the very day Bush announced the leases were reopened the OIL spectulation market sank and it stayed that way !
Other market forces kept it down like Soros crashing the markets for his sock puppet.
No, the price of oil is down and the domestic rig count is down because we are seeing the demand for oil dropping at its fastest rate since 1982.
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