On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 08:57:24 -0700, Juan Anonly wrote:

> On 2010-04-30 06:57:41 -0700, Chemiker said:
>
>> On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 06:00:58 +0000 (UTC),
>> (Steve Pope) wrote:
>>
>>> Dan Abel > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Obviously, this oil spill is Obama's fault.
>>>
>>> It does have the appearance of a sort of slapdown after
>>> he just stood up and said he wanted to drill more.
>>>
>> What a slapdown. Just before EarthDay a drilling rig, not in
>> production, blows up and sinks. And now Axelrod decrees there will be
>> no further Gulf drilling until the investigation is "over". Funny how
>> it all works out *against* drilling. And what's this I hear about SWAT
>> team being sent to other oil rigs to "inspect".... for what, I wonder?
>> Faulty valves? IMHO, SWAT teams don't seem the right inspectors for
>> drilling hardware....
>>
>> Smart money bet that renewed or expanded drilling was never going to
>> happen, despite the PrezBO's rhetoric. Now: Do Axelrod's words mean
>> that drilling for NatGas in the Green Canyon lease will be halted? BHP
>> Biliton and Rio Tinto have just initiated major NatGas efforts there.
>
> I think you've got it figured: Either Obama did or didn't really plant
> to drill, he either would or wouldn't have actually drilled, or he
> either is or isn't planning on moving forward with the programs he did
> or didn't really intend.
>
> But no matter what happens it's bad for America!

no, no, no. not bad for *america*, just bad for *obama*. but we can fix
that once we take our country back from a president duly elected by a
pretty healthy majority of u.s. citizens.

your pal,
blake