1 Well, since that is part and parcel of yucky capitalism, it's a non-starter.

2 No.  That is not how libtard economics work.

3 Without a Blue-Ribbon Panel to study that?  No. Way. Sir.

4
The drilling moratorium saves us billions of dollars, saves the planet, and it creates jobs!

5

1. Stop all Drilling

2. ?

3. Tax Revenues!

6
You'd think the Republicans would be screaming about this.

That's what you'd think.

7

I couldn't declare a 'Moratorium' on deep drilling, even if I wanted to... 

Your Mother wouldn't let me.

8

It's not just illegal.

Illegal is whatever we say it is, chump...

9 While they are doing all that, why not send some political hacks from the Dept of Interior to jail for contempt.

But first send someone to question them so they can catch them lying and get them for obstruction as well.

10 Look, here's how we get more revenues: We eliminate oil company subsidies.
That way, they drill less, prices at the pump go up, and we put more money into the hands of Russian autocrats, Middle-Eastern kleptokrats and South American communists.   Everybody wins.

11 How would this help me?

12 9 While they are doing all that, why not send some political hacks from the Dept of Interior to jail for contempt.

But first send someone to question them so they can catch them lying and get them for obstruction as well.

Posted by: Vic at February 09, 2011 04:11 PM (M9Ie6)

You cannot sue a Federal Worker, for doing, or not doing, their job.  The Good people in charge of granting permits are just being Extra Careful.

13 And check the sidebar in that article. There is a link to an article about the EPA administrator suggesting that increasing greenhouse gas regulation will grow the economy. The author's suggestion? Then double the number of regs and double the number of jobs created!

14 For a nominal fee, we would be happy to blow up a pipeline or something.

15 We need to drill, baby, drill more than ever, given this revelation:

WikiLeaks cables: Saudi Arabia cannot pump enough oil to keep a lid on prices US diplomat convinced by Saudi expert that reserves of world's biggest oil exporter have been overstated by nearly 40%

16

Obama would run up a 50 billion dollar deficit running a lemonade stand.  Reducing the debt is someone else's problem, not his.

17 For the 1st time in my sad life I'm proud of my country's drilling policy. Now eat your vegetables.

18 One other thought on "reducing the debt". The whole idea of increasing it to begin with was so they would say we just have to increase taxes. That was also the entire point of the so-called deficit panel which was 2/3 communist and 1/3 RINO.

Obama will never agree to any meaningful reduction in spending until he is gone or we get enough scared commies to jam it up his ass..

19 @13  It would grow the economy-if the rest of the world followed suit and then relied on American contractors to help them with compliance.  Or something.

20 14 For a nominal fee, we would be happy to blow up a pipeline or something.

Posted by: Nigerian Rebels at February 09, 2011 04:13 PM (/joDP)

Crap, you can get PAID for that???

21 Fire the inspector general

22 We'll never be able to cut our way out of deficit, but we can grow our way out, and affordable domestic energy is key.

23

My deep drilling rig was taken over, briefly, by the Sikh and employed to great success off the Carolina Coast. 

Sacred Honour, Maritime and Contract Law forbid me from sharing the details.

24 Don't blow up a pipeline. The caribou have become too dependent on the warmth.

25 Foot, projectile. Some assembly required.

26

He must sit around trying to figure out how to fuck up the country.

27

When gas went to $2.20 a gallon back in 2004, I remember having to listen to one of the imbeciles I worked with give his dissertation of how evil Bush and the Saudis were in cahoots to drive up the price of gas in order to help the oilmen and Haliburton...

Not hearing so much complaining now...  of course, I work almost entirely with Democrats:  they're so demoralized now, you never hear a peep out of even the most ardent party hack. 

28 Of all the idiotic things we have witnessed over the past two years, the drilling ban tops them all.

29

Of all the idiotic things we have witnessed over the past two years, the drilling ban tops them all.

I'm in the camp of the GM bondholder decision.   That should have sparked a lot of discord. 

30

OK, interesting thought.

I know title 10 does not allow the Federal Government from competing with corporations.

Does it also stop State Governments from doing the same?

ie, could a State start a Corporation to mine for minerals, and drill, on State Land? and use said proceeds?

31 The great economic genius, John Maynard Keynes, was very clear when he said that drilling for oil or engaging in other productive tasks during hard economic times should never be done.  Better to have the government accumulate debt, bury the money in jars and have people work digging them up and spending the proceeds.  That's how you create an economy that will be totally resistant to any recessions (like a perpetual motion machine and unlike anything else we have ever observed in nature) and you keep people slim in the process.  It also helps the jar industry, which is vitally important to the proper functioning of any society.

32 So let me see if I have this right.  Billions of dollars in tax revenues are negligible but $0.775 Billion in spending cuts are tough choices and taking the deficit seriously.

33 The only way we are going to reduce the debt is to borrow $54 Billion for High Speed Rails.

34

It's not just illegal. And it's not just forcing a greater reliance on Middle East oil.

It's also costing us tax revenue.

Yeah, but it's saving Gaia, motherfucker!

35

^{Posted by: iknowtheleft at February 09, 2011 04:24 PM (N49h9)}

I like your plan...and am interested in your Newsletter.

36 We are boned like a fish filet, because 52% of us are developmentally disabled.

Would somebody, anybody, PLEASE stop these sons of bitches from COMPLETELY flattening what used to be my country?

37 We need to drill, baby, drill more than ever, given this revelation:

WikiLeaks cables: Saudi Arabia cannot pump enough oil to keep a lid on prices US diplomat convinced by Saudi expert that reserves of world's biggest oil exporter have been overstated by nearly 40%
Posted by: Kratos

First, a reminder of what ambassadors really are; campaign contributors. As such, they often are the least knowledgeable in any given room. Second red flag, that 'revelation' has a sweaty odor of Peak Oil bunk.

Large crystallized forms of NaCl are required.

38

Remember my 'Tar Balls' photo shoot?  

That was great.

  I looked so Butch in those Boots.

39 Billions of dollars in tax revenues are negligible but $0.775 Billion in spending cuts are tough choices and taking the deficit seriously.

Iraq surge:  Catastrophe.  Afghanistan surge:  Necessity.
Hillary health care mandates:  Evile.  Obamacare mandates:  The Shnizzle.
Bush response to disasater in Louisiana:  Racist.  Obama to same:  Golf!!!

Etc., etc.....

40 Well, even if we started drilling right now that oil wouldn't come on line until 10 years from now. So why bother? I mean, 10 years is, like, forever!

41 Toss. My. Salad.

42

Not hearing so much complaining now...  of course, I work almost entirely with Democrats:  they're so demoralized now, you never hear a peep out of even the most ardent party hack. 

 

You're right.  Many of the screaming liberals that I know have been very quiet.  They won't even make eye contact. 

43 28 Of all the idiotic things we have witnessed over the past two years, the drilling ban tops them all.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 09, 2011 04:20 PM (gDbxE)

I seem to remember the Cambridge Police act stupidly as well.

 

44 39 Billions of dollars in tax revenues are negligible but $0.775 Billion in spending cuts are tough choices and taking the deficit seriously.

Iraq surge:  Catastrophe.  Afghanistan surge:  Necessity.
Hillary health care mandates:  Evile.  Obamacare mandates:  The Shnizzle.
Bush response to disasater in Louisiana:  Racist.  Obama to same:  Golf!!!

Etc., etc.....

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 09, 2011 04:29 PM (gDbxE)

I honestly think that a main reason Teh Won golfs so much is to get away from the wife to smoke in peace.

45 40 Well, even if we started drilling right now that oil wouldn't come on line until 10 years from now. So why bother? I mean, 10 years is, like, forever!

Posted by: Any given leftist commentator, any given day at February 09, 2011 04:30 PM (RD7QR)

THE ONLY FUCKING REASON IT TAKES SO LONG IS THE GOD DAMN LAWSUITS FROM THE ENVIRO-MARXISTS DURING THE PERMIT PROCESS!!!!!

46 Uh... PEAK OIIIIIILLLLLLL!

47 Want To Reduce The Debt? End The Drilling Moratorium

It's not just illegal. And it's not just forcing a greater reliance on Middle East oil.

Have you lost your mind? Don't you know that I'm engaged in a life and death struggle against deflation, to stop falling prices? That is all I am concerned about. We need prices to rise. But, you want to drill for oil and increase the wealth available, which means that our current number of dollars have to be spread more thinly, leading to ... DEFLATION!! If you drill for oil, I'm going to have to print $3 trillion more dollars just to keep the price of oil stable at $120/bbl!

You are making a mockery of all my sustained efforts to slay the deflation dragon and to keep prices rising. You should be thanking me, but instead, you come up with this! I don't know why I print all this money when people are still screaming about going out and creating more wealth. Stop already!

48 memo from the white house ;

please be advised that after we get working on the jobs thing we will focus our attention on the high speed rail and domestic oil program
*all restaurants are required to dispose of their cooking oil to only state certified reclaim trucks to be in compliance with our domestic oil policy

49 *all restaurants are required to dispose of their cooking oil to only state certified reclaim trucks to be in compliance with our domestic oil policy

Posted by: melvin at February 09, 2011 04:37 PM (3OCZw)

Don't forget milk.

50 *all restaurants are required to dispose of their cooking oil to only state certified reclaim trucks to be in compliance with our domestic oil policy

Posted by: melvin at February 09, 2011 04:37 PM (3OCZw)

And milk, too.  Don't forget the milk.

51 Not necessary. High-speed solar rail!

52

Domestic Oil Policy???

Yes, restraunts do use too much oil when the cook, so we must raise Oil Prices!  So they will use less!

53 There are also national security issues to be considered with the US being a bigger player in worldwide oil production. It would give us more leverage with some of the more unsavory regimes in the world if we had the threat of starving them of their prime source of income.

54 Posted by: The EPA, Bond Villain at February 09, 2011 04:40 PM (bxiXv)

You won that one!  Good job.

55 51 Not necessary. High-speed solar rail!

Posted by: Joey Biden at February 09, 2011 04:42 PM (FcR7P)

for those romantic overnight trips!...oh... wait...

56

Ya know, you keep hearing the argument from potheads that we should legalize marijuana so we can tax it.

The gummint would get much more revenue if it legalized oil.

 

57 There's no drilling moratorium in my administration, mia bella.

58 iknowtheleft: “Better to have the government accumulate debt, bury the money in jars and have people work digging them up and spending the proceeds.” I think you just described our income tax system.

59 Cut tax rates, tax revenues increase. Increase drilling, tax revenues increase. This is easier than taking a shit and considering my IBS, I know what I'm talking about.

60 So, why not introduce a bill for Brother Obama's Super Hi-Speed Rail that is twice-paid for with additional revenue expected to be generated by additional drilling?

Let the rat-faced Dems explain why we really, really need their high-speed rail but, we need to--have to!--go into debt to pay for it. And make them get out front and center and explain why we don't need more oil. Or drilling. Or royalty revenue. Or jobs. But we need a high-speed rail.

Oh, wait. Stupid party only does stupid. What was I thinking?

61 On the high speed rail the current proposal cuts 1B from that. That is probably ALL that is left from that allocation.

62 Stipulate the "goal" is the economic destruction of America and it all makes perfect sense.

63 Well, even if we started drilling right now that oil wouldn't come on line until 10 years from now. So why bother? I mean, 10 years is, like, forever! Posted by: Any given leftist commentator, any given day at February 09, 2011 04:30 PM (RD7QR) Hah, you've fallen for that one for thirty years!

64 Gee, we can either create jobs, increase tax revenues, lower costs of energy, AND food, or we can loose jobs, and raise the cost of living in the US so high people who still can will flee.

65

Dept of interior just announced they are going to use areas blocked off for oil drilling to develop wind farms. Just fuggin' great.

Even the NYT sees the stupidity of this which means there must be somehwere near plant-life IQ levels involved.

Weasel Zippers has the map and the pull quote - "The  areas, off the coast of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Virginia, are marked off in “leasing blocks” that were originally drawn up for oil drilling. The Department of Interior published a map of the four locales."

 

66 dumb asses, obama wants less oil and higher debt, it's called chaos and bringing capitalism down

67 Instead of squadering that $500 by sending it to GREENPEACE so that can keep those wretched zodiacs fueled or keep their garbage scows RAINBOW WARRIOR II and ARCTIC SUNRISE going or their blimps in the sky spreading their false massages use that money instead to pay your utility bills and urge your politician to end the drill maratorium based on GREENPEACE GREEN LIES

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