Posted by
Rich on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 4:22:55 PM
This article is from
Freedom's Watch.
Rising
oil prices are playing havoc with our economy. Continental Airlines
just announced it's laying off 3,000 workers; Ford is considering
slashing about 2,000 jobs. And now what you pay for electricity is going up as much as 29 percent. If you've had enough, please sign our petition and email your representative.
Since
the new majority took control of Congress in January 2007 on a pledge
to bring down gas prices, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid have not sent a
single bill that would lower fuel costs to the President. Just the
opposite. Reid tried to get the Senate to pass a "cap and trade" bill
that could have actually raised the cost of gasoline by as much as
$1.10/gal.
Meanwhile, Senator Chuck Schumer's solution to
skyrocketing gas prices is to bully Saudi Arabia into increasing
production and lowering their price of oil.
It doesn't have to be this way. Believe it or not, America may hold more oil
than Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and
Venezuela - but it is closed off to exploration by our own government.
So why bully Saudi Arabia when, in terms of oil production, we could
become Saudi Arabia?
The good news is that Congressman Mac Thornberry has introduced the No More Excuses Energy Act (H.R. 3089),
which would allow for more oil drilling here at home, increase wind
energy, encourage the construction of new refineries, and expand clean
nuclear power. If 218 House members sign the discharge petition on the
bill, it will be brought to the floor for a vote.