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Government to impose new drilling ban today
Houston Chronicle via The Woodward Repor ^ | July 12, 2010

Posted on 07/12/2010 12:59:10 PM PDT by antiobamacare

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To: Logical me

So sad but true


41 posted on 07/12/2010 1:51:36 PM PDT by rodguy911 ( Sarah 2012!!! Home of the free because of the brave.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
Absolutely right.
How this could be construed to be anything other than Contempt of Court is beyond amazement.
42 posted on 07/12/2010 1:53:35 PM PDT by dusttoyou (Remember come November)
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To: antiobamacare

The gulf state governors should tell the govt. to pound sand. What are they going to do? Send out EPA swat teams to shut them down?


43 posted on 07/12/2010 1:54:18 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( Two years already?)
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To: prophetic
I agree with everything you said. I think there are a very limited number of floating drilling platforms capable of super deep water drilling.

I have heard on other sites that the cost is 350 million to build one and that they rent of a million bucks per day so when zero first shut them down my guess is they started plans to move them immediately to all parts of the world.

44 posted on 07/12/2010 1:56:01 PM PDT by rodguy911 ( Sarah 2012!!! Home of the free because of the brave.)
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So I guess that if an airplane crashes any time soon, we’re gonna have to worry about Obama shutting down the airline industry???

Yeah, that makes sense.


45 posted on 07/12/2010 2:00:19 PM PDT by ObamaMustGo2012 (Obama Must Go In 2012)
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To: erkyl

According to www.theoildrum.com, which I find reliable, skimmers work with 0.1 inches of oil on the surface; or maybe 0,1 mm. But skimmers are useless for an oil-dispersant mix just under the surface.

If this be so, skimmers are useless. Also from oildrum, an advanced Dutch skimmer can cover 1 square mile per day. If there are 5000 sq. miles, skimming is like peeing in the ocean to raise the tide.


46 posted on 07/12/2010 2:01:20 PM PDT by saltus (God's Will be done)
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To: NMEwithin

man, that a—hole won’t let it go will he? What’s he hoping, third time’s a charm? I hope the next judge that knocks it down also issues a statement NO MORE ATTEMPTS TO BAN DRILLING!! NO MEANS NO!!!


47 posted on 07/12/2010 2:03:06 PM PDT by Newton ('No arsenal is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.' -Ronald Reagan)
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To: erkyl
... The administration also is expected to make the case that the industry is ill-equipped to respond to a blowout in deep water --

Which means they are looking for an excuse to ban deep water drilling permanently.

Meanwhile; Petrobras uses $2 billion dollars of American money that 0bama loaned them to drill in 14,000 ft of water.

48 posted on 07/12/2010 2:03:34 PM PDT by TigersEye (Greenhouse Theory is false. Totally debunked. "GH gases" is a non-sequitur.)
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To: antiobamacare

Like the Arizona racist lawsuit, this, also is beginning to look like he missing some mental faculties.


49 posted on 07/12/2010 2:14:53 PM PDT by Hillbillary (I know how to deal with Communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation
Rush is right.

It Begins… First Oil Rig Relocates From Gulf to Foreign Waters

"As a result of the uncertainties surrounding the offshore drilling moratorium, we are actively seeking international opportunities to keep our rigs fully employed," Dickerson said. "We greatly regret the loss of U.S. jobs that will result from this rig relocation."

It is not just Gulf operations that are being effected either.

Wait and see for Shell {Shell puts Arctic drilling plans on hold, waiting on feds}

50 posted on 07/12/2010 2:20:25 PM PDT by TigersEye (Greenhouse Theory is false. Totally debunked. "GH gases" is a non-sequitur.)
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To: antiobamacare
LA and private businesses should just go out and drill anyway. Why is everyone running scared. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
Force this tyrannical Fed to fire on the boats.
51 posted on 07/12/2010 2:41:41 PM PDT by cowboyusa
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To: antiobamacare

Dirt naps are the only cure for this infestation!


52 posted on 07/12/2010 2:52:31 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: Drill Thrawl

No kidding.
I got a crate of 5.7x28 rounds and as many boxes of .38 special and .45 ACP as I could muster.
The 5.7x28 mm was nice in that it wasn’t nearly as impacted by the ammo-rush/shortage as the others were because it is a less common size.

I honestly think that we are headed for some big trouble; I asked a sheriff today why our state has a law restricting guns from university campuses despite the clear wording of our State Constitution that “No law shall abridge the right of the Citizen to keep and bear arms for security and defense...”
He was of the opinion that the restrictions were *not* the abridgment of the right to keep and bear arms... in retrospect I should have asked “so then, do students living on campus have no right to own a firearm since they *are* living on university grounds?”

The theory of jurisprudence that he embraces would see a single law requiring Jews (or Christians, or Muslims, ...) to wear six-pointed stars on their clothing. And another law saying that no person wearing a six-pointed star may vote. As not violating the section of my/their State Constitution that reads:
Art 2, Sec. 11. [Freedom of religion.]
Every man shall be free to worship God according
to the dictates of his own conscience, and no
person shall ever be molested or denied any
civil or political right or privilege on account
of his religious opinion or mode of religious
worship. No person shall be required to attend
any place of worship or support any religious
sect or denomination; nor shall any preference
be given by law to any religious denomination
or mode of worship.


53 posted on 07/12/2010 3:09:47 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: antiobamacare

I am looking forward to the multiple studies that will be done on the adverse economic effects of this ban/moritorium .... this lamearse Jack Squat administration days are numbered.


54 posted on 07/12/2010 3:14:30 PM PDT by cranked
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To: antiobamacare
Obama is as Obama Does


55 posted on 07/12/2010 4:35:20 PM PDT by Fred (We are doomed)
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To: The Comedian

” “Petrobas/Soros Enrichment Act”. “

Good name for it, seeing as that is what it is.


56 posted on 07/12/2010 6:18:25 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Support our Troops, and vote out the RINOS!)
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To: pnh102

It was always coming down to the people enforcing the rule of law. It’s going to be a wild, memorable ride, folks.


57 posted on 07/12/2010 6:26:36 PM PDT by Quickgun (As a former fetus, I'm opposed to abortion. Mamas don't let your cowboys grow up to be babies..)
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