“Today’s decision by the Louisiana judge overturning the Obama Administration’s temporary ban on deepwater offshore oil and gas development shows the moratorium was overreaching. It should serve as a shot across the bow to the administration and Congress that American workers must continue to develop America’s energy resources within our borders.
“Companies demonstrating solid exploration and development plans and oil spill response plans should be able to develop our nation’s abundant oil. Lifting a ban on deepwater activity, which carries greater risk than low-pressure, shallow-water development like in Alaska, hopefully will get responsible exploratory drilling planned by Shell in Alaska’s Arctic waters back on track soon.
“As much as a tragedy as BP’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster is, we can’t let emotion overrule sound energy policy. Our country’s energy policy must include increased domestic oil and gas development as we transition to cleaner energy sources.”
Look I have lived in Alaska my entire life. And I am well aware that our Democrats are not exactly latte drinking, Volvo driving, tree hugging liberals. But they at least should be fucking Democrats!
When President Obama placed that moratorium on deep water drilling he was doing something that should have been done a LONG TIME AGO. Clearly the oil industry has placed profits over the safety of our planet and until there is some serious new oversight put in place we should absolutely NOT allow anymore new wells to be drilled.
And do you know what? I would expect my Alaska Senator to be right on board with adopting that kind of cautious approach after the terrible devastation that we are witnessing in the Gulf of Mexico.
No not Senator Lisa Murkowski, we know that she is prostituting herself to ANY energy company with a bulging billfold and a hard on for spoiling our pristine Alaska environment.
No I am talking about our token Democrat. You know the guy who was supposed to bring a little progressive blue into our blood red Congressional delegation. But instead I see him breaking away from our embattled President, and prostrating himself to the oil companies, when Obama desperately needs all of the support he can get.
I have very little confidence that Shell oil is any more competent than BP was in performing deep water drilling more safely. After all until THIS spill happened most people assumed that BP knew what they were doing. It was only AFTER the Gulf began to hemorrhage oil that we learned just how careless BP has been for decades.
And really does this sound so very unreasonable?
Despite a late appeal from Shell that it would employ new safety measures in the wake of the Gulf spill, Salazar was unconvinced that the exploratory drilling even in the much shallower waters of the Arctic would be safe.
"He is suspending proposed exploratory drilling in the Arctic," an administration official said on condition of anonymity to talk before Salazar's report is officially released today. "He will not consider applications for permits to drill in the Arctic until 2011 because of the need for further information-gathering, evaluation of proposed drilling technology, and evaluation of oil-spill response capabilities for Arctic waters."
Apparently our Senator is jealous of all of the attention that Louisiana is getting from all around the world and is desperate for Alaska to have our very own environmental disaster.
Gee Senator are you also in favor of this little enterprise?
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Begich deserves to have Palin compliment him on his stance. Talk about spreading shit on him that would be hard to get off . . . . . . At this point I am so effing tired of these senators, congressmen and JUDGES tied into oil interests I could vomit. I've lost respect for Begich--which is sad because he was a bright light in a dark hallway of scary politicians. Same ole, same ole--huh Mark?
ReplyDeleteMark Begich has overplayed his hand and shown his transparency. What makes him think the Alaska Republicans are going to vote for him if he sucks up to them enough? And what makes him think Big Oil is going to lavish dollars on him if he sucks up to them?
ReplyDeleteAll he has achieved is to demonstrate his unreliability. His career in DC is going to be awfully short unless he learns to STFU. Discretion is the better part of valor, and he has shown none of either.
I just hate the fact that the judge had stocks in the drilling companies. He be fired or impeached.
ReplyDeleteThe moratorium doesn't affect all Gulf drilling - only deep water exploratory drilling so the PR on this is what's over-extended.
ReplyDeleteThat judge is said to hold large amounts of stock in three major oil companies - BP included. He should have recused himself from the case. His holding should be challenged and throw out.
Begich needs to rethink what he is saying or he will not be back for a second term. I thought he had potential, but I guess the oil corporations and greed generally overrides principle.
Keep spilling. The Earth will be okay. Humans, perhaps not so much. Hey we're just a virus on this planet anyway and the sooner we are compromised and our population depleted, the better off the Earth will be.
ReplyDeleteOur small history as humankind has affected the Earth greatly, but the Earth also will affect us greatly through climate change resulting in drought and other natural phenomena that will "cull our herd".
It will all be okay in the end, but not many of us will be around to witness it.
Senator Begich, I am absolutely dissatisfied with your comment on LA judge’s decision. Just what part of "conflict of interest" do you NOT understand!
ReplyDeleteI have a question and maybe it's been answered before and I missed it. If the oil we drill for in the US is not really ours but goes on the world market to be sold to all including us, then what other reason are Begich and Paylin pushing for it except more money from the industry for them???
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