"McCain has received over a $$$MILLION in campaign contributions from the Oil executives alone!"

I'd rather see that than him having the endorsements of people like Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro or Mahmoud Ahmadinejad like Obama has. Dictators and Islamic-Fascists want Obama to be our next President. If that doesn't scare the heck out of you, nothing will.

...and the misconceptions about world oil production are abundant in this thread. "Big Oil", all of the companies combined account for only about 10% of the total global oil production. The rest is control by nationalized industries, government-owned companies that make up OPEC, as well as a few independent but still nationally owned oil producers like Russia. The price of oil is affected by restricted flow from these nationalized companies, by speculation in the futures markets, and by the relative strength or weakness of the dollar. Untying the hands of those who produce oil in OUR country would have an impact. It would have when Jimmy Carter was President, the first guy to make ANWR off-limits. When we have people like Nancy Pelosi in office, who will not allow a Congressional vote on expanding the ability to obtain and use OUR OWN resources, we have a problem that will never be solved. Keep voting Democrat, and this nation's misery index will continue to rise.