Steve Peters Commentary - #2889 - Phony Safety Fears Cripple U.S. Oil - Investors.com (2) Obama' s Big Lie: We're Producing More Oil and We're Importing Less - American Conservative Values (3) Clearing Up Today's Obama's Energy Lies - Big Government

Regulation: The Energy Department wants to find ways to make hydraulic fracturing, a fast-growing method of extracting natural gas, safer and cleaner. Say, isn't that how the administration justified its offshore drilling ban? We're from the government, and we're here to help you drill safely. That was the canard thrown out by President Obama and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar when they announced the ban on offshore drilling following the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and spill. Since then the drilling industry in the Gulf of Mexico has collapsed and output has dropped. Although the ban was ostensibly lifted, it has been replaced by a new permit system that is so slow that rigs have left the Gulf for foreign shores. At least one drilling company has filed for bankruptcy. Read more......

Obama's Big Lie: We're Producing More Oil and We're Importing Less -  American Conservative Values - It’s getting to the point where we can take anything Barack Obama says seriously and today is one of those day when he said, “We’re producing more oil and we’re importing less.” That simply is not true! In fact domestic oil production is down and foreign imports is up! Hot Air has posted a graphic revealing under President Obama’s lack of leadership there is less domestic oil production.  Read more......

Cleaning Up Today's Obama's Energy Lies - Big Government - This afternoon the President of the United States tried one again to mislead the public about domestic oil production and how much untapped oil is left in the ground. He said that domestic oil production is at the highest level in seven years and he indicated that American reserves are not adequate to help the US reduced its dependence on foreign oil. If Congressman Wilson was in the audience he might have repeated his famous shout “You Lie.”  Read more......  SP: The other day in response to questions on the administration energy policy, Obama said, that we a producing more oil then ever.  The only problem is he told another big lie to the American people, because historical numbers show we are producing significantly less oil than we did at our peak production. These articles dissect the lies and explain part of the reason why domestic production will be headed still lower under this administrations war on domestic energy production.  We're producing more oil, and we're importing less,” he remarked. “Now ..... I' ve never seen a president who can lie so shamelessly. ... He has now started imitating Obama and REALLY does it right. ... The only time Obama told the truth about energy is when he said I will bankrupt coal and cause ...