Moratorium

[CAJUN_LXA685]

well if I told you what i thought of his initiatives it would have nothing to do with the issue we are talking about here. We don't all think like you do and some of his things have been positive. whether they pan out or not is yet to be seen but that is neither here or there when it comes to making sure percaussions are put in place before this happens again. This is not a political issue, its an environmental disaster and the two should not be confused.

But when the adminstration has an "anti-oil industry" agenda to begin with and are using this accident as a way to put a stop on drilling then it has become a politcal issue. The fact is that he doesn't need the moratorium to stop drilling, he controls the committee that gives out drilling permits! All he has to do is tell them not to give out permits (which he will do now that the moratorium was over ruled).

And, as someone stated earlier if the government hadn't pushed the drilling rigs out so far in the first place it would have been alot easier to stop the leaking. How many wells have been drilled in the gulf, and how many times has this happened? Measures are in place to prevent this from happening, unfortunetley that measure (the B.O.P.) failed.

[CAJUN_LXA685]

well whether you agree with his policies or not, Obama has gotten more legislation passed in six months than the last two administrations did in their whole time in office so I hardly think he is the kind of person that is sitting around doing nothing about passing guidelines. but hey if the Louisiana coastline wants to just rush back into the drill baby drill mentality and hope for the best that is your perogative but it hardly sounds like a wise decision from the rest of the country that is watching all this transpire.

B/c The Great Raping of the American People or the Governmnet take over of Health Care as most people refer to it will do so much good for this country!?! No, it will hurt us in more ways than we know at the present.

All you have to do is take Econ 101 to know that the govt. running anything is doomed from the start to cost more than anticipated and not be as effective or productive than it would be if ran by the private sector.

[CAJUN_LXA685]

I'm with the majority in this country right now, the over 60% that think this country is headed down the wrong path with him in the White House. I know you are young, so you may not have a mortgage, three kids and any plan to retire in the future. I understand enough of what his redistribution of wealth policies will mean financially to my family, neighbors and children’s future. No, this is an environmental disaster and that has been made into a political issue by this moratorium, pushed by the environmental extremes in his party. You are right, the two should not have ever been confused, because the government is required legally to help clean up this mess under the "Clean Water Act."

Please do not lump all of us "young" people into one group. I'm in my 20's with a mortgage and my first child on the way, and in no way shape or form support this administration or the slippery slope to the bottom it is putting us on.