http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/videos.jhtml?v ...

Colbert on drilling.

http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog John Schneider, Northern Wisconsin

http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/24314114.html

From a real expert.  Too bad he is too short to run for president.

http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog John Schneider, Northern Wisconsin

There may be something else motivating the "drill now" election year drill, that I only mention because I haven't seen it articulated elsewhere, which is that, once lease sales are in the 5 year plan, projected revenue, even if wildly speculative, can be included in the federal budget. I engage in some speculation about the implications of this here: http://www.postnormaltimes.net/blog/archives/2008/08/here ...

Further insights on this are welcome.

I touched on this in an earlier post -- Democrats aren't just ineffectively countering the call for domestic drilling, they're actively playing into the opposition's hands by supporting hopeless requirements that domestically produced oil be reserved for use in America. Such provisions, of course, don't actually do anything, but they do create a false impression that increased domestic drilling somehow fosters energy independence. Terrible law, terrible politics.

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