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Democrats Prepare to Buckle on Offshore Drilling
After giving in on FISA, now it’s time to surrender on offshore drilling.
Keep in mind that the “senior Democratic lawmakers” like Richard Durbin, who yesterday declared himself open to drilling, are fully aware that:
- Oil companies already hold over 7,000 leases for offshore drilling that stretch over 68 million acres.
- US Oil Production peaked in 1974 and no amount of drilling will reverse that trend or eliminate imports of oil.
- Drilling close to US shores has been the source of environmental disaster and that drilling the areas proposed this time threatens both scenic and environmentally sensitive areas.
- Drilling offshore and in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge won’t affect oil prices at all in the short term, and will have very little impact in the long term.
So they know that they’re giving away vast swathes of ocean and land, putting our waters, beaches, and wildlife in danger, and doing it all for no reason other than show.
By november, the only people left supporting the Bush administration will be in Congress and the Senate.
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