President Obama Encourages More Off-Shore Drilling ...

.... off Brazil.

I reported this first yesterday, but new source.

I can't make this stuff up.

These are not my comments:

Congressional Documents and Publications
March 21, 2011 

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 21, 2011 - While gasoline prices in the U.S. continue to near the $4 mark, President Obama has finally embraced increased offshore oil production. Too bad it's in Brazil and not in the United States.

During remarks at the CEO Business Summit in Brazil this weekend, President Obama stated:

"We want to help with technology and support to develop these oil reserves safely, and when you're ready to start selling, we want to be one of your best customers. At a time when we've been reminded how easily instability in other parts of the world can affect the price of oil, the United States could not be happier with the potential for a new, stable source of energy."

Since taking office, President Obama has repeatedly blocked access to U.S. oil and natural gas production - including withdrawing onshore leases, imposing a de facto moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico and placing huge portions of the United States' offshore areas off-limits to new drilling. It's troubling that the President would promote oil production abroad while blocking it here at home.