Green on the outside, red on the inside.

I assure you, allowing for a bit of license, that with some latitude and a barrage of media bombast & with some pithy comments from the Chief Mouse in the WH [ blather about the birds & bees, etc] that in short order the oil rigs would be in the lobby of the Fountinbleau, a foot short of the Ladies room, & quite near the reception desk.
But they have to be Cuban. We will have to drill in the North Pole, if at all. How Are you for wax candles?

“Was” should be “were”. Subjunctive mood.

think much of the human race.

It’s akin to boycotting KFC because they buy chickens from farmers that aren’t free range or are treated cruelly. I pointed out to the teenager who provided it to me that people work at those farms/fast-food establishments rely on wages to put a roof over their head, feed their families and possibly purchase health insurance. I explained that in no means is the welfare of a chicken more important than the welfare of a human.

This pipeline in its original route had already undergone the rigorous Environmental Impact review and took years of research and work. All it took was one governor pushing for a new route. It’s akin to the Alaska pipeline that many spouted would hurt Alaska, to which it appears has permanently assured land is set aside to which the environment has benefited.

This is about votes. Obama knows he needs the greenies to get re-elected. So what if this means upsetting the unions. He can always buy them off. Funny how just over a week ago he made those bogus appointments to the NLRB.

You are right to be concerned about jobs. But the above post was about drilling and the price of gas.

About the above Fact #1. It doesn’t matter where oil is extracted, it goes into a big pool called the Market. Any new oil extraction goes into the Market, around the world. It doesn’t matter where you drill. Jobs are something else. In American waters, the drilling would create jobs. So, although the addition from a well near Florida would not affect the market much, there would be jobs created for Americans. We like this!

About Fact #2 above. Gas is just like oil, it goes into a big pool called the Market. It has a market price. Drilling around Florida will not really bump the market price. The world craves gasoline, just like we do. So the price goes up and down (lately up!). Because of world demand, our country is now a gasoline exporter. This means our refineries have more capacity than the domestic market. We must make the creation of new refineries easier, because we already extract/buy more oil than we need. So, although the oil extracted from our lands may belong to the Market, the jobs belong to us. Surely Jindal can get behind this

will read our emails for challenging Obama to butch up and say no to enviro-facist kooks.