--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Take a map of the US and draw a straight line from New Orleans , La to St Petersburg Florida . There is more oil in those deep offshore deposits than has been taken out of the state of Texas from 1901 to present. BP ad other companies know exactly whereit is and with state of the art technology which has been tesed and developed over the last five years , its no problem to extract. So who owns it? Theoretically YOU do. In practice, the US president and the governor of florida are the key authorities in ensuring that the state and federal "owners' dont get ripped -off. The Bushies have a strangle hold on a trillin dollars in profits over te years and there is NO risk . ITS A SURE THING. Can we trust them to put their constituents' interests on a par wth their own? Is the Pope a Jew? RAISE HELL NOW BEFORE ITS A DONE DEAL. kennnthomas --- End forwarded message ---