The White House rewrote crucial sections of an Interior Department report to suggest an independent group of scientists and engineers supported a six-month ban on offshore oil drilling, the Interior inspector general says in a new report.
In the wee hours of the morning of May 27, a staff member to White House energy adviser Carol Browner sent two edited versions of the department report’s executive summary back to Interior. The language had been changed to insinuate the seven-member panel of outside experts – who reviewed a draft of various safety recommendations – endorsed the moratorium, according to the IG report obtained by POLITICO.
Several of us have noted the GRINDING contradiction between the Obamic practice and what Obama said about "putting science back in its proper place". Obama, in his usual incredible self-congratulating fashion, implies that the evil BOOOOOSH put politics (or...worse...religious dogma) over science. But we see just what that really means.
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On a brighter note, the Chicago Carbon Exchange is kaflunkt, debupkused and disen-schlumped. Built on the premise of the Cap and Tax legislation creating demand for investment - almost literally in flatulence - ManBearPig's brainchild that bought his spiffy estate on Big Sur is no more.
ReplyDeleteMy hope is the folks who rely on the oil industry in the gulf are only temporarily burdened by Mr Hopeless Change et al.
Hey counselor, this fiasco being based on a proven fraud...don't these folks have grounds for litigation? I assume Barry has immunity but should be open season on Browner, Salazar et al, no?? Go get em tiger/shark!
Sadly, no, swede. All the criminals who did this enjoy immunity...except, as I pointed out in a piece some months back, there IS a criminal statute that makes lying by officials a bad thing.
ReplyDeleteWe'll see what happens. Holder...after all...