Comments on: How could Obama possibly lower gas prices if he is against oil drilling?

By: Barney

Barney — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:10:11 +0000

Ahhhh, a woman after my own heart, a woman with brains. XXX,OOO

By: Page1344

Page1344 — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:10:11 +0000

As long as the Commodities Futures Modernization Act goes unchanged nothing anyone does will matter. You can drill your little hearts out and completely destroy the environment, but nothing will change as long as speculators are allowed to run amok.

Simply adding the words "and energy" to the Commodities Futures Modernization Act would bring gas prices down overnight.

80% of all known oil off the continental shelf of the United States have already been granted permits to drill, but those that would do the drilling are sitting on those permits. Ask yourself why.

By: just me

just me — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:10:11 +0000

I agree! Anyone with an ounce of intelligence has to know at this point that Obama and the DNC actually are in favor of the high gas prices (the Al Gore influence perhaps)! They have criticized every idea to help alleviate our gas pump pain and have offered absolutely NOTHING to help! Obama even "admitted" that this is the case. When asked if the high gas prices are actually helping us, he stated: "Well, I would have preferred a more gradual adjustment".

Everyone really should read the link and article provided by Boatman 1 and then forward it to their Congressman or Senator! He really does make a lot of sense.

By: Scot S

Scot S — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:10:11 +0000

The biggest consumer of oil in the world, by far, is the U.S. military.

No war means no need for military means more oil for everyone else.

McCain would substantially increase the military and thus consumption of oil.

By: nosnod™

nosnod™ — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:10:11 +0000

ok, I'll try not to get ugly about this…for those that keep saying it wont help for 10 years"if we had done this 10 years ago we wouldn't be in this mess…just because the oil companies drill it doesn't mean they have to use it right now(they can cap it off and use it when needed)…what will happen is it will force other countries to lower their price to stay competitive…or we will just use what we have here and not buy from them…now for those that keep saying we need to stop using so much gas "you guys stay home" I don't drive any where I don't have to,I cant afford to… when I do go some where I take others with me so we don't all have to use different cars to go to the same place…we do need other sources of energy and we should be working on it but what would Obama have us do until we have these other sources, stop driving to work, the grocery store what do these people want from us…

one last thing,lets see where Obama stands on this issue around the middle of September…
always nosnod