8/1/2008
The Wall Street Journal’s opinion section has an insightful article on stonewalling by Democratic leaders related to the energy debate. Among other things, they note that “for the first time since the 1950s, Members will skip town today for the August recess without either chamber having passed a single appropriations bill. Then again, Democrats appear ready to sacrifice their whole agenda, even spending, rather than allow new domestic energy production.”
Of course, Pelosi and Reid both know that if the issue goes to the floor for a vote they would lose and oil companies would gain access to oil-rich areas in and around the US they’ve been so long seeking. Reid and Pelosi have tried to place blame everywhere but where it belongs, on their leadership. In this case, I guess we would call it their lack of leadership. Pelosi and Reid favor a lawsuit against OPEC, but they refuse to allow American companies to tap our own resources in order to become less dependent on OPEC.
Perhaps the greatest irony coming from the mouths of these so-called Democratic “leaders” is this: Pelosi and Reid insist that oil companies don’t want to drill because they want oil prices to remain high while, at the same time, they refuse to allow oil companies to drill for more oil.
Someone please explain this to me.
Ultimately, we know for sure that we have enough natural resources of our own to completely replace the oil we currently import from the Middle East. I think most people would agree that having the ability to declare our independence from Saudi oil would be a great thing.
Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid don’t seem to agree.
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