A little gem from CBS News:
Basically they’re calling Harry Reid a liar. While it is interesting in and of itself whether or not Harry Reid made his demeaning comments on the record or off I think there is another, more interesting, aside. That is why in the world would anybody think that saying his “negro” comments were off the record make it any better? If anything it just makes people wonder what else Reid says when he thinks nobody is writing it down…
It took forever but Congress has finally caved and will not stop new drilling for off-shore oil.
Good news I’d say.
But, of course, as anybody who knows anything about government can tell you, there is still a mile of red tape to get through before anybody can actually go and actually drill for oil offshore. The biggest problem is in getting congress to pass a revenue sharing bill which cuts the states in on the money that drilling will enevitably bring in. Until then its doubtfull that the states will allow any drilling…
But I’m hopeful.
After all this is a winning issue for the Republicans and a loser for the Dems so the Republicans will push this as hard as they can until its settled and the Dems, as evidenced by the surrender on the drilling ban, simply can’t afford to fight back too hard.
So, as I said before, good news.
P.s. I can’t wait to see what this does to oil prices