Experts Say White House 'Misrepresented' Views

And, we should be surprised at such actions!

I think that the administration knows that a drilling moratorium would cost the nation thousands of jobs and needs the cover of "We were only doing what the experts suggested.". Those thousands of unemployed workers would give Obama another of Rahm Emmanuel's crises that shouldn't be wasted.

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HOUSTON -- Houston's economy will be hit hard as the government puts new rules in place that will block all new offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, according to experts.

Dr. Lee Hunt, president of the International Association of Drilling Contractors, estimated Thursday the local job losses from the expanded moratorium on drilling, which includes both deepwater and shallow-water areas, would be in the tens of thousands.

"From 25,000 to 80,000 people immediately," he said. "By immediately, I mean over a 90-day period."

http://www.khou.com/news/local...ctions-95592819.html

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June 4 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama’s six-month ban on new offshore drilling while a commission investigates BP Plc’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill may slow employment gains after U.S. companies added fewer jobs than forecast in May.

The moratorium will cost as many as 20,000 Louisiana jobs in the next 12 months to 18 months during “one of the most challenging economic periods in decades,” Governor Bobby Jindal said in a letter to Obama released yesterday. Each drilling platform idled by the ban puts 1,400 jobs at risk, according to the National Ocean Industries Association, a Washington-based group for drillers and companies that support oil production.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/...103&sid=aTxHjSnqOefc

And more CYA from the government.

White House energy adviser Carol Browner on Friday rejected accusations from a panel of experts who claim the administration misrepresented their views to justify a six-month ban on offshore drilling in response to the BP oil rig disaster.

The denial came after the experts alleged that the Interior Department modified a report in late May that was used as the basis for the sweeping moratorium on existing drilling and new permits.

Though the report claimed the analysts, picked by the National Academy of Engineering, "peer reviewed" the department's recommendations, the experts say the two paragraphs that called for the moratorium were added only after they signed off on it.

To the contrary, the experts warn that such a moratorium could not only harm the economy but make the situation in the Gulf more dangerous. The April 20 oil rig explosion occurred while the Deepwater Horizon well was being shut down -- a move that is much more dangerous than continuing ongoing drilling, they said.

"A blanket moratorium is not the answer," they wrote in a letter claiming Interior Department Secretary Ken Salazar's report "misrepresents" their position. "A blanket moratorium will have the indirect effect of harming thousands of workers and further impact state and local economies suffering from the spill."

That's exactly the argument that Gulf Coast lawmakers and the families of oil rig workers have been making as they fight the administration's moratorium decision.

"We do not believe that punishing the innocent is the right thing to do. We encourage the secretary of interior to overcome emotion with logic," the experts wrote.

So... You all are saying that we should NOT step back and examine our drilling practices and try to fix any potential problems that may cause a disaster of this magnitude in the future? I don't know about you, but I'm not too keen on another oil spill covered in corexit in the near future

They know what caused the spill. There is no need for people to be out of work while a committee decides that faulty parts and lack of safety inspections caused the whole thing to blow.

Obama has been trying to ban drilling since he took office, now he has an excuse.

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Originally posted by b50m:
They know what caused the spill. There is no need for people to be out of work while a committee decides that faulty parts and lack of safety inspections caused the whole thing to blow.

Obama has been trying to ban drilling since he took office, now he has an excuse.

So... since we "know" what happened there should be no investigation into other rigs in the gulf? Several countries are using moratoriums on deep water drilling for the very reason that we DON'T know all of the details. Nobody knows how this is going to effect the gulf. We are talking about something that is almost unprecedented.

'Unprecedented' is the word of the year. I don't know how many times I have heard Obama and his gang use that.

Test the other rigs for safety problems, check their inspections record, shut one off and fix it if you find a problem but don't shut them all down.

When they found salmonella in peanut butter, they closed the plant it came from and recalled all the jars. They did not stop the production of peanut butter worldwide while they were doing the cleanup.

The knee-jerk reaction usually is wrong.

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Originally posted by b50m:
'Unprecedented' is the word of the year. I don't know how many times I have heard Obama and his gang use that.

Test the other rigs for safety problems, check their inspections record, shut one off and fix it if you find a problem but don't shut them all down.

When they found salmonella in peanut butter, they closed the plant it came from and recalled all the jars. They did not stop the production of peanut butter worldwide while they were doing the cleanup.

The knee-jerk reaction usually is wrong.

My thoughts exactly, wish I had thought of the peanut butter analogy....

Jeepin'

I was eating some at the time I posted.

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Originally posted by Lets Go Jeepin':

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Originally posted by b50m:
'Unprecedented' is the word of the year. I don't know how many times I have heard Obama and his gang use that.

Test the other rigs for safety problems, check their inspections record, shut one off and fix it if you find a problem but don't shut them all down.

When they found salmonella in peanut butter, they closed the plant it came from and recalled all the jars. They did not stop the production of peanut butter worldwide while they were doing the cleanup.

The knee-jerk reaction usually is wrong.

My thoughts exactly, wish I had thought of the peanut butter analogy....

Jeepin'

Now its time for b50m to back you up isn't it? Too bad neither of you feel you can stand on their own merits.

What are you talking about ding dong?

Nobody needs to back anybody up, especially when it's concerning a low class person like yourself.

Stand on our own merits? Thats funny, almost made me spit out my tea!

I guess you cant stand the fact that so many people disagree with you. And the funny thing is, the few times folks do agree with your posts, most of them dont want to admit it because you are such an ***. Hows that for sad

By the way, dont get too jealous while you are stalking me. We all know how much you hate being you.

Jeepin'