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2010-06-05 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Matt 2010-06-05 12:47|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 Matt, it's probably a lot more than 20,000 jobs lost; just take the revenues that the production in the gulf generates, take 10% off for profit/cost of capital/etc, and assume the rest goes to jobs somewhere or other along the way.

I did this, based on one-third of US production, etc., and it eventually came out to 810,000 jobs.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-06-05 16:26|| 2010-06-05 16:26|| Front Page Top

#2 You know, I hate to seem totally paranoid ... but maybe the Mighty O is dragging his feet for a malign purpose. The Instapundit linked to Moe Lane on this topic, and the first commenter at Moe Lane suggested "You may have read where the EPA came in here about 2 weeks ago to TX and basically hijacked the states refinery operation permitting process for the Flint Hills Refinery- we have 29 other refineries along TX coast (including one of Exxons largest refineries) whos operating permits are set to renew in the next two months. This has always been something left to the state to regulate and issue until the EPA came in and stripped it away. So if Obama is shutting down all offshore drilling and all refining capacity via the EPA, what do you think that is going to do to tens of thousands of industry related jobs and the price of gasoline? What do you want to bet he will hold these industries hostage as leverage to blackmail Gulf Coast state Senators for Yes votes on Cap/Trade? He did say the other day he didn't have the votes now but he intended to find them..."
Do you suppose that this is the long-term strategy being played out?

Posted by Sgt.Mom 2010-06-05 17:28|| http://www.celiahayes.com 2010-06-05 17:28|| Front Page Top

#3 if it can be proven - he'd be impeached and removed

Posted by Frank G 2010-06-05 17:42|| 2010-06-05 17:42|| Front Page Top

#4 There's proven and then there's proven, Frank. And those who voted for him installed Chicago style thuggery and corruption in the highest office of the land.

Posted by lotp 2010-06-05 18:17|| 2010-06-05 18:17|| Front Page Top

#5 Dammit! Rahm told me I was going to Golf!
/BO

Posted by ed 2010-06-05 18:18|| 2010-06-05 18:18|| Front Page Top

#6 If you look at the commonalities here, whether it's roughnecks from Texas or oystermen from Louisiana:

1- They are highly independent;
2- Never fail to spit (or worse) when they say the word Washington, unless they're referring to George himself;
3- Produce something of tangible value with their hands;
4- Will, to a man, vote Rethuglican in 2012 (unless Palin is at the top of the ticket, in which case they will each vote Rethuglican twice.)

In Marxist terms, this is class warfare.

What I think Rahm and the boys have underestimated is the consequences of having a whole lot of these guys really really mad at you (and the same for their wives, except exponentially more so.)

Posted by Matt 2010-06-05 18:52|| 2010-06-05 18:52|| Front Page Top

#7 I said it before and I'll say it again: I think he's being passive-aggressively uncooperative on a lot of spill cleanup stuff because he wants the US unindustrialized and he wants the pictures of oiled pelicans for his PR campaign.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-06-05 20:17|| 2010-06-05 20:17|| Front Page Top

#8 Frank G, he already _did_ that in California by turning the water back on for a couple congressional districts he needed for his health care (SPIT) reform.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-06-05 20:18|| 2010-06-05 20:18|| Front Page Top

#9 that was a "hands clean" move - unimpeachable, but disgusting nevertheless, agreed

Posted by Frank G 2010-06-05 20:50|| 2010-06-05 20:50|| Front Page Top

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