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In reply to the discussion: All of the Gulf of Mexico Just Got Sold. [View all]Response to OnyxCollie (Reply #69)
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Energy efficiency standards across the board have been raised by Obama and are being raised more.
bluestate10
Nov 2012
#66
You don't think corporations would allow two *fully* different choices for President, do ya?
villager
Nov 2012
#3
You missed your opportunity for redress (6:37 am - 6:40 am, November 7, 2012.)
OnyxCollie
Nov 2012
#16
Really. I held my nose while casting my vote for Obama the 2nd time, because I thought just
Nay
Nov 2012
#31
I was born in and grew up in FL, so this whole thing was a visceral nightmare for me. I almost
Nay
Nov 2012
#48
The guilty DO escape relatively unharmed -- until the planet itself has too much damage and they
Nay
Nov 2012
#88
Like the Tar Sands...will we be assured the oil stays here? Or does it go to China, India
KoKo
Nov 2012
#73
Yeah...Wopping 0.1%...If I yell like hell I can get 0.4% but have to call bank in 3 Months!
KoKo
Nov 2012
#97
You missed the memo; five percent of something is the whole thing now, apparently
Posteritatis
Nov 2012
#42
He alluded to this all along; doesn't make it any easier :-((((((((((((((((((((
patrice
Nov 2012
#22
There are such a thing as green Democrats. I worked for one recently. & What we do if we don't
patrice
Nov 2012
#38
Ain't it funny how all that stuff we THOUGHT the Democratic Party stood for...........
socialist_n_TN
Nov 2012
#45
Some times I vote Green or even Socialist, because the Dems don't seem to get it.
bahrbearian
Nov 2012
#55
So the oil companies destroyed the gulf and rather than punishing them severely were rewarding them?
Initech
Nov 2012
#47
But, but Alabama has nothing but white sandy beaches and fishing's rebounded along the Gulf.
bulloney
Nov 2012
#53
And here I thought I would not wake up to atrocities. Well I really didn't go to sleep.
lonestarnot
Nov 2012
#58
Selling off the Gulf of Mexico offsets the Lilly Ledbetter Act just a lil bit.
OnyxCollie
Nov 2012
#119
I assume everyone complaining about this only ever travels by bike or on foot.
Nye Bevan
Nov 2012
#80
What pisses me off the most is that the companies then sell the oil to other countries.
Marrah_G
Nov 2012
#99