HuffPo - "Bobby Jindal Asks Obama To End Moratorium On Deepwater Drilling" - Where's The Coverage?

[TomCADem]

Let me get this straight. Bobby Jindal has been getting a series of corporate media puff pieces ignoring his role in sponsoring the 2006 DOER Act, which eased regulations for deep ocean energy exploration, and letting him get a free pass as he bashes Obama for being weak on the oil industry, and what happens? Bobby writes a letter asking that Obama lift the moratorium on deepwater drilling even though we have yet to demonstrate that there is any possible way of stopping an oil spill from such a spill. Shouldn't we at least figure out a way to stop such a spill before we resume drilling? Or, do we just accept that environmental armageddon is worth it?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/03/bobby-jindal-obama-letter_n_599226.html

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal wrote President Obama a letter on Wednesday criticizing his decision to implement a temporary moratorium of deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

Arguing that his state had already suffered crippling economic consequences, the Louisiana Republican urged Obama to rethink his decision to suspend activity at 33 previously permitted deepwater drilling rigs -- including 22 "currently in operation off the Louisiana coast."

Joining Jindal in his call to lift the moratorium is Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) who accused the Obama administration of pursuing a policy that "could kill thousands of Louisiana jobs."

In his letter, Gov. Jindal said his state was facing "one of the most challenging economic periods in decades."

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But the context of the note to Obama is a peculiar one. For starters, an investigation into what went wrong with the current spill has yet to conclude -- meaning that the same technical problems could still pop up at other sites. Moreover, Jindal has been quite public and aggressive with his insistence that BP has been less than capable in managing the fallout of the spill it has caused. He made explicit calls for the "federal government to force BP to act responsible" and for the oil company to "either begin the work or get out of the way,"

[midnight]

1. Good piece. The DOER ACT of 2006 easing regulations for deep energy exploration.

Thanks Bobby...

[Angry Dragon]

2. I have questions

Did Obama stop oil production or did he just stop any new drilling??

[TomCADem]

4. The Moratorium Only Applies To Deepwater Drilling, Not Shallow Water

Its a six-month moratorium on deep-water drilling. Yet, for Republicans, even this is too much.

[Angry Dragon]

5. So any working well is okay to keep pumping??

[TomCADem]

7. I Am Pretty Sure, The Moratorium Only Applies To Drilling, But...

Don't tell David Vitter and Bobby Jindal who are attacking this move. Also, don't tell the corporate media, which is refusing to call Jindal on his hypocrisy.

[Pirate Smile]

3. NBC WH reporter Savannah Guthrie tweeted the following on Friday:

@SavannahGuthrie In mtg, Obama to Jindal: "Bobby you can't tell me on everything else we can't trust them but on this one let's just take BP's word for it"

[HughMoran]

6. Hypocrite busted

lol

[LordJFT]

8. If Vitter is so interested in jobs maybe he should spend more time working to fix the economy

and less time in diapers with prostitutes