I just now saw this poll...

I picked the third one.

If the dems don't do something before the election...they are dumber than I thought the leftists in power behind the scenes were...then again maybe Soros doesn't care about throwing away money and losing the Prez race... again.

Obama has already flipped somewhat, depending on the day and what group he is talking to...making tons on the left furious.

Pelosi is nuttier than a fruit-cake...we shall see. 

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

Drilling is just another GOP gay marriage wedge issue. Why not ask
ExxonMobilEnron why their not drilling on the billion places they
already have approval to drill on?

Imagine all the corn fields were 90% weeds. You people would want to plant corn in the parks.

Will Democrats relent on planting corn in the parks?

Even if they do support it, which I don't believe they will, the American public is already aware of them trying to take credit for anything that has success.

The surge is a great example.  Most democrats were against the surge, but after they reevaulated the situation (found out there were wrong) they decided to switch issues.

The oil issue won't just go away for them though, and if does they will probably try to take credit for it.  Problem is they know have a recent example of not supporting something but trying to take credit after it succeeds.

Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying. 

- Ronald Reagan

"Oil.....BAD!" ~ Senator Frankenstein (D-Laboratory)

I mentioned in an earlier thread that there are oil wells near my house. Within a five mile radius of my home there are probably a dozen oil wells, and at least one or two are going nearly all the time these days. I don't know what their production rate is, but in Kentucky there has been a lot of regulatory hurdles to sink new wells.

Once they are pumping oil a couple of new problems present themselves. The main problem is that distributors are slow to pump oil out of holding tanks near the well and rocker. That's why I scoff when I hear people say that we are having a supply problem. Secondly, often the energy cost for getting the oil out of the ground offsets any profit the lease holder or well owner gets from the oil. The wells around me are usually run off electricity, supplied by an rural electric cooperative or the TVA. Usually, the wells are not near enough an electric lines that the owner has to use propane to run the pump. It takes energy to get energy.

The wind doesn't blow enough in Kentucky -- especially in the summer -- to use wind to power the rockers.

Last winter my children and I hiked through a large forest behind our home -- probably about 1,000+ acres of second growth forest. I was stunned when I discovered a rocker pump twirling away less than a mile from my house.

The left has villified oil production and drilling to the point that people think it will destroy the environment. It has not effected the environment in my -- quite literally -- neck of the woods. I never noticed them drilling that well, and I never knew the pump was back there. On very rare occasions I can smell the gas coming from the pump. I just tell guests "that's the smell of money." A nearby dairy causes more smell (none of it bothers me) than the oil wells.

I just don't buy that drilling for and pumping oil is going to cause that much trouble. The only thing I can see around here is that it has boosted the local economy. I've not really had any direct benefit, but a friend asked me if I'd be interested in a stint as a roughnecker on a well he's sinking on his land. The offer is quite lucrative. I cherish my hands and limbs, though.

And people thought we only had coal in Kentucky.

The Dem's may allow to have a non-binding vote, but only if the GOP allow them to have a vote to put some other bill that is full of pork and does nothing but buy vote back home. Then when the GOP don't go for that the Dem's will blame the GOP for holding up the vote for oil and make the GOP looks like the bad guys. But, by that time it will be November and in the end there will be no vote. At least until January and the GOP take back all three branches. (yes wishfully thinking but one can "hope")

Come on folks, old Nancy will not allow a vote before November. She wants a change in the current leadership, and hopefully, more Dims in congress before they'll talk about it. Rumors persist out of Washington, incumbent Dims have been told by Pelosi to swing the other way to garner support for their re-election. The game plan seems simple:

1. Support drilling if your coming up for election. This way you

2. Claim credit when a new energy program is finally passed.

3. Allow Pelosi to take the heat until November. She's not up for re-election.

After November, most individuals will only remember that it was the Dim's that brought them out of anarchy with their new and improved energy proposal. Of course, the plan will not work since they will be required to drill on already leased land; stricter eco laws; only partial off shore drilling (again, limited to small areas where the possibility of major discoveries would be rare); and best of all.... Windfall Tax!!!

During this time with political correctness at its zenith, I reserve the right to let you know you're an idiot.

The end times draw nigh!  And only Pelosi and Obama can save us from our stupid, greedy selves.

And as Obama might say, "We are the enemy that we've been waiting for."  Therefore, we deserve to have gas prices go up and up - until we are chastened into living lives of bitter frugality.

All praise the Great Peloma!  They have seen the light - and turned it off to save energy.

If the dhimmi's in congress don't put some oil on the market besides the Snake Oil they always peddle they won't need quite as much gas after Nov. They will be living a lot closer to home.

Old, Retired and glad of it.