How ironic: our oil-business president “urged Congress” on Wednesday to end the federal ban on offshore oil drilling. Why? Well, rising oil prices, of course.
The Bush presidency has used “global terrorism” to expand the US government’s powers (at home and abroad) like no administration ever before, so it should come as no surprise that he’d use “rising oil prices” to relax environmental restrictions on his family’s business, so his good ol’ bonesmen can drill for a reported “1 billion barrels” right off the coast of Carlsbadistan.
Two North County congressional representatives said they supported offshore drilling, while mayors of two coastal cities, the California Coastal Commission and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger dismissed it as a risky, short-sighted solution to the current energy crisis that ignores more innovative alternatives.
No one would be shocked to know that our “North County” congressional representatives are lacking rational thougth processes, but this is crazy. Oddly, Mayor Bud Lewis is against this. And for that we thank him.
I doubt that even if we had an abundance of oil that it would reduce gas prices,” he said. “I really have misgivings about the feds.”
Don’t we all. For more details of this horror show, click some of the links below.
[Link: North County Times, San Jose Mercury News, Boston Globe, New York Times]
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