Domestic Energy Jobs

The WaPo's Robert Samuelson, no conservative, on the bias against oil and gas:

Considering the brutal recession, you'd expect the Obama administration to be obsessed with creating jobs. And so it is, say the president and his supporters. The trouble is that there's one glaring exception to their claims: the oil and natural gas industries. The administration is biased against them -- a bias that makes no sense on either economic or energy grounds. Almost everyone loves to hate the world's Exxons, but promoting domestic drilling is simply common sense.

Contrary to popular wisdom, the United States still has huge oil and natural gas resources. [snip]

Encouraging more U.S. production would also aid economic recovery, because the promise of "green jobs" is wildly exaggerated.

Enough of the magical thinking. We need real jobs and to keep our energy costs reasonable.