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Administration Says Yes to New Oil Well in GulfPosted on Jun 2, 2010
With atrocious timing, the Minerals Management Service has approved a new oil well to be drilled off the coast of Louisiana. As decisions go, this one seems dumber than a bag of nails. Why not just build an offshore bucket? There’s plenty of oil in the water these days. You can thank Team Obama, which let a ban on shallow drilling expire, for this bizarre development. —PZS
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By drbhelthi, June 5, 2010 at 6:35 am Link to this comment
You think that is bad?
Wait until one of the few wide-awake Congresspersons discovers a
bill the kenyan tries to sneak thru, using US Taxpayer money to
cover the “oil revenue losses” caused by the BP sabotage. Just wait,
the queen and her Bilbderberger associates will order it in the next
few days.
Even worse, will be when his string-pullers, the israeli-dictator-types
Report thiswho steered him into office and committed the piracy on the high
seas a few days ago, tell him they want the cost of their piracy
action to be paid by US Taxpayers. . . .
By felicity, June 4, 2010 at 7:57 am Link to this comment
SteveL - the most cogent comment of the bunch.
Report thisBy gerard, June 3, 2010 at 9:37 am Link to this comment
oNooo’s comment is a masterpiece of ambiguity!
Example: What does “this” mean in this context?
Report thisExample: What does “long term” mean?
Example: What does “solution” mean?
Example: What does “available” mean?
And of course, what does “think” mean in this context?
By WendyI, June 3, 2010 at 3:04 am Link to this comment
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The only long term solution is that each of us
Report thisdecreases his oil consumption on a regular basis until
none of us is using petroleum any more. Is it possible?
There was a time, not too long ago, when humans
survived on this planet without using any petroleum at
all.
By Ohnooo, June 2, 2010 at 10:43 pm Link to this comment
I think this is the only long term solution available.
Report thisBy Xntrk, June 2, 2010 at 9:41 pm Link to this comment
Come on guys. Don’t you feel better knowing that there will be ‘increased inspections’? Maybe they will hire those same incompetents who inspect our food supply. Just think of all the infections from spinach, lettuce, and peanut butter they prevent.
Better yet, they could grab a few of the Homeland Security experts who keep our borders safe from guys with bombs in their panties, waving 3 or 4 red flags as they board the plane. Yep, the whole idea that the bureaucracy will grow while the multitude of species living in the Gulf of Mexico die, has a certain symmetry to it.
Poetry thru ineptitude and incompetency: enhanced by greed and moral turpitude. The Government ‘of the people, by the the people, etc’, just gets better and better. It helps that the Supreme Court of Capitalistic Bastards defined corporations as persons, otherwise the ‘people’ might decide they are getting screwed - AGAIN!
Report thisBy Tim, June 2, 2010 at 8:43 pm Link to this comment
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And the beat goes on! la da da da da da da. And the beat goes on!
The only great movement nowdays is the one to the malls on Black Friday.
Report thisBy gerard, June 2, 2010 at 8:04 pm Link to this comment
Say it isn’t so! Incredible! Goes against all reason—or is it that the government of the U.S. thinks they are “too big to fail” and “public relations” is an unnecessary evil? I’d like to think that it’s just bureaucratic muddling—but no. Can’t be. The only logical explanation is—they simply don’t care.
Report thisNo doubt the explanation will be that it’s “in order to increase the future supply and keep the price of gas down within reason during the coming year or two or three, because, due to the BP “accident”, the price of gas is bound to rise sky high. It’s just a step to “protect the consumer” and (oh yes, of course) to “make us less dependent on foreign oil” and “keep our nation secure.”
When will this outrageous nonsense cease? More is being spilled than just oil.
By SteveL, June 2, 2010 at 7:56 pm Link to this comment
What’s you are seeing here is where corporations run the show no matter who is
Report thisin office.
By skulz fontaine, June 2, 2010 at 7:35 pm Link to this comment
Judas H. Priest! The Obama is one colossal and bitter disappointment. More
Report thisdrilling offshore in the Gulf? Are they freaking barking mad?
By SteveL, June 2, 2010 at 7:26 pm Link to this comment
A working shut off valve and a relief well this time? Doubt it that would make too
Report thismuch sense.
By Blake Chiszar, June 2, 2010 at 6:22 pm Link to this comment
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Before anything is done it is approved by the
Report thisadministration. The same administration that took
several months of deliberation to increase forces in
Afghanistan, six months to pick a dog and has zero
experience managing anything. Even his supporters are
starting to realize he’s incompetent. So he’s approving
everything BP is doing. What a joke! Believe that and
I have some ocean front property in Arizona we need to
take about. Check out this cool little clip from
VoteDemocraticParty http://digg.com/political_opinion/Oil_Spill_The_Obama_Press_Conference