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White House Edited Oil Drilling Safety Report
bonch writes "The Interior Department inspector general has released a report stating that the White House edited a drilling safety report by reordering paragraphs to make it appear as though a seven-member panel of independent experts supported the six-month ban on offshore drilling. The IG report states, 'The White House edit of the original DOI draft executive summary led to the implication that the moratorium recommendation had been peer-reviewed by the experts,' but the panel had only reviewed a draft of safety recommendations and not a drilling ban. The White House has issued a statement saying that there was 'no intentional misrepresentation of their views.' This follows complaints from scientists and environmentalists that the administration has not been holding to its promise of policy guided by science and not ideology."
Sigh, you do realize that you're comparing things which aren't of similar magnitude, right? I mean K street, Iraq, Katrina or the present economic crisis, these are not minor things, but significant instances of corruption and incompetence. But then again, it's not like reality has anything to do with it.
This would never have happened under President Bush.
Nobody would have taken a second to analyze oil industry safety in his White House.
Not to feed an AC but...
Obama said that this health care overhaul would cost less. Grand parent AC is correct. Obama did say that during one of his speeches in front of congress. The problem is that many people saw through his 'cost savings' and realized that the government subsidizing health care is not a cost savings. Also many health care plans are charging the company more instead of the regular working person. The costs are just being paid for by someone else.
Health care cost have been going up since the baby boomers are retiring and using the health care system more. Since they are retired, they are fewer people paying into the system. Yes retirees pay, but working people usually pay more.
The white house is full of scum. This kind of thing doesnt really surprise me at all.