Gas prices are now at $4.00 per gallon.  The burden on the economy is becoming to great for many families and businesses to bear.  We are at the watershed event of the American economy. In the next twenty years nearly eighty million baby-boomers will become eligible for social security and Medicare.  And yet the politicians are allowing our economy to wallow in a mess that is easily fixed. This is the time when our economy needs to be growing, and growing rapidly, and yet disposable income, which drives the consumer economy is shrinking.

We have no alternative. The rise in oil prices is the result of two things, demand exceeding supply, and speculative purchasing of futures contracts. The speculation is a result of our congress and president, and all of the presidential candidates refusing to address the core issue.

While they argue, oil prices continue to rise.

We cannot let this happen, and we as American citizens, must solve the problem ourselves.  We must enact a fast track development program to get oil out of both of these locations in the shortest possible time frame.

To that end, I ask you to sign this petition.

Drill for Oil Now

It states that I will not vote for any politician, regardless of party, unless he or she supports the immediate opening of ANWR in Alaska, and the Gulf of Mexico for expedited oil exploration, and drilling.

There is no other way. Alternative fuels are a distant promise.  If we do not act by November of this year, congress will do what it does best, nothing.
This is our country, and these are our resources. They do not belong to John McCain, Charlie Crist, Barak Obama, Hillary Clinton, or any member of congress.

It is time that we remind the politicians who pays the bills, and that we, the citizens of America are the boss.