Our Own Worst Enemy

It's true that many times my fellow Americans, we are our own worst enemy. Our Government gets away with deceit and trickery, and outright shirking it's responsibility to the people. Ultimately we the people, bear the responsibility for holding Government accountable. In the information age, our Government has become more transparent then ever, of which I am sure lawmakers are very displeased with that fact. That said, it surprises me that there is not a greater uproar amongst the people, now that a gallon of gas is hovering around four dollars per gallon. The solutions our elected officials have offered up so far are a bogus 18.4 cent "gas tax holiday" and a lawsuit against the oil producing nations of OPEC. They can do more, much more to bring relief to the American people. In fact some of the solutions are relatively easy to implement. We can drill in Alaska and off of our own coast to increase our domestic supply. Sounds like a great idea, why hasn't it happened yet and why don't the people demand it? It has not happened because Congress will not allow it, siting environmental concerns. The people do not cry out because most are probably not aware of this opportunity. I am very concerned with protecting the environment. Having said that, there are four really good reasons for Congress to allow domestic oil companies to drill in and around The United States. One, it will bring price relief to the millions of Americans suffering due to the cost of gas. Two, it will make us somewhat less dependent of foreign oil, which in turn will give us more negotiating leverage with some troublesome nations, thus helping our National Security. Three, the technology to drill for oil with minimal environmental impact is available, and has been already proven to work in environmentally sensitive areas. The last and biggest reason; FOREIGN COUNTRIES ARE ALREADY DRILLING OFF THE COAST OF THE U.S. CHINA DRILLS CLOSER TO THE U.S. COASTLINE THAN WE DO! We can not regulate the environmental impact of their drilling efforts right off our coastline. So we might as well get some of our oil for ourselves. The ineptness of our Government and apathy of our people would almost be laughable, if found in some work of fiction. This is all to real, and we had better smarten up real soon.

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