Don't Ask, Don't Drill

IBD Editorials ^ | August 11, 2008

[Kaslin]

Energy: Barack Obama says tire inflation would replace all the new oil to be found offshore. How does he know, when he sponsors a bill forbidding us from even finding out how much is there?

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While House Republicans valiantly fight to increase America's domestic oil supply in a darkened House chamber, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama fights valiantly to keep America in the dark about exactly how much oil is available from new offshore drilling.

Obama, who has flip-flopped into alleged acceptance of offshore drilling as part of some grand energy compromise, has in fact been leading a one-man crusade to keep the American people ignorant about what is at stake in the debate over offshore drilling.

In 2005, he voted to kill legislation that would have measured our offshore reserves.

That effort failed and a preliminary inventory report was produced in February 2006.

But those estimates of what lay beneath the 1.76 billion-acre continental shelf were based on old data obtained from surveys using old exploratory technology.

The Interior Department report stated: "Resource estimates are highly dependent on the current knowledge base, which has not been updated in 20 to 40 years for areas under congressional moratorium . . ."

The reason is that while requiring regular inventory assessments Congress provides no funding to conduct new surveys.

[right wing]

This is the stuff that great and winning commercials are made of in a political campaign. Getting this news out and relentlessly driving it home to the public will win the presidential race and possibly defeat the dems in congress.

I sure hope that the powers in the McCain camp recognize this gift horse.

[BipolarBob]

The MSM gives the rats a pass every time.

[Go Gordon]

I sure hope that the powers in the McCain camp recognize this gift horse.

First, you better check to see how McCain voted for the same bill.

[Dilbert San Diego]

Barack doesn’t want to get into drilling. Instead he wants to “invest” $150 billion in alternative green energy programs. Where he will get $150 billion, he doesn’t say. But he says that’s the solution to our energy problems, not more drilling.

[OBXWanderer]

3d vs. 2d

And 3d is 20 plus years old.

[right wing]

That's exactly my point - publicizing Obama's bill denying exploration while pretending to "compromise" will be a nail in his richly deserved coffin. Getting the word out by exposing the bill he is sponsoring is imperative!

[mouse1]

Keep supporting our congress heros that are still in Washington!!

We need a vote
Nazi Pelosi AmericanVoices@mail.house.gov

We need emergency session
President Bush comments@whitehouse.gov
202-456-1111

John Boehner invited McCain to join them
McCain needs to get his a$$ to Washington where he belongs
It will bring the much needed media attention
http://www.johnmccain.com/Contact/

[MichaelAsher54]

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