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    Obama lifts Gulf Coast oil drilling moratorium

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    The moratorium on deep water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico has been lifted because new safety standards will make a disastrous oil spill much less likely, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced today. Drillers must meet "the higher bar we have set" in order to get new permits, Salazar said, including written certifications by oil company executives that they have met all the safety rules. Companies must also have specific plans for dealing with any spill. It will take awhile for companies to resume actual drilling, though Salazar said "it will happen soon." Michael Bromwich, director of the agency that oversees offshore drilling, said it would take "at least a couple of weeks" for specific permits to be approved.

    President Obama put the moratorium in place while inspectors reviewed the safety of other Gulf Coast rigs in the wake of the massive BP oil spill.
    The six-month moratorium was supposed to end on Nov. 30.
    Gulf Coast businesses and lawmakers protested the moratorium as unnecessary and harmful to their economy. A federal report said the moratorium probably caused the temporary loss of 8,000 to 12,000 jobs in the Gulf region.


    That says it all....suppose to be last year, but now this year...and election year. Can anyone say buy votes???

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    To environmentalists, the lifting of the deep-water drilling moratorium Tuesday comes too soon. To the industry, it is seen as the beginning of a new era of uncertainty....aka rules and more regulations.

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    Perhaps his administration will stop handing safety waivers out like candy...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    Perhaps his administration will stop handing safety waivers out like candy...
    Why???..he's pandering for votes.

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    I don't think that the waivers prior to the Gulf incident were pandering for votes. Perhaps pandering for campaign contributions from Big Oil.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    I don't think that the waivers prior to the Gulf incident were pandering for votes. Perhaps pandering for campaign contributions from Big Oil.
    OK...granted

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    someone must to talking to him. Months before the election he can't run on his record. This could be a good move for him considering the amount of money his campaign will get by doing this. Not only that he can pride himself of how many jobs are on the way from construction, designers to engineers. It's all about money and lobbyist.

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    Harper and him are still taking about the keystone pipe line even jobs will be made in the US but Canada has sold their rights to Asia and most likely they will bring in their own work force. Little to no jobs for the Native Canadians but whats left will be a mess.

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    the man has an incredible sene of timeing,, 4 months before the election he does a 180 on the gulf,, all this is, is campaign mode BS.. if he gets back in he will shut down the gulf again..
    The eastern world, it is exploding, violence flaring bullets loading. you are old enough to kill , but not for voting, this whole crazy world is just to frustrating, and you tell me over and over and over again my friend, you don't believe we are on the EVE of DESTRUCTION.


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    Quote Originally Posted by wingrider View Post
    the man has an incredible sene of timeing,, 4 months before the election he does a 180 on the gulf,, all this is, is campaign mode BS.. if he gets back in he will shut down the gulf again..
    Maybe, buts that all he has. He has completely failed and lied too much.

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