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Wasserman Schultz attacks Bachmann suggestion of Everglades drilling
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Posted on 08/29/2011 11:40:40 AM PDT by Sub-Driver

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while putting our environment and working families at risk," the Wasserman Schultz said.

Debbie, you could walk into the everglades and ugly the crude oil out of the ground. John, here is one you can hit out of the park.

41 posted on 08/29/2011 12:27:12 PM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Dear God, please let it rain in Texas. Amen.)
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For nearly 50 years, the Audubon Society allowed an oil company to operate 13 wells in the sanctuary. The company had to comply with strict stipulations such as no pumping during the nesting season. In exchange, Audubon earned more than $25 million and was able to buy additional land for conservation with its profits. It appears now that Audubon’s Bernard Baker Sanctuary in Michigan is following in Rainey’s footsteps. In this case, the oil well was placed on private property bordering the preserve with a drill that slants into the sanctuary’s reserves. Terry Anderson and Laura Huggins interviewed Mike Boyce, Bernard’s resident manager, for their book Greener Than Thou. Boyce claimed the agreement earned $500,000 for Audubon and that Baker is in negotiations with another company and private landowner to build an oil rig on the other side of the Sanctuary.
42 posted on 08/29/2011 12:27:20 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
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To: ozzymandus

Wassaerman Shultz is an amateur.

Debbie Stabenow has been demanding that Canada stop drilling under the great lakes. So far they seem to be ignoring her.


43 posted on 08/29/2011 12:27:50 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin)
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To: Sub-Driver

Bachmann should take Wasserman Schultz’s comments as a gift, that instead of responding meekly, she should tear in the Democrats insane push to ruin America by stopping energy production.

And part of that, air conditioning, is very close to the hearts of Floridians.

“Would you like to live outside in the heat and humidity of the Florida summer? Want to see the inside walls of your homes covered in sweat and black mold? To never feel cool and clean? To not be able to drive or fly away when it is that bad out? THAT’s what the Democrats want for you! Like being homeless and camping out in the swamp. THAT’s what the Democrats are trying desperately to do. THEY want to make all our lives miserable and nasty, because they have weird fantasies about tearing down America.”


44 posted on 08/29/2011 12:29:54 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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This is plain dumb politically speaking to bring up drilling in the Everglades.

Perhaps, but I'd find it rather enjoyable to drill in the everglades just to tick ol' Wassername Schlitz off a bit!

45 posted on 08/29/2011 12:32:03 PM PDT by meyer (We will not sit down and shut up.)
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Debbie Stabenow has been demanding that Canada stop drilling under the great lakes. So far they seem to be ignoring her.

And her ex-husband didn't listen to her rules on drilling either, especially in or around Exit 69, Big Beaver Road ( I am not making that up...)

We need a better Senator...

46 posted on 08/29/2011 12:33:11 PM PDT by taildragger (( Palin / Mulally 2012 ))
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Bachmann: Environmentalists blocking US energy

Somehow I doubt there would be much screaming if she had suggested tuirning the everglades into an enormous wind farm.
47 posted on 08/29/2011 12:34:37 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin)
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48 posted on 08/29/2011 12:35:05 PM PDT by SparkyBass
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“I had no idea.”

Neither had I. But I figured I’d better look before commenting. Pretty interesting, eh?


49 posted on 08/29/2011 12:35:40 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: meyer
I like this comment from Bachmann.

"Instead of thinking we are beggars out here begging for oil and for energy, we are the king daddy dogs when it comes to energy,"
50 posted on 08/29/2011 12:35:56 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin)
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I don’t think we could do much worse than Stupidcow.


51 posted on 08/29/2011 12:37:43 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
You certainly don't get that info from reading that Hill article.

Republican Party supporting policies that would only further enrich the special interests,

Whereas Democrats support policies that only impoverish everyone except special interests. The two parties compliment each other perfectly.

52 posted on 08/29/2011 12:40:28 PM PDT by DManA
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Is there any indication that there is oil under the everglades?... I looked and can’t find any explorations there. However, just from my experience a few months ago, it wasn’t anything but saw grass, alligators and canals to get through. I don’t see how they could drill it anyways, unless directional. Place was wild, but sort of a mindboggling...nothing. (Waiting for flames).


53 posted on 08/29/2011 12:51:00 PM PDT by Safetgiver (I'd rather die under a free American sky than live under a Socialist regime.)
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Washerwoman-Schultz should know something about drilling!

She’s scheduled for a frontal lobotomy.


54 posted on 08/29/2011 1:04:17 PM PDT by IbJensen (Welfare: putting a cake under the sink expecting that it wonÂ’t attract cockroaches.)
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Is there any indication that there is oil under the everglades?

Yes, keep reading down the thread. We have produced oil from the area for decades.

55 posted on 08/29/2011 1:06:15 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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The Raccoon Point Oil Wells are an extraction inside the Everglades Big Cypress preserve, originally conducted by Exxon in 1978. These sites produce comparatively little oil, about 1,800 barrels a day from 5 operating wells, and the crude oil is generally low-grade and high in sulfur content. The deposits are located about 2 miles below the surface, known as the Sunniland Trend, and is extracted by Calumet of Florida who lease drilling rights from Collier Enterprises.

Once the oil is extracted, a 4,000-foot pipeline transports the oil to the Miccosukee Indian Reservation north of Interstate 75, and from there it is trucked to Port Everglades. It is then barged to Gulf Coast refineries. At the site, holding tanks, storage areas and pumps are arranged around a central staging area, with brine surrounding the platforms to catch any spillage. The wells at Raccoon Point are powered mostly by natural gas, a petroleum byproduct. The excess gas is fired off in a stack a short distance away. Because there is little natural gas here, it is not economical to market.

The major concern from environmentalists is of further human and industrial incursions into this delicate ecosystem. Collier Resources Company, proposed the construction of a landing strip and conduct seismic testing in the interest of building several new oil wells. In mid-2006, the Colliers withdrew their request for more oil drilling, as the amount of oil produced versus its costs were unprofitable. With offshore drilling becoming a local and national topic once more, drilling for oil in Big Cypress is likely “on hold” for now.

http://wikimapia.org/1079408/Raccoon-Point-Oil-Wells


56 posted on 08/29/2011 1:06:28 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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Not just Raccoon Point.

Bear Island and Sunniland Field have each already produced 13 million barrels of oil and continue to produce today.

There is oil in the area.


57 posted on 08/29/2011 1:18:37 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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My neighbor who lives primarily in Florida now has changed is mind in favor of more drilling.

He had the classic fantasy of drilling rigs across the horizon. I showed him a photo of one that sat right across the lake from us and showed him that all that remains is a set of pipes with valves that poke up out of the weeds and are pretty much invisible. The rig was built and gone inside of a month.


58 posted on 08/29/2011 1:24:54 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin)
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I don’t understand how they were ever allowed to drill in the Everglades. I am against drilling there. I grew up in So. Fla. and lived there until 1998 and I understand how important the Everglades are to drinking water. Bad idea. I know - NIMBY - but in this case, I think the vast majority would say NO!

In 2002, the federal government at the urging of President George W. Bush bought back oil and gas drilling rights in the Everglades for $120 million.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/9819733


59 posted on 08/29/2011 1:28:12 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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This might surprise you, but people in Texas and Louisiana and all the other drilling states drink water too.

Drilling and production can be done safely. Spills do get cleaned up if/when they happen.


60 posted on 08/29/2011 1:33:56 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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