This is energy independence?

During the dark days known as the Carter administration, a new Cabinet level Federal department was created. It was created for the purpose of REDUCING our dependence on FOREIGN oil. This department is known as the Department of Energy.

As with all Federal Government initiatives - this been a total failure. No worries though, we will keep at it. Spending more money, regardless of the obvious failure.

To add to this delicious mess, we have this article. It describes how a plan to increase domestic drilling was stopped by a judge. Once again, the environmental lobby has thwarted an attempt to expand our domestic production. If you want to reduce the dependence on foreign oil, you can 1)Reduce Demanad (which stifles economic growth); 2) Create alternate energies (Nuclear!); 3) Drill our own oil.

As expected the enviro-weenies block the only 2 options for more energy creation - no more drilling, no nukes. If they have their way - we would be left with reducing demand. This, of course, would cripple our economy. But, since the global socialist movement has found a home in the so-called environmental movement - crippling and controlling our economy is what we can expect.