That is a partisan opinion piece. Not knocking ya bro, but that is typical partisan politics at its finest. "We Democrats passed... blah blah..." Same goes if it was a Republican site. Basically, she is distorting information to support her point. Yes the oil companies have "leased" that land, but what she doesn\'t mention is that the oil companies "know" there is no oil there.
This is exactly what most Americans are sick of and why Congress\'s approval rating is lower than Bush\'s. Congress (especially the HoR) is worthless.
On a similar note... this whole thing is what is tearing America apart. We should go back to the good old times where the President and the VP were elected based on who got the most votes and the runner up.
I doubt anyone could complain about an Obama/McCain Presidency. It would force these two bickering parties to work together and stop pointing fingers.
I see what you\'re saying,..but how can you say the oil companies know that there is no oil there if they haven\'t even explored there yet?...68 million acres is alot of land...and yes i know they have equipment that can give them an idea of where oil might be,...but with over 68 million acres for them to search, it might be a bit foolish to think that there isn\'t any oil there,... i\'m sure there has to be oil somewhere within these area\'s....and i realize that the article had a bit of a democratic view on it...*something i knew you would pick up on my conservative counterpart*...
....but i mostly just wanted to point out to you that the oil companies do indeed have much land to explore.
And that\'s neither a democrat thing or a republican thing,...it\'s just a fact they have access to a huge amount of land or ocean area\'s with which to perform their search...
