Obama Lies His Ass Off

I suspect that the liberals are pretty pleased with the stealth energy tax obama has levied on everyone. Its pretty simple folks when several sources within the administration all have said they would like to increase the cost of energy including obama and the cost of energy does indeed increase, its not an accident.  Obama claims to be for the middle class and poor and yet it is these groups his energy policy hurts.

Obama Locks Up 1.6 Million Acres From Oil Development

Posted by Jim Hoft on Saturday, November 10, 2012, 9:25 AM

Do you remember during the first presidential debate this year when Obama lied about his record on oil permits and leases?
 

 

It’s just too bad the media never followed up on this and pointed out Obama’s horrible lies.

** The fact is that oil and gas leases, acres, and permits were all down under Obama.

And Obama is already locking up more federal land from oil development.
Human Events reported:

The Obama administration announced Friday it will put a large swath of western lands –1.6 million acres — off limits to oil shale and oil sands leases that hold the potential to develop more than a trillion barrels of oil.
The plan still allows for the development of nearly 700,000 acres in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming, but one key House Republican criticized the plan for limiting exploration that would further lead to energy independence.
“Allowing safe and responsible energy development on federal lands is a critical step toward reducing our dependence on Middle East oil, but rather than embrace our country’s resources, the president is designating even more federal areas as off-limits,” said Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.), chairman of the Energy and Commerce subcommittee on energy and power.
“This is after we saw oil production on federal lands decline by an average of 275,000 barrels per day in fiscal year 2011. While other countries like Canada are busy growing their economy by developing their own resources, this administration is busy promoting policies that embargo our own oil from ourselves,” Whitfield said.
 

H/T Gateway Pundit