Energy: Drill here! Drill now!

Over 70% of Americans think we should be harvesting more of our own oil. Which party supports the will of the vast majority of Americans on this issue? Democrats? Republicans? It will become increasingly difficult to determine as the Presidential Race heats up.

I'll admit, both parties have dropped the ball when it comes to energy. Both parites have caved to the minority environmentalist groups who are against any type of energy expansion. Even though we've heard our leaders say we need to become more energy independant, none have done anything to bring us closer to that goal. Sad isn't it?

Here we are, dependent on foreign oil, sending billions of dollars to unfriendly countries when those dollars could be spent right here supporting our own economy. On August 1st our Democratically controlled Congress closed shop for 5 weeks, leaving town without allowing a vote on the American Energy Act (H.R. 6566), an “all of the above” energy bill that would include offshore drilling. Nancy Pelosi played the role of the Pied Piper as she left town with her Democratic puppets following her. Republican leaders remained in Washington begging them to return to work and address this critical issue. What did Ms. Pelosi say? She said "Let them IMAGINE a vote!"

What's wrong with congress? What makes them think they can ignore the needs of America and put our Country at peril, bowing to those who deliver oil to us? Watch closely now, as Democrats begin to soften on this issue as Americans continue to cry out for more energy! The solution is simple, allow us to go get the oil. The Dems are going to complicate this issue and try to avoid looking like the guilty party as they block attempts to lessen our dependence on foreing oil.

WATCH, WATCH, WATCH!! Because for once, Congress can just do nothing and America will be on the road to energy independence .

Two huge domestic sources of energy–much of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) that surrounds our nation and the federal government’s oil shale lands in the West—will be open for drilling access on October 1 if Congress doesn’t extend a year-by-year appropriations rider that has stopped oil-shale energy production for the past year, and OCS production for 27 years.
By simply doing nothing, these bans will expire, and these taxpayer-owned resources will become available to add jobs, energy and national security for our nation.

The oldest of the bans is the annual rider that has been added to the bill that funds the government every year since 1981. It has made the U.S. the only developed economy in the world where it is illegal to produce our own energy on our own offshore lands.

The good news about these riders is that since they have to be renewed between now and October 1, the heightened awareness of Americans about our energy situation may mean that the nation will benefit, because, as everyone knows, if Congress is good at one thing, it’s doing nothing, and if they do nothing about these riders, America will be on the road to finally doing something about producing more energy at home.

Follow this link to Energy Freedom Day ! Support the effort to allow these riders to expire on October 1st. Also, watch closely as Democrats try to prevent the riders from expiring by attaching renewals to a must pass government funding bill and you will come to realize that you too are on the Republican side of the energy issue!

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