I agree that we should be spending more on things here at home instead of other countries our money, you will not get an argument from me on that. I still want to know why everyone thinks there is so much oil here. The bottom line is, there is not enough oil in this world to continue use at its present rate. Why are we not doing something LEGITIMATELY to convert to alternatives? This is not just an Obama issue, this is a nationwide issue. Under no administration have we done enough to try and find alternatives. Instead we have one side that wants to drill every where on God's green earth, and on the other side we have people who want every last tree and shrub untouched for eternity. There is a middle ground, but nobody is looking for it, instead they are busy calling the other side names.

If we can put folks in space you can't tell me we can't drill for oil or dig for coal in a responsible manner, all the while researching for safer, cleaner and yes....greener energy supplies.

Perhaps, instead of just democrats and republicans we can have a party of common sense and lack of greed. Is that really too much to ask these days?