Bush wants to lift 27 year ban on oil exploration in USA

It would be a step in the right direction but it will never happen. Congress will do all they can to put a stop to it. What we need is to get rid of career politicians and put in real people that live in the same world as we do. Lobbyists should be outlawed and things should be looked at with common sense instead of an eye toward who will put the most money into their next campaign.
Of course this to will never happen because lobbyist and special interest groups want people that they can control and they have the money to make sure they get it!

I think think that we should drill, and explore for oil in the United States, but I think that their should be some rules before they start drilling. The first priority for this oil should be to fill the SPR, the second priority would be to supply the United States oil needs, and then if any oil is left it can be exported. The problem I see with allowing the oil companies to take out all of our oil is they will just release it all on the open market and charge us the same amount that they would the rest of the world. We currently are exporting oil now, and so why would we think that the oil that we get off the coast, or in ANWR would be any different. If you the big oil companies have anything to do with this, they will make even more, and put us in a worse situtation then we are now.

I do not believe that this go through. I don't think they will cooperate. I hope they do, but they are not in any hurry to do anything. I really pray I am wrong.