Is Nancy Pelosi really going to allow a vote for offshore oil drilling?

Exactly. Unless you would like to see higher gas prices hurting the economy offshore drilling is a good thing. I really don't understand the safety fears of people just because we had one little accident recently.

There are at least 4000 other wells in the Gulf, probably more which have been drilled without incident. Drilling safely is not beyond our technical capabilities. BP has accepted liability for the mistake and will be gunshy about that kind of liability in the future as will other companies.

Opponents often say that it will take 10 years to bring wells online if we start exploring now with the implication that it is too long to bother with. I say that just means we had better get started ASAP.

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