The facts are in! Incontrovertible facts that say, Americans want to drill inm Anwr, offshore, develop shale oil production, buile new refineries and gain freedom from OPAC while stopping further price increases!

They have considered all possibilities and want to act NOW!

But, the Democrat Majority in Congress are bound to follow their ENVIRONMENTAL MASTERS!

The Las Vegas Review Journal had an article in their Editorial section. In part it says:  

Mr. Bush’s proposal echoes a call by Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain to open the Outer Continental Shelf for exploration. Democrat Barack Obama, in contrast, has opposed the idea, instead arguing the government should collect money from us in taxes and then send our own money back to us to use in buying gasoline, while also stepping up efforts to develop alternative fuels.

Elsewhere among Democrats, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he’d refuse to allow a vote on the issue. Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., chairwoman of the Senate Environment Committee, wailed: “This proposal is something you’d expect from an oil company CEO, not the president of the United States.”

But if oil executives want to work harder providing us with more oil, that’s admirable and patriotic … isn’t it? How would their interests in such an enterprise diverge from those of an American president or Americans in general? Compare this to, say, South African diamond producers, who might well hope to block the development of new diamond fields, which could lower the value of their own holdings.

Who is it, really, who objects to new drilling, and why? Let’s run down the list.

The long-term objection of the congressmen of the shoreline districts has been that oil spills could harm fishing and local tourist economies.

Never say “never,” but this concern must be put in perspective: In 2005, the massive Hurricane Katrina — the third-strongest hurricane to make landfall in the United States in modern times — failed to cause a single offshore Gulf rig to spill any appreciable oil. That’s an impressive safety performance. Besides, failure of the United States to drill these international waters won’t stop the resource from being developed: Cuba and other nations — with environmental safeguards possibly lower than ours — already drill these waters.

Lee ADDS: The arguement set forth by the Democrats is as phony as their leaders! There is no legitimate reason for not gaining energy independence now. There is no reason to allow prices to increase further!