Russia claims North Pole

According to this story, Russia claimed the waters at the North Pole. This just reminds me of all the unclaimed oil within our own borders. We have oil bubbling out of the ground in Florida and just waiting to be taken in Alaska. Yet, our politicians would rather be slaves to countries that use our own money to kill us. We may not have any claim on the North Pole, but anything we can do to reduce our dependence on foreign oil would only make us safer.