I heard it somewhere, that the mere threat of us drilling more of our oil will drive prices back down, due to OPECS fear of us reducing our demand of foreign oil. Personally I am all for drilling our own, taking Iraqi oil to pay us back for liberating that crappy country, and Mexico should be giving us oil for all the American dollars that are pumped into that economy due to all the illegal aliens from that country. Those 3 things alone would reduce the cost of oil in a heartbeat. So where is the logic in preventing our own drilling. If it wasn't for libs in the mid 90's stating it was pointless to drill in ANWR and offshore because it would take 10 years to produce any results. If we looked to the future no for just immediate appeasement of whacked out lobbyists, we would still most likely be at $1.25 to $2.00 a gallon for gas. So why repeat the cycle. If it takes 10 years to get 1 barrel, who cares. We will not be so advanced with alternative fuels, that our dependence on oil will decrease enough to justify not producing more of our own.

What really stinks about this whole mess is the section 8 population moves into a neighborhood where a property owner takes the vouchers for guaranteed money, and they bring the public housing mentallity with it. In my neighborhood alone, where I work my a$$ off to pay the mortgage, these people come in and turn the neighborhood into a public housing looking area, and pay little if anything to live there. If my statement is stereotypical, so be it. My wife, a big liberal, asked me for the first time how to get a concealed carry permit to walk my children during the daytime. The new elements and type of people coming into the neighborhood on an everyday basis have brought more reported crime, burglaries, vandalism and car thefts. I work hard for everything my family has, and these groups of people don't and get to enjoy everything I work 40 - 60 hours a week for, for basically free. I say if you tear the public housing down, fine, but rebuild it and make the people earn the right to live there. It is not up to every other hard working person to give people who don't or won't work anything with our tax dollars. Great, no public housing is fine, just don't give them free rent to live in my neighborhood and drive the house values down even further, than the market is doing on it's own.

Who cares, all a lot of talk with no hope of follow through. As long as Barrack and that witch Hillary don't get elected, I'll be happy!

It is true that ANWR and other drilling would benefit the US. We would lose our dependence on foreign oil, which also leads to us financing many terrorist states. I too agree that we need to move from oil to other renewable sources, however, to get there, we need to become independant with what we already have. I know whacked out environmentalists will fight this to the end of time. But we need to give a little first to get to where we want to go. We need to drill our own oil. I only fear if Barrack or Hillary get into office and they start taxing oil companies, we the public will feel it at the pump more than we do now. Although I am an independant and don't side with either party, the left wing (dems) of the government have screwed us since the early 80's. Yes it is mainly the dems fault we are where we are at now.

Henderson Well put. As for backing down, we are not allowed to as police officers. The NRS would hold the department,city and individual officers liable if the officers walked away. When a felonius act is being committed (having a knife and threatening officers and others with death is a felonius act), state statutes require police to intervene or be held ultimately accountable for any action that happens after choosing to walk away. It all falls back on Zyber. Sign the tickets and go on your way, you receive a court date to have your case heard. If you present your facts well, it may be dropped. Zyber is a chronic law breaker who was again caught. I have a better and easier idea. Obey street signs and traffic law. So for those who don't know what police are required to do in certain situations, don't assume we can choose to ignore it. I agree the loss of life is a tragedy. No child should be without there parents. But the end result is due to Zyber (a chronic law breaker who should not be allowed to drive any vehicle much less an ice cream truck)and Zyber alone.