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Louisiana Federal Judge Blocks Drilling Moratorium
eldavojohn writes "In the ongoing BP debacle, the Obama administration imposed a six-month moratorium on offshore drilling and a halt to 33 exploratory wells going into the Gulf of Mexico. Now a federal judge (in New Orleans, no less) is unsatisfied with the reasons for this and stated, 'An invalid agency decision to suspend drilling of wells in depths of over 500 feet simply cannot justify the immeasurable effect on the plaintiffs, the local economy, the Gulf region, and the critical present-day aspect of the availability of domestic energy in this country.' The state's governor agrees on the grounds that blocking drilling will cost the state thousands of lucrative jobs." The government quickly vowed to appeal, pointing out that a moratorium on 33 wells is unlikely to have a devastating impact in a region hosting 3,600 active wells. And reader thomst adds this insight on the judge involved in the case: "Yahoo's Newsroom is reporting that the judge who overturned the drilling moratorium holds stock in drilling companies. You can view his financial disclosure forms listing his stock holdings online at Judicial Watch (PDF)."
Obama has done enough damage to our economy.
His 6 month moratorium was overreaching and a cynical first installment for the anti-civilization, anti-prosperity "Cap-and-Tax" legislation being greased up to force down our throat like Obama's "Early Death Care".
One... --ONE-- well on over thirty thousand in the gulf had a blowout.
With over eighty thousand jobs at stake and a realistic 3 year wait for these rigs to return to the gulf, Obama's feckless, reactionary leadership example after example is showing him to be the empty suited, over-preened, wet behind the ears college boy he truly is.
But other than that, I have no opinion about this.
"A microprocessor... is a terrible thing to waste." --
GeneralEmergency
I am so sick of this lie. You need to go back and re-read the apology he issued. And stop spreading around this nonsense.
BP should pay for their mistakes, but they shouldn't have to pay workers not to work due to a government decision.
THL phish sticks
News flash: The United States is still inexorably reliant on its oil industry. If the Obama administration wants to do something about future oil disasters, maybe it should think more seriously about that and what can be done about it. Also, had government done a better job of regulating the oil industry in the first place, BP's shoddy practices might not have gone unchecked and this disaster might never have happened.
You have too much faith. Sadly, Obama's administration cares nothing about future oil disasters. The point is that one should never let a crisis go to waste.
The government can't save you.
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
There is no good reason to not continue, other than some haint jumping around hollering "booga, booga, booga, if you drill it will spill, be afraid and trust me and the democrats to fix your problem and combat your fears. Don't worry we will tell you when to be afraid."
Truthfully we could use both the jobs and the oil .
We could also stand to lose some morons with blind faith in government.
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Yeah, yeah, mod me down. Go and confirm exactly what I'm saying
If I had mod points I would mod you down. Your entire post is a helpless, mindless, partisan rant. The only reason it got modded up at all is because a lot of people echo your frustration with the situation; they agree with your post emotionally but didn't stop to think about it rationally. Seriously, in your second to last paragraph you start out by saying the right is stupid for criticizing Obama, and then go on to criticize him yourself. Who is doing the bleating? Sounds like you.
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