such as Lindsey Graham sell themselves for five dollars worth of bi-partisanship.
The only thing worse than a prostitute is a cheap prostitute.

Announce that you may reinstate the missile defense shield in Poland if the Russians approve.

During one of his diatribes on energy he talked about all the ways we were going to obtain energy in the furture. Nuclear was in there, and a mention of frilling. Of course he never said where or how much. But this way, when he does his weekly radio address or the next SOTU he can say…”look what I did. Got us more off shore drilling. I kept my promise. Aren’t you lucky to have me?”

The important thing to remember is that the entire area has been in a lockbox for thirty years or so.

For all the resource estimates batted around, nobody knows what’s there until it’s drilled and assessed. All the current estimates are based on seismic data that is very old and sparse. Now the process can begin of filling in the gaps with modern data, allowing the geoscientists to get a peek at the true resource potential.

Here’s where the hangup will be:

In many of the newly opened areas, drilling would begin only after the completion of geologic studies, environmental impact statements, court challenges and public lease sales.

Especially with sympathetic judges and permitting bureaucrats, anti-drilling forces can keep this bottled up for a while. It may be an attractive playground for the big companies who need to explore frontier areas, but it they perceive too many obstacles to development, they’ll still be looking internationally.

Socialist countries ultimately end up nationalizing their natural resources to support their government behemoths.

Hear me know. Believe me later.

Industry representatives and various denizens of Congress have been meeting for sometime on this issue. Activity cranked up when Graham started the discussion by saying the offshore drilling needed to be included with the “cap-and-tax” deal.

Obama view this as a “win, win” since it allows him to peddle the meme he is for offshore drilling. In reality MMS (see Elizabeth Birnbaum’s testimony) and the other goofballs Obama appointed at DOI have been larding up an already litigious process with more hurdles. Short story? This is mostly talk and any actual drilling/production will be years away (if it survives the environmental and other legal challenges). Any eventual “mandate” will be very narrow and negligible to our energy issue.

Let’s see what DOI’s response is to Virginia’s (bipartisan, by the way) effort to proceed in January with the sale of leases off their coast will be. I am not hopeful for any real movement- other than it should lift the curtain on Obama’s mendacious, pernicious propaganda redirection.

Oh and almost forgot. I assume the GOP reads the news an will respond sometime this century to counter the propaganda?

Too much to ask, I suppose.

…didn’t you, Moe?

That was the most vague piece of nothingness I’ve ever read.

We’re going to drill for our own oil?

Under an Obama Admin?

Yeah, rrrriiiiggghhhhhttttt.

See Jim Geraghty’s list of 33 expired promises (lies) at NRO’s Campaign Spot.

we learned that this president will lie with a straight face and that the devil is in the details. Like the health care bill, we need to dig into the details of this proposal. I’m betting the farm that it’s not a pretty picture.

Always suspect the motives and intentions of the “evil one.” “Hmmmm…how can I get my tax revenue generating “cap and trade” past these Neanderthals. They don’t very much like me right now. Hmmmmm….this should work…drill baby drill!” Can you say “rabbitt trail” or better “rabbitt hole”?

was to nationalize the energy industries. They have laid out a trap for Rep. If Rep. vote agst. crap & tax, D’s will yell “obstructionists!” & scream loudly that R’s are agst. energy independance. Gas prices will go up, & this will be the “crisis” that they will use to take over the industries. As I’ve said before, as bad as the deathcare bill is, not everyone uses health services everyday; however, virtually everyone uses energy 24/7.

…assets according to the Congressional Research Service.

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=34233

O/T – GOP wussing out on repeal already: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100331/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_overhaul_republicans

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100331/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_overhaul_republicans

Obama can say “Hey, look at what I’m offering you.”

And when the Republicans refuse to deal, he can then proclaim them the “party of no” because of their refusal to “compromise”

This is your country with socialists in charge…

Any questions?

But we cannot trust the republicans… we’ll see what happens. I am a firm believer that if it were not for the tea parties for example, the GOP would have assisted in what we now have as socialized medicine.

It’s a moot point on drilling in the Atlantic at this point, the costs uncured exceed the value of the oil at today’s prices.
Even if a lease sale makes it to fruition (never happen the enviro-loons will keep it tied up in court for years). it simply costs too much to drill out there.

As far as the Gulf concessions, the same applies, the areas that could be freed up for drilling are in Deep water, and costs don’t presently work out there either.

While Obama is spewing this garbage, you better watch what the other hand is doing, because to date he has done 180 degrees opposite of what he says he is going to do 100% of the time.

Thank the good Lord Kaine is gone gone gone as our Governor. He wrote a letter to Salazar back on 2/19/09, asking him to delay the lease sale-

http://www.offshoreenergylawblog.com/files/uploads/documents/kaine_letter_to_salazar.pdf

From his letter-

“Our policies do not support exploration for oil or production of gas or oil, which would be allowed under lease sale 220.”

“As I understand it, the 5 year lease plan includes 3 areas off the Atlantic Coast. I have consistently called for the MMS to consider the Atlantic coast as a whole, rather than singling out a particular state for lease sale.”

On December 23, 2009, our newly elected REPUBLICAN Gov. McDonnell wrote a letter to Salazar, and asked that he not delay the lease sale-

http://www.bobmcdonnell.com/index.php/press_releases

Salazar Rebuffs McDonnell-

http://thehill/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/78223-salazar-rebuffs-mcdonnell-on-virginia-lease-sale-report

Salazar replied that any lease sale would be delayed until “at least” 2012.

I believe McDonnell’s letter stated that from studies already conducted, there would be enough oil to fuel all of Virginia’s vehicles for at least 4 years. Yes, this is a pitifully insultingly small bribe. However, McDonnell has said that he knows of at least a few oil companies interested in purchasing the leases. I doubt the oil companies would go for something that would be a loss. But, it doesn’t matter, it will never happen. It is probably to insure our 2 Democrat Senators, Webb and Warner’s votes on Crap and Pis$. They are for drilling in VA.

supporters. During the Gingrich “Drill Here Drill Now” wave, I believe that there was something like 74% in favor of drilling for our own oil. I wish we had that kind of number of people opposed to Obamacare, but that’s a moot point now.

http://www.kentucky.com/2010/03/31/1204601/obama-to-unveil-offshore-drilling.html

According to administration officials, they will proceed with drilling off Virginia, provided that the project clears environmental and military reviews.

There is no way on earth that “the project clears environmental reviews” period, end of story. The greenies are major Obama supporters, and no way will they allow mother earth to be raped and pillaged by those evil oil companies. That is, unless Obama gets 99% of the revenues. Then the greenies will be under the bus.

I’m the world’s worst poker player… never know when people are bluffing, misread my own cards, lose track of my chips even. So when I heard Obama’s oil/gas drilling announcement today, the first thing I thought is: Gee, we must need the oil really bad.

And maybe it’s as simple as that. Maybe we just really need the oil and the gas, regardless of today’s current price. And we really need the nuclear reactors. And the windfarms and solar ranches. And the clean coal. Maybe the administration’s energy guys tallied up all the figures and screamed: Holy crap!

Or maybe I just got bluffed again.

This is a quote from August 1, 2008 in Florida before the Democratic convention opened on August 25, 2008.

“The Republicans and the oil companies have been really beating the drums on drilling,” Obama said in the Post interview. “And so we don’t want gridlock. We want to get something done.”

The freshman Illinois senator and presidential nominee-to-be added: “If, in order to get that passed, we have to compromise in terms of a careful, well thought-out drilling strategy that was carefully circumscribed to avoid significant environmental damage — I don’t want to be so rigid that we can’t get something done.”