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Re: With all the oil distractions

And more taxes..........who knew?

The Obama administration on Tuesday announced a criminal investigation into the April 20 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig and the ensuing oil spill that is endangering the Gulf Coast from Louisiana to Florida. The administration is obligated to "investigate what went wrong and to determine what reforms are needed so that we never have to experience a crisis like this again," Barack Obama opportunistically said. "If our laws were broken, leading to this death and destruction, my solemn pledge is that we will bring those responsible to justice on behalf of the victims of this catastrophe and the people of the Gulf region." The Justice Department will look into possible violations of the Clean Water Act, the Oil Pollution Act, the Endangered Species Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. The federal government also will send a $69 million bill to BP to cover its cleanup expenses so far.

As we have pointed out before and must do so again, however, White House Chief of Staff once opined that they should "never let a serious crisis go to waste" because "it's an opportunity to do things you couldn't do before." Like hiking taxes on every barrel of oil retroactive to the beginning of the year? Or as reported by the Associated Press, "The Obama administration is blocking all new offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, a day after regulators approved a new permit for drilling in shallow water." Since leftists are generally opposed to drilling anywhere, this comes as little surprise.
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Posted in reply to: With all the oil distractions by sab3r
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