FACTS we don't want to know about:
We are spending 700bln per year on foreign energy, money that never comes back; China is virtually buying Venezuela and will take every drop of oil pumped from there; we have no leverage to buy stuff from Iraq or anywhere else; we import 70% of our crude; we are hanging by a thread. T Boone Pickens is launching a serious campaign that you ought to know about HERE In order to solve this crises (and that is what it is) we are going to have to give up on our pet projects*
*abortion, death penalties, amending the constitution for whatever purpose, war in Iraq, whomever derangement syndromes, schools, envy of oil profits, the environment über alles, etc.
We are in a crises and must act. Take a look at that site. . Get the facts. Play the 5 minute video.