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If Obama is making all this money off of BP oil rigs why am i hearing stories that he was responsible for blowing it up. Its getting tough trying to keep up with all the conspiracy BS, dont know how Rush and Beck keep on top of it all, i'm just going to go against the grain here and assume Obama had nothing to do with this oil rig sinking
If Obama is making all this money off of BP oil rigs why am i hearing stories that he was responsible for blowing it up. Its getting tough trying to keep up with all the conspiracy BS, dont know how Rush and Beck keep on top of it all, i'm just going to go against the grain here and assume Obama had nothing to do with this oil rig sinking
Hmm...I don't think this thread is about any sort of conspiracy theory, just asserting that based on contributions, Obama is the big oil president.
U.S. exempted BP's Gulf of Mexico drilling from environmental impact study
The Interior Department exempted BP's calamitous Gulf of Mexico drilling operation from a detailed environmental impact analysis last year, according to government documents, after three reviews of the area concluded that a massive oil spill was unlikely.
The decision by the department's Minerals Management Service (MMS) to give BP's lease at Deepwater Horizon a "categorical exclusion" from the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) on April 6, 2009 -- and BP's lobbying efforts just 11 days before the explosion to expand those exemptions -- show that neither federal regulators nor the company anticipated an accident of the scale of the one unfolding in the gulf.
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KierĂ¡n Suckling, executive director of the environmental group Center for Biological Diversity, said the federal waiver "put BP entirely in control" of the way it conducted its drilling.
"The agency's oversight role has devolved to little more than rubber-stamping British Petroleum's self-serving drilling plans," Suckling said.
BP has lobbied the White House Council on Environmental Quality -- which provides NEPA guidance for all federal agencies-- to provide categorical exemptions more often. In an April 9 letter, BP America's senior federal affairs director, Margaret D. Laney, wrote to the council that such exemptions should be used in situations where environmental damage is likely to be "minimal or non-existent." An expansion in these waivers would help "avoid unnecessary paperwork and time delays," she added.
The answer is influence and exclusion from the rules.
I emboldened "White House" to indicate that Congress is not on the hook for this. This is how the administration works. Tons of rules and regulations for the masses - unless you have money - then you can buy your way to operate business as you see fit.
U.S. exempted BP's Gulf of Mexico drilling from environmental impact study
The Interior Department exempted BP's calamitous Gulf of Mexico drilling operation from a detailed environmental impact analysis last year, according to government documents, after three reviews of the area concluded that a massive oil spill was unlikely.
The decision by the department's Minerals Management Service (MMS) to give BP's lease at Deepwater Horizon a "categorical exclusion" from the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) on April 6, 2009 -- and BP's lobbying efforts just 11 days before the explosion to expand those exemptions -- show that neither federal regulators nor the company anticipated an accident of the scale of the one unfolding in the gulf.
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KierĂ¡n Suckling, executive director of the environmental group Center for Biological Diversity, said the federal waiver "put BP entirely in control" of the way it conducted its drilling.
"The agency's oversight role has devolved to little more than rubber-stamping British Petroleum's self-serving drilling plans," Suckling said.
BP has lobbied the White House Council on Environmental Quality -- which provides NEPA guidance for all federal agencies-- to provide categorical exemptions more often. In an April 9 letter, BP America's senior federal affairs director, Margaret D. Laney, wrote to the council that such exemptions should be used in situations where environmental damage is likely to be "minimal or non-existent." An expansion in these waivers would help "avoid unnecessary paperwork and time delays," she added.
The answer is influence and exclusion from the rules.
I emboldened "White House" to indicate that Congress is not on the hook for this. This is how the administration works. Tons of rules and regulations for the masses - unless you have money - then you can buy your way to operate business as you see fit.
"O" is the "chosen one" he can do no wrong.....not certain who the H he was chosen by though
That would be the American people showing that democracy is alive and well. As for being the chosen one? good observation as the majority of voters did indeed choose him as their leader for at least one term in office, and the way the republicans are whining and belly aching about it i doubt they are making any new friends to change the outcome for President Obama's 2nd term in office.
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, i'm just going to go against the grain here and assume Obama had nothing to do with this oil rig sinking
As for being the chosen one? good observation as the majority of voters did indeed choose him as their leader for at least one term in office, and the way the republicans are whining and belly aching about it i doubt they are making any new friends to change the outcome for President Obama's 2nd term in office.
