1Declaration: Free Markets, Free People, Free Minds

American history is full of great triumphs from its beginning. Against overwhelming odds against the premier power in the world Americans defeated tyranny and won Liberty and Freedom for our country. Americans turned the tide in WWII to claim victory over tyrants when we were unprepared for war. Americans put a man on the moon in short order and defeated the Soviet Union to end the Cold War.

With these great triumphs can come many more but one in these times is of most importance: our Declaration of Energy Independence!



The government of this great country has lost its way. The US government has prohibited use of many of America's energy sources and placed regulations that have hampered refining that would help us on our road to lower energy prices and energy independence from regimes and countries that despise us. Politicians refuse to do everything and anything possible to bring down energy costs and listen to the plea of Americans of all demographics.

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This July 4th, the same day we celebrate American independence over tyranny and oppression, join with me and over 1.25 million of other Americans around the country and make your Declaration of Energy Independence by signing the Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less petition on AmericanSolutions.com.

Then take a moment to send your representative in Washington a correspondence to urge them to take every available step from drilling, refining, coal power, nuclear power, and renewable sources in a rational energy plan.

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Check out what Libertarian Presidential nominee Bob Barr has to say about our energy policy and the energy policy of other candidates.

As of 11:20 AM CDT over 1,000,000 American citizens have signed the petition to Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less.

We have trillions of barrels of oil in the United States, more than any other country in the world. We have over 3 times the oil than Saudi Arabia. Make your declaration to Congress to lift regulations of drilling and refining.

The petition is picking up steam. Americans are fed up with high oil and gas prices. We need to do everything possible to lower energy prices and this is the first step. Make your declaration!

Newt Gingrich founder of AmericanSolutions.com has started a bi-partisan grassroots movement to show Congress that Americans support a sound energy policy that lifts regulations on drilling in the United States, which could become the premier supplier of oil in the world. So far almost 950,000 Americans have signed the Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less petition. What are you waiting for?

America has the largest oil resources in the world with over 10 billion barrels of oil in ANWR, billions more off of America's coastline, and nearly 1 trillion barrels of oil in oil shale in Utah, Wyoming, and Colorado that is currently under Congressional regulations that prohibit drilling.



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I have heard numerous times in the past several days that if the US were to start drilling now that the gas would come down only 1.8 cents per gallon. These politicians usually Democrats are then quick to bring up that we have only 2% of the worlds known reserves. Well they are only partially right. We have only 2% of the worlds reserves that are currently tapped or can be tapped.

The rest of the truth is that in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming we have oil shale that is fully extractable and economically viable to do so. In this oil shale we have contained by conservative estimates 3 times the oil that Saudi Arabia has 21% of the world's known oil reserves and will last for another 80 years at the current rate. Somehow this math does not add up. So what's the deal? Simple, Democrats are not about bringing down prices now with practical means that can be developed. Democrats are trying to change our lives.

Development of the oil shale has come profitable at $95 a barrel but new techniques that Shell has successfully developed and tested allows for oil shale extraction around $25 a barrel. Simply stated: We have no excuse not to open up drilling around the United States as part of a complete energy plan to bring down oil prices right now and work toward energy independence.

We can't drill now though because it remains illegal to do so.

Yet, buried in a Department of Interior appropriations bill passed in December 2007 was an amendment that prevented establishing regulations for leasing land to drill for oil shale. The House passed that amendment, proposed by Rep. Mark Udall of Colorado, on June 27, 2007, by a vote of 219-215.

On May 15, 2008 in a 15-14 vote, the Senate Appropriations Committee rejected an amendment by Sen. Wayne Allard (R-CO) to allow oil shale drilling and overturn the Udall moratorium.

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Sources

(1) RAND. Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment. 2005.
(2) AmericanSolutions.com

A recent Rasmussen Reports poll indicates that only 47% of Americans favor not nationalizing oil. 29% favor nationalization and about a quarter of Americans are not sure. Nationalization of industry is a dangerous practice of totalitarian governments, governments like Soviet Russia, Communist China, and Socialist Venezuela. This to say the least is a scary thought. By a similar margin more Americans trust private industry as opposed to government intervention to lower oil prices.

Hugo Chavez in Venezuela has nationalized oil production. What have been the effect? Simply, declining production and wells falling into disrepair. This is in short the effect of nationalizing an industry. Another example comes from a teacher I had for US History in 8th grade. She visited Russia many times in the 1990's after the fall of the USSR. She was visiting a family and looking at some family portraits. She noticed as the children grew older the nails holding the frames grew larger as well. She asked the family why this was. The family replied that in Soviet Russia businesses were told they had to produce a certain weight of nails and then they could call it a day. In effort to speed up the day they produced fewer larger nails while decreasing the quality and usefulness of the product.

Nationalizing has an effect of reducing efficiency and quality of the product because the government is not motivated by profit. The evidence for this is on display in Venezuela where nationalizing the industry has seen declining oil production. In a free market economy where oil can be bought and sold, nationalizing oil would increase the price because of the reduction in quantity that would result. Nationalization of the oil industry is not the answer.

Nationalization may cut out the profits companies seek but in return the government will become a monopoly. Without competition in the market, the demand for higher efficiency in the drilling and refining process will decline and prices will rise. The government will not be forced to compete for survivability, which in all cases has resulted in higher prices.

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Exxon Mobil has just announced that they will be getting out of the retail gas service. Oil prices have become too high to continue this operation as profit margins continue to decline. So much for the argument of liberals that profits are too high. Exxon has stated they will begin to sell of company owned gas stations to other retailers around the country. This is surprising since Exxon is the world's largest gas distributor.

This is clear evidence, since these companies as all privately owned companies seek to make a profit, that pressure and interrogations the oil and gas companies that have come under on Capital Hill is nothing but political pandering to the masses. Their hand in the oil crisis is minimal at best but better stated negligible.

As stated by large oil and gas companies numerous times in Congressional hearings, their average profit on a gallon of gas is only 5-6 cents per gallon. As prices of oil continue to increase the profit margin declines and consequentially the economic viability of this area of business.

Stop the rhetoric about "big oil" Congress and vote to Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less. Write your representatives and let them know.

American Solutions started a petition about 3 weeks ago to let the Congress know that we want action now to start bringing down oil prices. The original goal was to collect 100,000 names to submit. That number was quickly achieved so the goal was set higher. Every goal has been met and passed.

The petition I speak of is to Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less. This petition recognizes the fact that alternative energies still have a ways to go in development before they can fuel our way of life. Right now we need to open up drilling immediately to bring down speculation and bring up supply in the years to come. The impact will have both short term and long term implications.



Take a moment, it takes only 30 seconds to let your voice be heard. Sign to Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less today. This is only the first step to letting your representatives know. If you really believe what this petition stands for send your elected representative an email today and let them know of the problems you are facing. Let them know you want them to vote to life regulations on drilling. The Chinese can drill closer to our coast than we can. Let them know to life regulations on refining. We have not increased our refining capacity in over 2 decades. Let them know if they do not vote in favor of the American people you will vote in favor of a representative who does.

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Republican Senators have finally taken a stand where the interest of the American public lies. Former Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and presumptive nominee Barack Obama have been pressing for a tax on oil company profits they consider obscene.

Republicans have blocked a measure in the Senate that would have increased taxes on oil company profits as determined by a Profit Reasonableness Board.

The Democrats' energy package also would have:

— Maee oil and gas price gouging a federal crime, with stiff penalties of up to $5 million during a presidentially declared energy emergency.

— Authorized the Justice Department to bring charges of price fixing against countries that belong to the OPEC oil cartel.

— Required traders to put up more collateral in the energy futures markets to curb speculation.

Windfall profit taxes would have decreased funds available for exploration and drilling for oil companies and led to a further reduction of energy production thereby driving up prices. Former President Jimmy Carter instituted a similar measure in 1980 which decreased our domestic oil production by up to 6% and increased our dependence on foreign oil by around 15%.

Democrats need to get with the program and realize that federal regulation on drilling and refining that has prohibited increases in supply is responsible for the increase in prices. A tax on energy profits will have detrimental impacts on oil companies that will be forced to bring down costs in the form of decreased oil exploration, job cuts, and increases in product price. The bill that was stopped today by a vote of 51-43.

Take some time today to email your representative to let them know that this proposal is against the best interests of the American people and will have detrimental impacts to our economy.

If the government can decide how many profits a company can make, what is next? Will they decide what is a 'reasonable' temperature in your home is? Will they decide how much money is just too much money for you to make? What is next? Where will it stop?

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If you haven't done so yet please take 30 seconds to sign the petition to let your representative know we want to Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less.

Join over 300,000 other Americans and make your declaration today!

At 0008 hours on June 2, 2008 the Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less Petition has garnered over 277,000 signatures. Add your name today and give a strong voice to politicians around America to drill now or be voted out of office.

Over regulation and overblown environmental concerns has led us down a road of higher and higher prices. Passing a bill to allow drilling today will drive down speculation and have an instant impact at the price you pay today and increased supply in the future will help keep prices down.

It takes only a minute to sign. Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less!

At the same time take a few minutes and send an email to your representative and let them know to vote for the building of new refineries. No matter how much is extracted, if we do not increase our refining capabilities the price of energy will remain inflated.

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Join the almost 100,000 signers of the petition to US Congressmen, to lift regulation and open up drilling. Congressional action will have immediate action putting a stake in the coffin of the speculators driving up the price of oil and in the long term by increasing supplies to meet demand. Drilling in the US is the first step towards an energy independent America.

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