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2010-04-02 Economy

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Posted by Bobby 2010-04-02 09:42|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Those who are unwilling to have oil drilling 'in their back yard' should be unwilling to use oil. If drilling is such a bad thing for them, it would be a bad thing for everyone. Or is it that they are special, but it's just fine for the little people to suffer.

Posted by Glenmore 2010-04-02 10:09|| 2010-04-02 10:09|| Front Page Top

#2 Virginia is first in line because it was included in an offshore plan proposed by the Bush administration for 2007-12.

An "offshore drilling plan" Barry .... "inherited from the previous administration."

Posted by Besoeker 2010-04-02 10:14|| 2010-04-02 10:14|| Front Page Top

#3 Well...as long as the Evil Bushitler isn't doing it, I guess it's okay.

Posted by tu3031 2010-04-02 10:17|| 2010-04-02 10:17|| Front Page Top

#4 Those who are unwilling to have wind turbines in their back yard should be unwilling to use electricity. Even though this is fly over country, many who live here in west Kans. love our scenery and appreciate mother earth.

Posted by bman 2010-04-02 11:13|| 2010-04-02 11:13|| Front Page Top

#5 Midwestern states get a portion of Virginia royalty money? Ya mean like Illinois?

Posted by swksvolFF 2010-04-02 12:09|| 2010-04-02 12:09|| Front Page Top

#6 "Or is it that they are special, but it's just fine for the little people to suffer."

Got it in one, Glenmore.

But don't think of it as us little people suffering; think of it as us "doing our part to help Mother Gaia." >:-(

**spit**

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-04-02 12:45|| 2010-04-02 12:45|| Front Page Top

#7 represents a horrible rush to judgment ...

Because we've been moving at such breakneck speed to drill offshore these last forty years ...

Posted by Steve White 2010-04-02 13:50|| 2010-04-02 13:50|| Front Page Top

#8 ...a horrible rush to judgment

I really should get to work on my Moonbat Catchphrase and Buzzword manual.

Posted by tu3031 2010-04-02 13:58|| 2010-04-02 13:58|| Front Page Top

#9 At the end of the day Obama's "support" of offshore drilling is about as meaningful as his executive order to ban federal funding of abortion. Just another ill fated ruse concocted to convince an increasingly hostile public that Mr. Obama isn't really thw worst thing that has happened to our country since 9/11.

Posted by Keeney 2010-04-02 13:58|| 2010-04-02 13:58|| Front Page Top

#10 I'll echo Keeney. Obama - drill? Pure BS. It'll never happen to any meaningful degree. OTH, Utah sez it's about to go ED on the feds to recover it's territory. hmmmmmmmm - one can hope. I need a drink.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2010-04-02 15:41|| 2010-04-02 15:41|| Front Page Top

#11 Fight against offshore drilling for twenty years, and then argue that the environmental impact studies you've been using to delay the drilling are now "thirty years out of date" and demand a new series of impact studies.

Repeat as necessary until the heat death of the universe.

Posted by Mitch H. 2010-04-02 15:52|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/ 2010-04-02 15:52|| Front Page Top

#12 I guess that's SHip's asshole way of saying we're all on drugs.

I guess he thinks we shouldn't listen to the people we know in the industry up in the Intermountain West who are suffering because a large amount of the new leases there have been delayed or outright cancelled.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-04-02 16:02|| 2010-04-02 16:02|| Front Page Top

#13 Not so sure that was Shipman's message. I saw it more as an allusion to Obama blowing psychoactive smoke up our @$$ in regards to drilling. In that sense, Teh One hopes we're on drugs.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2010-04-02 16:29|| 2010-04-02 16:29|| Front Page Top

#14 Actually, I think it's a wacky episode of "The Big Picture"...

Posted by tu3031 2010-04-02 16:36|| 2010-04-02 16:36|| Front Page Top

#15 Great show. Used to be on Saturday morning, right after Highway Patrol re-runs and just before the Israel infotainment.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2010-04-02 20:37|| 2010-04-02 20:37|| Front Page Top

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