The Washington Post is reporting today that the Obama Administration will announce Wednesday afternoon that they will not allow offshore oil drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico or off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts as part of the next five-year drilling plan,
This move reverses the announcement made in March by the Obama Administraiton that they would open up the eastern Gulf and parts of the Atlantic to offshore oil and gas exploration.
This is not good news for America. It pushes us further away from energy independence. Also, as Wikileaks shows that the Saudis are funding terrorism, the banning of offshore drilling makes us more dependent on the Saudis for oil and forces us to give them more money to fund terrorism.
This ban is also a danger to our national security. If we cannot supply our own fuel for our military vehicles and airplanes, how in the world will we defend ourselves if we are called upon to do so at home?
We need a new President with a new Department of the Interior. Hopefully, we will get both in 2012.
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