Drill Baby .... drill?

I watched a news program that talked about Chesapeake natural gas - which is the second leading producer of natural gas in the country.

Now I will admit that I don't know all of the nuances of why the CEO is under fire - but one of the allegations that the news story reported was .... they were mining too much natural gas.... and that by flooding the market with cheaper natural gas.

Wait.  Wait.  What?

It's the mantra of the Republican Party: Drill, Baby, Drill.

But it's not about making America energy independent ... it's about making profit by drilling and making more profit while the government continues to award subsidized tax breaks on the shoulders of tax payers while enjoying wonderful profits.

It's stuff like this which makes me crazy.

It's soooo disingenuous to say that they want the country to be energy independent from the oil-mongers of the Middle East.  The reality is - the GOP is jealous of the profit the Middle East barons make ... not that they have any real interest in weening off the country off of foreign oil.  It's their selling tactic ... sleight of hand ... diversionary tactics.

It's the foreign profits THEY are after.