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From the moment Richard Nixon created the EPA in 1970, and signed the Endangered Species Act (ESA) into law, they have been the primary engines of social change used by leftists environmental elitists to destroy America. They have done so by infiltrating the EPA, and the US Fish & Wildlife (USF&W) the agency which decides what animals will be listed as endangered. Now, 28 years later, these renegade environmentalist wackos are prepared to use the ESA to shut down oil and gas operations in portions of Southeast New Mexico and in West Texas, including the state's top two oil...

America’s problem of energy dependence has been pushed into the background by the brouhaha concerning Democratic health care proposals. In the year-plus since the “Drill Here, Drill Now” movement captured the support of a majority of Americans, absolutely nothing of value has been done to increase the domestic production of energy. This inaction keeps us dependent on foreign oil supplied by countries which hate America. This is a disaster well on the way to happening. And what will happen when the foo hits the fan?