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BREAKING NEWS: Obama administration says it will cancel 77 drilling leases near Utah parks
MSNBC.COM ^ | 2/4/2009 | MSNBC News Services

Posted on 02/04/2009 12:09:33 PM PST by Smogger

BREAKING NEWS: Obama administration says it will cancel 77 drilling leases near Utah parks

(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhoenergy; energy; obama; obamatruthfile; oil
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To: DoughtyOne

Links for what?


281 posted on 02/04/2009 2:57:35 PM PST by Indy Pendance (Limbaugh/Palin 2012)
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To: Smogger

National Socialist Obama wants the U.S. to be more dependent on foreign oil, much of which comes from countries that are hostile.


282 posted on 02/04/2009 2:59:52 PM PST by pleikumud
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To: Smogger

My guess is that this is a politically strategic decision. The price of oil is low right now which is causing the oilfield jobs to dry up out this way which means the leases probably wouldn’t be used at this time anyway. When oil prices go up again, Obama can backtrack on the leases and the MSM can trumpet “LOOK HOW MUCH OBAMA IS DOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.”


283 posted on 02/04/2009 3:00:17 PM PST by FreedomForce (A conservative 2012)
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To: theDentist

We must remember the “let’s punish the republican” crowd who voted for Obama.

Thanks a whole lot.


284 posted on 02/04/2009 3:01:55 PM PST by ConfidentConservative (I think, therefore I am conservative.)
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To: DoughtyOne

Duh, you have mail. I sent you the links.


285 posted on 02/04/2009 3:02:37 PM PST by Indy Pendance (Limbaugh/Palin 2012)
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To: Smogger

Thanks Hussein!
Love, The Saudis and the rest of OPEC

286 posted on 02/04/2009 3:04:23 PM PST by Recovering_Democrat
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To: thackney

From the article you referenced:

“The purchase of a lease is not a ‘green light’ to drill. A lease is only the first step in a long, expensive process, which can take many years no guarantee of production. Those protesting the sale often forget that natural gas and oil activity in Utah occupies much less than 1% of public land. With current technology and industry practices, producers are able to develop vital energy resources now, and reclaim the land to its original condition soon afterwards.”

Think how destructive these environmentalists are. They hate people.


287 posted on 02/04/2009 3:24:45 PM PST by 1010RD (First Do No Harm)
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To: LottieDah
We could come up with our own slogans for bumpstickers....when Bush left office gas was $__”

I LOVE IT!!!!!!!

288 posted on 02/04/2009 3:30:31 PM PST by HomeschoolMomma (YES SHE CAN! Sarah Palin 2012)
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To: thackney

Hmmmmmm can one cancel a lease ? Was drilling underway at those 77 sites or were they waste disposal cost overload sites ? Aka cost to much to dispose of byproduct etc ....

..........I have questions yet Obama still sucks pond water !

Every time Obama acts a socialist congressman gets beat in the 2010 election ......and a kitten dies.


289 posted on 02/04/2009 3:35:29 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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To: penelopesire

“European socialism” was nothing more than totalitarian communism lying in wait until America fell.

We’re into the next phase now.


290 posted on 02/04/2009 3:42:13 PM PST by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard

Looks that way, doesn’t it?

Very scary times ahead.


291 posted on 02/04/2009 3:47:41 PM PST by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: indylindy
We may all find the joy. (of living in a box under the highway)

For now, only those in the private sector need to worry about it. Government employees are by and large set for life.

292 posted on 02/04/2009 3:57:29 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine (Is /sarc really necessary?)
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To: Smogger

Feel free to make as many enemies as you possibly can, Barak. We’ll remember who they are.


293 posted on 02/04/2009 4:04:02 PM PST by dr_who
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To: Smogger

I guess we can call this the day the revolution started.


294 posted on 02/04/2009 4:07:12 PM PST by HonestConservative (http://www.operationvalentine.blogspot.com/)
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To: Smogger

Can somebody find me a map of WHERE these proposed drilling sites are in relation to Canyonlands and Arches?


295 posted on 02/04/2009 4:14:48 PM PST by Choose Ye This Day (B.O. ? BOHICA!!!)
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To: lonevoice

Obama and his ilk are destroying America. When is the revolution?


296 posted on 02/04/2009 4:15:05 PM PST by Pride in the USA
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To: Las Vegas Ron
"There can be no doubt, these people are deliberately out to destroy this economy, no doubt at all in my view."

I'm not one for the tin foil hat, but I can see no other explanation for some of the things they've done so far and openly acknowledge wanting to do in the near-future.

My guess is Obama is far, far more radical than anyone previously thought. He knows without an economic collapse in the extreme, it will be difficult to do some of the things he wants to do. Lord help us.

297 posted on 02/04/2009 4:21:34 PM PST by Big_Monkey
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To: Smogger
F-0!!!
298 posted on 02/04/2009 4:32:06 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist -)
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To: Smogger

Really, well, consider the economy officially fixed. This will certainly help our dependency on foriegn oil.


299 posted on 02/04/2009 4:54:34 PM PST by TheNewPundit
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To: pissant

good luck with that...

I’d like all the anti-mccain “conservatives” that stayed home back in november to raise their hands...
:)


300 posted on 02/04/2009 5:26:30 PM PST by TV Dinners (Hope is not a Strategy)
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