As BP’s oil disaster devastates gulf region, Landrieu and Boehner call for expanding oil drilling

[babylonsister]

Landrieu is in it for the money imo, but what planet is boner living on? :crazy:



As BP’s oil disaster devastates gulf region, Landrieu and Boehner call for expanding oil drilling
May 4, 2010


While some in the “drill baby drill” crowd have been chastened by reality, others have not. Think Progress has the story of those who still seem in denial of the unfolding disaster.

As BP’s massive oil disaster in the Gulf continues to devastate the ecosystem and economy of the region, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) has a novel proposal: expanding oil drilling. Roll Call reports that, yesterday, Boehner said the “tragedy should remind us that America needs…{the} Republicans’” pro-drilling energy plan:

House Republican leaders are once again sounding the drumbeat for passage of their sidelined pro-drilling energy reform package, even as state and federal officials scramble to stem a massive Gulf oil spill.

“This tragedy should remind us that America needs a real, comprehensive energy plan, like Republicans’ ‘all-of-the-above’ strategy,” House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Monday in a statement.

The GOP proposal, which was first rolled out in the summer of 2008 and has made multiple appearances since then, would, among other things, open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil exploration and lift the moratoriums on drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf.

Meanwhile, Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA), “perhaps the oil industry’s best friend in the Democratic Party,” is using the tragedy to call for “accelerated” oil revenue sharing from the federal government and to demand that we “not…retreat” from further drilling:

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http://climateprogress.org/2010/05/04/as-bp%E2%80%99s-oil-disaster-devastates-gulf-region-landrieu-and-boehner-call-for-expanding-oil-drilling/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+climateprogress%2FlCrX+%28Climate+Progress%29

[rpannier]

1. I see she's in top form today

Between her and LIEberman the stupidity has just been rolling

Maybe if Lincoln is dispatched in the Arkansas primaries they'll take the hint

[oh08dem]

2. It's time to flush the John!

For all the people who are hurt in my district by Boner's (in)action you'd think he would, at the very least, be challenged every two years. Sadly, this is not the case. People here LOVE their Boner; it's too bad he's pretty impotent when it comes to helping them. Hopefully, Coussole can put some fear into his cold black heart.