Contempt

"An administration that has no respect for Congress, the courts or the Constitution has been found in contempt for reissuing a drilling moratorium that a U.S. district judge found overly broad. The Obama administration's trouble with the courts has continued with a judge's ruling last week that the Interior Department's reinstating of a drilling moratorium followed by a de facto moratorium via an overly restrictive permitting process constituted contempt. The administration had issued a drilling moratorium in May in waters deeper than 500 feet after the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig off Louisiana that resulted in the spill of more than 4.1 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. In June, Martin Feldman of the Eastern District Court of Louisiana struck down Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's original moratorium, saying it was overkill based on flawed reasoning. ... So the administration went back, rearranged a few words and a few deck chairs, and reissued its moratorium. That one was officially lifted in October, although the permitting process, which mysteriously includes shallow-water wells, has had the effect of continuing the moratorium. Feldman was not amused.

'Each step the government took following the court's imposition of a preliminary injunction showcases its defiance,' the judge said in his ruling. 'Such dismissive conduct, viewed in tandem with the reimposition of a second moratorium ... provides this court with clear and convincing evidence of its contempt.' ...

It is not so much that the Obama administration differs with the law, but that it considers itself above it -- even above the Constitution." (emphasis added)--

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I Think He's Just Contemptuous of America

Obama Administration Found in Contempt of Court, Media Silent
By Kyle Drennen February 04, 2011 12:46

On Thursday, Louisiana Federal District Court Judge Martin Feldman found that the Obama Interior Department was in contempt of his ruling that the offshore oil drilling moratorium, imposed by the administration in 2010, was unconstitutional. After Feldman struck down the initial drilling ban, the Interior Department simply established a second ban that was virtually identical.

While the story was reported on Thursday by wire services like the Associated Press and picked up by frequently cited internet news sites like Politico, the television media, including ABC, NBC, CBS, and CNN, all ignored the story.

In his ruling, Judge Feldman forcefully admonished the administration's attempt to circumvent his 2010 decision: "Such dismissive conduct, viewed in tandem with the reimposition of a second blanket and substantively identical moratorium and in light of the national importance of this case, provide this Court with clear and convincing evidence of the government’s contempt of this Court’s preliminary injunction order."

As Politico further explained: "Gulf state lawmakers have criticized the Obama administration for stopping drilling last summer, and accuse Interior of continuing a 'de facto' ban on permits, saying it cost their states thousands of jobs."

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A Hard Backhand Return

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News Alert: Administration intends new moratorium on drilling after judge strikes down existing one
08:43 PM EDT Tuesday, June 22, 2010
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Hours after a federal judge blocked a moratorium on deepwater drilling from taking effect, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Tuesday night that he will issue a new order against such drilling.

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It's A Dessert Topping It's A Floor Wax

Is it just me, or is watching the dhimmicrats in Congress trying to convince America who is responsible for high gasoline prices akin to a Saturday Night Live skit?

First it was the greedy oil companies, price gouging the American public, getting richer and richer everytime OPEC rasied the price of a barrel of oil, or tripped coming out of the shower.
Then, after the oil execs testified before Congress in May and bitch-slapped the more socialistic minded members, Congress decided, well, it wasn't really the greedy oil companies, it was the greedy speculators who were getting rich every time they bought futures, gambling that some members of OPEC would trip coming out of the shower again. The speculators were controlling the market.
Then President Bush proved that very point by voiding the Executive Order prohibiting offshore drilling and, whaddaya know? The speculators said Uh Oh George, we got more oil coming, more supply, we better do something, and the price dropped.
Now, the dhimmis are back to accusing the greedy oil companies again. Will someone please make up whatever it is you're using for a mind, and decide who is to blame?

Let me help.

High gasoline prices are caused by:
Enviromental regulations imposed by Democrats, forced by tree-hugging wackjob enviro-nazis who want us living in the Stone Age and Marxist members of Congress who want to control every aspect of our lives by restricting our freedoms and threatening to take over private corporations through nationalization if they don't get their way.

In short, Nancy Lugosi, Waxie Maxie, Dingy Harry, Durbin the Turban, Leaky Leahy, Teddy the Swimmer, and Slick Willie.

DRILL HERE DRILL NOW

STOP SCREWING WITH OUR MONEY