[thackney]

ConocoPhillips has been trying to get permits for NPRA for 6 years. The government sold the leases, the exploratory drilling was completed, but they cannot get the permits for production facilities.

[Brett66]

but they cannot get the permits for production facilities.

That sounds like quintessential Obama, have a press conference announcing the selling of leases, then simply refuse to allow them to build anything there behind the scenes.

[de.rm]

..meanwhile under the our Rockies and elsewhere on our own land we have more ready to go sweet crude than ever squeezed from 7th century towel headed sand monkey's, that's right , I said it, I said it because it's true, I won't lie or be a wimpy go along to get along pc sorry a$$ wimp.

The only reason we pull oil from that Godforsaken part of the world is so we can sell them weapons and get our money back.

Heck oh mighty, (oh, excuse my french) we still celebrate Columbus day because he was willing to risk his life falling off the edge of the 'erf, just so he wouldn't have to deal with the mid-east devils.