural resources…so…. ” What motivates such a highly educated man to deny its citizens the use of these resources? ” It can’t be a love for his country when he will obviously harm her.
The old stereotypes used to describe Democrats and Republicans must be discarded and done so quickly in order to save our freedom….for there are “Progressives ” in both parties. We as a People will need to conserve our Constitution if we are to conserve our Freedom.
February 14th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
Don’t expect Obambi to ever support additional oil and gas drilling. His goal is to destroy America. It should be obvious from looking at all the scum who he has learned from. Our goal must be to vote Obambi and his ilk out of office as soon as possible.
February 14th, 2010 at 7:03 pm
I do agree with all those who are in favor to drill wherever it’s necessary to get oil, gas, etc. It’s amazing people are believing the Saudis have plenty of oil to sell, but I read news the Saudis are lying about their oil they have available is not true. It’s less amount than what they are telling the U.S., so it’s time for our people wake up and get ready before it’s too late. We can not count on Venezuela, Hugo Chavez hates our guts an will hike his price as fast he can in order to hurt our country. It’s real stupidity notto take advantage of these resources, we have more oil according to the estimates given, to be waiting any longer to drill. It will be a real blessing to every one since there will be plenty of jobs produced with drilling and the new technology will make it safe for both the people and the environment. Wake Up Americans time to start the bal rolling and drill!
February 15th, 2010 at 1:02 am
How can Obama give Two Billion dollars for George Soros’ company to do off-shore drilling in Brazil and the oil will go to China?
That’s not his money to give to Soros, and help China.
How can he do this? Why are we allosing Obama to do this?
February 15th, 2010 at 7:00 am
Most Americans are stupid all the coments are good and I agree whith what people say only one thing wrong with all of you the answere is in front of your nose but no one will do anything about it .Its not a Democratic or Republican thing its you and me we should demand that our kids in school be taught American History so they know what really happened and not what some socialist ,communist professor teaches. The next generation that is coming up doesn’t even know anything about how our country was formed and about the constitution all they get taught is class warfare that all the people that work hard and make a lot of money are crooks and the money has to be taken away from them. Remember devide and conquer and thats what these liberal socialists are doing and they are winning Keep in mind if you have an uneducated public then you can tell them anything and they will believe you but if you have an educated society youwon’t be able to do that because they will question it this applies to everything you can see how a handful of environmentalist terrorists are holding this nation hostige You all know we have the technology to drill off shore or in Alaska and not damage the earth but they don’t want it for what reason to bring this country on its knees.So there is a lot of work and where we have to start is in the first grade we have to teach our kids about this great country about the great constitution and how you can become and make as much money as you want and no one will take it away.First law should be mandatory american history througout your education so when you graduate from college you can make a good judgement when you vote and these polititions can’t lie to you because you will know better this is where we have to start in order to change this country for the better
February 15th, 2010 at 7:45 am
It’s time the government stopped dictating to those they are supposed to represent. Its time for the govrenment to find a way to power this country by somethng other than the internal combustion chamber, and in the meantime open up this countries resources, so that we can power America free from those countries that are using our money to fund the terrorist states that wish to destroy America. Give us back the freedom to find the real solutioins, and we will in turn take another leap into our future.
Mr. Obama believe in the Constitution and the people who believe in it, protect America and America will find the answers to how we all can take the next step.
Special interest is not the interest of Americans; Freedom to be able to reach new goals and learn more about who we are and what we can become is Americas interest.
Believe in who you represent!!!
February 15th, 2010 at 8:41 am
It starts with Congress Ladies and Gentlemen. In our state we will remove congressman Joe Donelly and Senator Evan Bayh (bye) The true energy crisis is that which is wasted allowing these zeroes to collect a taxpayer provided salary while the administration runs this country off the cliff – time to get some American’s back on board in Congress. Start wherever you can with whomever you can and let’s clean this dirty house.
February 15th, 2010 at 9:03 am
The Americans that died for our freedom and American way of life would not understand the “Modern American”.
We can be mindful of our enviroment and move forward on developing our own resources.
Obama uses the “do it my way or, we can do it your way and do nothing” quite often…. I guess he means his way or no way.
We need to clear our minds……WE are standing still while the world moves forward–Time to get moving again
leed -follow or get out of the way
February 15th, 2010 at 9:59 am
Drill baby Drill
February 15th, 2010 at 10:03 am
Drill now, Drill everywhere. Let us become independent and on the way to healing this country from it’s impending debt. We need to create real jobs that are permanant.
Vicki
February 15th, 2010 at 4:33 pm
We need to live in the REAL world and not this la la land that the current administration seems to think exists or that they believe they can create just by wishing it so! Alternative energy would be great IF the technology existed but it doesn’t — all the bugs have not been worked out. The batteries in electric cars cost a fortune to replace AND there is the issue of charging the cars nor can they go very far on a charge. Solar panels cost so much money (even with incentives) who can affort to put them in? No one wants wind turbines in their backyards and even some environmentalist groups are involved in blocking their erection as an eyesore and as a danger to wildlife. They don’t like coal (it’s DIRTY) and they don’t like nuclear energy (???). What does that leave us???? They need to remember who put them where they are and who can put them out. We need the cheaper energy and we need the jobs! If they are HALF as smart as they think they are (which is doubtful) they will remember who they work for and listen to us. Otherwise, pinks slips all around are in order in November.
February 16th, 2010 at 7:30 am
The Obama administration should be tried for treason and punished to the fullest extent of the law. This should include all of the so-called “czars.”
Vote conservative.
February 16th, 2010 at 11:36 am
Amen to Billy’s comments, I totally agree! Since when do we have Czars in America? I don’t believe Obama is not listening to the people, he just has his own agenda and he has no intentions of fullfilling his campaign promises regarding oil independence, no more Pork, no special interests, etc., etc. His plan is to bankrupt America! Wake Up America – this man does not love our Country, our freedom or anything that has made this Country great. He and his cronies need to go! We need to be drilling for oil now instead of relying on the Muslim community for our oil!!
February 16th, 2010 at 2:02 pm
I totally agree that we need to support off shore drilling. There is enough oil in our United States to supply our country and help others without importing and causing our prices to rise, plus decrease our national debt. We need to put our own people back to work so they can support and take care of their families. It is time that we, as Americans, Wake Up and do something to take back our America.
February 16th, 2010 at 9:51 pm
I have always felt that if someone gets shot in the head and dies, it’s a tragedy; that if someone shoots themself in the head and dies, then it’s just STUPID!!! Seems to me that the continued denial of exploiting the US’s own natural resources by our federal government as well as environmentalists at state and local levels is tantamount to shooting oneself in the head…ie STUPID!!!
Mining, and drilling have become much more technologically sophisticated and responsible to environmental concerns and nuclear technology is far advanced from where the USA was when it irresponsibly (in my opinion) shut off new nuclear power generation after the Three Mile Island incident. Wind and solar applications are promising although limited technologies under development, but they are a ways off into the future for economical reasons, as is the shale extraction/conversion, as I understand.
Petroleum extraction in the US proper, in ANWAR, and off the continental shelf of the US provides a near-term solution and can be safely and responsibly accomplished as can coal and natural gas. Nuclear power plants will take a time to construct but should be started immediately as should expansion and construction of new US petroleum refinery capacity. Simultaneous development of the wind, solar and shale technologies should be ongoing.
Seems suicidal to me that we send billions of dollars monthly to countries that hate us instead of harvesting our own natural resources. Seems STUPID to me, like shooting oneself in the head, as mentioned earlier.
Oh yes, as a final thought, the EPA should be abolished; it, like unionism has long outlived its original purpose.
March 5th, 2010 at 10:35 am
even though President Obama is against off shore
drilling for our country, he signed an executive order to
loan 2 Billion of our taxpayers dollars to a Brazilian Oil
Exploration Company (which is the 8th largest company in the
entire world) to drill for oil off the coast of Brazil ! The
oil that comes from this operation is for the sole purpose
and use of China and NOT THE USA ! Now here’s the real
clincher…the Chinese government is under contract to
purchase all the oil that this oil field will produce, which
is hundreds of millions of barrels of oil”.
We have absolutely no gain from this transaction whatsoever!
But wait ………. it gets a LOT more interesting.
Guess who is the largest individual stockholder of this
Brazilian Oil Company and who would benefit most from this?
It is American BILLIONAIRE, George Soros, who was one of
President Obama’s most generous financial supporter during
his campaign.
If you are able to connect the dots and follow the money,
you are probably as upset as I am. Not a word of this
transaction was broadcast on any of the other news networks!
Forward this factual e-mail to others who care about this
country and where it is going. Also, let all of your
Government representatives know how you feel about this.
Below is the Wall street Journal article to confirm this.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203863204574346610120524166.html
March 27th, 2010 at 7:56 pm
It wouldn’t matter how much oil we add to the supply already on hand by drilling here. There is a limit as to how much can be refined and the oil/gas corporations in the US own the refineries and control the out put.
March 28th, 2010 at 2:31 pm
What’s happening on H.R. 4942?
September 3rd, 2010 at 5:23 pm
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