On Oil Drilling, Which Obama Do We Trust?

[GoLeft TV]

From DeSmogBlog - http://desmogblog.com/oil-drilling-which-obama-do-we-trust

Mainstream media has been covering oil in some form or fashion nonstop for weeks. Stories abound over high gasoline prices, oil industry subsidies, and oil drilling. And in spite of all of this coverage and numerous speeches, it is unclear where the Obama Administration stands on the issues.

While on the campaign trail in 2008, Obama told us that he would continue the ban that was in place on new offshore drilling projects in American waters. A year after taking office, he reversed this position and opened up 500,000 square miles of water for oil drilling. Less than a month after opening up these waters, disaster struck as BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded and sank, causing millions of gallons of oil to leak into the Gulf of Mexico. After this tragedy, the Obama Administration put a moratorium in place to stop new leases on offshore drilling, going back to his original campaign promise.

Unfortunately, just a year later, the administration has apparently forgotten the lessons we learned after BP’s blowout, as this week they announced that they are not only in favor of opening up more waters for drilling, but are also planning on opening up areas of Alaska for the oil companies to plunder.

So I ask – which Obama do we trust? Campaign Obama? Post-election Obama? Post-BP Obama? Or present-day Obama?
It is incredibly naïve to take any politician for their word during a campaign, and I’ll even go as far as to admit that viewing the issues from outside of Washington may not grant the full picture of the issue, but all of the available research tells us that even if we were to open up every available inch of land for oil drilling, it would do nothing to get us off our foreign oil addiction, or reduce the prices we’re paying at the pump.

Read the rest here - http://desmogblog.com/oil-drilling-which-obama-do-we-trust

[glowing]

1. If we had a true democracy... we would be charging them royalty fees for

drilling on our US land.. not just a little tiny rental fee for drilling out their black gold.

[Enrique]

2. he actually changed during the election

and there is no question that he can't be trusted on this issue. Respect him, fine. Understand his need to do what he does, fine. Trust him overall, fine. But trust him on oil drilling, no way.

His worst lie of his presidency was a lie given to him by the oil industry.

http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2010/04/28/obama-katrina-spill/

[pscot]

4. There is no doubt who he listens to

He's taking care of business.

[Demeter]

3. I Don't Trust ANY of Them

A man ought to know what he stands for. This woman certainly does, and I won't stand for this waffling, kowtowing, and backsliding!

[Nihil]

5. Trust him all the way ... until he opens his mouth again.

Mind you, I'd say that the OP article has this 100% upside-down:
> I’ll even go as far as to admit that viewing the issues from
> outside of Washington may not grant the full picture of the issue

The only way you are going to get the full picture of the issue
(any of them) is to view it from outside Washington - and preferably
using information sources from outside the USA altogether.
Otherwise you'll just be breathing in the exhaust fumes from the
lobbyists and getting as much fresh air as a Beijing pedestrian.

:shrug: