Monthly Archives: January 2011

Link: Oil industry paid $1 trillion in taxes 1981-2008. #rsrh President Obama let me keep 60% of the money I made last year. Thank you for the generous gift, Mr. Obama, thank you!

I’m famous! #eers

From the President’s State of the Union Address: We need to get behind this [green] innovation. And to help pay for it, I’m asking Congress to eliminate the billions in taxpayer dollars we currently give to oil companies. I don’t … Continue reading →

We’d like to do big things, Mr. President, but your jackasses aren’t writing any permits. #SOTU

Historic Drop-Off in New Drilling Permits in the Gulf of Mex. – House Natural Resources Cmte http://t.co/cl26v9T via @NatResources #rsrh

Link: …Up thru the ground come a bubblin’ crude: Black Gold, N. Dakota Tea. #rsrh Clipped from http://www.pennenergy.com Bakken News: North Dakota may dethrone Alaska as the largest oil producer in the US By implementing horizontal drilling and multi-stage fracturing … Continue reading →

B’bye, Carol Browner! http://bit.ly/g1YpE0 #rsrh #tcot #SocialistInternational

Link: Despite a nonstop supply of manure, House ends composting program. #rsrh Clipped from voices.washingtonpost.com Stick a fork in it; House composting program done Rep. Dan Lungren (R-Calif.), the chairman of the House Administration Committee, announced Monday that he was … Continue reading →

Link: Uncertainty stalls deepwater drilling in Gulf (Sunday Advocate 1/23) Take it from me: to hear that guy talk, you wouldn’t know he had a brain in his head…

Link: Let’s get drillers back to work! Op-ed in Hou Chronicle #rsrh Clipped from http://www.chron.com Let’s get drillers back to work By MARTY DURBIN HOUSTON CHRONICLE The White House oil spill commission has now issued its report on the tragic … Continue reading →