Has Jindal requested a moratorium on any future Gulf drilling? He doesn't even want to sue BP

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100524/ts_csm/303130

Despite BP oil spill, Louisiana still loves Big Oil

By Bill Sasser Bill Sasser – Mon May 24, 1:15 pm ET

New Orleans – One week after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig collapsed into the Gulf of Mexico, a letter arrived on President Obama's desk from Sen. Bill Nelson (D) of Florida, demanding an immediate moratorium on offshore oil drilling.

The same day, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist – a man once seen cheering as Sarah Palin said "drill here, drill now" – called for a special state legislative session to ban offshore drilling.

Even on the other side of the continent, the effects of the Gulf oil spill were transformative: Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger withdrew his support for limited drilling off the California coast.

"If I have a choice between the $100 million and what I see in the Gulf of Mexico, I'd rather just figure out how to make up for that $100 million," he said May 3. snip

Many families in south Louisiana work in both the fishing and oil and gas industries, and marine scientists say the spill could severely damage the state's $1.8 billion annual fishing industry for years to come.

Fishing, drilling have coexisted"What makes the oil spill such an interesting issue is that, historically, fishing and oil have worked well together here. This is the first time that one industry is threatening the survival of the other," says Mr. Goidel.

Yet so far, the official state response has been marked by restraint. Despite joining a multistate suit against federal health-care reform legislation, Gov. Bobby Jindal said April 30 that Louisiana was not considering a lawsuit against BP. (He has decided, however, to go forward with plans to build sand berms off the coast to try to keep oil from washing into sensitive areas, even though the US Army Corps of Engineers has not yet issued the state a permit to do so.) Prominent Democratic and Republican officeholders say they will hold BP responsible for the spill, but none has yet called for suits against BP or for new industry regulations.

"In the state's economy and politics, there's no question that the oil industry plays a central role across the board," says Goidel.

[seabeyond]

1. the goal is to take down obama, not bp and oil. reality is, in that area oil provides

lots and lots of jobs. well paying jobs. in a time when it is hard to find jobs, it would be challenging for anyone to want to make all those jobs go away.

bp did not follow its own rules to prevent this gusher. they went against what they knew they should do, for money.

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2. Drilling in the Great Lakes would provide much needed jobs here too

I don't think the trade off is worth it though. Never did.

Don

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3. that is a whole other issue. and i understand what you are saying.

i think without strong control adn regulation we set ourselves up for these kinds of ooopses. there are also going to be the inevitable accidents when all was done right.

i dont have the answer

i dont like the idea of the possibility of this.

but i do understand the economic position this location is in in respect to jobs.

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5. If we had kept putting wing nuts like Jindal into office up here we would have had lake drilling

So I hope this is a lesson for others.

Don

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4. But he's a fucking LEADER!

He's TAKING CHARGE!!!!

:sarcasm:

[seabeyond]

6. dontcha know... rolling eyes. lordy. nt