Sarah Palin's never been one to get her facts straight, and her speech at the "tea party convention" was no exception. For a $100,000 fee, Palin attacked President Obama and the Democratic Congress for everything from Bush-era bailouts to soaring deficits from fixing the ravaged economy the Republicans had left behind.

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"A year later, I've got to ask the supporters of all that [Obama agenda], how is that hopey-changey stuff working out for you?" Palin asked to gales of laughter.

In fact, it's working pretty well. Under Obama and the Democrats, we've avoided economic collapse, repaired our relationships with our allies and made historic steps toward reforming health care. Tell Palin to get her facts straight >>

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Republicans must have very short memories. Maybe Palin forgot about the exploding deficits, skyrocketing unemployment and complete collapse of the financial system George Bush had left in his wake as he left town.

It's time to remind the former governor to pay attention to the facts. Don't let Palin turn back the clock the failed Bush policies >>


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As administration officials dither over whether to restart off-shore drilling, a study commissioned by an association of state utility regulators and partially financed by the oil and gas industry suggests that inaction could cost the U.S. economy $2.36 trillion over the next two decades, and cause oil prices to jump up to 17 percent:

Drilling restrictions in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and off the U.S. coastline are blocking access to about nine years’ worth of U.S. oil and gas consumption, according to the report. Among sponsors are the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners and the industry-funded Gas Technology Institute, of Des Plaines, Illinois.

Former President George W. Bush and Congress ended bans in 2008 on drilling along the U.S. coastline. The Interior Department hasn’t acted to open the newly available areas, including offshore Alaska and on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Congress has kept the Arctic refuge off limits.

“Required actions to access the energy resources thought to exist there have not been taken,” O’Neal Hamilton, a former chairman of South Carolina’s Public Service Commission, said of the areas where leasing hasn’t proceeded. “Our research allows policy makers to know the extent of the resource base and the effects that maintaining the restrictions would have on the country.”

The report, issued today, said opening the areas would free up 43 billion barrels of oil and 286 trillion cubic feet of gas. The U.S. used 22.8 trillion cubic feet of gas and 5.2 billion barrels of oil in 2009, according to a press release issued with the report.


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I know, studies conducted by the affected industry are questionable, but given the fact that our economy is balanced on the precipice of disaster from which we will never recover, it just makes sense to utilize our resources for our benefits. If we opened drilling and made the process to obtain the licenses to operate coal generated electrical facilities more efficient and less time consuming, we could put hundreds of thousands of Americans to work immediately. Not only would this provide a much needed jump-start to our economy, it would strengthen our position in the world.