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White House Edited Oil Drilling Safety Report

Posted by timothy on from the first-time-for-everything dept.

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."

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  1. Politicians Lie by Archangel+Michael · · Score: 3, Funny

    Film at 11:00pm

    Obama lied, fish died.

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  2. Re:EXTRA! EXTRA! Read all about it. by ColdWetDog · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh, and for all of you that thought the dems would be different, I really will respect you in the morning. Really.

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  3. Most transparent administration ever! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Even their lies are obvious!

  4. Re:Damn you George Bushitler!!! by AnonymousClown · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wait a sec.....wrong administration.......

    Never mind.

    It's Clinton's fault! God! Some people are just so clueless.

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  5. One more level of abstraction ... by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 3, Funny

    The Interior Department inspector general has released a report stating that the White House edited a drilling safety report ...

    So now we're getting a report about a report. That's just grand. I personally am waiting for the report about the report about the report. Add a few more levels of abstraction, and we will all forget what the original issue was anyway.

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    1. Re:One more level of abstraction ... by SleazyRidr · · Score: 2, Funny

      Even better, the summary is of the news report.

      So now I'm commenting on your comment of the comment to the summary of the reports about the report about the report!

      Where did all the oil go anyway?

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  6. Re:Damn you George Bushitler!!! by Nadaka · · Score: 5, Funny

    Damn right its Clinton's fault! If she had been elected we wouldn't have had to deal with this mess!

  7. Re:Damn you George Bushitler!!! by couchslug · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Wait a sec.....wrong administration......."

    I'll just leave this here:

    http://i40.tinypic.com/11tqy52.jpg

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  8. Re:Intern by pipelayerification · · Score: 3, Funny

    After Clinton I think that perhaps some of the 'excitement' at becoming a white house intern might be tempered just a little bit :)

  9. Re:I hope you like your change. by lorenlal · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hey... I read plenty to my kids. I read them this great story about a blood elf mage that just totally pwned that dwarf warrior. It was sweet.

    It was just really hard to tell the kids what that dwarf was saying... But it was so epic.

  10. Re:I hope you like your change. by ThatsNotPudding · · Score: 2, Funny

    What we need is more people like Ron and Rand Paul in office - fiscally conservative, against a nanny state, and believe that government exists to protect the borders, punish evildoers, and maybe build roads and curbstomp anyone with a different opinion.