Offshore Oil Drilling Ban Will Be Restored By Any Means Necessary, Even Civil War - Dem Congressman

cnsnews.com ^ | March 23, 2009 | Josiah Ryan

[kellynla]

The ban on offshore oil drilling that expired last September will be restored by “any means necessary,” Rep. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.), who serves on both the House Committee on Natural Resources and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, told CNSNews.com on Friday.

Inslee, who participated in a conference entitled "Planning for a Secure Energy Future” sponsored by the Washington Post, also recommended a ban on future drilling in the arctic, where he says there is a “gold rush” for oil uncovered by melting ice caps.

But Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.), who serves on the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming and also attended the conference, told CNSNews.com that offshore oil drilling should provide an integral part of American energy and recommended the Interior Department begin distributing offshore oil drilling leases.

Back in June, President George W. Bush lifted an 18-year-old executive order banning new offshore drilling that had been put in place by his father, President George H.W. Bush, and extended by President Bill Clinton.

At the end of September 2008, Congress – then in the midst of crafting a $700-billion financial bailout and facing nationwide pressure to lower gas prices and remove the ban – allowed a 26-year-old moratorium of offshore oil drilling that had been annually attached to the Interior Department funding bill, to expire.

Since then, the Bureau of Land Management has allowed bidding on leases for oil exploration. But some Democratic members of congress have indicated they would like to see the ban restored.

The moratorium on offshore oil drilling “will be reinstated,” Inslee told CNSNews.com, but he did not specify whether he meant the executive branch moratorium or the one from the Interior Department.

[veracious]

Yup, the congress bought a paid for with foreign money, directly and thru hundreds of other organizations (inc. environmental), _must_, MUST, continue the outflow of USA wealth to foreign nations. Otherwise, USA may be remain sovereign and powerful.

The Asylum of our Era.

[Islander7]

....terrible things has drilling in the Gulf Of Mexico done to the ecosystem or economies of the gulf states?

Well, for one thing, the fishing is so fantastic around the rigs we have had a bunch of people move here, we have several fishing tournaments each year that brings thousands of tourists and millions of $ pumped into the local economy, we have many thousands of people who depend on the off shore rigs and local refineries for a living. They pay millions in state income and sales taxes.

Gee, now I see the problem now! Success is no longer to be tolerated!

Besides, Chevron has spent millions to preserve and enhance a wildlife sanctuary on THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY.

[Wonder Warthog]

Somebody needs to remind Congressman Inslee that the hyper-environmentally-conscious Scandinavians have allowed drilling in the North Sea (a far more tempestuous body of water that the West Coast Pacific) with zero negative environmental effects. Technology has changed since there were oil spills off the California coast.

[chpmass]

In other words, the American people are idiots. The Politburo knows best.

[MHGinTN]

And if these democrat party oligarchs keep this up We The People will remove them by any means necessary. We are not their serf yet, but they keep trying to make it so.

[Vigilanteman]

If the oil companies were willing to play political hardball like the Democrats, they could simply announce a contingency rationing plan for when oil ran short by congressional district: those with the hostile congress critters would get price increases first and supplies last.

Once their constituents started queuing up for gasoline supplies, you could see how long their popularity lasted.

[b4its2late]

Well, maybe for the next two years till we kick their asses out.

[penelopesire]

Bookmark!

[kempster]

Will $4.00 per gallon gas wake up these fools that thought the chosen one was going to solve this problem.

[chuck_the_tv_out]

“arctic, where he says there is a “gold rush” for oil uncovered by melting ice caps”

yeah, let the russians have it huh.

these people are OWNED by foreign interests.

that, plus the 1-note media, makes for the WORST national security crisis America has ever experienced.

[Centurion2000]

America could not only become energy independent and provide all the water we would ever need but would be such a HUGE boost to the economy, that we could completely turn this economy around in a matter of a few years!

FASTER actually. Remember that a lot of the economy is based on confidence and optimism.

This 1000 point rally in the last week? That's false hope and it's going to get bitter at the next treasuries auction. Also this Treasury plan to buy toxic assets is going to stick the FDIC with TRILLIONS of bad securities while the banks take a 5% loss.

[The Great RJ]

How will Congress respond when the American people are standing in long lines for a weekly ration of $4 + per gallon gasoline while the Chinese have an oil drilling platform 60 miles off our coast in an area declared off limits for US oil producers? I could see a very interesting political ad for the 2010 elections depicting just this scene.

[EdReform]

"... The moratorium on offshore oil drilling “will be reinstated,” Inslee told CNSNews.com, but he did not specify whether he meant the executive branch moratorium or the one from the Interior Department.

“One way or the other, it will be reinstated,” said Inslee. “One way or the other, by any means necessary.

“We are off the Pacific coast, and there would be a civil war,” said Inslee. “There would be something like a secessionist movement if there was a serious attempt to [permanently] remove the moratorium...”

[RVN Airplane Driver]

How can anyone be that ignorant? Frankly, I don’t care if that whole $hithole liberal Seattle area floats off into the pacific.

[Spunky]

Ping! "The ban on offshore oil drilling that expired last September will be restored by “any means necessary,” Rep. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.),"

We threw this guy out several years ago over here in the Tri-Cities.

[Mojave]

All these people against drilling on the pacific shelf should ask themselves what terrible things has drilling in the Gulf Of Mexico done to the ecosystem or economies of the gulf states?

Some of the biggest fish I ever caught were next to offshore rigs.

[dalereed]

“Don’t Worry , congressman Inslee.....Civil War is coming and it will be anything but civil......”

As a 5th generation Southern Californian i’m all for a civil war if they don’t allow oil drilling on the entire coast from the beach out!!!

[EdReform]

Ping

[LibWhacker]

will be restored by “any means necessary

These rat-b***ards sure love threats -- as long as they're the ones doing the threatening. But put the shoe on the other foot and they squeal like stuck pigs. They're just punks at heart.

[BradyLS]

Awesome. More good news. /s