Deepwater Drilling Moratorium: Administration BACKING DOWN From Full Ban

(Reuters) - The U.S. government will revise its restrictions on offshore drilling, which could allow some deepwater oil projects to go forward after a court threw out the Obama administration's blanket drilling ban, a senior official said on Wednesday.

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Comments

[Dangerous Dan]

02:36 AM on 06/25/2010

The First Green President.

[Derek Spisak]

01:02 AM on 06/25/2010

Mr. President:

5 days after the disaster, I sent a note saying that the Deepwater Horizon event was slowly becoming your Katrina. Today, I am said to report this has become your Katrina, Frederic, Elena, Camille, and Betsy, plus three mile island, love canal, bhopal, chernobyl, DDT, agent orange, Cuyahoga River, Gulf Dead Zone, triangle shirtwaist, teapot dome, etc.

You should come back and walk the beaches now. Orange moussy oil is rolling in from Mississipp to Florida. Let the public see it uncleaned.

Additionally, ignore the judges order for a moratorium. I know, what worse can happen? But I am of a mindset that there is something very wrong going on below the seafloor and it is best to let the public know it.

Thirdly, emergency unemployment at 100% of salary and tips should be made available to cover for what BP is not covering for workers along the coastal counties and parishes. Many more workers are being affected indirectly that BP refuses to cover,

Fourthly, Vessels of Opportunity is a crock. BP is hiring subcotractors who are hiring out of state recreational boaters who sit on the water and do nothing!!!

Fifth, ban the use of the dispersent.

Sixthly, Your $20 Billion is a fraud. We actually read behind the headline, FIX IT.

Your ineffectiveness is starting to smell like gross negligence or complicity with criminal activities,

[OBroadhurst]

04:04 PM on 06/24/2010

Well, since the very best argument against it is in how the sea floor is cracked --

And, since this Obama administration REFUSES to admit that the sea floor is cracked --

This administration has ALREADY declined to defend the moratorium.

[Rope-A-Dope]

12:00 PM on 06/24/2010

with signs of the first ill wind

compromise compromise compromise

I feel really bad for my children. the mess we are leaving them (in many places) is inexcusable.

[PeaceLoveLaughter]

11:58 AM on 06/24/2010

Perhaps the moratorium should be lifted only for those who have a proven safety record, which it sounds like, is anyone but BP.
Re dispersants, I saw a woman on Campbell Brown 3 or 4 weeks ago who said all or nearly all of the Exxon-Valdez cleanup crew were DEAD. Their average lifespan was FIFTY ONE. Funny I haven't seen that story ANYWHERE since.

[Kassandra]

09:29 AM on 06/24/2010

Interesting on Corexit; the dispersant their pouring into the gulf:
http://www.care2.com/causes/environment/blog/is-it-raining-oil-in-louisiana/

note that the EPA asked BP to stop using it and they ignored them.

[only livin boy in NY]

09:19 AM on 06/24/2010

it do hava ring 2 it :_)

[Kassandra]

09:15 AM on 06/24/2010

For Obama, any excuse will do.

[anabanana10]

07:14 AM on 06/24/2010

WTF? WTF? WTF? WTF? Did I really vote for this guy? What a TREMENDOUS dissapointment. WTF--There's going to be a better time/opportunity to move forward on a green energy policy? Obama is such a f-ink whimp. I really hate him at this point.

[Whatnow]

06:34 AM on 06/24/2010

Since bush v Gore, I have been getting more and more depressed. All the bull that we are told is building up and never stops. This last flap about Afghanistan is so stupid, we should be talking about leaving. and the gulf, I feel like shooting myself every time I see those poor animals. That's Why I don't own a gun.

[vol1805]

10:41 AM on 06/24/2010

just borrow one

[only livin boy in NY]

06:27 AM on 06/24/2010

Barckingdown Obama?

[WarriorLemming]

07:19 AM on 06/24/2010

hmm, you just might have coined yourself a winner there, son. :)

[DrBlunt]

04:41 AM on 06/24/2010

Why am I not surprised...?

What the GOPers WANT from Obama; the GOPers GET from Obama!

[Kassandra]

09:17 AM on 06/24/2010

Substitute corporations and you're jake

[seeksthetruth]

11:10 AM on 06/24/2010

They're one and the same. The GOP is a wholly-owned subsidiary.

[rougebaisers]

04:14 AM on 06/24/2010

Pitiful oil owned cowards.

[birdsdofly]

03:10 AM on 06/24/2010

The only thing this president is decisive about is how to lure a mass. I'd hate to see this guy decide what he wants on a pizza, though Im sure Rahm Emanuel would suggest anchovy heads and the President would want something with less substance.

[rougebaisers]

04:15 AM on 06/24/2010

Ha. Fanned. I hate them.

[Rope-A-Dope]

12:02 PM on 06/24/2010

Obama considered coming out for gay rights...the first thing he did was change his position to bi-rights. seemed more of a compromise

[lpenny]

03:08 AM on 06/24/2010

Obama never ceases to disappoint. It would be nice if just once he took a stand and stood by it. He blows with the wind and we pay the price. Is the cost of providing a few jobs worth the destruction of our environment?

[rougebaisers]

04:17 AM on 06/24/2010

We are leaderless. He is a miserable failure. His administration. Is full of corrupt yuppy aholes. He is a conman. Sickening to behold.