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Pelosi blames Bush administration for BP oil spill

That's more rediculous than blaming Bush. The Dems have been ramrodding Congress since 2007. They should have done something.

Nice :spin: :lol:

So, the people who inherited all these weakened regulations, had more responsibility to fix the regs during 2 short years than those who gutted them for 6 lonnnnnng years, during 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006? Gotcha!


However, the political timing couldn't have been more perfect.

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Evidence supporting the accusation?

Actually we don't know...

Contrary to the left's knee-jerk reaction of rushing in to blame everything on too little government, the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was not caused by deregulation.

As explained by the Wall Street Journal one week after the explosion, the device liberals are hyperventilating over--called an acoustic regulator--is not required for drilling under U.S. law because it would not necessarily have prevented any of this.

Total system failures like the one that caused this spill almost never happen (which is why Democrats wanting to shut down all drilling is the equivalent of wanting to ban all aviation due to 9/11), and acoustic regulators are completely unproven.
- Deregulation did not cause the Gulf oil spill

Another interesting tid bit...

On Friday, the Washington Examiner requested that Speaker Pelosi’s office release the list of Bush appointees to whom she was referring. We’ll let you know when we hear back.

I wonder if she will respond?

Actually we don't know... but we do know Junior Bush and Poppy Bush are both Oil men from " Black Gold Texas " and has made and are still making Millions in their investments in the Oil business .....
Need I say more, they are under suspicion until proven otherwise ... and otherwise also meaning guilty until proven innocent....
That stands on its own merit, whether Pelosi respond yes or no with the list of all the guilty men that was in the Bush
" Oil Administration".... Let's not bury our heads in the dirty oil spill sand on this one People Pleeease !!!
 
You are right.... crazy conspiracy theory. Please take your place in line with the birthers and those that think the government was behind 9/11.
(another, more platible theory, is that its an act of God telling us to wake up)

Who knows and who can say, Maybe this is the divine intervention, telling us to wake up and a way of showing the unbelievers what can happen when we throw all caution to the wind and " DRILL BABY DRILL " .
Maybe we can begin the process to cleaner energy and " CHILL BABY CHILL " .
 
Who knows and who can say, Maybe this is the divine intervention, telling us to wake up and a way of showing the unbelievers what can happen when we throw all caution to the wind and " DRILL BABY DRILL " .
Maybe we can begin the process to cleaner energy and " CHILL BABY CHILL " .

Unfortunately our need for hydrocarbons into the future maintains strong demand. There is no viable replacement for it in the transportation sector. We can't convert every vehicle to electric or hydrogen and we don't have the power plant based energy to recharge those power carriers on a wide scale.

The promising alternative is CNG, but that requires some drilling as well.
 
Unfortunately our need for hydrocarbons into the future maintains strong demand. There is no viable replacement for it in the transportation sector. We can't convert every vehicle to electric or hydrogen and we don't have the power plant based energy to recharge those power carriers on a wide scale.

The promising alternative is CNG, but that requires some drilling as well.

There are some things we could do. Improve and encourage the use of our railways, for one. The only reason why I don't take a train places is because I live in the rural South where they haven't built any. But I would if it were made available.
 
There are some things we could do. Improve and encourage the use of our railways, for one. The only reason why I don't take a train places is because I live in the rural South where they haven't built any. But I would if it were made available.

True, and economics will see more people taking them as hydrocarbons rise in price. It's the free market. I don't expect a great expansion to existing rail lines, however.
 
Actually we don't know... but we do know Junior Bush and Poppy Bush are both Oil men from " Black Gold Texas " and has made and are still making Millions in their investments in the Oil business .....

Makes it no less irrelevant to the oil spill or the cause. MMS dropped the ball buy not enforcing the laws we do have. The last 3 or 4 administrations are responsible for dropping the ball.

Need I say more, they are under suspicion until proven otherwise ... and otherwise also meaning guilty until proven innocent....

Not in the US. Our laws say innocent until proven guilty. And with no evidence backing up Pelosi and other ridicules claims, it means little. Well little more than partisan politicking anyway.

That stands on its own merit, whether Pelosi respond yes or no with the list of all the guilty men that was in the Bush
" Oil Administration".... Let's not bury our heads in the dirty oil spill sand on this one People Pleeease !!!

Their is no merit to baseless accusations. Pelosi will not respond with any names because she does not have any, period. It was nothing more than political hackery at it's finest.

The only people with their heads buried are those who think that some kind of facts back up her claims.
 
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True, and economics will see more people taking them as hydrocarbons rise in price. It's the free market. I don't expect a great expansion to existing rail lines, however.

I think the free market would be more likely to push public buses than railways. However, those still use oil products. That's why I wouldn't mind the government expanding Amtrak, or the state governments coordinating with the federal government to create public railway services for travel over long distances.
 
I think the free market would be more likely to push public buses than railways. However, those still use oil products. That's why I wouldn't mind the government expanding Amtrak, or the state governments coordinating with the federal government to create public railway services for travel over long distances.

The various governments can't afford it. Amtrak operates in the Red.

There are CNG buses.
 
You do know it was because of his deregulation, and the fact the people in charge were taken kick backs during his watch right?

Most of those in Congress accept kickbacks, even Obama has accepted kickbacks from oil company's and very likely others as well.
It is an endemic culture within administrations of either ilk.
It is basically what is wrong with the so called Democratic system practiced in American Politics.
 
Most of those in Congress accept kickbacks, even Obama has accepted kickbacks from oil company's and very likely others as well.
It is an endemic culture within administrations of either ilk.
It is basically what is wrong with the so called Democratic system practiced in American Politics.

There's quite a diff between kickbacks and campaign contributions.
Campaign contributions are legal and ethical.
Kickbacks are illegal as well as unethical.

If you still stand by your post.... links? :roll:
 
I believe that BP were the responsible party for this Oil Spill, the behavior that BP has exhibited ever since it's onset of business within the USA has been to abide with and by as little regulation as possible.
It mattered little as to what regulations were placed within this Industry, BP sought to either ride over or around the rules.
We have seen this with regard to corroded Pipeline within Alaska, to the well over 700 infringements of safety regulations at it's Texas city Refinery.
I believe I am correct in saying that it's nearest competitor in infringement of safety rules had 8 in the same period as BP.

Regulations should be enforced not only within the Oil Industry but also in all other Industry's.

The fact that Regulations are not enforced and have not been enforced over many years is most definitely because of the Corruption within our (US) Governments of either Party including the present administration of Obama.

The Mining Industry has had numerous 'accidents', each one is called an accident by the mine owner, but are usually found to be of lax if non-existent enforcement of safety regulations.

Undoubtedly regulations were ignored in this tragedy, but to simply scream at BP saying 'We will make you pay' will do nothing to either stop the flow of oil or even speed the subsequent clean up, If this type of screeching continues it may well prove detrimental to continuance of BP co operation, certainly if I owned a company and had people screaming at me day and night, i would be very tempted to say, have at it yourselves and hand over control to them.

This does not mean that the Government should cease it's investigations into what happened, it does mean that they be seen to be co operating as much as possible with BP in it's efforts to rectify the situation.

Unless Regulations are enforced all that will happen is that the cost of bribes to the regulators will increase in size.

And more people will die.
 
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Pelosi will always blame Bush... Between Obama and Pelosi apologizing for our country, they blame Bush. Actually, this may be the only thing they do at all. It will be a cold day in hell before they take FULL responsibility for anything, and an even colder one before they step up to the plate and live up to their hollow campaign promises. Obamunism may be what some want; I work hard and enjoy the fruits of my labor, so I do not. Either way, this presidency will probably go down as one of the most fickle of all time. "Transparency" really meant "politics as usual" (how many people did they bribe in primaries)? Oh well, lets all just mooch off anyone we can and blame everyone else while we are at it, that pretty much goes with the new American way.
Lets all just watch American Idol and MTV reality shows instead of going to the ballot box! With welfare and free heatlhcare, we've got it made!
 
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What regulations exactly would have stopped this oil spill? And for those that blame Bush, what deregulations did he specifically implement that caused this? All I keep hearing is "deregulation did that!" and "Bush's deregulation did that!" but nobody says what exactly. Are all plane crashes a result of deregulation? Obviously not. Nobody has given any specifics.
 
Pelosi is my least favorite politician on the planet.
 
There's quite a diff between kickbacks and campaign contributions.
Campaign contributions are legal and ethical.
Kickbacks are illegal as well as unethical.

If you still stand by your post.... links? :roll:

I never saw any evidence in this thread about anyone taking any kickbacks..... not sure why that has even been brough up.
 
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