Off Shore Drilling? Surprise!

Indeed this announcement was a surprise to me to learn that Obama has decided to lift a 20 or so year ban on off-shore drilling and exploration. My immediate thoughts were something like, “What’s his angle” or “what does he expect to weasel out of the Republicans now?”. My reaction turned out to be similar to other bloggers, who did not know what to make of this new “revelation” from the White House. Some may say that I’m paranoid, and sometimes I feel that way, but somehow everything Obama is doing comes back to amassing more government control.

It was no surprise, however to hear that there were many bleeding-hearts for Obama, singing his praises as a “fix-it man”. And all of this coming as news of drilling restrictions being lifted. My answer to those people: No single politician since the beginning of human kind has ever kept the best interests of his constituency in mind all of the time. Obama’s decision to allow drilling and exploration off-shore has more to do with things that are either not reported or information that is hard to find.

It’s all political, no matter how you spin something. Obama has his and his party’s interests at heart on this one. We just need to wait and see where this goes.

~ by Daniel Crowder on March 31, 2010.