Who does this guy think he is? Doesn't he know my powers are unlimited?
Posted on 06/21/2010 1:41:18 PM PDT by jazusamo
Washington (CNSNews.com) – A federal judge will rule Wednesday whether to uphold President Barack Obama’s six-month moratorium on offshore drilling, a response to the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Several oil service companies asked a federal judge on Monday to block the U.S. Interior Department from enforcing a six-month moratorium on new deepwater drilling projects in the Gulf of Mexico. The lawsuit filed claims the government arbitrarily imposed the moratorium and suspended drilling at 33 existing exploratory wells without any proof that the operations posed a threat.
U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman is scheduled to hear arguments Monday in New Orleans on Hornbeck Offshore Services’ bid for lifting the moratorium.
But the White House on Monday defended the government’s position.
“The president is doing everything he can to ensure the safety of those workers. Until people say that he had done everything that he thinks is appropriate, for their safety, he doesn’t want to move forward,” White House spokesman Bill Burton said. “The defense is we go into this mess because of people who cut corners. We’re not going to cut corners.”
The lawsuit was originally filed by Louisiana-based Hornbeck Offshore Services LLC and joined by more than a dozen companies involved in offshore drilling operations. It is the first lawsuit seeking to reverse the drilling ban imposed by the U.S. Department of Interior.
This ban should be lifted but it is going to take a judge with guts to stand up to the powers that be much like the governors of Arizona and New Jersey are. We need a lot more like em!
Its about time somebody started fighting back.
Until people say that he had done everything that he thinks is appropriate, for their safety, he doesn’t want to move forward,”
One can only note that it’s “until people say that he
had done everything”, not until he has done everything!
Who appointed Martin Feldman? It shouldn’t matter but you had better believe it does.
You’re correct. He was appointed by none other than President Ronald Reagan and he was a JAG officer, there is hope.
There is some hope...Feldman was nominated by Ronald Reagan, so hopefully he’s not a flaming liberal.
You or I have more of each of each of those than zero, pick a random name out of the phone book and that person will have more too.
Who does this guy think he is? Doesn't he know my powers are unlimited?
I’d bet that crosses Zer0’s mind a lot, what little there is of it.
Thanks, he’s starting it now.
Good. Go to court and throw out that 0bama diktat. I am in favor of a one month moratorium and A-Z reassessments & inspections at the most. This would give the lazy ass Feds enough time to check out all deep water rigs...On an accelerated basis. Cancel some vacations. Bring in some retired fellows who know the job. Make those Feds work for their money
Flushing millions and billions in oil wealth down the rat hole is nutty except to the eco-wackos. Hundreds of thousands of jobs are at stake
What you’ve outlined is exactly what a sane and patriotic president would have done and no court cases would have been necessary, throw the anti-American bum out is correct.
Awesome. Reagan appointee? We’ll see how this goes. Dare he stand up to the Little Dictator?
I would think he just may with his military JAG background, especially if Zer0 over stepped his legal authority. I sure am looking forward to Zer0's reaction if this judge shoots him down. :)
nobama’s number one priority, even above golf and basketball is to destroy the US economy. The drilling moratorium, not temporarily lifting the Jones act, and not immediately taking advantage of offered foreign help are just three more steps towards accomplishing his goal.
Watch him carefully. Virtually everything he does is in accomplishment of this goal.
Amen to that.
Thx. That fact frequently gets lost in the noise.
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