Tuesday
Jun152010
Second disaster looms in Gulf
Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at 6:52PM June 13, 2010
The six-month drilling ban ordered by the White House may be crippling the industry and the area's economy.
While it would be unfair to blame the Obama administration for BP's string of mistakes that led to the Deepwater Horizon disaster, a second looming catastrophe would be entirely of the president's making and ought to be reconsidered.
One of the unfortunate victims of the massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico appears to be the erstwhile pragmatism of Ken Salazar. The Interior secretary is now aiding the president, who, while looking for someone's ass to kick, is trying to penalize the industry in two ways that defy good judgment.
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