Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008 | 2:02 a.m.
It was shameful that Speaker Nancy Pelosi adjourned the Democratic-controlled “Do Nothing” House for a five-week vacation without doing one thing to address our nation’s energy problem.
Pelosi could be the most ineffective speaker of the House in history. It is puzzling how she can continue in office. I’m sure it might have a little something to do with the ultraliberal district she represents in California.
She has stated she will not authorize an “up or down” vote on drilling because it will have no effect on the price of gas, and that she wants to “save the planet.” Mrs. Pelosi should take a course on the commodities futures trading market. If Congress would authorize drilling of any kind off our coasts and in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the price of oil would drop immediately, before one drop comes out of the ground, and that’s a fact!
To go back in time a bit, if President Clinton had authorized drilling 10 years ago the price of oil would also be much less than it is today. We cannot keep putting off increased oil drilling in the United States. It’s the only way we can get to the long-term objective of eliminating fossil fuels and utilizing alternative sources of renewable energy.
Perhaps we will get lucky and Nancy Pelosi will continue to ignore the will of the American majority and finally be voted out of office. That would really save our planet!
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