expert: Our Names Used To Justify Drilling Ban

HOUSTON -- When the Deepwater Horizon exploded and started spewing millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, President Barack Obama gave the U.S. Department of the Interior 30 days to come up with a report detailing how the government could prevent this from happening again. http://www.click2houston.com/news/23833753/detail.html

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Permalink Reply by king john on June 9, 2010 at 0:11
interesting that the author of the report states there should not be a 6 month ban, and he states that the ban is political. but then some of us already knew that.
kj
Permalink Reply by jffree1 on June 9, 2010 at 2:31
There is a Senate hearing today focusing on the drilling moratorium and Salazar will again be testifying. Look for more articles soon.
Permalink Reply by essay on June 9, 2010 at 5:49
"...I think it has long-term implications the government may not have fully understood."

may not? if this weren't so serious that would be funny.
Permalink Reply by Aubrey C. Sanders, Jr. on June 10, 2010 at 4:20
WE WILL PAY FOR THIS FOREVER. ALONG WITH SO MUCH MORE. BUT ONCE THE COUNTRY IS BANKRUPT CAN WE STOP PAYING? NO!!!!!!!!!!!!

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