Don't be so blinded by the rhetoric and ideology. Quite frankly...Nobody believes him!

Don't be fooled by Obama's energy rhetoric. If anything, the policies announced by Obama yesterday will actually decrease and delay future U.S. oil production. The President actually canceled four lease sales off the Alaska coast that were planned to begin producing oil within the next two years, delayed a planned lease off Virginia until at least 2012, and placed some areas off limits for at least seven years. Go back and look at his actual announcement again: he only promised new exploration off the Atlantic coast. There is absolutely no guarantee that any new drilling will ever occur!

Secretary Ken Salazar's Interior Department still has full discretion to never allow a single drop of oil to be harvested from these waters. And that doesn't even begin to address the court challenges the enviro-left will employ to attack and delay the entire process.

What is really going on here is the man behind the curtain is trying to win political support for comprehensive energy and climate legislation (HIGHER TAXES!)...to deliver legislation that regulates carbon dioxide emissions before any fuel is produced(HIGHER TAXES!). Legislation like cap and trade that is estimated to cost the average family of four almost $3,000 per year, cause 2.5 million net job losses by 2035, and produce a cumulative gross domestic product (GDP) loss of $9.4 trillion between 2012 and 2035. High energy prices are not a side effect of climate legislation - they are the whole point (HIGHER TAXES!). Americans deserve an energy policy that reduces prices, creates private sector jobs, and reduces our national debt. Right now they have the opposite.

Where's the proof? Of course, there is no guarantee that any new drilling will occur. The plan is to explore coastal areas for oil. It makes sense to find the oil first before harvesting or drilling anything!

Americans deserve energy independence but it's not going to come within a few months. Along with the the exploration and search for fuel sources in the USA, we need to encourage more scientific research and development in energy.

Where was the crystal ball a few years ago?

Look at the amateurs who run the Republican party! How are you going to talk about lowering deficits when you're out making it rain like Adam "Pacman" Jones in an Atlanta strip club?

I wonder who got spanked for this misappropriation of donations.

Steve, you missed the point.
More drilling. Isn't that a Republican position? Yet the Republicans are against it.

Yes, more drilling IF it brings gas prices down and makes us more self reliant. But if we are using it to create massive red tape of new legislation (cap and trade) that cripples businesses for the sole purpose of feeding money-drunk Washington and creating a cash cow for them...then no, we don't want to do it. We want to create more private sector jobs, not eliminate them. And we certainly don't need anymore government jobs.

While a certain amount is necessary, government jobs are a drain on the economy. Retire at 55 with full health and pension and you and I must work another 15 years and support them while while we put that extra time in. It's a joke!

The unemployment rate held steady at 9.7%. I expect this number to start dropping. The President will need to explore ways to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship. Does John Boehner have a plan?

I know this is bad news for the gloom and doom crew who pray for the failure of the country; hate Obama just because; and seek power by trying to stall the current administration.

That's awesome. Maybe the $787 billion stimulus is paying off!

Consumer behavior shows recession is over

I may go out a buy a new bass guitar.

I'm eying a new comp.

I'm still looking for a new case.