[Mr.Kimball]

I support more drilling, although it is a curious way to go about it. They are going gung ho in the least productive areas, and stopping all together in the most productive areas, ones that already had approval, in Alsaka. Either way, that has to be curious, to his supporters and detractors alike.

Reminds me of the Vietnam war, where our gov't made a list of the top 50 objectives to win the war, and ranked them in importance from 1-50. Yet they started at 50, and worked their way backwards through the list.

I'm leaning toward political motives more than actually wanting to solve energy problems. Someone told me, the night the HC bill was sign, that he will go to the middle now, to offset the damage he has done to his reputation and popularity. That person said he will have a photo-op with the military, and try to appease the republicans. I need to go back and ask that person for tomorrows lottery numbers, because he nailed it on both accounts.

Also, I've heard it is not a done deal yet on drilling. There will be challenges from environmentalist side of things, and some may be legit. This could never happen, and he could still get credit for trying, which may have been the goal all along. Sorry to be so doubtful of him, but face it, he's been as slick as they get in getting his wishes. I voted for the guy, with much regret now, and even I now get an ill feeling, every time I hear him speak. I just think, no matter how good he sounds, "How is this guy trying to screw me now". Trepidation is a healthy thing, I wish there were more like me, who were not locked into their ideology, whether left or right.

Whatever happened to huge oil reserves find that was announced about a year ago, that was discovered in the Dakotas and I believe Montana. It was supposed to be the largest reserves ever discovered in the continental US.