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On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:47:25 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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Hint: Mr. Reagan and James Watt started the agency. No body was
"regulating"
the industry before or after (unfortunately).

I thought it was GW's fault. Are you saying Clinton deregulated
drilling? I guess I am confused.

I didn't mention Clinton, but he didn't fix the problem either. So, he
would
be complicit on some level. Bush made things worse for sure.

You said "Nobody was "regulating" the industry before or after
(unfortunately).Reagan was after and Carter was before".
I couldn't take it any other way.

If Bush started MMS he must have been trying to build the framework
for regulation. (like you say the health care bill did)

The reality is, there were always people at Interior who were
regulating drilling. All they did when they "created" MMS was put a
different logo on their stationary and put a new political appointee
in charge of them. The job down in the trenches never really changes
that much if you are a GSer doing the actual work.

Reagan/Watt started MMS... look it up. Bush just filled it to the brim with
cronies of big oil.