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Government reports on the undrilled, unexplored oil fields all agree that drilling would effect the price of an oil barrel in the neighborhood of a few cents per barrel.

All government reports also say that drilling in ANWR and offshore would have the effect in the world oil market of adding 1/10th of 1% which would have how much impact on the price of oil? That's right. None.

Oil companies currently hold leases on 63 million acres of land that they've refused to explore or drill. Let them work with those lands before they start raping our national parks and beaches.

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Locky, forget that the Repug "Do Nothing" Congress let the big oil lobbyists write the Bush Energy Bill that threw out all energy anti-monopoly law instituted after the Great Depression?
Forget why Dumya has replaced his Treasury Chief at least 3 times, the last dropping 50 billion of oil futures on the stock market, while CEO for Sachs-Goldman, to drop the cost of gas just before Dumya's second stolen election.
Or, the Bush Federal Exchange Commission dropping the collateral requirements on Wall street transactions in2004 to unleash the speculators.
The Bushies have already defeated Dem proposals to take some record big oil profits and devote them to alternatives since the big oil boys have invested so little while they buy up these competitors!
The Dems have had a bill to correct all this and fund alternatives which the Repugs and Dumya have opposed. All the repugs can say is drill, drill, drill...while our refining has remained at full production and without any improvements in over 32 years.

Thank you repugs for your greed that is hurting most Amercans! Thank you for classifying the Cheney Energy Meeting minutes to hide your vice and corruptness further!

Locky, you are mentally deranged and .... so greedy (bigoted too on other issues)!

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Locky, Pelosi has at least 59 Bills approved by her House, but just sitting under threat of Bush veto... she has done her job to correct many of the vices of the past Repug Congress. One of her first bills was to address the Repug Medicare Prescription Bill to allow drug negotiations... since our VA drugs are 58% cheaper due to ability of the VA to negotiate prices... So, The big Pharmaceutical's commecials won the drug battle not to touch the Repug Prescription bill... another example like the Repug lies and big oil commercials on oil too! Look at the big oil commercials as they tell you they now own alternatives they have hitherto not been allowed to own... and they aren't putting R&D funds into these alternatives!

Repugs still support those Siapan sweat shops that have forced prostituton and forced abortions too!

At least give the Dems a 2/3rd ownership of he Congress in the next election to finally stop this repug evil and corrupt obstructionism!

There is a terrorist party in America and the world, and it is the repugs!

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