oil in america

I found this off of Professor Smartass's blog. While that might not be a name you trust right off the bat (first impressions and all), you should check the site and the article out.

While I'd like to keep this a political blog, since oil is such a big issue, I'd like to point you all to an interesting article on the Committee on Natural Resources website.

To summarize the article. Big Oil companies are sitting on 68 million acres of land and not drilling, fucking over the American consumer for their own profits.

The Resources committee is a congressional committee of the House of Representatives. It's chairman is Nick J. Rahall, a Democratic Representative from West Virginia.

I write that because it's easy for certain 'committees' to just say "Hey! We're gonna try and pass a bill." This is actually a committee that can get it into the right hands and get it done.

That's not to say that the Administration we are currently under won't try and block it. It's pretty clear that this Administration was bought and paid for by oil lobbyists.

But, they can try and we can help.

I HIGHLY suggest that you contact your Representatives, Senators, Governors and witch doctors about The Responsible Federal Oil and Gas Lease Act of 2008 (H.R. 6251).

Here is a list of the members of the House of Representatives.

Here is a list of all the U.S. Senators.

Here is a list of all the U.S. Governors.

If you don't already have a personal witch doctor, do it yourself.

Letters to politicians work. Tell them how you feel. They don't know you. If they don't hear from you, nothing will change. You can't expect others to continually do the work for you. (this is assuming that you've never sent out a letter to a politician... if you have, don't stop now.)

Repetition, volume, solidarity. All send strong, powerful messages.

J