It does annoy me that we let the Liberals define our vocabulary. "Energy Independence" is their favorite phrase for "tax us (by way of the oil companies) into poverty".
If we really wanted "energy independence", we'd be drilling in Anwar, CA, the Gulf of Mexico, and in the Atlantic off FL. And we'd be building refineries in various locations.
It's not that we don't have plenty of oil, it's that it's not politically correct to get it or use it.
And why do they only tout "energy" independence? More and more of the goods we consume are coming from foreign countries... our food, our clothes, our cars, our furniture, etc. Thanks to these enviro-whackos, manufacturers have fled the state, and the nation, in favor of foreign soil and cheap labor. Every day we become more dependent on foreign entities yet that is AOK with liberals like Clinton.