Whether the White House is occupied by a Democrat or a Republican, OR an Independent, BP, Exxon-Mobil, et al are too powerful for any administration to restrain them.
I think your friends, the Coke Brothers, have been doing just fine. In fact the Keystone Pipeline benefits them, and a bunch of Canadians, but relatively few American. All at the very real risk to American landscape. But what the hell so long as the “US Oil Industry” (wink, wink at the Kochs) prospers, all is good in your book.
And we would be dying from the environmental destruction perpetrated by those same companies, very much like China where the government officials care only about their own survival, not that of the country or the working people. Wait a minute, who does that sound like here?
Notable in Alaska is that oil revenues are down to the state, as a matter of DEMAND, not production capacity. Offshore drilling in the Arctic is pretty stupid considering that so far Shell has crashed two for two on the oil rigs they attempted to send out.
“Moby Duck” the book points out that plasti ducks dumpted in the Pacific, made their way over the arctic passage and down the east coast of the U.S., what do you think an oil spill will do???
Had a similar issue with the main boulevard feeding the Palm Springs airport. It is mostly tribal land, people got used to Taquitz rather than McCallum.
So Obama’s war against US produced oil has had the same result as his war against the middle class. They have both been successful. .I should really stop calling him incompetent…
The Flaw in this one is that Most Alaskans are in Favor of more Oil Drilling because the Oil Companies were smart enough to allow every Alaskan Resident to receive an Annual Check paid for by Oil Profits..This years check was for $1,884. .They Funnel it through the State Government and call it a Royalty, but it’s really a bribe to let them Keep On Drilling..
While Shell’s leases in the Arctic pre-date Obama, and have been held up, finally authorizing them, or opening exploration areas on the east coast, while talking of the environment and the dangers of fossil fuel production and use, is, well, a very mixed message to not tick off corporate interests. Obama is not, like Bill Clinton also was not, an “anti-jobs, anti-business” politician, not even a little.
Darsan54 Premium Member over 8 years ago
Yep.
moosemin over 8 years ago
Whether the White House is occupied by a Democrat or a Republican, OR an Independent, BP, Exxon-Mobil, et al are too powerful for any administration to restrain them.
jonesb over 8 years ago
Most Alaskans call the national park McKinley and the mountain Denali.
MaryWorth Premium Member over 8 years ago
“He”?
moderateisntleft over 8 years ago
I think your friends, the Coke Brothers, have been doing just fine. In fact the Keystone Pipeline benefits them, and a bunch of Canadians, but relatively few American. All at the very real risk to American landscape. But what the hell so long as the “US Oil Industry” (wink, wink at the Kochs) prospers, all is good in your book.
Spyderred over 8 years ago
And we would be dying from the environmental destruction perpetrated by those same companies, very much like China where the government officials care only about their own survival, not that of the country or the working people. Wait a minute, who does that sound like here?
Dtroutma over 8 years ago
Denali is the mountain and the National Park.
Notable in Alaska is that oil revenues are down to the state, as a matter of DEMAND, not production capacity. Offshore drilling in the Arctic is pretty stupid considering that so far Shell has crashed two for two on the oil rigs they attempted to send out.
“Moby Duck” the book points out that plasti ducks dumpted in the Pacific, made their way over the arctic passage and down the east coast of the U.S., what do you think an oil spill will do???
ChukLitl Premium Member over 8 years ago
Had a similar issue with the main boulevard feeding the Palm Springs airport. It is mostly tribal land, people got used to Taquitz rather than McCallum.
echoraven over 8 years ago
So Obama’s war against US produced oil has had the same result as his war against the middle class. They have both been successful. .I should really stop calling him incompetent…
kaffekup over 8 years ago
Did you even read the post? Maybe it’s a lack of understanding….
Tarredandfeathered over 8 years ago
The Flaw in this one is that Most Alaskans are in Favor of more Oil Drilling because the Oil Companies were smart enough to allow every Alaskan Resident to receive an Annual Check paid for by Oil Profits..This years check was for $1,884. .They Funnel it through the State Government and call it a Royalty, but it’s really a bribe to let them Keep On Drilling..
Dtroutma over 8 years ago
While Shell’s leases in the Arctic pre-date Obama, and have been held up, finally authorizing them, or opening exploration areas on the east coast, while talking of the environment and the dangers of fossil fuel production and use, is, well, a very mixed message to not tick off corporate interests. Obama is not, like Bill Clinton also was not, an “anti-jobs, anti-business” politician, not even a little.
rossevrymn over 8 years ago
Must be Rogers Takes a Dig at a Lib Day