The Roanoke Slant

Roanoke Times, 7/15/08, Pg 1: Bush lifts oil-drilling ban. Says this means that the only thing standing between the American people and these vast oil resources is action from the US Congress.
The Roanoke Times editorial-news then goes on to state: “Experts agree that it would take at lest seven years before benefits from overturning the ban were evident”.
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Did these same “unnamed experts” say that if Bill, Al, Hillary and Richardson had developed our energy resources when they were in office 16 years ago, things would be great now? We would have a nuclear power plant coming on-line every month, we’d have oil independence (not dependence) from our own assets; renewable solar, wind and energy start-ups would be coming on-line every month in volume, we’d be driving fuel-efficient vehicles made in the USA and our economy would be humming not hurting. What a shame they were such losers and laggards and let us all down!
The Roanoke Times forgot to fill us in on these simple truths on the way to more Bush-bashing.
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Also, if we got serious tomorrow about drilling and energy independence, OPEC and other countries would increase production and reduce prices the next day. Why? Because it would make it more difficult for us to justify developing our domestic production. Sure way to kill the start-up competition, and then make up the shortfall later with another price increase.
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It now appears that by November, the average American voter will well understand who has refused to develop our resources, who continues to stone-wall development and thereby continues to keep us in harms way. Your Democrat Congress at work!
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Prior Items:
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2008/06/boogeyman-drilling-for-oil-near-florida.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2007/06/democrat-hot-air-energy-bill.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2005/04/energy-challenge.html
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