Off Shore Drilling Now

Despite what the people want, Congress, and it's Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, have been raisin' hell the past few days about NOT lifting the ban on drilling off America's coasts. Unfortunately, one of our Florida Senators, Nelson - D, has his head up his butt and isn't listening to the people, either.

Recent polls say close to 75% of Americans want us to DRILL NOW! http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1519
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/884/gas-prices
(http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=6214070).

President Bush has lifted the moratorium from the Executive Branch. What's the Legislative Branch doing? Nothing. Telling us that we need to conserve more; look for alternatives; or live with the high prices. They're gonna go on vacation, but tell us to suck it up and drive on. Screw that.

Congress's ban on outer continental shelf exploration expires every year on September 30, which means that if the Democrats want to continue keeping gas prices high, they will have to act a few week's before November's election. They must vote to keep it in effect. Ha - they won't be able to hide their votes this year!

The President of the Institute for Energy Research
(http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/), Thomas Pyle, issued this statement in response to President Bush's annoucement:

"The federal government has made it illegal to produce taxpayer-owned energy from taxpayer-owned lands for nearly three decades. That’s a fact consumers need to understand as they cope with skyrocketing prices for everything from groceries to gasoline. Most Americans understand the law of supply and demand, but they may not know that America is the only developed nation in the world that restricts access to its own offshore energy resources, or that an annual vote in
Congress is require to continue that policy. That time of the year has come, and the next 78 days will be a critical period for America’s energy security."

Congress, our 535 representitives and senators (lower case on purpose), are making us pay $4+ per gallon. They're the same people that MANDATED the use of ethanol which is screwing up not only my Harley, but has driven food prices outta sight. But, I digress - that's another column.
It's time to call, mail and e-mail your representitive now and let 'em know how unhappy you are because they're so outta touch with reality. Hold their feet to the fire )like last year when they tried to sneak the Immigration-Amnesty crap through. As Chuck Norris said recently:

"Bottom line: It is "We the People" who have power over the government, not them over us. They are called to protect our pursuit of life, liberty and happiness, not vice versa. And if they don't, the Declaration of Independence states, in no uncertain terms, that we are "to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for (our) future Security." It's time to replace most members of Congress with "new Guards". . .

That's what November's for. . . unless they listen NOW.