Mel Martinez opposes oil drilling in the Gulf also. I'm very disappointed in him. I voted for this spineless jellyfish because there was no alternative.
I live in Tampa and would love to see oil drilling rigs on the horizon. It's far better than being held hostage by a bunch of terrorists.
I liked to sit on the beach, the grasy Corniche, in Al khobar Saudi Arabia and watch the twilight fall and the lights on the rigs in the gulf blink on. It was a beautiful sight.
There will never be as many in Florida and I think over the horizon and not visible from shore. There was no pollution in the Gulf.
The prohibition of oil rigs is chicken Little mindset at its worst. There needs to0 be public beating of people who oppose and stagnate our great republic.