Drilling the end result?

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It didn't strike me until reading this article that maybe we're looking at the gas "crisis" a bit sideways. Bush was the recipient of a huge amount of corporate $$ in his first election. More so than any other politician ever received to run for President. A lot of that money came from people who make gas, drill for oil, and big businesses.

For those of you who don't know, there are a lot of businesses that want to drill for oil on the continental shelf and also in Alaska (Wild Life Refuge). Well, now with gas prices really high, it seems the perfect opportunity for Bush to make it appear that _not_ drilling is only going to cause more issues. Could it be that Bush along with corporate oil companies came up with the idea of pressuring people into wanting to drill for oil in historically protected areas?

I like seals and polar bears a lot. Sure, I've seen them in zoos and on Planet Earth (Blu-Ray or DVD) and not in the wild - but I like them just the same. I think animals might be a little put off by increased human presence. Anyone watching "Ice Truckers" knows that those oil rigs don't just magically transport oil back to the public. The oil pipelines take a long time to build and require a lot of materials to be shipped back and forth. We're not talking about a _small_ impact to start drilling.

So the question is, could fear mongering go beyond getting the US tied to a never-ending war in Iraq. Fear mongers have already convinced people to give up some essential freedoms of privacy to warrant-less wiretaps (FISA bill just passed). And can someone explain how the democrats are being so ineffective? If anyone was elected with a "Mandate" it was the democratic congress in opposition to where the country was going and yet they've managed to go along with just about everything that the White House has wanted. Sure - they passed a child health care plan and even over-rode a veto or two. But in terms of standing up and saying "we're not going to just be pushed around" they're falling short. People want law-makers to be tough on crime and keep us safe. But they clearly didn't want the wiretaps or continuations of the war in Iraq or possible wars in other nations because they voted out a huge number of republicans!