I love everything about our Country’s oil and natural gas boom. This commercial is a great example of how domestic energy production is transforming America (the only thing that could have made this ad better would have been a Robert DeNiro voiceover). Drilling opponents should be forced to watch it. The men and women in this commercial represent the men and women who built America and who have traditional formed the backbone of our Nation’s middle class. (On a side note it is also a 30 second case study of Milton Friedman supply side economics at work.) Like many others, they are benefiting from the good paying jobs that increased domestic oil and natural gas production creates. Jobs that alternative (green) forms of energy just do not create. That is why the green energy/anti-drilling crowd always strikes me as a bit elitist — among other things
Wally Zimolong
Wally represents contractors (and subcontractors) and developers. His clients build and develop residential, commercial, and industrial properties nationwide. Wally enjoys working with the owners of the businesses he represents because they tend to be entrepreneurs and all around interesting people.
