Judge Blocks Obama's Ban on Offshore Drilling

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by azoomm

And?

and...


http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/25238/page1/

[Papa_Complex]

... and ...

http://blogs.ft.com/energy-source/20...live-blogging/

[KSGregman]

“There was oil industry boosterism that minimised potential hazards. There was a boosterism on the part of the previous [Bush] administration that got rid of protections that they viewed as obstacles to increased drilling. Now we see the results: boosterism led to complacency. And complacency led to disaster. And this is a disaster.”

~ Ed Markey, chairman of the energy and the environment subcommittee

Tough to argue with this assessment.

[azoomm]

Please keep posting online articles, it kills time while I'm out running around.

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by KSGregman

“There was oil industry boosterism that minimised potential hazards. There was a boosterism on the part of the previous [Bush] administration that got rid of protections that they viewed as obstacles to increased drilling. Now we see the results: boosterism led to complacency. And complacency led to disaster. And this is a disaster.”

~ Ed Markey, chairman of the energy and the environment subcommittee

Tough to argue with this assessment.

Blame Bush.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by azoomm

Please keep posting online articles, it kills time while I'm out running around.

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index...ean_execu.html

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

Blame Bush.

Blame an over eager profit motive, more like.

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index...ean_execu.html



Blame an over eager profit motive, more like.

Right... Blame the motherfuckers who made shitty decisions all along the way, the guys who's pockets got lined and the fuckers who authorized the cutting of corners... Put the blame where the blame is due...

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

Right... Blame the motherfuckers who made shitty decisions all along the way, the guys who's pockets got lined and the fuckers who authorized the cutting of corners... Put the blame where the blame is due...

And blame the laissez-faire attitude towards regulation adopted by Republicans. Most of whom's main concern in life is "Hey, I'm worth a bit of money, I should do anything I possibly can to protect that"

Bush was just a fuckup all-around, it never ceases to amaze me how many people still deny that. I could care less how "get-er-done" he was, he was still the worst president this country has ever had. Instead of admitting his faults, conservatives would rather say "Well you blamed Bush for everything, so now we're going to blame Obama for everything, ha ha ha"

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

Right... Blame the motherfuckers who made shitty decisions all along the way, the guys who's pockets got lined and the fuckers who authorized the cutting of corners... Put the blame where the blame is due...

Liberals tend to over-regulate. Conservatives like to give the impression of being "law & order", but fail to provide adequate funding to actually enforce regulations. Of the two, I think that over-regulation is preferable to complete failure.

[goof2]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

Right... Blame the motherfuckers who made shitty decisions all along the way, the guys who's pockets got lined and the fuckers who authorized the cutting of corners... Put the blame where the blame is due...

I'm fine with that too. What I don't like is shutting the entire deepwater drilling industry down based on a single incident others in the industry had nothing to do with.