Something smells fishy, and it’s not all the dead fish from an Exxon oil spill

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/46533.html

A middle class couple, the wife employed by Hess (she drives a 1993 Cavalier)... giving $61,600 to the McCain campaign days after he starts pushing for offshore drilling? Really???

Are Americans really that stupid? I'm starting to think yes, because once again McCain comes up with some ridiculous scheme (offshore drilling) that he pushes as a real solution to our energy crisis.

But besides that point, the most evil thing about this whole push for offshore drilling is who is actually going to benefit. Who is it, you may ask? Well let's see... it's not the American people... cause guess what... we don't keep the oil or get the money from it. Well who does? The oil companies. That's right. If they open up some of these offshore areas that have easier accessed oil (not taking into account the environmental devastation it causes), the oil companies have to incur less costs to get the oil out of the ground. Why does that matter? Because then they'll sell it for the same price we're paying now (it's not like the oil companies, who are making RECORD profits, actually want the price of oil to go down much, just enough for them to not be demonized so they can keep raking in the money). Now with a basic understanding of business and economics... you see what's REALLY going on here. The oil companies make the same amount of revenues (or maybe more with increased production) at the exact same prices we are paying now (because honestly, offshore drilling isn't going to affect the price, pretty much every expert agrees), except they incur less cost. What does that mean??? A SHIT TON OF PROFIT!!! WOOHOO!!!!! (Revenues - Costs = PROFIT!!!) HOORAY!!!! MORE RICH OIL EXECUTIVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm so happy I want to have a fucking party complete with crude oil wrestling matches.

GET WITH THE FRICKEN PROGRAM PEOPLE. IT'S NOT A SOLUTION. IT MIGHT POSSIBLY LOWER GAS PRICES IN 10 YEARS BY 6 CENTS. COME ON. AND WHY CAN'T THEY DRILL IN THE THOUSANDS OF ACRES THEY HAVE ALREADY LEASED FROM THE GOVERNMENT???? OH, BECAUSE IT COSTS MORE THAN DRILLING IN ANWR AND CERTAIN OFFSHORE LOCATIONS THAT ARE OFF LIMITS. :( SAD FACE FOR HIGHER COSTS FOR OIL COMPANIES MAKING RECORD PROFITS.