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Great post CL. Yes there is plenty of blame to go around. Don't forget the environmental groups. Because of their lobbying they had a hand in forcing the oil companies to drill in 5,000 feet of water. Funny how we're not hearing a peep from them. Maybe they want to keep the spotlight off of them.
It just goes back to Big Government. A government with arbitrary powers can be influenced too easily by special interest lobbies. But yeah, they have been awfully quiet about all this, haven't they?
Great points CL. Don't forget that we cant drill on the ground in ANWAR either- and we know how to fix a problem oil well above water.
Not drilling in ANWR is insane.
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