Obama Admin Reverses Decision to Allow Drilling in Eastern Gulf
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (The Blaze/AP) — President Barack Obama‘s administration won’t allow any new oil drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico for at least the next seven years because of the BP oil spill.
A senior administration official told The Associated Press on Wednesday that drilling leases won’t be considered in the waters off Florida as part of the change. He spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision hadn’t been announced yet.
He said that because of the BP spill, the administration now understands the need to elevate safety and environmental standards. Before the spill, the administration had considered a plan to allow drilling in the eastern Gulf.
According to the New York Times, drilling would remain under a moratorium “until stronger safety and environmental standards were in place.”
Drilling can continue in the central and western Gulf, however only under a set of new safeguards that were put in place after April’s BP oil spill.
The decision reverses a decision in March to open up more of the Gulf to offshore drilling.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is expected to discuss the decision later Wednesday afternoon.
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Comments (143)
southernpatriot
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:51pmThis president and his puppet masters are destroying our USA. When the oil drilling moratorium was initiated our president gave billions of dollars to Brazil and Mexico to enhance their drilling activities. Pray tell where will Mexico be drilling–in the same depth of waters that are now too dangerous for the USA to drill in. Odumma is by design destoying jobs in the US because that is in their game plan to weaken the masses and swoop in and save them later. Redistibution of wealth at its finest!!! I say IMPEACH the BASTARD!!!!!
Report Post »Traitors have taken over USA
Posted on December 2, 2010 at 2:48pmYou are right on the money… it is so obivious what he is doing.. and all those “great politicians” can’t do a thing about it.. Our military is the greatest,,,,,,,,,,,but when it comes to a communist who is helping Terrorist to take us over… no one will lift a finger.. they shouldn’t have to empeach him, they should be able to throw the skum out…on his big floppy ears…I think Ben Ladin got him out of a gutter, trained him and then gave him a History… seems no one remembers seeing him at Harvard.. and that poor woman in HI was too sick to say she didn’t know who the thing was… He is destroying America and those fools in DC are dumb enough to think he will keep his promises…. he is the best con man I have ever seen…he sure was trained to be a Liar and a fake…
Report Post »countryboy42
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:49pmFrom the still great state of Colorado, sorry for Salazar.
Report Post »Bloody Hell.
Keep your powder dry.
LIBERALSBEDAMNED
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 9:00pmLock-n-Load
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:48pmI guess Soros and Petrobras got what they wanted already so back to what? Business as usual? After all the damage they did with this stupid BAN? How TOUGH will it be to actually START drilling again and HOW costly in taxes, fees, fines, regulations and mandates? Good luck.
Report Post »KENTUCKY4BECK
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:48pmMy guess here is the adjenda of NOT creating jobs. There can be no other answer. Let’s continue to kill the economy and further our dependency on the “New World Order” Can you say Spooky Dude? I thought you could!!
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:42pmThis is yet more evidence that our failed “president”will stop at nothing to destroy the U.S. economy.
Report Post »bigbro
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:33pmIf the oilfield was unionized no permits would be needed. Just start drilling anywhere you want to.
Report Post »NHABE64
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:33pmBarack Obama did not hear the people on 2 November, this is because he is intent on his pursuit of destroying this great country and turning us into a world socialist state. Of course we are not going to allow this to happen and this cockroach better get this well planted in his nappy head right now. We are not made that way. Period. To think he loans money to a South American country for oil exploration but denies us the same it treachery and he should be tried for treason and sent to prison for life. I only wish we will not have to suffer with this cowardly traitor for two more years.
Report Post »blacksmith
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:31pmIt was the Van Jones poetry slam that has caused this! The president heard those heartwrenching poems and decided to bend to the will of the people and ban drilling for seven more years! WE need to pay extreme attention here. This man is not planning on leaving office in 2013 or 2017. All of these marxist schemes take place in a second term or after a second term. Look to the south. Chavez got the venezulan constitution changed to more terms. Think an emergency or an amendment to the Constitution.
Report Post »Wayner
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:29pmAmazing…… A man who thinks there are 57 states… thinks Austrian is a language… thinks Europe is a country…….. Is issuing executive orders. These are not his orders…. They come from Soros and the others above him.
Report Post »packers1
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:27pmYea no Oil no Coal. Obama wants wind and solar only. I guess Obama will have to do alot of blowing to get enough wind. I can not wait until power outages. The people voted for this now they will get what they deserve. Obama taking control of everything. Good job America.
Report Post »diesel71dan
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:52pmDidnt you hear? There is a wind powered factory that builds the windmills and solar panels. The employees all drive solar powered cars to work to build them. Once built, they are transported on solar powered trucks. Once on location they are offloaded with solar powered cranes. All the wiring is insulated with a NON-petroleum based rubber. I am assuming that those solar powered cars and trucks are hovercrafts since they couldnt have tires made from crude oil products.
Report Post »sallyredneck
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:22pmBet George Soros is allowed to drill under a Mexican ID.
Report Post »Cuthalu
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:17pmWeren’t they blocked on two occasions so far by federal judges from doing this and here they are again, acting like they never lost those previous efforts to ban drilling. It is like they are living in a dream world and only hear what they want to hear, regardless of reality.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:35pmYes, and this is to be expected. They are moving towards a dictatorship.
Report Post »powhatan
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:16pmeveryone in the world can drill there but us…what does this say about these evil people in charge right now……
Report Post »popeyebedford
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:13pmObama continues to try to kill the private sector. Don’t look for any more jobs until 2012. this African isn’t going to budge. His entire life is devoted to Marxism and screwing the working class…
Report Post »Vickie Dhaene
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:12pmWhy hasn’t anyone started a petition to IMPEACH Obama. Breach of ethics, breach of contract, National security danger etc…….. If we can impeach Clinton for getting a head job in oval office and lying., We should be charging Obama with his peeps and convict! Send him to the worst prison in any Marcist or Communist State.
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:46pmThrow down some of that Sharia law on his @ss!
Report Post »SHOESHINEBOY
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:06pmThat is leases for AMERICAN OIL COMPANIES…China, Venezuela, Mexico, etc..can still dril and drill and dril..nothing to do with “enviorment” all to do with Killing American Jobs..and putting more and more and more and more “slaves to his dictatorship” and reliance on the Communist Dictatorship he so wants to set up…
Report Post »tobywil2
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:04pmA moratorium on drilling in the East and Gulf reduces the world’s available oil supplies. This, of course, will result in an increase in the value of oil reserves. Since BP has trillions of dollars of oil reserves, who do you think benefits from this moratorium. The gain in value of BP’s reserves will be much, much greater than the cost of paying for the damages. Especially since most of those damages were distributed to Mr. Obama’s political cronies.
Report Post »Perhaps the new Congress should investigate the BP oil spill to determine if the conspiracy existed. http://commonsense21c.com/
Gonzo
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:02pmWe don’t need oil anyway, right? Why, all the windmills and electric cars Barry has given us work so well, right?
Report Post »I’m sick of hearing how thoughtful and intelligent this guy is, he’s an idiot.
seeker9
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:10pmIntelligence is no guarantee of being right.
Report Post »diesel71dan
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:37pmAll the greenies are idiots. What the Liberal, vegetatian, tree huggers fail to realize is that even if a green energy that was praticle and cost efeective was in place tomorrow…. We STILL need crude oil. If we woke up in a green utopia tomorrow and all our cars ran on water we still need crude oil! Ask a tree hugger what the tires on thier electric cars are made of. Had to make then lighter so the contain lots of plastics? What is the origin of most of those plastic compounds? What is all the wire insulated with? Not to mention thier Vasoline!!
Report Post »Lantern
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:48pmNot to mention most of what their ipads, iphones, and mac computers are made of, from the case, down to a lot of the components. Is there a a more descriptive word than idiot, imbecile, dumbass to describe these people? Even ******* isn’t strong enough.
Report Post »seeker9
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:01pmBut in the next 7 years, China/India demand for oil will most certainly drive up prices. BHO will be able make like a knight in shining armor and 1)allow drilling to save the “middle class” or 2)do not allow drilling in order to save the planet.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:02pmAgreed but, intelligence is as intelligence does, why do so many give him credit for an attribute he shows no real sign of possessing?
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 2:01pmI guess they think if they say it enough it becomes true.
Report Post »Paul -Indiana
Posted on December 2, 2010 at 2:08pmIf Obama is so intelligent why are his school grades hidden? Surely a straight ‘A’ record would be something he could be proud of.
Report Post »SueDinNY
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 11:58amDon’t forget – Obama has given one billion to Venenzuela to DRILL. This shows his determination to destroy the American economy.
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:06pmHe gave money to Mexico to drill in the gulf too.
Report Post »Rogue
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:12pmexactly. Look at all the countries who have stake in drilling operations not only in the eastern gulf, but near Cuba – pretty much every industrialized nation is involved in one way or another. This administration has no intention on making us any less dependant on foreign oil, which is to say oil that was only miles off our coastline. Redistribution continues.
Report Post »powhatan
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:15pmthat was 8 billion….
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:22pmSeriously.. when will this administration be tried for treason? We are going to become Russia faster than they will….
Report Post »The Life Of Reilly
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:41pm@ Cessna152
Taildragger?
Report Post »Lantern
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:41pmDidn’t he also loan Brazil billions in a George Soros investment, too?
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 2:49pmThe Life Of Reilly,
No… traditional.
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 11:58amJob killing basturds.
Report Post »13thgenerati0namerican
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:06pmFirsties!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Rogue
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:13pmYou got your first peroid, 13th?? Grats!!!!
Report Post »Lantern
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:40pmUsually, when you see m31sail0r, you will see 13thgenerati0namerican post there several minutes later, or vice versa. I suspect they are one and same, as one claims to be Dan Foster and the other claims to be Dan’s friend. Seeing through your PuffinHo tactics.
Report Post »booger71
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 11:58amPrezbo would have pulled the leases regardless of the oil spill
Report Post »staythecourse
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 11:57amTo be expected.
Report Post »Reagan/Demint.deciple
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 4:36pmSounds like an administration trying to get Americans back to work… NOT !!!!
Report Post »HKS
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 11:57amHe will be gone soon, good riddance.
Report Post »J.C. McGlynn
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:48pmNOt SOON ENOUGH!!!!
Report Post »felina g
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:02pmPrepare ! We are going down the poop chute. Faster and faster……….don`t blink or you will miss some HIDEOUS blunder that will make your eyes bug out and squirt blood !
Report Post »tarpon
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 11:57amGet rid of the Obama administration, problem solved.
Report Post »ETOOL USMC RECON
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:43pmImpeach the Incompetent kenyan !
Report Post »Marcobob69
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:48pmHave all the floating platforms used for offshore deep-water drill left for Brazil yet? Isn’t that the plan for spooky dood and the rest of the progressives, to halt ALL drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and send all the floating, movable platforms to Brazil, where spooky dood owns a bunch of stock in their oil exploration cos.? It’s all a game for the progressives, especially spooky dood himself. Wrecking countries economies is what sends a shiver up HIS leg.
Report Post »REETZBEE
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 4:01pmI still believe the Deepwater Horizon was blown up on purpose. They didn’t care who died or how much damage it was going to cause in the Gulf. What the hell is America going to look like in 2 years?
Report Post »guyperram
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 7:44pmBy the middle of 2011 we will look a lot like a good National Socialist country, only it will be the Nazi’s on steroids. Beck is very right, tough times are coming, and the “non existant” FEMA family detention camps will be doing a brisk business.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 11:56am**President Barack Obama‘s administration won’t allow any new oil drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico for at least the next seven years because of the BP oil spill.**
Looking for authority granted to the Executive branch to dictate how private industry will or will not operate in the ocean (or at all). None found.
Report Post »m31sail0r
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:03pmWell Hold on there tough guy! You have no idea what you are talking about!
Gonzo
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:08pmWhy do you call GhostOfJefferson “tough guy”? He always sounds pretty rational and even tempered.
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:13pmWhere are of their powers derived? They‘ve given themselves power that doesn’t exist and weild it like a sledge hammer, then heaven help you if you’re the guy that speaks up.
The sad part is, if we drilled for our own oil we wouldn’t be sending so much money offshore and we could employ some of the 10% of the US (on the books, and maybe even some of the extra 7-10% who are off the books) who are unemployed.
While we’re at it, why not tap all the Texas wells that were plugged back in the ‘80’s because the oil costed more to pump out of the ground than it could be sold it for? Surely, that wouldn’t be a problem these days.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:14pmI‘m open for any quotations from the Constitution which authorize the Executive branch of the government to dictate the how’s and where’s of private industry operations (or prohibiting said acts).
Only Congress can create law that binds us as citizens of these united States. Even international treaties are passed under the auspices of Senate review.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:15pm@Gonzo
Thank you, sir.
It’s an odd feeling, as I told MrButcher the other day. On pretty much any other forum/site I post on, I’m generally screamed at, called no end of names, etc. Here, I actually hear a kudos now and again. It’s refreshing.
Report Post »dwh320
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:35pmChange directions… AGAIN. No way.. Obama would never allow that to happen… there is sure to be strings attached that will chock off drilling.
Report Post »mikem1969
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:35pmWhy would this administration worry about creating or keeping jobs or cheap energy produced here in the US. The bigger picture is that this keeps their agenda to collapse the US on track by killing jobs and driving the cost of energy through the roof.
Report Post »The Life Of Reilly
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:39pmGhost
Seems that the imposter is back. The original M31 Sailor had a photo of his sailboat next to his name. The imposter has no picture. This is probably 13th gen anti-american trying to get your goat.
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:44pmJust ignore these Marxists, already. Go drill the oil.
We’re sending money to Brazil so THEY can drill in deep water. It is the Obama Administration’s INTENT to destroy the American economy, which means, as traitors, none of the legislation they have passed can rightfully be enforced.
Otherwise, we are still sending them even more money in compliance with their Marxist agenda, and they keep using it to destroy the economy.
We don’t have to listen to them. Go drill, already.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:49pm@Reilly
Ah, good observation.
Not to worry, his post gave me a wonderful opportunity to ask some questions that I believe need to be asked. So it’s a net gain. :)
Report Post »the_ancient
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 12:55pmRight or Wrong, the off shore area is owned by the Federal Government, and as such the Congress and Grated in the Executive Branch Authority as to how the Mineral Rights are utilized.
Congress can Cede this back to the states or pass a law requiring the leases, but under the current, and constitutional law this is allowed. The Federal Government, like any other land holder, has that right. We (the people) ceded ownership of these lands to the Nation as a whole, thus ceded control of the rights to use the land to the government. This can be changed, but Obama currently does have this power.
What I find odd is how he thinks he can control it for 7 years? his term ends in 2 and even if we as, by come evil punishment, reelected that would be a max of 6 more years before a new president would change it. So I guess Obama is going to be the First American King
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:04pmGhostOfJefferson
Report Post »I enjoy your comments and agree with you, keep up the good work!
GhostOfJefferson
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:06pmIt’s not a constitutional law, sorry. Powers not explicitly granted to the Federal government are reserved to the states, or the people, respectively. There is no “except” or “you can sell them/give them to the Feds” clause that I can see.
Further, only Congress can make law. The executive branch can only sign it, or veto it. What it can’t do is dictate and create edicts out of thin air.
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:28pmI say drill anyway, why should we follow the letter of the law when it is only ment for us (not the socilist/commie pigs) to follow anyway? Are not these laws illegal anyway, where is an injured party?
Report Post »And let them come after you, shoot the ones who trespass, a cold and dead commie is better than two in a cadre.
Frankly, I think its time for socialists, commies, Fabians, and Marxists in America to leave with a throat smile in place!
snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:32pmSo, what is Soros and his economic allies getting ready for now. Anyone want to bet there will shortly be some kind of offshore ‘accident’ with an tanker or such that threatens the wilderness, and will ‘force the sea lanes closed; for public safety.”
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:43pmWhat the hell is the excuse, it wrecked havoc on environment for what 2 days after this ****** got the hell out of the way and let people start cleaning it up?
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 1:44pmSince when does the Constitution matter to these people?
In the mortal words of Pat Gray: this is the most incompetent group of people ever to run the United States.
Report Post »watchmany2k
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 2:35pmThis is about your Energy prices “necessarily skyrocketing”
FInd tips for reducing your energy at:
http://www.watchman2012.com
Yep blatant plug for my site
Report Post »jds7171
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:02pmThats his white house. So He will stop drilling for another 3 years. He will lose this next election because the unemployment is not going to change.
Report Post »Polwatcher
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:06pmGhost
I’m with you. There are two M31sailor’s. One of them is normal and the other is very liberal. The liberal one made that ridiculous comment to you above. (A few days ago, I saw both of them post here at the same time while arguing with each other.) Keep up the good work.
Report Post »Compete or Lose
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:06pm.
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You all are missing the point
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The government is WE THE PEOPLE—
Last November WE THE PEOPLE spoke……
Some people weren’t listening to WE THE PEOPLE
I suspect if you go as the PEOPLE that work on oil drilling and production in the gulf they will surely tell you what their opinion of the OBAMA ADMIN deciding to eliminate their jobs…….
Then if you go to every American that drives a car, truck, van, or flies in airplanes, or rides trains…….the cost of the OIL that runs transportation in the USA WILL NOW GO UP……..
COST OF GAS–DIESEL—JET FUEL—ALL WILL GO UP..
THank GOD WE THE PEOPLE WILL GET TO SEND ANOTHER MESSAGE TO OBAMA….
We Wont have to wait 7 years like the OBAMA ADMIN proposed…….WE THE PEOPLE GET TO SPEAK AGAIN IN 23 MONTHS and counting down………..
Whenever a politician states policy and only talks about their SPIN and assumes the CITIZENS are TOO DAMN STUPID to figure out the REAL CONSEQUENCES of the policy, they risk the anger of WE THE PEOPLE………
Good luck
RGS
Report Post »guyperram
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:11pmThe part of the constitution that allows this is: Paragraph BS92, Section: BS134269 or he will do anything he wants to since the constitutions a living, breathing document that can be ignored because they have the Big Guns.
How dare a serf question his master!!!
Isn’t this part of what kicked off the French Revolution? The kings and princes did whatever they wanted whenever they wanted.
Report Post »StMichelob
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 3:16pm@GHOSTOFJEFFERSON….Could this possibly fit under imminent domain? One thing we have forgotten these last 2 years is every level of government abusing imminent domain. I’d try to give examples but I just ate a huge turkey sandwich, and the triptophan is slaying me…must sleep now…
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 6:35pmB S, this administration is crippling the energy in this country and keeping us dependent on foreign oil. GOP, you guys had better be raising the roof on Congress! This is absurd and there needs to be outrage from the west coast to the east coast. If the west coast doesn’t want it, I suggest we just let the secede and go about our daily lives. That way the liberals can all move out there and the conservatives can move central and east. Then we can see who’s smarter.
Report Post »I am 'We the People
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 7:55pmm31sail0r you have been reported again. You are a disgrace.
Report Post »charliego
Posted on December 1, 2010 at 8:22pm@GHOSTOF JEFFERSON
Report Post »I hear ya. I understand , however, that Congress is a moot point and POTUS can utilize executive order, priviledged circumvention, or dictatorship to push his agenda. So what if more jobs are gone, there is a further decrease in our resource use, and our economy is in the toilet. I guess if he doesn’t accomplish this–the EPA will…..
A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on December 2, 2010 at 2:22am@The_Ancient
“Right or Wrong, the off shore area is owned by the Federal Government, and as such the Congress and Grated in the Executive Branch Authority as to how the Mineral Rights are utilized.”
The government cannot own anything that is not for the benefit of each and every citizen. Remember, governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed.
Consider a similar scenario in the time of our Founders:
“Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our Brittish brethren.
“We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence.
“They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity.
“We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.”
You see, the King of Great Britain made the rules, and the Founders’ countrymen back in the “mother land” were fine with what the King was doing to the Colonists. The Founders’ countrymen gave power to the King – and yet it was seen as an overreach of power.
And the reason what the King did was an overreach of power is because governments exist to serve each and every individual citizen of the country – not the other way around.
And it’s the same with the off shore oil drilling. Though the government “owns” the deep water, the government owns it ON BEHALF OF each and every citizen, and for the purpose of the interests of reach and every citizen. And since the Obama Administration has violated that purpose by his pretended authority to ban productivity in deep waters, their legislations have no legitimate force.
Drill anyway. The Obama Administration is pursuing the destruction of the American economy on purpose. They have abandoned their oath to the Constitution.
Report Post »FedUpAlready
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 1:45pmAmen! Seems funny they can give millions of dollars to Mexico and Brazil to drill deeper in the same region, but have a moritorium on our own drilling! Ludicrous they’re building Global Nationalism, right under our noses and our elected officials are to dumb to see it! Impeach Obama, he and his Czars are trying to over throw our way of life, and rid us of our rights, and protections under the Constitution to further this Global Governance Agenda!!!!!!!
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