A Serious Issue....The Oil Crisis

 A lot of folks can't understand how we came   to have an oil shortage here in our country.
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 Well, there's a very simple answer.
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 Nobody bothered to check the oil.
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 We just didn't know we were getting low.
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 The reason for that is purely geographical.
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 Our OIL is located  in:
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  Alaska
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 California
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 Coastal  Florida
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 Coastal Louisiana
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 North  Dakota
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 Wyoming
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 Colorado
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 Kansas
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 Oklahoma
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 Pennsylvania
 And
 Texas
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 Our dipsticks are located in DC