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2010-07-23 Economy

Jindal calls on Washington to end drilling ban

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Posted by Fred 2010-07-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 The drilling ban is wholely Obama's doing, and will be lifted as soon as he finds a way to play "SAVIOUR" by turning it both back on and blaming the republicans at the ame time, not before then.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2010-07-23 00:38|| 2010-07-23 00:38|| Front Page Top

#2 The media's reporting on the drilling ban is distorted. Many jobs have already been lost. A federal court order to overturn the ban is in effect, but the ban is still effective, since drilling companies are unwilling to re-start operations until the legalities are finalized. Drilling rigs and workers have already been shipped overseas. Just how much financial damage has already been incurred will not be measured & reported for some months.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-07-23 09:55|| 2010-07-23 09:55|| Front Page Top

#3 This is one of the stupidest political moves Obama has made. 1. He is giving one of his strongest potential opponents a bazillion hours of favorable publicity on TV. 2. He is engaging in a political spat with this potential opponent on a peer to peer basis, thus lowering himself and raising his opponent. 3. He is giving Jindal the excuse of "The way I can best serve the people of Louisiana is by running for the Presidency in 2012 and getting this obstruction to jobs out of the way" instead of serving out his term as governor. Jindal-Bachmann anyone?

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2010-07-23 14:01|| 2010-07-23 14:01|| Front Page Top

#4 What Nimble said.

Jindal's showing himself to be the anti-Obama:

Well-informed and on top of the technical details.

Speaks clearly without weasel language and faux-heroic windy rhetoric.

Shows courage and vision. Focuses like a laser on the shortest path to saving good jobs for his people.

Posted by lex 2010-07-23 16:00|| 2010-07-23 16:00|| Front Page Top

#5 This article needs to be read in conjunction with the one posted above on Harry Reid boasting about how good it was that the government saved the Big Three (well, two actually, but those are big numbers for Harry to deal with.)

Unprofitable industry employs union labor in a Blue State = Bailout

Profitable, mission-critical industry employs non-union labor in a Red State = We've Got To Stop This Shit ASAP.

It's the Chicago Way.

Of course, when gas at the pump hits $5, it may turn out that GM and Chrysler are going to need another bailout.

Posted by Matt 2010-07-23 16:08|| 2010-07-23 16:08|| Front Page Top

#6 My hero's have always been cowboys. But Bobby Jindal is gettin pretty high on my list.

Posted by junkiron 2010-07-23 18:42|| 2010-07-23 18:42|| Front Page Top

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