From the CNN interview with Nancy Pelosi:

"What we are saying is, Mr. President, free our oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve," Pelosi said. "We're saying, let's take 10 percent of that, which has been paid for by the American taxpayer, and use that to put on the market so that we increase supply, reduce price."

10 Percent of 700,000,000 barrels ( Read more... )

I have an LJ friend who recently wrote a smart and empassioned rant about the war, bush, and mostly, oil. It was interesting, and inspiring... and not inherently wrong. Which is nice for an argument about economics and politics, and exceedingly rare...

My response turned out to be enormous, so I am posting it here instead of clogging his comment box ( Read more... )