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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-10 12:49 PM
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BREAKING (CNN) Judge struck down Obama's offshore drilling moratorium!!
Edited on Tue Jun-22-10 12:53 PM by HughMoran
US District Court Judge.

Breaking on CNN.
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Jack Rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-10 12:50 PM
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1. The law is an ass
-- Zola
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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-10 12:51 PM
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2. Activist judge legislating from the bench
nt
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Lib_mad_as_hell Donating Member (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-10 12:54 PM
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3. Judge Martin Feldman
Pub sycophant appointed by Rancid Ronnie.

No surprise typical of a Activist Pub Judge these days.
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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-10 12:56 PM
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7. Marty Feldman?
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CurtEastPoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-10 01:07 PM
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13. What hump? n/t
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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-10 01:12 PM
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16. Yep
:rofl:

"what 'ump?"
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-10 12:57 PM
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8. Is he cross eyed?
Besides, you already know what they say about justice being blind.
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The Hitman Donating Member (477 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-10 12:55 PM
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4. Gov't better appeal this!!
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-10 12:56 PM
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5. On what legal grounds? n/t
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The Hitman Donating Member (477 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-10 01:09 PM
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14. Procedurally you can.
You can always appeal a preliminary injunction.

And the government is.

http://www.politico.com/politico44/
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-10 01:13 PM
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17. Good for them. They have my full support for this. Thank you n/t
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berni_mccoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-10 12:56 PM
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6. Strange ruling by the judge. I wonder if Obama could initiate a national state of Emergency
and override the decision out of the safety of the people affected.
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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-10 12:59 PM
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10. They better act quick!!
CNN anchor was joking about the drillers revving up their engines! :eyes:
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The Wielding Truth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-10 01:06 PM
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12. I would imagine that there are ways around this ruling in cases of emergency.
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AnArmyVeteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-10 01:27 PM
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22. Why can't the democratically controlled congress pass a law stopping deep drilling???
Where is my government? I want the democrats in congress to shove through legislation to stop this madness. And any republican who votes against it can be branded as a pro-oil, environmental enemy and get slaughtered next election if the democrats began to get tough. I am getting damned tired of compromise and giving in. I want my government to get tough against corporate criminals and their corporate whores, like the judge who ruled in favor of blocking the moratorium.
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mikelgb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-10 12:58 PM
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9. dupe
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jaxx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-10 01:06 PM
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11. That's a damn shame.
Big oil carries a big $tick.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-10 01:12 PM
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15. Ed Markey on GEM$NBC now
says the moratorium only affects 33 of over 500 rigs. Judge ignoring safety issues. Once inquiry completed a decision will be made.

My question for the judge is how come deepwater drilling was banned from Bush 1 to July 1008 Bush.

Safety first- fuck the judge
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AnArmyVeteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-10 01:29 PM
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23. Couldn't he be impeached for endangering human beings & the environment?
How can one corrupt judge decide to put millions in jeopardy?
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-10 02:03 PM
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24. These ideologues have gone mad
Impeach his ass.
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AnArmyVeteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-10 02:11 PM
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26. They don't live in a real world. They sound and act insane.
They are such an evil force that is against anything good. What's sad are all the completely ignorant fools who listen to their right wing ideologies. Only evil, disturbed, selfish people could buy into what they are 'selling'. I've never seen this much ignorance in the country in my lifetime and it's only getting worse and talk radio and Fox News keeps stoking the fires of hatred, racism, anger and fear. Right wingers are incapable of reason, thought or even a sane thought. They are totally brainwashed.
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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-10 02:05 PM
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25. It's sickening to me
grrr :mad:
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-10 02:19 PM
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28. Thsoe are mild words
They are fascists
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laundry_queen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-10 01:15 PM
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18. Wonder who he works for?
last night on CNN Jeff Toobin (sp?) pretty much said that the president had a really good case, because of the safety aspect and that the moratorium would likely be upheld. Guess Mr. Toobin didn't consider who was hearing the case. I'm not suprised, but I am disappointed.
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damntexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-10 01:17 PM
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19. We need massive demonstrations demanding that Congress outlaw deep water drilling.
The moratorium itself was not nearly enough. Now we need strict law.
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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-10 01:23 PM
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21. I'm ready for a good old fashioned demonstration...
We need to see how many of "us" there are... we're being played.
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-10 01:21 PM
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20. Don't a good number of the judges down there have oil company biz interests?....

...... Every level of government has been soiled by corporate money.
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Mimosa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-10 02:18 PM
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27. I'm a Democrat who wants the people of Louisiana to have WORK!
If anybody's read my posts for a long while you'd know I early on supported Barack Obama's candidacy (and contributed to it). I lean left on issues including health care and the environment.

But many thousands of people in Louisiana need jobs. There is no plan which will provide support for many thousands of oil related jobs which would be lost because of the moratorium. What are all those thousands of people supposed to do for 6 months of no work?

The government's attention might be best focused on cleaning up the minerals and mining Services department than suing the state of Louisiana.
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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-10 02:22 PM
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29. He was a Reagan appointee, right?
It's amazing how far reaching the ripples of a bad administration can be.
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