I can see by our comments how passionate we are about stopping the thought of lifting the ban on off shore oil drilling ~

One hopeful sign and update is the most recent statement Presidential candidate John McCain made about lifting the ban ...after feedback of how unpopular this would set with the public ....now he has apparently softened his statement by saying if elected President he would leave it to each state to make the final decisions ~ Only time will tell what will truly become of the ban and what the future holds ~ Prayers for preserving the beauty of Mother Nature ~

BRAVO CORALINNI! - awesome (disturbin' too's!!)  article u share  --- SAY "NO" TO OFFSHORE OIL DRILLIN'!!!! :o

DANG RIGHT! - this iz a serious topic dat properly needz to be addressed immediately - Our current Bush admin. in response to our deep oil crisis n' ever-increasing prices -- is to essentially lift da ban imposed on offshore drilling (since da 80's) --- allowing oil contractors to get da "OK" to build more drillin' derricks off our coast! --- WHAT DA HECK!!!!!

YEPZ!! -- dat would mean dat we would begin to see more and more hideous-lookin' oil platforms off our coasts --- effectively ruinin' da natural vistas n' beauty of certain coastlines n' beaches --- and they would begin poppin' up out of nowhere -- like a spreading cancer across da coasts ~

Even scarier --- in da news,  current presidential candidate Sen. McCain (a.k.a. - Tickin' Time Bomb) -- proposes to support offshore drillin' if he were elected ---- in his views.....would help us solve our energy crisis and not make us depend sooo much on forein oil supplies, stating, "When people are hurting, and struggling to afford gasoline, food, and other necessities, common sense requires that we draw upon America's own vast reserves of oil and natural gas'' --- THAT'S WHAT HE THINKS!! --- Along w/ Bush, Sen. McCain strongly defends his claims dat we need to star drillin' more on our own soil....and off our coasts --- They say it will help us in da long-run......While rival candidate, Obama --- Opposes such a plan, sayin' `The American people don't need psychological relief or meaningless gimmicks to get politicians through the next election cycle, they need real relief.'' -- CERTAINLY's!!!

An article about what McCain sayz:  - check da link to read more!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080624/pl_bloomberg/awqfvbz3bj7i_1

REALITY CHECK: DRILLIN' FOR MORE OIL WILL NOT SOLVE OUR CURRENT PROBLEM!! ---- We live in a new age with whole new responsibilities to tend to ---- For nearly a century, since the Industrial Revolution......We have so shamelessly exploited our dependency on fossil fuels (oil, gas, coal...etc...) --- since its discovery......thinkin' dat it was da greatest thing since whole grain cereal! -- All of a sudden.....people begin relyin' on petrols for heating.....our energy needs......and with dat our increasin' need for transportation as we started to travel farther from our homes ---- In da last 50 years.....automobile sales have skyrocketed -- As our consumption of fossil fuels increased.....WE WANTED MORE AND MORE! -- and STILL MORE!!! --- Effectively.....Our current society as a whole.....is "ADDICTED TO OIL" --- it is so ingrained and programmed into our minds --- We probably couldn't get along, let alone live, without it! ---- Just like other addictions -- w/ their withdrawal symptoms ----- In fact, our current energy crisis is kind of like dat....We are beginning to suffer da withdrawal symptoms for da decreasing lack of resources we have --

Eventually ---- When our fuel supplies have run out --- our environment in chaos.......People will revert to their old "Dog-Eat-Dog" mentality --- Wars will be fought over oil n' supplies.....becoming more desperate with each passing hour ~ I can't aimagine a world gone so awry ~ I just can't!

But dat is what we face if we DO NOT stop where we are and take on a whole new different path ----- Our extreme dependency on oil has become sooo profane ------ MORE OF IT IS NOT DA ANSWER!! -- It will only be a short-term solution......nothing more, nothing less ~

What we need to accomplish -- together -- Is to essentially change our old ways of thinking....our outdated thought patterns of da past --- And more forward with a new set of thought patterns.........As super-environmentalist Al Gore stated in his award-winning documentary "An Inconvient Truth" --- OLD WAYS + NEW TECHNOLOGIES = Dramatically altered consequences ===== In other words.......Our civilization hasn't matured socially enough to properly handle our new technologies and our whole new set of global issues.........Our civilization is like a rebellious teenager -- thinking it is "INVINCIBLE" - "WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE" ---- Unfortunately......we have thought wrong......As our ignorance and stupid decisions has cost us a whole lot......In da example of oil and fossil fuels......THAT IS OLD TECHNOLOGY.....Past, Obsolete, Ineffective --- We are dealing with new global issues......Which demands to be handle in a whole new way --- yet our ways of thinking are "OLD" --- We still depend on our precious oil......WE MUST HAVE IT! -

On top of it ---- Our own planet is beginning to bust at da seams ---- Our incredible rate of "over population" leads to wasteful "over-consumption".......and our own natural resources CANNOT keep w/ da demand of da people!! --- just like a poor single waiter tryin' to serve customers at dinner time -- IT'S TOO MUCH!!! - and will fall apart somewhere......It took hundreds of thousands of years for human civilization to get where we are now.....and all within a lifetime --- Our population......"up to 6 billion from just 200 million" ---- and within 50 years......our atmosphere is more polluted than it ever was durin'  da prehistoric times.........DO WE SEE A PROBLEM HERE??????????

MOST CERTAINLY!! ---- We cannot continue this old way anymore.......WE MUST SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS IN A NEW LIGHT!! --- MORE OIL IS NOT DA ANSWER! -- OFFSHORE DRILLING WILL NOT SOLVE OUR CRISIS!!! -- it will only buy us some time before something REAL DISASTEROUS HAPPENS!! (worst-case scenario: da theoretical "MALTHUSIAN CATASTROPHE" -- total collapse of our ecosystem and civilzation)   ----- We must push forward......find effective alternative energy sources (WIND, GEOTHERMAL, SOLAR, BIOFUELS) --- not revert to old ways!! (da proposal of "CLEAN COAL" --- PFFT! IT'S NOT "CLEAN" AT ALL! -- COAL IS STILL COAL!!)  ---- it's soo hard to let old habits die hmmm????

SAY "NO" TO OFFSHORE DRILLING!! --- or else.........

~ Peace, Love, Joy ~