[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

I always listen to people whose opinion I value. This Oil Company CEO, David O'Reilly, knows of what he speaks.

[alecqss]

“We should not be making these crass statements without facts. “

He said that to dems? I hope he at least enjoyed casting pearls...

[ozzymandus]

Bill O’Reilly keeps bashing the oil companies and claiming the oil co. CEO’s are “hiding under their desks”. I wish this O’Reilly would go on the other O’Reilly’s show and explain to him what supply and demand are. Unfortunately, Bill wouldn't understand a word of it. So much for that “Harvard education” he keeps bragging about.

[upsdriver]

Q. President Bush this week called for lifting the moratorium on offshore drilling. What impact will this have on future oil supplies in the United States ?

A. It is a good thing. The president is going in the right direction here. But I would have gone even further and lifted the moratorium with a presidential order. But you also have to remember that the lag time between exploration and first production is still in the range of eight to 10 years. Still, it would send a very strong message to the world that U.S. energy policy is shifting and is going toward a little more supply.

Nice interview. I believe as soon as the U.S. shows seriousness on new drilling domestically, the prices will stabilize and even drop.

[RightWhale]

David J. O’Reilly is speaking for himself, but he didn’t get to be CEO of a major by being wrong very often. Haven’t heard a Congressional Dem making any sense at all about oil matters recently.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

What I would encourage the Democrats to do is to look at the facts. We should not be making these crass statements without facts.

Headline:
Oil companies make unreasonable demands, say Democrats
"We're Democrats."

[TigersEye]

What I would encourage the Democrats to do is to look at the facts.

The planet actually will spontaneously combust before that happens.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

Even the Nytimen drive and buy gas. This is not the typical Nytimese grilling of an “enemy of the people.”

[TigersEye]

The Europeans have a strong environmental record but the Norwegians and the British have been able to safely encourage offshore developments. Brazil was a recent example of success offshore. So what’s wrong with this country? It is a shame that we need to get to $100 a barrel for oil or $4 a gallon for gasoline to have this discussion.

It's a shame and a disgrace. Congress is forcibly making us a 3rd world nation that can't even follow much less lead.

[VOA]

bump

[IronJack]

Already you have to use them or loose them.

The word is "lose," pundit. "Loose" rhymes with "goose," and is generally an adjective. "Lose" is the verb.

Leave it to the New York Times ...

[FlyVet]

In our case, over 80 percent of our leases are being actively worked. We turned back many of them last year, even before they expired, because many don’t have anything on them.

Our brilliant Congressmen: "We just gave you a million acres of Sahara for your water reservoir. What are you complaining about?"

[Waco]

If disney world, pro sports, college and high school sports see a 75% drop in their gates by election time? People vote with your cars! Where my car don’t go, I don’t go!!!