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House Dems whack Cheney over oil spill (Barfola)
The Hill ^ | July 20, 2010 | Ben Geman

Posted on 07/20/2010 12:46:40 PM PDT by BradtotheBone

Senior Democrats on the panel — Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) — used a hearing on the Interior Department’s role to trace the disaster back to former Vice President Dick Cheney’s energy policy task force.

Waxman said that task force — which was assembled early in the Bush administration — set the stage for policies that pushed drilling at the expense of tough safety oversight of rigs and review of environmental risks.

“The cop on the beat was off-duty for nearly a decade and this gave rise to a dangerous culture of permissiveness,” Waxman said. “In many ways this history begins with Vice President Cheney’s secretive energy task force.”

Waxman said that under the Bush-era Interior Department, “the priority was more drilling first and safety second,” although he added that the current administration was also too hands-off before the spill.

Waxman said the Bush-era lease sale that included the tract where BP’s drilling eventually went awry should have been preceded by much stronger environmental reviews about the sale’s effects.

Markey also bashed the Bush administration.

“Seven years before this spill, the Bush administration exempted most Gulf of Mexico leaseholders from having to include blowout scenarios in their oil and gas exploration or production plans. Oil companies were also no longer required to say how long it would take to drill a relief well, and how a blowout could be contained by capping the well,” he said.

But committee Republicans noted that BP’s actual drilling of its ill-fated Macondo well was approved under the Obama administration.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


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1 posted on 07/20/2010 12:46:41 PM PDT by BradtotheBone
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To: BradtotheBone

B A R F A P A L O O Z A !!!!!


2 posted on 07/20/2010 12:50:27 PM PDT by SMARTY ("What luck for rulers that men do not think." Adolph Hitler)
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To: BradtotheBone; administrator

Sorry about the double post, please remove. Thanks :0)>


3 posted on 07/20/2010 12:53:24 PM PDT by BradtotheBone (Moderate Democrat - A politician whose voting record leans left and whose vote can be bought.)
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To: SMARTY

Must the official House busybody Waxman stick his nose into EVERYTHING?!


4 posted on 07/20/2010 12:53:46 PM PDT by getarope (One Big Ass Mistake, America!)
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To: getarope
Must the official House busybody Waxman stick his nose into EVERYTHING?!

Of course! Especially with a nose like his
5 posted on 07/20/2010 12:55:31 PM PDT by jrg
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To: SMARTY

These people are crazy. Why don’t they get over it and move on.


6 posted on 07/20/2010 12:56:54 PM PDT by Uncle Hal
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To: BradtotheBone

They better watch out. Cheney shoots back.


7 posted on 07/20/2010 12:58:07 PM PDT by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: BradtotheBone

Again ??


8 posted on 07/20/2010 1:06:13 PM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: BradtotheBone

Nostrillus Maximus & Fulla Malarkey

You get what you paid for...


9 posted on 07/20/2010 1:06:47 PM PDT by snarkbait (<<For Rent>>)
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To: BradtotheBone
Is there not ONE Republican who will take that noxious Waxman to the woodshed?

This sorry excuse for a human being needs to be publicly humiliated.

10 posted on 07/20/2010 1:11:58 PM PDT by SMM48
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To: BradtotheBone
"Since every study, and every committee comes to the same conclusion, it is the Bush Administration’s fault, why not just get a $10 rubber stamp and save the tax payers some money by not holding any hearings.

6 posted on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 3:53:11 PM by CIB-173RDABN

Taken from the locked post.
The Rubber stamp is a good idea. Why didn't I think of that.

HERE ARE SOME IDEAS FOR STAMPS
1. BUSH DONE IT
2. DICK DONE IT (Sounds better than Cheney)
3. HALIBURTON DONE IT. . . . . . . . . .

11 posted on 07/20/2010 1:15:46 PM PDT by DeaconRed (Hey Joe: Where in the hell are those 3.5 million Jobs? I really needs one of them. Voter#537 In FL.)
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To: jrg
Must the official House busybody Waxman stick his nose into EVERYTHING?!

Of course! Especially with a nose like his

Lest someone forget what it looks like.

12 posted on 07/20/2010 1:17:14 PM PDT by ProfoundMan (Time to finish the Reagan Revolution! - RightyPics.com)
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To: BradtotheBone
Obama was Prez for over a year when this happened. His administration gave BP a safety award.

Come on. He bears some responsibility for this mess. Trying to tie this back to something that Cheney did 8 years ago is silly.

13 posted on 07/20/2010 1:21:27 PM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: BradtotheBone

Hey Wax-Man
If you really think Cheney broke it- THEN LET CHENEY FIX IT
and if it’s BUSH”S FAULT- LET BUSH COME BACK AND FIX IT

double dare you, pig-man


14 posted on 07/20/2010 1:26:15 PM PDT by silverleaf (Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.)
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To: ProfoundMan

Pigs root with their noses.


15 posted on 07/20/2010 1:29:53 PM PDT by 70th Division (I love my country but fear my government!)
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To: BradtotheBone

And how many oil spills did Bush and Cheney have on THEIR WATCH ? ? These people are insane.


16 posted on 07/20/2010 1:31:16 PM PDT by 70th Division (I love my country but fear my government!)
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To: BradtotheBone
Pig nose Waxman trying to look important.
17 posted on 07/20/2010 1:47:43 PM PDT by Logical me
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To: BradtotheBone

So, where were they for a year and a half?


18 posted on 07/20/2010 1:50:39 PM PDT by BlueStateMadness (Two commonly violated premises: you can save people from themselves, and the free lunch myth)
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To: pnh102
They better watch out. Cheney shoots back...

They are that stupid.

19 posted on 07/20/2010 1:59:09 PM PDT by gogeo ("Every one has a right to be an idiot. He abuses the privilege!" Groucho Marx)
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To: ProfoundMan

WOW!! Talk about Mr. RATFACE...


20 posted on 07/20/2010 2:18:42 PM PDT by GoldenPup
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