Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman - a Reagan appointee - ruled that the Obama administration acted in contempt by continuing its oil drilling moratorium. He whined that Obama displayed "defiance."
Contempt??? Defiance??? Really???
Um, no. The administration was just carrying out the law - like it's supposed to. So now following the law is "defying" it?
Feldman and the oil industry have been fighting Obama over the moratorium for ages. Last year, Feldman also gutted drilling safety rules that were implemented by the Department of the Interior. This occurred after it was discovered that Feldman owned stock in companies affected by the moratorium - including Transocean, which owned the Deepwater Horizon rig.
Outrageously, Feldman has also ordered the government - i.e., the taxpayers - to pay the legal fees of Hornbeck Offshore Services, which launched the lawsuit. What a windfall for Hornbeck! If you're an oil exploration company, all you have to do to win free money from the taxpayers is file a lawsuit in a friendly court.
You can just hear the cash register dinging right now!
What are they gonna do? Impeach Obama??? If I was the President, I'd be defiant right now. I'd be daring them to bring it on. With me, the buck stops here. Honestly, would it really help the Republicans politically if they impeached Obama because he continued a moratorium against offshore drilling?
I'm from Kentucky, a state with lots of Democrats who deserve to be removed from office. Since the GOP's goal is to remove as many people from office as possible because they have a donkey next to their name, maybe we should invite all Republicans here and let both major parties fight each other.
On second thought, let's not. I don't want to deal with the smell.
(Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-03/u-s-administration-in-contempt-over-gulf-drill-ban-judge-rules.html)
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Contempt??? Are you kidding???
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