Credit where credit is due

There hasn't been much that Obama has done that I've thought was good. Actually the one thing I can think of is when he killed that fly on national tv. Pretty sad huh? But if Obama follows through with his proposal to allow off shore drilling off the east coast.

In a reversal of a long-standing ban on most offshore drilling, President Barack Obama is allowing oil drilling 50 miles off Virginia's shorelines. At the same time, he is rejecting some new drilling sites that had been planned in Alaska.

Obama's plan offers few concessions to environmentalists, who have been strident in their opposition to more oil platforms off the nation's shores. Hinted at for months, the plan modifies a ban that for more than 20 years has limited drilling along coastal areas other than the Gulf of Mexico.

Obama was set to announce the new drilling policy Wednesday at Andrews air base in Maryland. White House officials pitched the changes as ways to reduce U.S. reliance on foreign oil and create jobs - both politically popular ideas - but the president's decisions also could help secure support for a climate change bill languishing in Congress.

I'm sure this will piss off the majority of the environmental wackos who despise the oil companies but this will do a lot better job stimulating the economy. This will create more jobs than any of the billion dollar "jobs" bills that he has signed.

Drilling is good and the Republicans in the House and Senate should support drilling. But if this is going to be a compromise to get Cap and Trade passed then they better not compromise on that.