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“Californians are all too familiar with the consequences of offshore drilling,” Feinstein said. “An oil spill in 1969 off the coast of Santa Barbara killed thousands of birds, as well as dolphins, seals and other marine animals. And we know this could happen again.”

Last year, Boxer, Feinstein and Democratic Rep. Lois Capps of Santa Barbara reintroduced a bill that would provide permanent protection for California’s coast from any future drilling.

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Last year, Boxer, Feinstein and Democratic Rep. Lois Capps of Santa Barbara reintroduced a bill that would provide permanent protection for California’s coast from any future drilling.

So what are you going to do about the natural oil seepage that occurs along the Santa Barbara coast ? You gonna pass a bill to ban that too ? Can the citizens of California sue the state for the spill in the image below ?

Caption - Natural liquid oil seepage is observed throughout the year in the Santa Barbara Channel and in Santa Monica Bay. This Radarsat SAR image illustrates seepage off Coal Oil Point (COP) and Goleta Point (GP) in the Santa Barbara Channel. Surface current vectors from shore based HF radar arrays are overlaid in white, corroborating the apparent offshore flow field indicated by the SAR image.

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Apparently oil seepage has been naturally occurring for hundreds and thousands of years. Long before Sacramento even existed.

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Didn’t Boxer and company want us to “forget what John Kerry did 25 years ago, it doesn’t matter anymore”? So...why are Democrats still stuck in the past over one oil spill from a rig that would be way outdated in this day and age (yeah yeah, platform, not the tower, just the equipment, before anyone tries splitting hairs)