TMLutas:
James – The GOP has an energy policy of using all available sources as they become economically viable without major subsidy (ie no more subsidized than anything else we use).

Absolutely wrong. The consumption of oil in this economy is subsidized by the federal government in the billions of dollars each year. Without our government subsidizing the oil industry, other forms of energy would be more economical, benefit from economies of scale, and become ever cheaper.

Simple fact: the less oil the US uses, the lower the price of oil. The lower the price of oil, the less $ bleeds out of our economy and into the coffers some people who are our enemies.

Filling up your gas tank is shoving $ into the pockets of the mullahs, the pockets of Putin, the pockets of Chavez.

I think many of you guys should have bumperstickers on your cars that say, “I Support Hugo Chavez and Putin, and I vote!”