Posted on 01/04/2011 5:20:37 PM PST by upchuck
That may seem like an absurd question, but it’s hard to come to any other conclusion when you consider what is happening to our energy industry on the Gulf Coast. As the Wall Street Journal reports today, the Obama Administration may have lifted its ban on drilling in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, but there are still long delays in getting other permits approved to drill for oil. Why? No one seems to know. We assume that politicians do what is in their own self-interest, but in this case Obama seems to be damaging himself because he is dragging down the economy. As the Journal puts it, “The Gulf coast economy has been hit hard by the slowdown in drilling activity.” And Obama doesn’t seem particularly eager to change that fact.
There are only a handful of possible explanations of why he is doing this. (1) He doesn’t care, and his radical environmental agenda comes first. (2) He hates oil companies so much that he’s willing to have his political fortunes damaged further by dragging down the economy. (3) He hates capitalism so much that he’s determined to “gut” a leading industry such as energy. (4) There is raging incompetence in Washington.
In his recently released book Leadership and Crisis, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal recounts an exchange with President Obama during the Gulf oil drilling moratorium. (Full disclosure: I co-wrote the book with Jindal.) After telling Obama that the moratorium would potentially cost tens of thousands of jobs, ”The president went on to assure me that anyone who lost their job would get a check from BP. When I explained that BP might not write them checks because it was the federal government that imposed the moratorium the president said, ‘Well, if BP won’t pay the claim, they can file for unemployment.’ I was amazed by the level of disconnect. The people of Louisiana want to work, not collect unemployment or BP checks.”
For Obama, getting an unemployment check is about the same as getting paycheck.
So why is Obama doing this? Take your pick. None of the possible explanations offer much hope for the future. Bottom line: Obama is knowingly damaging our economy, and assuring that more money goes to energy producers like Venezuela, Iran, and Saudi Arabia.
Wow.
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!
“Energy prices will necessarily skyrocket.”
Yes. He´s an islamo-communist, if one can square that.
The title of the piece or just a dumb question?
Yes, as did his father,, he wants to see America humbled and
downgraded to a lesser, weak state, to pay us WASP’s back.
Is the Pope a Catholic????
NObama is a total Marxist/Communist who hates America.
Who else would marry a woman who wrote her thesis on how much SHE hated America?
Who else would sit in Rev Wright’s church for 20 years???
I could go on & on.
NObama will pay for his position as Traitor-In-Chief, IMO.
The number one objective of Barry, Nancy and Stinky Harry is the total destruction of America and all Americans. Barack the Kenyan wants to hand EVERYTHING that belongs to America over to his fellow commie Children of the World.
Big Difference, on unemployment is 100% dependent on the Government. Surf out on the plantation. (his intent) He wants "whitie" to be the slave on the plantation. He is a lying commie Bast__d.
If he is then he needs to be impeached, charged, tried and punished along with all accomplices.
Virtually everything this Bozo, and the rest of the democRAT bozos have done has been the COMPLETE OPPOSITE of what should have been done.
It is obvious that they are deliberately trying to damage the economy, because with a wrecked economy, they gain power.
Is Barack Obama Intentionally Trying to Damage Our Economy and Security?
great post! no question that the obamanation regime is determined to destroy America as she always has been
Duh. Yes he is. That’s how socialism works.
Why not, he got his.
What was that, obama? I couldn't hear what you were saying; your actions were speaking too loudly.
If he isn’t he is a flipping moron....because he is doing great damage to the country in so many areas!...I think intentionally.
BO Plenty wants gasoline to rise to $10 per gallon so he can claim victory over the greedy oil and gas industry. Coal production to be cut in half to clean up the environment and deliberately destabilize the economy.
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