George Bush and John McCain agree, offshore Oil Drilling is a good idea, and they want to end the ban. ------------------------------- WASHINGTON ? President Bush, reversing a longstanding position, will call on Congress on Wednesday to end a federal ban on offshore oil drilling, according to White House officials who say Mr. Bush now wants to work with states to determine where drilling should occur. The party?s presumptive presidential nominee, Senator John McCain of Arizona, used a speech in Houston on Tuesday to say he now favors offshore drilling, an announcement that infuriated environmentalists who have long viewed him as an ally. Even before the disclosure of Mr. Bush?s decision, the drilling issue caused a heated back-and-forth on the campaign trail on Tuesday, as Mr. McCain sought to straddle the divide between environmentalists and the energy industry, while facing accusations from his Democratic opponent, Senator Barack Obama, that he had flip-flopped and capitulated to the oil industry. Senator Harry Reid, the Democratic leader, responded by calling the vice president ?Oil Man Cheney,? saying: ?So all that Cheney can talk about, the Oil Man Cheney can talk about, is drilling, drilling drilling. But there is not enough oil in America to make that the salvation to our problems.? After hearing of Mr. Bush?s proposal on Tuesday night, Mr. Reid affirmed his opposition, saying, ?The Energy Information Administration says that even if we open the coasts to oil drilling that won?t have a significant impact on prices.? And the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, said, ?The president?s proposal sounds like another page from the administration?s energy policy that was literally written by the oil industry: give away more public resources to the very same oil companies that are sitting on 68 million acres of federal lands they?ve already leased.? End of Excerpt Source: New York Times The argument to drill for more oil is null and void. A) Oil will run out sometime in the future B) It damages the environment (also fuels Climate Change) C) Just because other nations are doing it doesn't mean we have to. D) It won't change gas prices. E) Also it's a lie that China is drilling off our shores. Thats my rant.
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