QUOTE(AngelFace @ Aug 7 2008, 12:47 PM)
But because it won't lower prices THIS WEEK, and because it won't yield our own oil for a few years, the Dems and liberals poo-poo exploration and drilling because they only see TODAY -- they have no LONG-TERM VISION or plan.
Frustrating.
Interior Dept. Opens 2.6 Million Alaskan Acres for Oil Exploration - NYT 7/17/08
3-weeks later...
The U.S. has now had three consecutive weeks of daily gasoline price drops. Triple-A says the national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas is three-dollars-84-point-nine cents, more than 26 cents a gallon less than the record high set on July 17.
someone tell the republicans in the darkened house chamber...
then again...
maybe they like huddling in the shadows...