Mr. George Will explains why the drilling off the coast of Florida is being done by Chinese and Cuban interests. He also explains why this is your fault. And my fault.
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And while I'm at it. There's a whole bunch of oil under Lake Michigan also. Michigan won't allow onshore angle drilling out under the lake for environmental concerns. This is the same state that has no problem with a million boaters within the state operating their leaky outboard motors on those same waters and encourages as many out of state residents as possible to vacation and contribute to the same totally unmonitored pollution discharges. I've got some enviromnmental concerns as well. Along about November the environment get's decidedly cold around Michigan.