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June 18, 2008
Offshore Oil Drilling, Gas Prices, Obama
As gas prices have been stagnant at $4.61/gallon for regular in Los Angeles (the average is $4.075 for the country) for the past five days, John McCain is calling for, among other things, offshore drilling laws to be eased. He's obviously gaining oil industry support.
Then today, President George Bush called for a lift on the ban of offshore drilling, even though it could take 10 years to get the oil "fully pumping again."
Meanwhile, Nobel Peace Prize winner, uber alternative energy advocate and former Vice President Al Gore officially announced his endorsement of Barack Obama on Monday.
Photo: AP Photo/Alex Brandon
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Say what you want about our government for either party, or America's position in the world, but the undisputed beauty of the USA lies in its natural beauty; the purple-mountain majesties above the fruited plains, from sea to shining sea. That beauty was here not just before the white man, but before even the native Americans. It's our true heritage. Offshore drilling not only messes with that, but, in destroying out country's undisputed natural beauty is UNPATRIOTIC!
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so if it takes 10 years it will give them 10 years to make excuses to keep the prices higher and higher and then by then inflation will make it cost the samea nyways so its a lose-lose situation...try those honda hydrogen fuel cell cars