How can you say "Obama and his puppets" when one of the issues has been how much the Democrats in Congress have NOT gone along with Obama's original intentions on this issue?

Saying they are his puppets doesn't make it so. The dissenting votes over the weekend are proof positive of that.

Though I certainly agree with you on the energy independence bit. Just because the price of oil is stable now (who would have thought that $2.60 gas would be considered 'ok' here in NH?) doesn't mean a damn thing.

Now's the time for us to be buying more for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, among other things.