Comments on: Sex Scandal Taints Oil Drilling Debate

As Congress Prepares To Debate Offshore Drilling, Ripples Spread From Gov't Report On Drug Use, Promiscuity Among Oil Brokers

[xmanborg]

Well at least they had plenty of Lube, a 55 gallon drun of KY goes a long way.

[talkingham]

Not to mention Palin''s lies about her "pipline to Nowhere". According to an article just published in the non Rupert Murdock owned NYTimes: The pipeline exists only on paper. The first section has yet to be laid, federal approvals are years away and the pipeline will not be completed for at least a decade. In fact, although it is the centerpiece of Ms. Palin%u2019s relatively brief record as governor, the pipeline might never be built, and under a worst-case scenario, the state could lose up to $500 million it committed to defray regulatory and other costs.

State Senator Bert Stedman, a Republican who is co-chairman of the finance committee, said that in its contract with the chosen developer, TransCanada, the state bargained away too much leverage with little guarantee of success.

%u201CThere is no requirement to lift one shovel of dirt or lay down one inch of steel,%u201D he said.

[midvale3]

The only people this sends "shock" through is the mindless morons backing McCain for 4 more years of W. Responsible people have asked Gov to check this for years, but with W and Cheney, you may as well pi@s up a rope.

[gop_will_win]

You stinking liberals! Just think of those poor interior department officials and where are they going to score their fix now? Huh?

[dredre2k]

That''s right republicans... DRILL DRILL DRILL!
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