Once again proving you can't read, it's going to be on CNN in about 15
minutes.

If you put the bottle down NOW, you might even be able to comprehend it.

If you don't, you'll have to wait until 9 PM when it coms back on.

Maybe we can finally put this to bed. As usual, Hach didn't do his research.
I got impatient and did it for him.

Senate bill S.3711 passed on August 1, 2006. The vote was 71 yea, 25 nay, 4
not voting. Contrary to Hach the idiot's theory, plenty of Democrats voted
*for* the bill. These left-wing unfair unbalanced untrustworthy sources have
all the information:

http://senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congres
s=109&session=2&vote=00219#position
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:SN3711:

The biggest limitation is drilling near the coast of Florida. Guess who
insisted on that limitation *originally*. See below.
Bill Details
Specifically prohibited: drilling within 100-125 miles of the coastline of
the State of Florida. Half of the lease revenue goes into the federal
general fund; half is disbursed to Gulf states and states eligible for Land
and Water Conservation Fund monies.

According to the Congressional Budget Office, royalties are estimated at
$1.55 billion over the first 10 years. From 1982 - 2001, the US collected
$110.4 billion from onshore and offshore leases.

The Senate bill differs dramatically from the House version, which is more
liberal. The House would open all shores to oil drilling unless a state
objects.

Back Story
Area 181, about 1.5 million acres of this plan, was first proposed for
drilling in 1997. In 2001, the Bush Administration backed off a plan that
would come within 10 miles of the Florida coast, in part because brother Jeb
(Governor of Florida) objected. From a 2001 press release:

 "We have listened and worked carefully with officials and affected
citizens around the 181 lease area. The outcome is a balanced and common
sense proposal," said [Interior] Secretary [Gale] Norton. "Our modified 181
area has been adjusted from 5.9 million acres to 1.5 million. The adjusted
area is at least 100 miles from any portion of the Florida coast. For
example, it's northern border is more than 100 miles from Pensacola, Florida
and the eastern edge is 285 miles from the shores of Tampa Bay.
From 1954 - 1990, the federal government leased 63,512,799 acres in four
regions -- Alaska, the Atlantic, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Pacific. The
first production was in the Gulf of Mexico. In 1990, 25% were producing oil
and gas.

From 1982 - 2000, the Department of Interior has managed ocean leases that
generated more than 10.9 billion barrels of domestic oil and 133 trillion
cubic feet of gas; 97% came from the Gulf of Mexico. The oil data is at the
most optimistic end of estimates from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Perspective
The area contains a quarter of the lowest estimate of reserves in the
controversial Arctic National Wildlife Reserve. So this new area will
provide no more than one percent of our current daily consumption.

Learning Little Richard, where do you thing we would be WITHOUT those big
oil companies?     LOL

I believe he does. I sure think they're better able to handle any 'erros'
than Nigerians or Chinese.

They also have to live here and pay for any pollution. Thing the Nigerians
or the Chinese would stick around?

On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:35:01 -0700, richard-foreskin wrote:

ecause they're 10 times smarter than Al Franken?

It was rather amusing to see this brought up as a campaign issue with
McCain being very careful not to imply that ANWR and deep water
off-shore drilling would have any real benefit in terms of oil prices or
supply. McCain stated that “exploiting those reserves would have
psychological impact that I think is beneficial.”

Obama had a great comeback to that, stating, "“ ‘Psychological impact’?”
Mr. Obama said. “In case you’re wondering, that’s Washington-speak for
‘It polls well.’ ”

Obama pointed out that the oil companies currently lease 68 million
acres that they aren't drilling on.

Obama also made fun of McCain's idea to give a prize to someone that
comes up with a better battery for electric cars.

McCain seems to be running a very poor campaign, but who knows, the
pandering and obfuscation does work on many voters. Why on earth did he
go to Canada and proclaim the virtures of NAFTA when several of the key
swing states have had their employment base devastated by that treaty.

Actually, the reason they export oil is because there is a market for it.

What I read a while back is that they're exporting Alaskan crude, which
there is too much of (which is also why they're not pumping at full
capacity and why they're not expanding their drilling on land they
already lease but don't use). The Alaskan crude is too difficult to get
to the east coast of the U.S. because the super tankers would have to
take such a long route around the tip of South America (super-tankers
can't fit through the Panama Canal), and it's more difficult to refine
the Alaskan crude than the imported Saudi oil.

Panama is considering expanding the canal to accommodate super tankers,
but this will be monumentally expensive.

You drunken old twat. Nigeria's government does nothing but collect
kickbacks from the oil business. Their government would be barely involved
with negotiating drilling arrangements in the Gulf. That would be done by
the companies who'll actually do the work. Those companies know how much
they need to kick back to the Nigerians.

As of this moment, that's an unimportant detail.

What's important is that your fairy tale from your original post has been
blown to pieces. The legislation you described does NOT make it harder for
American companies to drill in the Gulf - it makes it easier. The bill
passed, and most Democrats voted ***FOR*** the bill.

You need to check what you hear from idiots like Beck, lest you also appear
to be an idiot.