Bob McCarty Writes

Just when you begin to think President Barack Obama and his band of idiots can’t possibly do anything worse than they did the day before comes news from the American Petroleum Institute: Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has announced that he plans to terminate the royalty-in-kind program.
“The Royalty-in-Kind program, which collected $6.6 billion in oil and [...]

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Saying the ultimate goal of the partnership is to secure more and better-paying jobs for Americans in the oil and gas industry and for more Americans in every region of the country, American Petroleum Institute President and CEO Jack Gerard announced this morning the formation of a historic partnership his organization that represents some 400 [...]

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Most American voters support increasing access to domestic offshore oil and natural gas resources and would oppose any new laws or regulations that blocked development of those national resources, according to a poll released today.
The poll, conducted by Harris Interactive and commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute, found that 61 percent of Americans who voted [...]

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“I do not believe at this point in time that there are any proposals being made to reinstate the moratoria across the board,” said House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) in response to a reporter’s question about his plans regarding a quarter-century-old ban on offshore oil and gas drilling that was lifted last year.

Hoyer’s statement, [...]

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While many fear Tuesday’s election could launch Barack Obama’s much-talked-about plan to redistribute the wealth, an Oct. 29 report in The Nation suggests that the redistribution has already begun:
The swindle of American taxpayers is proceeding more or less in broad daylight, as the unwitting voters are preoccupied with the national election. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson [...]

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