The Kentucky Democratic Party held a meeting of its Central Executive Committee last night via conference call and it was a complete disaster! On the telephone front, that is, because of hideous line noise, confusion, yadda yadda. We actually felt sorry for Jennifer because everyone was going batshiz and couldn’t hear. And that was the most exciting thing of the meeting: the line noise. [PolWatchers]
The former Perry County sheriff who was in office at the time the fancy $573K went missing works for Rep. Hal Rogers. Turns out he’s taking a leave of absense until everything is whitewas… er, resolved. Honestly and hopefully this all gets resolved soon. [H-L]
Imagine that! Mitch McConnell and other Republican Senators have decided not to act on earmarks. Come on, at least act a little surprised. [CQ Politics]
Did you know? Billy 4 Cenate is off to a great start. Former porn star Sonny Landham is using his fame as a wife beater, weener flasher and white supremacist to spread the good word. And he thinks he can beat Mitch McConnell and Bruce Lunsford. Basically, we’re going to be protected from the aliens. That’s for sure. [Joe on dailyKos]
Scott Ritter’s in town tonight. And the Bush Legacy Tour is here for its final day. Check them both out. [Page One & Page One]
Ben Chandler thinks oil companies should drill on land they already have. And he wrote an editorial about it. Forgot to post this a couple days ago. Sorry. Yes, we got all of your emails complaining. [H-L]
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1 Not confused ... // Jun 26, 2008 at 11:53 am
Ben Chandler, like his Democratic Party brethren, states that oil companies should be compelled to drill on land where exploration has demonstrated that there is no oil.
Wow.
Hey, we’re in trouble! Do something useless and stupid. And, whatever you do, you lousy American capitalists, do NOT drill where the oil actually is.
The mind boggles … Obama ‘08 … “Just say ‘No’”
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3 Mike // Jun 26, 2008 at 5:38 pm
NC writes,: “that oil companies should be compelled to drill on land where exploration has demonstrated that there is no oil”.
-I think a better question would be: Why would a oil company want to own land where there is no oil? Stupid, wasteful capitalists. lol
4 Not confused ... // Jun 26, 2008 at 9:47 pm
To answer Mike’s question, the companies are required to bid on leases (they never ‘own’ the land; the government does) before they are allowed to begin seismic imaging to ascertain if there might be anything worthwhile present.
The companies must pay for the leases in advance. Thus, lots of land is leased (it remains under lease for years) and then reverts to the government … who doesn’t issue refunds. So , the money is put up ‘way before, and most leases are dry.
Quite the racket … And very misleading to all of us who think, wow, 68 million ( dry ) acres under lease and those bastardly capitalists are just waiting for the price to go up, or for a better opportunity to kill some innocent creatures. Not so.
In ANWR, for instance, the reserves are proven, but the drilling is forbidden. Same thing off the coast of Santa Barbara, California for instance…
Hope that helps a bit …
Best regards, NC …
5 Mike // Jun 27, 2008 at 4:00 pm
NC writes:”To answer Mike’s question, the companies are required to bid on leases (they never ‘own’ the land; the government does)…”
-Sooo, the question remains, why keep/lease/own all that land if they know it doesn’t have oil on it?
Maybe, they are helping increase the price of oil by sitting on proven reserves that they already have!!! Ya think????
NC writes: Ben Chandler, like his Democratic Party brethren, states that oil companies should be compelled to drill on land where exploration has demonstrated that there is no oil.
Ben Chandler writes in the LHL: “Even though these companies have 81 percent of all the known reserves in the United States, they refuse to extract the oil and natural gas they already control”.
-One of you guys are “confused”. ;o)
Thanks for all that extra info, it was interesting.
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