Posted on 04/02/2006 11:04:29 PM PDT by I got the rope
In an effort to advance their proactive vision for this Congress, on February 1st, 2006, Senators Nelson (FL-D) and Martinez (FL-R) unveiled the Permanent Protection for Florida Act. This measure provides permanent protection for Florida’s coasts and extends the moratoria protecting the entire Atlantic and Pacific coasts through the year 2020.
(Excerpt) Read more at sierraclub.org ...
I'm sick and tired of the RINOs ruining our party and acting like elitist Democrats. Mel Martinez was the choice of Jeb and Jorge and look what we get.
I expect this sort of crap from the Prima Donna Bill Nelson. Have fun everyone paying nearly $3.00/gal for fuel.
BTW, I posted this from the Sierra Club so that you know what the Marxist's traitors of these United States are supporting.
Come on Mel, this is nuts. How many tourists you going to get to drive to FL. with $5 gal gas? How much willan airplane ticket cost? With energy costs that high, you won`t even get the illegals trying to sneak in!
Meanwhile, the coasts off La. and Tx. are poisoned for the next generation.
There are stricts rules now for offshore platforms.
There is zero discharge now. Most of the pollution in your neck of the woods is from the existing chemical plants and refineries.
New plants...new rules to play by. The problem with Florida is that we want to take and take from our neighbors oil and gas supply, but we don't want to build any refining capacity or sweetening plants or even any new pipelines.
The leftists are going to put the lights out here. They won't be happy until we are all living in tents, eating grass, and sodomizing each other.
Yes to American resources, no to foreign.
Tough to argue that Florida's waters are "pristine". Maybe down South. I was "deeply saddened" when I took my son for a walk early Saturday morning around 6:30AM on the beach in Boca Raton. So much crap/non-biodegradable material had washed up on the shore that it looked like someone dump a garbage can every 50 feet.
As far as oil platforms, I doubt you have much more impact than you do already with the occasional tanker getting washed up on shore. Now those things are impressive...And the offshore platforms are most likely far cleaner these days. The only thing they really need to do is make them so that they can shut them down and cap them on demand when a hurricane is approaching.
Local oil and gas. I'm in favor of both, screw the ME and the Latino Socialists..
What are talking about? Can you show any data?
If they are, as you say, poisoned, they absolutely are not being poisoned by oil drilling operations but more likely from weather effects, swill, farm runoff, and other land based industrial waste.
Do you eat crawdad or shrimp from the Gulf? If your original statement were true, why would you do that?
Sadly, being a republican today means doing the politically expediant, so the msm wont call you names.
Instead of leading and educating their constituents on the subject at hand, it's much easier to just placate the ignorant and tell them they are right.
Until we get a party in power that will act like adults and force their constituents to act like adults this country will continue its downward slide into ignorance and eventual irrelevancy.
"When you hear objections from the environmental lobby about the risk of exploring deep waters off the Florida coast, you should know that Cuba has licensed foreign firms to develop gas resources in waters as close as 60 miles to the US shore. In years ahead, that Cuba-backed drilling could come as close as 45 miles," he said. "To me, it makes no sense for Venezuelan or Chinese firms to be partnering with their Cuban friends to drill 45 miles off our coast while Florida's US senators want US companies to stay 260 miles off our shores."
Agreed, Rope. I have worked in the offshore oil industry out here on the Gulf since the early 80s. The Gulf is 1000% percent cleaner than it was in the 80s. And the new technology has made blowouts, etc; an almost non issue. If you see polution or other trash out here; MORE THAN LIKELY, it comes from a foreign ship. You don't find foreign ships, only in the Gulf of Mexico.
We have a saying out here. "When they finally have to walk home to their cold, dark house, they will change their "tune". You can decide for yourself who "they" is.
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
I will be writing the TX, LA, and MS senators to introduce an Energy Parasite Prevention Bill, banning the shipment of Gulf oil to the East and West coasts of the country and particularly, to any states whose senators vote for the Nelson-Martinez bill. Do these geniuses think that people are going to come to the Florida tourist areas if gas is $3.50/gal.? I'll bet the travel business this summer will reflect the high gas prices and that more people will stay home.
I don't recall any Pacific coast of Florida.
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
Agreed, just had a fresh snapper as part of a great breakfast. Presently 80 miles southeast of Galveston, tied up to a platform. I can see down 40 feet.
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