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On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:22:40 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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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.


You miss my point. In DC these things are just assemblies of things
that are already there as a rule. If they "change" something, usually
the only thing that changes is the sign on the door. It will still be
the same people doing the work.

In regulation, it is always a group of cronies from the industry being
regulated. That is why Obama has the same people trying to fix the
financial mess who caused it in the first place.


I'd like to know who you think could sort out the financial mess other than
the people who are familiar with the problems. But, I know what you mean...
it's like getting a car thief to design an anti-theft device. That's fine,
as long as they don't use it to their own advantage.