From Drill Baby Drill to Soar Baby Soar

As we observe what is happening in the Middle East, we need to strongly consider what we can be doing here at home to further America’s energy independence; not only for our livelihood but for our nation’s security.

What has our current leader done to advance this mission?

President Obama has done everything possible to restrain domestic energy production. From implementing a drilling moratorium in deep water, a de facto drilling moratorium in shallow water to refusing to grant deep-water permits in the gulf. Government action on Gulf drilling permits ALONE would directly calm the oil markets and bring down prices, even though new production would not come for several years.

It’s not just the Gulf of Mexico that is off limits. Obama opposes drilling anywhere offshore, including in the rich arctic region which is known to hold billions of barrels of oil reserves. But instead of reducing prices, Obama seems to be hell bent on driving them up. Could it be our current leader is more interested in kowtowing to environmental donors in advance of the 2012 election?

What do I have to say to all this pish posh? “DRILL BABY, DRILL.”

Sarah Palin is a strong advocate for an energy policy. She wants to produce more domestic energy and buy less overseas. She realizes the importance for America to rely less on foreign regimes for one of our most used resources. As the former governor of one of America’s largest energy-producing states, a state oil and gas commissioner and chair of the nation’s Interstate Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, I’d say she knows a thing or two about the matter.

"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." --Abraham Lincoln