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Obama’s Drilling Freeze Will Cost 120,000 Jobs
Eyeblast TV ^ | 6/16/2010 | Joe Schoffstall

Posted on 06/16/2010 10:08:16 AM PDT by blog.Eyeblast.tv

Despite the Gulf regions economy being damaged from the seemingly endless oil spill, President Obama has implemented a six month moratorium on drilling in the region. This ban on drilling is estimated to cost 120,000 people their jobs, as some oil companies may be relocating to more energy friendly areas.

According to Wood Mackenzie Research and Consulting, the six month moratorium will result in the following:

* The 33 drilling platforms which support some 1,400 workers, offshore and onshore will be forced to shut down

* As many as 46,200 jobs could be idled by the moratorium

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: gulfregion; jobslost; moratorium; oilspill
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1 posted on 06/16/2010 10:08:16 AM PDT by blog.Eyeblast.tv
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To: blog.Eyeblast.tv

There are rigs already making plans to head to Brazil. Just as Soros planned.


2 posted on 06/16/2010 10:10:01 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: blog.Eyeblast.tv

Bah. I don’t live anywhere near a coast. Drill baby, drill!


3 posted on 06/16/2010 10:12:08 AM PDT by Wolfie
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To: Red_Devil 232

Yes! And those jobs will be lost permanently, as will market position.


4 posted on 06/16/2010 10:15:10 AM PDT by fightinJAG (Obama: "I will gladly pay you on Tuesday for a hamburger today.")
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To: blog.Eyeblast.tv

That’s OK, we need another 100,000 or so temporary census workers....


5 posted on 06/16/2010 10:16:11 AM PDT by Made In The USA (Home Depot should begin stocking up on pitchforks and torches.)
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To: Toddsterpatriot; 1rudeboy
Oh well, you guys can console yourselves with the fact that they pay less in Brazil.
6 posted on 06/16/2010 10:27:43 AM PDT by investigateworld (Abortion stops a beating Heart)
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To: Made In The USA
That’s OK, we need another 100,000 or so temporary census workers....

Heard that boy king wants to do a census every year.
7 posted on 06/16/2010 10:37:20 AM PDT by Cheerio (Barack Hussein 0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: blog.Eyeblast.tv; Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; ...

The list, ping


8 posted on 06/16/2010 10:46:50 AM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: blog.Eyeblast.tv

This will be thousands more drawing unemployment.. which extends now 99wks..putting more strain on already broke states...


9 posted on 06/16/2010 10:47:46 AM PDT by JoanneSD
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To: Nachum

As long as it doesn’t crimp his hundred-dollar-a-pound wagyu beef parties, he’s fine with that.


10 posted on 06/16/2010 10:52:51 AM PDT by Fantasywriter
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To: blog.Eyeblast.tv

Oil field workers are not a forgiving lot.


11 posted on 06/16/2010 10:57:59 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (The 0bama regime represents an "Clear and Present Danger" to the US - Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: blog.Eyeblast.tv

No worries, they can be hired by the Census.


12 posted on 06/16/2010 11:06:06 AM PDT by Mark was here (Fighting for freedom is never easy, especially when your enemies are merely fighting for free stuff.)
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To: blog.Eyeblast.tv

120,000 will be the start. They are not taking into account the ripple jobs that will be lost as well.


13 posted on 06/16/2010 11:09:40 AM PDT by Texas resident (Outlaw fisherman)
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To: blog.Eyeblast.tv

What an anti-stimulus! I heard an oil industry guy say something like “If you want to see a real economic stimulus, see how a 20 year old kid who makes $100,000 a year on an offshore rig uses his money!”

This ridiculous “moratorium” will not help the economy, and will in fact seriously hurt a lot of people, well beyond the offshore drilling industry.


14 posted on 06/16/2010 11:10:57 AM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (I can spell just fine, thanks, it's my typing that sucks.)
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To: All
Here's the full text of President Obama's speech about the BP disaster/gusher in the Gulf of Mexico ...

Obama's Remarks To Nation On Oil Spill [Full Text]


15 posted on 06/16/2010 1:44:51 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Travis T. OJustice

It’s bad for America.

Zero favours it.

Are we surprised?


16 posted on 06/16/2010 1:50:12 PM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: investigateworld

Well, that’s one way for a protectionist to explain away all those rigs that are in the process of being towed elsewhere . . . .


17 posted on 06/16/2010 2:09:43 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy
Excuse me?

Haven't you always proposed that "Them that do it cheaper are "entitled?"

18 posted on 06/16/2010 3:52:36 PM PDT by investigateworld (Abortion stops a beating Heart)
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To: Made In The USA

BINGO
the census will continue at least through November

maybe November 2012 LOL


19 posted on 06/16/2010 3:54:52 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: investigateworld

Nope. And in this case, NOPE. You need to find some other windmills at which to tilt . . . .


20 posted on 06/16/2010 4:01:50 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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