[Crush T Velour]

I posted this at Powerline but it's so good I'm reposting it here.

[Artemis Webb]

"I posted this at Powerline but it's so good I'm reposting it here."

Well you certainly got the "vanity" part right.

[wastedyears]

I wouldn’t want a union job. I don’t want politics to have that kind of role with my job, unless I would actually want to enter politics.

[cynwoody]

Drilling is needed to lower the price of gas (direct pocket book issue), promote prosperity (high energy prices are a drag on the economy), and promote energy independence (national security issue). The jobs angle doesn’t really do it. The oil industry – the upstream part of it, anyway – just doesn’t employ enough people.

[spokeshave]

And the money....billions of dollars stays right here in the USA instead of being sent to the islamics.

Maybe Halliburton will re-locate back.

[eyedigress]

They will anyway. Wait until the meltdown in Denver this week. If anything it will end up Clinton/Bayh.

[Doogle]

..note how the illegal immigration issue has fallen off the map?

[stripes1776]

Drilling = Jobs. That's the answer to McCain...and the Republicans too...winning in November: They should be saying "How do you spell oil? J-O-B. How do you spell coal? J-O-B. How do you spell new refineries? J-O-B How do you spell nuclear power? J-O-B. ... This issue could totally nationalize the elections in favor of Republicans.

Bingo! You are absolutely correct because people are fed up with paying $4+ for gas. And energy production plays right into a strong economy. I hope they pay you big bucks at your political consulting firm.

[rrrod]

The oil patch is a great career..great wages...can do spirit..hard work. Drilling along with major tax reform would move this country back on top in a very short time.
But if unions get involved kiss it all good bye. The oil patch from offices to the field is real work not make work.