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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 02:15 PM Original message |
Drill Baby Drill: Obama To END Offshore Drilling Moratorium |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. K&InvisibleR |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. Local unemployment forced his hand, a mitigating factor apparently not worthy of consideration. nt |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 02:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Far more jobs were lost due to the spill than due to the moratorium. nt |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 02:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. The moratorium exacerbated unemployment and the locals were screaming about it. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 02:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I've lived in N.O. and was there during the spill - more locals were... |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 02:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. No, he's listening to the unemployed. The locals were begging him to remove the moratorium. nt |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 02:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. You're ignoring the fact that many more were hurt by the spill... |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 02:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Not at all. The damage was and will continue to be devastating. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 02:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Good grief, it's oil that threatens the fishing industry... |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 02:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. It's a circuitous argument, but I do understand your point. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 02:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. You mean the fishermen who now won't even eat the fish they catch? |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 02:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. It's not a defense, it's a reality. One that you are ignoring. nt |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 02:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. You have bought the Republican lies, hook, line and sinker. nt |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 02:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Not at all. I'm sympathetic to the locals and their clamoring for employment. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 02:55 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. You keep saying "the locals" - it's only oil beholden Republican locals... |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 02:59 PM Original message |
Unemployment is a non-partisan issue. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
31. See #29 |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 02:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Wrong. There are other solutions to the jobs crisis. Obama is the one ignoring that fact |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. LOL. No, in the short term, it's a stark reality. nt |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 02:59 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. That's absurd. The gov't could hire them to CLEAN UP THE GULF... |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 02:59 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. They have done that already. nt |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 03:01 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. No, the Gulf has NOT been cleaned up - it would take years... |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 03:03 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. You are moving the goalposts. They have paid people for clean-up + of course it's far from done! |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 03:05 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I'm not moving goalposts; I'm saying there are other ways to employ people... |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 02:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I sincerely doubt that |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 02:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Apparently you missed the locals screaming on TV about the moratorium |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 02:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I doubt that too... |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 02:38 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Believe whatever you want, but it was extensively covered during the "spill" coverage. nt |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 03:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
35. This got a lot of coverage too... |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 02:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. Lots of Industries find this administration so pliable. That's our problem. |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 08:54 PM Response to Reply #24 |
38. Yep nt |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
3. Apparently nothing was learned from the biggest oil spill in this country's history... |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
6. Nothing but sad here. |
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jdlh8894 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 02:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. We really are a doomed species |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
10. Obviously unreccers can't handle the truth. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
14. The moratorium was never intenended to be permanent |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 02:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. True - it was always a p.r. stunt. nt |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
36. Big Oil's hand meets politician's glove. K&R |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 03:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Yep - pretty much. nt |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-10 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
39. kick |
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