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Obama Blames Oil Companies For Lack Of Drilling

Incompetence, Obama

In his Friday press conference to discuss gas prices, President Obama was rather defensive, straining to counter the notion that his administration has been unfriendly to oil drilling, something most people would like to see a lot more of these days.

Where do people get that notion? Perhaps his Interior Department appealing a judge’s ruling that it act on several pending deepwater permits had something to with it.

Missing $4,155? It Went Into Your Gas Tank This Year - US Business News - CNBC

Democrat, Liberal, Obama, Narrative, Oops, Energy

It's been 30 years since gasoline took such a big bite out of the family budget. When the gifts from Grandma are unloaded and holiday travel is over, the typical American household will have spent $4,155 filling up this year, a record. That is 8.4 percent of what the median family takes in, the highest share since 1981.

'Two oil men' to blame for high gas prices, Pelosi says - CNN

Hypocrisy, Liberal, Oops

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Thursday blamed the "two oil men in the White House," President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, and their Republican allies in Congress for gas prices exceeding $4 a gallon.