One of the funniest things ever said by a United States senator was said by Orin Hatch, or maybe it was Howell Heflin. Either way that in itself is proof that Republicans have the best names. But there was a picture floating around of a very large Ted Kennedy doing you know what with a woman in a boat off the coast of Florida. And Orin, or maybe it was Howell, said, "Ted! I didn't know you'd changed your position on off shore drilling."
What does that have to do with anything? Well, this week several of our country's leaders, notably, Sen. McCain have changed their position on off-shore drilling. Here is why I am opposed to off shore drilling.
1) We live in a global oil market. The oil pumped out of the earth beneath our coastal waters will not make us "energy independent". That oil, like all oil, will be sold to the highest bidder.
2) Pumping more oil will not solve our energy problems. It might delay the day of reckoning. It might give us a few more years of gasoline. But I doubt it. We will still run out of oil.
3) I live in California and like going to the beach.
What do I want to see happen? I want to see us wean ourselves off of oil and cars and the sprawling, farm and range destroying development cars encourage. I want to see a thousend little villages like Flavigny-sur-Ozerain, in Burgundy. Beautiful little villages with narrow streets, two and three story buildings, surrounded by farms. Or enormous densely-built cities such as New York, Boston, and San Francisco - surrounded by farms. We can't keep turning our farms into strip malls and expect our grand children to have food to eat.
As for the people who want to drill of the California coast. Well, I don't like them.
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It was Howell Heflin (whom I believe was a Democrat) and he said upon viewing the picture of Teddy "It appears as if Senator Kennedy has changed his position on offshore drilling."
You told me this story almost word-for-word
In this instance your memory is better than mine. But He was a southern Democrat so that makes him at least 1/3 Republican. He had tobacco farmers in his state.
Matt, I totally agree with you. It is madness to think that an increase in oil production by drilling in protected wilderness areas and off-shore will ease the burden American's are experiencing at the gas station. The only way to make us independent is to lessen our dependence.
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