U.S. has gold mine in available oil fields

“Kiss today goodbye, the sweetness and the sorrow.” What has been sacrificed by many for our country shall never be forgotten. We are in peril. Our way of life, our freedoms and our standards are at stake.

The sweetness is the way of life we know, expect and have been living. The sorrow is the direction we are heading.

Oil is the new gold. Russia has the right to drill in basically every country in the world except the United States, including Canadian rights.

On Feb. 28, President Obama finally gave Mobile Oil the OK to finish drilling one well in the Gulf of Mexico. About four other applications are still on hold and have been delayed the last six months. Government statistics prove we have trillions of barrels of oil available in North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana.

The cheese has been moved. We need our president to keep our playing pieces in the game. Our drilling for oil will do no more, probably less, harm to the environment than Russia's drilling.

We need leadership from our President and Congress. Quit selling everything we own and all that America stands for.

Marilyn Blackhurst

Cedar Rapids