Rep. Bill Young and drilling

For years, it was one of the strongest arguments for blocking oil and gas drilling off Florida's west coast, particularly for conservatives who weren't fretting over the environment:

Putting rigs in the eastern Gulf of Mexico would compromise one of the nation's largest unobstructed test ranges for the U.S. military's air and sea forces.

Now Indian Shores' U.S. Rep. C.W. Bill Young is among those willing a different stance. Read story here.

Comments

Of course Young is crawfishing on off-shore drilling. That's what is buddy Bush wants him to do

Maybe one of the oil companies are going to give his grandchildren a job

Max Linn sucks at life.

1025 maybe one of his grandchildren can say more mature things than you can....and his grandkids are really young

[Campaign Manager]

Way to sell us out, Bill.

Good job.

campaign manager, how did he sell us out? just curios, whos campaigns have you managed? the article says he will only support drilling if the military line is respected (which keeps rigs atleast 150 miles off our coast), and even gene couldn't see that from clearwater beach.

[Jorge Arbusto]

The whole drilling issue is nothing but a sideshow staged by none other than the great assclown Newt Gingrich and designed to make it look like the Democrats are to blame the crippling gas prices. I believe that they intend to call it the 'Pelosi premium' or some hogwash like that.

Not that I have anything good to say about Nancy Pelosi for any number of other good reasons but this is just more political chicanery from the party who is proud to have a know nothing base that continues to buy their phony white populist garbage hook, line and sinker as they are then bankrupted by the elitists who really control the Republicans.

Hell, I'm all for offshore drilling, drill in Anwar...who cares? It's not like the looters and corporatists aren't destroying the rest of the planet in the name of greed so why should any place be sanctified? Sounds good but if you really think that any offshore drilling is going to provide immediate help, relief to gas prices or isn't destined for the export market and China to begin with then I have a used movie set of a dude ranch in Crawford, Texas to sell ya.

Why doesn't CW Bill Young tell us the truth about this latest corporatist con job?

Gene, Gene, Gene Smith: Why don't you just run for office. You always seem to think you have all the answers and bich, moan and groan about everything Congressman Young does, so why don't you just run against him and do it yourself. You are a boil on the a#s of society.

[Jorge Arbusto]

why doesn't Bill Young just level with us about the dishonesty of the GOP's big drilling ruse?

You could open the entire coast to drilling tomorrow and it would be nearly a decade before you saw a drop of oil.

The whole thing is just another one of those election year con games that fails to address the real problems in favor of cheap political tricks played on folks who are hurting economically.

Congressman CW Bill Young owes his constituents some honesty on the offshore drilling issue rather than just reading off of Newt Gingrich's talking points.

Mr. Arbusto:
Mrs. Young doesn't read off of Newt Gingrichs talking points or George Bushs. You seem to have a lot of questions as to why he does this and why he doesn't do that. Why don't you call him yourself and ask him about your concerns instead of assuming what your thoughts are would be his answers. they are not.

I think CW's hot!

Let's get past all the drilling issues and look at the real problem because the government is going to drill anywhere anytime anyway it pleases. The real problem is the future who if anyone has a real plan to solve the energy problems. King George and his corporate buddies have caused the problems. George is out but the corporations still run the country and until that changes we are all in trouble.