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Keith nuttle

wrote:
On 17 Sep 2008 12:52:02 -0500, Dave wrote:

On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:09:38 -0600, "redbard" said:

If the Democrats were supposed to accomplish so much in the first 100 days,
why have they done so little for 700 days?

They had their turn and things aren't getting better.
Nice little piece in today's WSJ about how the Dems needing a fig leaf for
the election are pretending to authorize drilling offshore, knowing full
well it ainagonna happen because of law suits by their trial lawyer
supporters.

It would appear that the Republicans will defeat the bill when it
reaches the senate because they are against offshore drilling, even if
it's limited to 50 miles offshore. Those *******S!

Shows clearly, who is really intersted in trying to solve the problem.

The Republican position is that the fifty mile limit excludes most of
the continental shelf, that contains the oil.

If you look at a map of the coastal regions, you can see for yourself
where the continental shelf ends. It is widest off of the Maine coast
and off of Florida. The drilling would be essentially banned from North
Carolina to Cape Cod. There appears to be no shelf on the west coast.
(Get the facts, Check Google maps.) The shelf of the coast of Maine
would be extremely dangerous with the ice flows (Remember the Titanic),
so drilling would be difficult and extremely costly.

To drill for oil beyond fifty miles increase the cost of drill, to the
point where it is not economical. In essence the democrats would
accomplish their goal of stopping off shore drilling while pretending to
give in to their constituents demands.

If you don't like what the congressmen are doing contact them at
senate.gov or house.gov and tell them what you think should happen.