Nancy Pelosi, whose name makes me cringe, pleaded last Friday for citizens to call President Bush and ask him to release the nations oil reserves to relieve some of the demand. She posted the White House number for all to see, hoping that harrassing phone calls might get some results.

The only thing that this proves, Nancy girl, is that you agree that the gas quandary we find ourselves in could be relieved by increasing the supply. Which could very well be done by drilling. Yes, it will take a few years for this oil to meet us at the pump. However “speculators,” who you’ve been pointing your blame finger at, will have every reason to now speculate a drop in gas prices. Speculation works both ways!

Rep. Peter King (R-NY), Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member came on Your World with Cavuto last Friday and blasted Pelosi calling on all Americans to call her and, “tell her to knock off the diversions, do what has to be done, say “no” to the environmental wackos, and start to drill. We need energy independence. We have 86 billion barrels of oil offshore. We should start drilling right away. There’s over 400 trillion feet of — cubic feet of natural gas.

This is absolute madness that we are not drilling, not using our own reserves, that we’re just getting more and more in hock to Arab nations, sending money overseas, and having gas prices approaching $5, because Nancy Pelosi won’t even allow us to vote on the House floor to have drilling. And she knows, if it came to a vote, many Democrats would vote with us.”

“Call me…we’ll talk! 202-225-0100″

David Asman, filling in for Neil Cavuto asked King, “Congressman, she has the authority and the power to say whether or not we should have a vote, and she’s purposely avoiding doing that because she knows she would lose?”

“Right,” says King, “The Democratic leadership, led by Nancy Pelosi, is refusing to allow us to vote. In fact, they have pretty much suspended all meaningful business on the House floor because they know the Republicans want to use every opportunity we can to get a vote on drilling. So, they won’t bring up any bill even remotely approaching energy, because they know that they could be forced to face a vote. And they won’t do it. She won’t allow it to come to a vote. And there’s at least 20, 30, 40 Democrats who want to vote with us.”

Senate Majority Leader/Dictator Harry Reid (D-Nev.)

said Monday that he would not allow a vote on an amendment giving states new authority to seek oil off their coasts when he brings a Democratic energy bill to the floor later this month.

In a sign of escalating tensions, one senior GOP senator called Reid a “chicken” for deciding not to allow amendments on energy production, declaring him to be acting like a real dictator.

Reid criticized President Bush’s announcement earlier in the day to rescind a longstanding executive order banning offshore oil drilling, saying it was a gift to the oil companies that are not exploring for oil in 68 millions of acres available to them.

Harry, don’t be a knucklehead. They paid good money for those leases. If those areas were profitable they would be drilling overtime. You have to go where the oil is. And they know that. And don’t blame the speculators, give them a reason to speculate lower costs.

We need to bombard Pelosi with phone calls to just stop the insanity. All these Dem.’s are worried about is who’s stuffing their campaign accounts. She’s considering the impeachment of Bush? She needs to be taken to lunch at a quiet restaurant, given some FDA approved salsa and prompted to resign or be dragged down from her high horse.

Start the drilling already.

Once the drilling is commenced we can release the national oil reserves bringing with it immediate relief while we wait for the new “homegrown” to be refined. Speculators would then anticipate lower costs. And while all this is going on T. Boone Picken’s plan will have wind turbine generated electricity replacing natural gas and oil in our homes and natural gas vehicles replacing gasoline powered vehicles. And we’ll be well on our way to energy independence.

So, start the drilling already. Wait a minute…Simon says, “Start the drilling.”

Let your voices be heard by calling your Congressman or Senator at 202-224-3121 and urging them to lift the federal ban on offshore drilling.