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Home Front: Politix
Top Democrat may back new offshore drilling - Epiphany?
2008-07-09
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A top U.S. Democratic senator said in a newspaper interview published Wednesday that he would consider supporting opening up new areas for offshore oil and gas drilling.

"I'm open to drilling and responsible production," Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin told The Wall Street Journal, adding that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid could also support the move.
Machine Democrats just now smelled the meat a'cookin' ...
However, Durbin said his support for opening new areas to drilling was contingent on setting requirements that oil and gas companies begin production within a specified time frame on acreage they have leased from the government.

The spike in oil prices to record highs above $145 per barrel has prompted calls for the U.S. government to allow energy producers to explore for oil and gas off the East and West Coasts and in the eastern region of the Gulf of Mexico. Those areas are currently off limits to exploration.

Republicans say their efforts to open up new regions for exploration have been stymied by Democrats. Democrats say energy companies are producing oil and gas from only about a quarter of the 91.5 million acres currently leased from the government.
Newt was right!
Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC

#5  I'll believe the Dems are serious about domestic energy when John F'kn Kerry and Bridge Kennedy endorse wind farms in their home state.
Posted by: USN,Ret.   2008-07-09 22:34  

#4  here is what should be done
1 Revoke the frickin national gas tax
2 Drill here!
3 Do not allow oil produced here to be shipped overseas.
4 Create an american oil exchange for the oil produced here. If we get our dependence down to 30% then the govt could and should set prices on an american exchange.

As the big oil companies complained to congress they are dependant on the whims of foriegner's and must pay what they are charged... so if the govt sets the price per barrel then we would deflect ourself's from the ramp up in china/india. It is american oil we should benifit not the japanese who pay BP a premium for alaska crude.
Posted by: dan   2008-07-09 22:24  

#3  Ironically, as myself and other Netters have pointed out over the years, the VARIOUS RECYCLING TECH being pushed by the Enviros are predominantly based on advanced materials derived from - WAIT FOR IT - AAWL = OIL, which the Enviros like to claim the World is running low on ala PEAK OIL.

IOW, TO MAKE THEIR RECYCLING AND OTHER ENVIRON AGENDUMS A REALITY, THE ANTI-WOT "NO WAR FOR OIL" ENVIROS + ALIGNED ACTIVISTS BY THEIR OWN SCOPE-LOGIC NEED TO SUPPORT + WAGE A DE FACTO
"WAR FOR OIL". They must in fact support Dubya's alleged "WAR FOR OIL" = WOT, NOT argue agz it.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2008-07-09 19:48  

#2  Speaking of energy - They were trying to open a new coal plant here in OH - you should've seen the moon bat enviro douchebags clammoring out of the tofu spores mugging for local tv time...
Posted by: Alistaire Snavith3832 AKA Broadhead6   2008-07-09 18:33  

#1  This comes after yesterdays news that Congress Critters are considered cute by very few percentage of people, single digits, which means only the squirels sitting in the trees in Berkely support them per yesterdays pole. So these Congressional pole lickers need to do SOMETHING to get the poles back up above 9%.
Posted by: a yankee   2008-07-09 17:37  

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