Posted on 02/09/2010 6:16:47 PM PST by euram
Many of us appreciated the President mentioning in his State of the Union address that “tough decisions” had to be made regarding offshore drilling. People have had doubts about his seriousness in regards to domestic energy policy because our Department of the Interior dragging its feet on Virginia’s offshore oil and gas leases. Still, we’ve held out hope that America’s voice will be heard on energy.
And now Vince Haley at Big Government reports this shocker:
In April of 2009, during a discussion about offshore exploration in San Francisco, Salazar said that President Obama directed him to “to make sure that we have an open and transparent government” and that “these are not decisions that are going to be made behind closed doors.” Salazar went on to say that President Obama wanted to make sure that DOI was “maximizing the opportunity for the public to give us guidance on what it is that they want to do.”
Yet, more than four months after the comment period ended, the Department of the Interior has failed to make any public announcement about the results, even though sources have told American Solutions for months the comments show a 2-1 advantage in support of offshore drilling.
It took American Solutions almost four months and the power of the Freedom of Information Act to finally uncover indirect confirmation that, out of over 530,000 comments submitted, pro-drilling comments outnumbered anti-drilling comments by a 2-1 margin.
In an email dated October 27, 2009, Liz Birnbaum, director of the Minerals Management Service, informs other Interior officials that a preliminary tabulation of the results of the comment period had not yet gone to Secretary Salazar, adding “[s]o the Secretary can honestly say in response to any questions that he’s [SIC] has not yet seen the analysis of the comments – staff is still working on it. I did, however, confirm to him the 2-1 split that these guys [at American Solutions] are emphasizing.”
When a public employee is on record condoning purposeful deception of the American people, the taxpayer should no longer have to fund his or her job. Secretary Salazar should immediately fire Liz Birnbaum for purposefully deceiving him, and in turn, the American people. It’s not possible for the Secretary to honor pledges of openness, honestly, and transparency in government if his staff is going to deliberately undermine such pledges.
Public opinion polls already measure near 70% support for offshore drilling, so the results from a public comment period that reflect the same public sentiment should not be surprising. But after all this talk of wanting the public’s input, Secretary Salazar and his team must find it a real stumbling block to have to explain all their anti-energy development actions in light of the comment period results to which they previously attached such great importance.
As Haley notes in his article, it’s astonishing that the Obama administration is dragging its feet on offshore drilling at a time when we’re so desperate for economic recovery and jobs. It’s no surprise that an overwhelming majority of Americans support offshore drilling: it will provide millions of good jobs and billions in revenue, and it will make us more secure by reducing our dependence on foreign oil.
Mr. President, we appreciate you asking for our input. We’ve provided it, so thank you for accepting it. With no time to waste, it’s time to listen to the American people – finally – and drill, baby, drill!
- Sarah Palin
I'll go back and read it as soon as I quit getting replies to read... LOL
Sarah Palin
The Rill Dill
I will not attack, flame or ridiculeyou for your opinion on Sarah Palin.
You choose to see her resignation as detrimental to herself, her political future and Alaska.
I won't waste bandwidth in trying to make you change your mind. But, I do want to say this and I hope that You can at least agree with my words that follow:
The United States of America is being destroyed as we post and blog right here and now
The current Democrat leaders in the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches of the Federal Government may Never admit to this but it is becoming more obvious day-by-day:
They want to see GOD-worshipping, Freedom-Loving Christianity, Capitalism, the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence and the "old-fashioned" Judeo-Christian family values Broken, burned, diminished, outlawed and eradicated.
They must be stopped. And we need someone with political experiance who recognizes, believes in and fights with every breath for All of those items in the above paragraph.
If someone with passion for the U.S.A. and political acumen like Sarah Palin rises-up to take the forefront in the charge against the Assault on our liberties, then I will give as much deference and support to that same man or woman as I do Sarah Palin.
Yours is the best reply I’ve had thus far. I never said I wouldn’t vote for her in the general election, I just stated that I don’t want her to get the nomination, because I don’t believe she’s fit to be president.
However, under your scenario, everything changes... and we could be heading there if things don’t turn around...and fast.
Blue-blood, country club Republican, huh?
I agree with everything you said. It’s not like we are on opposite sides here. I just don’t think she’s a good choice for president. Just my opinion.
If she were up against Hussein, I’d vote for her. Just as I did last time. lol
This country is headed for many years of lowered standard of living as well as mucho trouble with the rest of the world. Be prepared for the worst, it’s coming.
You gave yourself away by saying she’s not “fit to be President.”
To make the I-think-she’s-great-but-she-can’t-win ploy work, you have to refrain from attacking the target directly. Remember: Your message is “she can’t win.” You have to keep quiet about why you really hate her.
I'm not a republican, but I generally believe them to be the lesser of the two evils. I probably would have considered myself a republican had I been of voting age when Reagan was president, but the republicans since then haven't met my standards. They talk the talk on the campaign trail, but when they get into power, they tend to grow government just as the democrats do.
I don't hate her. I've never even met her. I'd imagine she's probably a nice person.
In 2-1/2 years there will emerge a candidate that can, and will, inspire Conservatives. It may be Palin or someone else. In times of crisis, there are those who appear and become leaders. This has been true more often than not in America. In the next year or so I suspect that many dismissers of Palin may come to appreciate her more than they do at this time.
KoRn, the MSM isn’t going to like any GOP candidate other than a RINO.
Palin has been trashed by the MSM for 1.5 years now and they will continue to do so.
By the time the 2012 elections come around, the public will be weary of the MSM attacking Palin and will tune it out and will listen to her message instead.
Not to mention, some will admire her toughness for standing up to the scrutiny and attacks against her.
The MSM will try to “select” another RINO like McCain who is sure to lose.
Palin is the best chance the GOP has of winning and is the best candidate.
Her and Fred Thompson would be a winning ticket.
The Beauty and the Beast.
How Fred snagged a beauty like Jeri still boggles the mind.
For all we know she may not run, but if she does, she is likely the most electable of our candidates.
1. She speaks to the base, which will get her a lot of strong enthusiasm to work and be motivated.
2. She is the only GOP candidate that can energize the tea party movement and garner the GOP nomination, uniting the two.
3. She is the only candidate that has executive experience besides Mitt Romney (who will have a hard time motivating the base).
4. She can raise $$$ better than any other candidate.
5. She has the ability to connect with the public, shown by her rise in popularity since her book tour, in spite of the full court press by the LSM. This means she has the ability to convince independants, as she has done in the past.
6. If she continues to be the main point person (as she has been) to come against Bambi, as his programs fail (if they fail, and most will), she will be the clear alternative if the chips fall properly.
If the economy is good by 2012, it is doutful anyone can beat Bambi, if it is so so, or poor, she likely would be a slam dunk.
They said Reagan was a dumb cowboy too.........
Changing your wording does not impress me. Worthy instead of fit. So now I do not think you are worthy of deciding who is worthy to be President.
(((PING)))
A typical coward's answer. We've all seen it before on these threads. You won't put up or shut up, so you then spend your time here trying to tear down the only real nationally known Republican who's actually fighting back and doing serious damage to Obama's regime.
Get lost!
Come on in! The water is warm!
I think she wants to run. I think she should run. and I think this is her time in history.
do some research on why she resigned
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