[JasonC]

Occidental. Petroleum. Al. Gore.

[popdonnelly]

Citgo. Hugo Chavez.

Not drilling domestically will hurt us and help our enemies. A perfect scenario for the the American Left, as embodied by MoveOn.

[conservativeharleyguy]

"...Occidental. Petroleum. Al. Gore..."

And there you have it. If the left can succeed in demonizing the big oil companies, and tax them enough to cripple their competitive advantages, then Occidental Petroleum, the ALGORE's oil company can step into their vacuum.

Since it's his company (well, to fair, it's not entirely his, but it is very largely controlled by him and his family), he'll get a pass from the greenie watermelons because he's their idol, and he'll promise to buy carbon credits (from yet another of his companies) to offload his guilt onto some third-world cesspool.

He'll answer the call to "drill here, drill now" by starting up all of the idle wells that OXY bought up in the Permian Basin when the price per barrel fell out the bottom in the 80's, and then he'll make a mountain of money off both ends of his tidy little con.

He's gonna scam 'em all, and we're along for the ride. Good Lord, I can't stand that man! He's a huckster and con man of the first order. Bill Clinton looks like a bumbling frat boy in comparison (OK, he is a bumbling frat boy, but...!!).

[litehaus]

"Occidental. Petroleum. Al. Gore."

Shame on you for presenting FACTS re algore........We are supposed to remain ignorant of the past so we can "See the Future with HOPE for CHANGE" !!! /sarc