Lawsuits stop drilling despite DeMint's shitfit

When the Bush regime and the DLC defeatists recently gutted a nearly 30-year-old nationwide ban on dangerous offshore oil drilling, you could almost hear America's beaches becoming thick with goo.

We didn't expect to receive much more oil from offshore drilling. We knew much of the oil (that which didn't get spilled at least) would just be hoarded like much of that from onshore sites, forcing fuel costs up again.

Now fans of offshore drilling are facing a much-deserved hurdle they didn't expect! Conservation groups, states, and private citizens are now suing over oil leases - which has forced the drilling mania to grind to a halt, at least for now.

Last month though, America-hating right-wing Sen. Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) introduced an industry-backed bill that would have allowed only 90 days to sue.

I guess DeMint would rather live under a legal system that lets corporate "rights" rule, huh?

(Source: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3616178)