Aug 01 2008
Democrats decide to keep ban on offshore/deep sea drilling
Today I called Brad Miller’s-D Raleigh congressional office and informed one of his office interns that I was demanding that he ask for a Up or Down vote. This vote would entail the lifting of the current congressional ban on offshore/deep sea drilling for oil.
His web site says he wants to help Americans struggling with high gas prices. Yet he ignores the one measure that could instantly drop the price on a barrel of oil, and that is lifting the congressional ban. His logic is flawed on the delay in getting the oil out of the ground. If Bill Clinton had not vetoed the previous attempt by the Republican Congress, we would have starting getting oil more than three years ago. So President Clinton is partly responsible for our current dilemma. And the Brad Miller is helping exacerbate the problem.
I am totally behind the effort to develop and increase of efficiency for solar, wind, hydroelectric, clean coal, and nuclear power. But without increasing our domestic production of natural gas and oil, we place ourselves at the mercy of middle eastern and other interests.
If the will of the people determine that I will be the representative of State House 33, I will not discount or ignore any possibility to help the people of North Carolina. Dan Blue supports Barack Obama who is against offshore drilling, while a majority of North Carolinians support it. Where does Dan Blue’s loyalty lye? I know where my loyalties lye, with the people of North Carolina.
