I hate to have to interject some facts into this discussion...but here goes.

The Republicans will tell you that the Democrats and the enviro lobby are responsible for a lack of new oil drilling leases.

Sounds good to the right wing whack jobs, especially those who get their "news" from Rush or from FoxNews, but the actual fact is that the last 10,000 approved oil drilling leases HAVE NOT BEEN DRILLED.

Why?

Because the oil companies are sitting on them to keep the supply lower.

But we don't have enough refineries to refine more oil, anyway, and that's the fault of the Democrats and enviros, too!

Really?

Well...no. There has been a grand total of ONE application made for a new refinery in the past several years...and, it was APPROVED.

Why haven't there been more applications to build more refineries so that we can refine more oil domestically? Because the oil companies want to keep the supply down.

How many refineries were there ten years ago? How many are there now?

Yeah...look it up...the oil companies have voluntarily closed refineries...lots of them.

Why? Must be the Democrats an the enviros again, right?

Yeah...it was the oil companies...again.

For those of you who get your news from Rush Limbaugh, and consider hearing it the next day on FoxNews to be "research into the facts", then you are idiots. You get the high oil prices you deserve.

You are being screwed by the oil companies...period.

They own thousands of drilling permits that THEY ARE NOT USING.

They have not applied for ANY NEW REFINERIES...except for one, which was APPROVED.

They have voluntarily closed dozens of their refineries here in the States...VOLUNTARILY.

The next time you have to pay $4.50 a gallon for gas, thank Exxon-Mobile, Shell, British Petroleum, and their handpicked cronies in the Bush Administration.

Don't believe what I've said? Fine...look it up.

As with most everything, it's public record, and you don't hear the truth on Fox or from Rush.

Fish on...

Todd