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Remember a few months before the 2006 election? A split GOP boiled
over on the immigration issue and the halls of Congress were jammed
with phone calls, emails, petitions, and an angry electorate that
would vote anyone out of office if they voted for that comprehensive
immigration plan. Congress heard it, and passed the positive
components of immigration reform that America overwhelmingly
supported. Like the wall. Just weeks before the election, almost every
ounce of rage was sapped from the voting public because Congress got
the message. We were going to actually build a wall. Problem solved.
We all know the result.

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Virginia Foxx, a Republican congresswoman from North Carolina asked a
great question during a press conference held yesterday "Why are the
Democrats anti-American energy?" Apparently being "anti-American
energy" means not allowing oil companies carte blanche to open up the
ANWR to oil and gas exploration or the outer continental shelf to deep
sea oil exploration. So why are the Democrats so "anti-American"?
Perhaps they don't believe that existing American oil and gas fields
are all in play. EIA (Energy Information Administration) data shows
that domestic production of oil has decreased from the 1980's to about
half the level today.

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... Here's my solution: Let's go back to fuel ration cards like they had in WW II. That will put an artificial clamp on the demand, and lower prices, right? Back then, to get a ration book and a certain classification, one had to appear before the local ration board and plea their case. ... Half of our oil supply comes from an area that is openly hostile to us, maybe more than half if you include Hugo Chavez and Venezuela. We are at war, or so we're told by those in DC. If our oil supplies fell into the wrong hands, we'd be in real trouble. Rationing is one answer to reduce over-consumption and leaving ourselves vulnerable to dictators. ... Of course, I'm being a bit facetious here. Nobody in their right mind is going to propose, much less ratify, petroleum rationing until the straits are dire. ... However, if push came to shove, and we were headed to $10/gal gasoline, I think fuel rationing might become a viable option and worthy of discussion.

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