Reply #51: You can take it to the bank! [View All]

[GreenTea]

Alaska-Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia -

ALL republican governors in ALL red states. It's NOT like they Obama is opening up drilling in sensitive areas like ANWR that we are talking about here, there's already drilling in the Gulf & the Atlantic coast and off Alaska.....these are red states, they want oil drilling, they obviously vote republican and they want drilling & the majority of republicans are voters who want it...

Personally, I certainly don't want to see more off-shore drilling opened up in my state, California, nor in any other environmentally sensitive areas like ANWR and I KNOW I won't under Obama...

The drilling is off-shore of all red states, consensus is there's not much oil they haven't already found and already have been drilling for. "Drill Baby Drill" is republican politics because they want to drill everywhere even in most sensitive of areas.

How many Democratic Governors are in the those oil drilling states in question? - Alaska - Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia - ALL republican governors in ALL red states.

I believe it's political and Obama knows exactly what he's doing.

Obama's is pretty much shoving the off-shore oil drilling right down the republicans loud demanding throats off-shore in mostly republicans states, also Alaska another red state will see some drilling - but there are no plans to drill in The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) and it will NOT be touched!

There's not much oil in most of these places. so let the republicans and oil companies bitch...when they say there's no oil in these southern states....and when they want to open other more sensitive areas (and they will)... Obama can easily then say NO.

Of course republicans will always say "that's not enough, "we want more areas opened up".

Fuck that, Obama is NOT going to open up sensitive areas for drilling we gave you huge sections...We gave you republicans areas you wanted..."There's very little oil in those areas", too bad. Now shut the fuck up!

In republican red state areas, with all republican governors...who cares, let them eat shit, they are drilling all over those areas right now anyway, what's a few more?

And it WILL create JOBS!! (And who knows it even increase more domestic energy for our need, as well as create more tax revenue for some much needed social needs).

“President Obama once again today reaffirmed his commitment to passing comprehensive energy and climate legislation. Controlled drilling in the purposed southern states areas will also help get the 60 votes necessary votes to pass energy and climate legislation.

I can see what Obama is doing very clearly...it is indeed a smart & necessary political move.