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Posted on 07/13/2008 8:06:35 AM PDT by conservativeinferno
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - A federal judge has overturned a decision by the U.S. Forest Service to allow oil and gas drilling near a forest and a river in Michigan's northern Lower Peninsula. ADVERTISEMENT U.S. District Judge David Lawson of Detroit ruled Thursday the agency had acted "arbitrarily and capriciously" in 2005 by giving Savoy Energy LP of Traverse City a permit to drill an exploratory well near the Au Sable River's south branch. (cont...)
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but in today’s politically correct world, using whale blubber is not allowed. The whalers of old were cruel to the whales, or so we’re told.
The oil co. should ignore the ruling and go ahead and drill. Is this federal judge going to call out the military to arrest them, or perhaps he has his own private police force he could use to stop them?
Of course, that would NEVER happen. The left pretends a court ruling wasn't handed down when it's against them, but the rest of us obey "the law" because we're not anarchists.
NIMBY?
How many armies does U.S. District Judge David Lawson have under his command?
Nimby - Not in my back yard.
You are definitely a nimby. As to wether or not you’re a baby boomer that depends on when you were born.
Yes, not in yours in someone else’s. Reminds me of those who say yes to higher taxes to pay for things they want, only they want someone else taxed, not them. By the way, higher gas prices should really be a boon to the tourist economy in your backyard.
Just filled my tank - $54.00 and its gone up .20 since yesterday
Gov Palin is begging us to drill in anwar
Please contact your congress on Tuesday July 15 and let them know DRILL HERE DRILL NOW!!
Tell your friends, family, neighbors and coworkers
Think it will have much more impact if we all contact them on the same day!!
PLEASE KEEP ON CONGRESS!!
Fubar, Cobra, you have no idea....
Spoke with my CPA friend @ breakfast yesterday. The MI Single Businesses Tax and MBT (revisions too) are hitting small business with at much as a 900% increase in taxes. People are firing their CPA's and hiring new ones only to get even worse numbers.
Imagine this...
What if their is Natural Gas under the Lakes and it could help make MI energy Independent as a State.
Yet these Idiots will not even give it a shot. Insane....
I have the bumper sticker on my Prius and my wife has one on her Corolla. Mr. Newt should make smaller ones available for sticking on any flat surface like Reid’s and Pelosi’s heads
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The current price of gas is quite effectively killing tourism in Michigan. Northern lower and UP are going to be particularly hard hit. Us "downstaters" (as my Traverse City-based sister et al sneeringly refer to anyone living south of the 45th Parallel) are skipping our usual summer sojourns northward because of gas. We're finding fun in our own backyards, in our own or neighboring counties. We're keeping our tourist dollars local. That accounts for a great big chunk of "upstate" tourist dollars.
Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
NIMBY, ehhhh....are you also one of those “throw out all the congressmen, except for my guy” people too?
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