Oil firms could be given the chance to explore for reserves off the US coast for the first time in decades, under plans outlined by President Obama.So I sit here and have to remind myself that this guy is still better than a McCain/Palin ticket would have been. I think about the average American, and think that this guy is fairly representing them. The odd bit is that at least half of the people he is fairly representing think he is a Godless Commie Antichrist who isn't a legal American. Okay, those are the real nut jobs*, but it is still amazing that he seems to be advancing things that were once part of the Republican agenda.
The White House says drilling will be allowed off Virginia and considered off much of the rest of the Atlantic coast.
The plans would overturn moratoriums on exploration put in place in the 1980s.
Those moratoriums on offshore drilling that were put in place in the 1980's came when a right wing agenda was pushing heavily for more nuclear power to curb dependence on foreign oil**.
The only offshore drilling I would lift the ban on may involve oil, but it also requires consenting adults.
* Which may include some of my household's family.
** And possibly to piss off all the hippies for having a really great time with the free love and pot while they had to sneak around snorting expensive coke and paying for hookers.
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I suppose that's my fault for mentioning offshore drilling.
I think it's angry Chinese because it will strenghthen our economy, provide us, not Chines, with jobs and we'll be buying American oil.
Fairly certain those are South Korean sites.
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