Posted by
Realman2020 on Thursday, July 13, 2006 5:37:22 PM
I like anyone else who lives in Florida. I take pride in our nice beaches too. But this reluctance to allow offshore drilling is a very pressing problem. With Israel on the brink of full scale war, Hugo Chavez and the leftist movement in Latin America and fighting in Nigeria. The price of a barrel can jump to $100.So get real!
Florida depends on revenue from the tourist industry. Well tourism is no good if the price of fuel too high to afford a visit to Florida. So my advice to Senator Nelson and Martinez is not to block the house bill for offshore drilling. It is in the countries best interest to allow a vote. Not only for our economic well being. Also for our national security. To depend on oil from OPEC is insane at this point. We have enough oil here in the 48 states and Alaska too to supply us for many years to come and insulate us from tin horn dictators words of rhetoric.