What's this OIL about........?

Americans, if you have not by now gotten the message that the politicians are JEOPARDIZING OUR NATIONS SECURITY, you are hiding under a rock somewhere or you are plain stupid.

Who the heck is in charge...we the people OR we the politicians? This report you are about to read is shocking and if this doesn't move you to want to join forces and take our country back, then you really deserve what you are going to get......TYRANNY!!!!!!!!

Are you aware the NRA and their members saved our 2nd amendment on Thursday.... That is proof that membership works folks.

Here is the report:

We the people were recently polled about drilling for our own oil and the polls showed an overwhelming majority in favor of doing so. So this should be a no brainer, right? We voted these dirt bags in to work for us...protect our country and our liberty and all the other good things.

Now, we have the follow up by "we the politicians"

Folks we are funding the economies of countries that really are unfriendly toward the USA. Look at pictures that you can find on Google when you search Dubai. You will be astounded, shocked. Yep, we are still funding their economy and now they are buying our banks. What a crock.

The story:

Consider the history of "Destin Dome" a geological formation in the gulf of Mexico, about 25 miles from Pensacola Florida., that purportedly has enough natural gas to supply a million homes for 30 years. Now, not only will you then appreciate how difficult it is to drill offshore, you will also appreciate the inanity of democrat charges that BIG OIL isn't drilling all of it's existing lease holdings.

Drilling in the Gulf Coast has long been contentious. Five years after the 1973 Arab oil embargo, congress amended the OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF LANDS ACT (get familiar with this term folks, you are going to need it) to give states, local governments and those dastardly environmental groups more leeway to challenge drilling in the federal waters off their coasts, and folks, they did that with the enthusiasm of a lion chasing a deer.

James Watt, Pres. Reagan's environmental (supposedly) hostile Interior Secretary tried to reverse this restriction by opening almost the entire OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF to drilling. Now that would have been an excellent idea....right?

Well, here come our "we the politicians" a California congressional delegation who "SLIPPED" (doesn't this always happen under the cloak of darkness) a provision into an appropriations bill that placed a moratorium on drilling off that states shores.

QUESTION: Were "we the people" ever asked or informed about this....hmmmmm!!! Well, subsequently, congress enacted separate moratoriums on Florida, New Jersey, North Carolina and California.

These bans folks, didn't cover the DESTIN DOME, which went on the block in 1984. Yep, a real head scratcher.

Chevron, Conoco, and Murphy Exploration drilled three exploratory wells there in 1987, '89 and '95 that found an estimated 2.6 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. Here now comes the tricky part. In order to produce this Chevron had to get approval from the state and federal government.
Well folks, this should be a formality. Guess again.

What do you think "we the politicians" did...?

This is where it gets interesting. Chevron did what they had to and that is submit a development plan to the state and the Interior Dept for review in 1996. Bush the first in 1990 had placed a temporary moratorium on new drilling off South Florida, fulfilling a campaign promise to sunshine state voters.

1995 Clinton came out against new lease sales, and Florida's congressional crew, both Republican and Democrat (we the politicians) successfully supported another moratorium on new drilling to replace one that had expired. Stay focused here, it gets better!

QUESTION: Were "we the people" ever considered, brought into the mix ...?

Chevron proposed drilling 12 - 21 gas wells. Florida bureaucrat commies took their time before nixing the application 2 years later. Our Dept. of Commerce can overturn this, Chevron appealed. Under the law there is no deadlines on appeals. So, Chevron the sued the Federal government in 2000 claiming they had been denied a timely and fair review of its plans.

Bush the 2nd is sworn in. His Commerce Dept. also twiddled its thumbs. Meanwhile, Bush met secretly with Floridas then governor - his brother Jeb - a FOE to offshore drilling. They agreed to have the Federal Government buy back the leases for $115 million and placed a moratorium on drilling at the DESTIN DOME till 2011.

QUESTION: I thought that if our country has natural resources that "we the people" should benefit from it.....!

There are now 140 actual leased tracts there that cannot be drilled. "We the politicians" are shouting out loud and pointing there famous finger to BIG OIL saying, they already have 68 million acres of drillable land and sea, which equates to the size of Illinois and Georgia combined. They "we the politicians" say to BIG OIL, "USE IT OR LOSE IT"

Guess what folks, those acres include the DESTIN DOME. Cannot do anything there.

What did Chevron do? They went to Angola and is now producing natural gas for sale to the USA.

Pass this data on to your friends, get word out and join powerupamerica. Without membership we are nothing, have no voice, fewer rights and are moving closer to tyranny.

Thank you for reading.

GOD BLESS AMERICA.