Nan Reneges on Her Openness to Oil Drilling

In less than a week after stating she would be open to the possibility of a vote in the House on offshore oil drilling, 'Nan' Pelosi reneged on her offer by stating unequivocally that she is still 100% opposed to such a vote.

Pelosi maintains the only way she would allow an up or down vote on oil drilling is to lump it together in a bill that would eliminate so-called 'tax breaks' for oil companies, which by the way pay over 50% of their profits in taxes in addition to the taxes per gallon at the pump, and take the money she would confiscate from the oil companies to invest in 'alternative energy.'

You mean, 'big wind' as in T. Boone Pickens' companies, Nan? The ones in which you have invested your personal funds?

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Nan claims that drilling offshore will result in a mere 2 cents per gallon savings in 10 years.

But market analysts strongly disagree. Gasoline prices are based upon oil futures. By merely announcing today that the U.S. is going to drill in ANY area off of our coastline that shows there are bountiful supplies of crude oil, the price would drop by 40 cents per gallon almost overnight.

Nan, however, wants us to believe the worst lies possible about oil because she is banking on T. Boone Pickens' notion that we can 'wind-blow' our way out of the energy crisis, and she has put her personal funds on the line by investing heavily in Pickens' companies.

Under normal conditions that would be considered corruption--conflict of interest. But in Nan's House of Clowns in Washington such a thing is considered normal. Remember, Diane Feinstein, D-California, was the ranking member of the very committee that granted millions of dollars in government contracts to Feinstein's husband!

Yet nothing, nary word, was said by the Democratic leadership.

And Nan is going to get away with her conflict of interest because the criminals are guarding the prisoners. This is the way Nan's House works.

Nan also lied about the GOP plan in the House to approve offshore oil drilling. It is NOT just about oil. The GOP plan includes oil, coal, nuclear, solar, electric, hydrogen energy cell, air compression, and yes, even wind turbines.

The difference is that the GOP correctly believes that it is going to take ALL of our available resources, not just a select few, to meet the nation's energy needs and get ourselves off of foreign oil.

But Nan wants oil, coal, and nuclear off the table.

Apparently the environmentalist wackos that bankroll her political career laid down the law to her about her previous willingness to consider offshore oil drilling.

And as long as Pelosi blocks new oil drilling, she and her puppets can push government contracts that will lead the nation to 'big wind' and none other than T. Boone Pickens!

It's all about the money, isn't it, Nan?