Why is Obama lying when he said oil companies have not touch 68 million acres?

Ah, the old "splitting of hairs".

Obama says the land is barren of oil rigs, therefore it's not being touched.

The article says lots of paperwork is being done, so the land is being touched.

Personally, I'm a literalist. If nothing is touching the land, then the land isn't being touched, and the paperwork be damned.

Well, then it seems to suggest, quite clearly, that there is no way the Oil companies could even bring off shore oil to market with the next few decades. Given that, Obama is correct in that, there are currently millions of acres leased that are NOT in production, so why rush into more...

Now, the sad thing is the truth of the matter, which you may read here.

Please look at the report listed as a pdf file

http://www.cepr.net/index.php/publications/reports...

Due to the fact that they have the ability to drill on these acreages but choose not too because of the red tape they have to go through to do it. However, that is no different thatn drilling off shore. They would have to go through the same process. So what's the point?

The point is, this is the rights way of saying...ewww, look at the democrats they want us to be dependant on foreign oil. When the fact of the matter is, that is not the case at all. It would still take many, many years before we would ever see that oil on the market. Instead of wasting money on that, why not find alternative fuels.

Because it isn't true that they haven't touched *ANY* of the 68 million acres. They have touched *some* of it, although what they have touched isn't producing anything yet...which makes the statement technically false.

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That is their opinion. On the same page of this article, did you read the one about Palin's flop? I found that article much more interesting. Thanks.