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Obama Dissapoints His Base With Offshore Drilling Announcement (via Facebook)

Planet Green Not excited about this plan. My quick take is that if you're going to negotiate and compromise, you should save your moves for when you need them. Announcing this now is just premature and won't help with getting Republicans to support a climate bill, at all. If he'd waited and let them feel like they earned this it would be a more effective negotiation tactic. What do you think?

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Obama to Expand Offshore Drilling in Alaska, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Coast : Planet Green
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President Obama is proposing to start offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and off the coasts of Alaska and Virginia, undoing a longstanding ban on the

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Anya Redgewell
Anya Redgewell
I think Obama isn't who he sold himself to be. I'm incredibly disappointed in him for doing this, especially Alaska, its such an unstable habitat already.
31 minutes ago
Oakmoss Graham
Oakmoss Graham
Just another reversal on the part of this disappointing administration. Compromise with the right did not work for health care and it won't work for climate change.
29 minutes ago
Cheri SoVery
Cheri SoVery
I was a full out supporter until I read about this today and I cried...and felt completely duped... r this is the easy way around the issue....the easy and republican friendly way....I thought our planet had a friend in him
28 minutes ago
April Waite
April Waite
He sold himself alright....
To Big Business.
27 minutes ago · 
Amanda Bell
Amanda Bell
republicans were for this during the election and they will most def. be against this now
27 minutes ago · 
Keri Jaskey
Keri Jaskey
I honestly don't know what to think anymore
26 minutes ago · 
Shawn Dinally
Shawn Dinally
sigh... capitalists and their oil
25 minutes ago · 
Justin Gagner
Justin Gagner
Seriously?! Ugh... I feel cheated.
24 minutes ago · 
Amanda Elliott
Amanda Elliott
Republicans wouldn't have helped anyways, they are already against ideas that were theirs in the first place simply because Obama brought them up. He will get no cooperation from any of them no matter what it's about..
23 minutes ago · 
Kimberley Lyons
Kimberley Lyons
Don't love this at all...how long must they keep tapping the Earth before the Great Mother's 'keg' runs out...then what...blows my mind how self-centered as humans we are, the ability to co-create is a gift that has been taken for granted, abused, neglected, manipultated & degraded....(just shaking my head)....
22 minutes ago · 
Michael Victoria Moore
Michael Victoria Moore
It reminds of "What is the definition of insanity? - Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result!" I believe that we have to be the change that we want to see in the world because looking for our governments to "Fix IT" is not going to happen.
22 minutes ago · 
Sandra Av
Sandra Av
no words!!!
21 minutes ago ·
Jim Lynch
Jim Lynch
I'm sure right now the Repugs are pulling out all stops to come up with a logical-sounding argument about why this is a terrible liberal idea and the end of the world as we know it.
20 minutes ago · 
Thomas Gramlich
Thomas Gramlich
wait NPR this morning said he only approved the Virginia sites??
20 minutes ago ·
Jeremy E. Simpson
Jeremy E. Simpson
So Obama = "Big Oil"...just like G.W. Bush...no surprise over the continuance of the "Status Quo" regime...
19 minutes ago · 
Kate Wright Kaiser
Kate Wright Kaiser
Sighhhh..how sad. And not a bit surprising...
18 minutes ago · 
Oakmoss Graham
Oakmoss Graham
Clarification - Parts of Alaska are being taken off-line. From CNN: "The administration plan includes lifting a 20-year ban on drilling off the Virginia coastline, while putting the clamps on sites that had been approved off the southwest coast of Alaska."
18 minutes ago · 
Eric Anderson
Eric Anderson
I agree with what Obama did. I work in the energy industry an there are alot of jobs this action can produce. Not only that, the whole idea is to get away from Middle Eastern Oil which is used to support terrorism against the US and others. In order for us to be energy independent (like Brazil) were going to have to invest in all forms of energy... See More production, whether it's offshore drilling, solar power, wind turbines, natural gas, hydro-electricity, nuclear. I'm a major supporter of the environment but I believe this is the first step to get us free from OPEC and the Middle East and set our own energy policy. GO OBAMA
16 minutes ago · 
April Bowen-Summers
April Bowen-Summers
I agree with Planet Green. I respect and admire our president but I wish he would give up on this bi-partisian bs as the Republicans have made it clear they have not interest in it.
14 minutes ago · 
April Waite
April Waite
If people think this is going to lower gas prices,think again. Welcome to the new Roman Empire. Even IF we were self sufficient,the gov will surely find a way to "regulate" production and tax the hell out of it.
12 minutes ago · 

Kate Wright Kaiser
Kate Wright Kaiser
I too voted for President Obama and see some very positive moves from his administration but more offshore drilling and the continuation of war smacks of his predecessors and continues our disregard for not only human life but all species upon our Earth.
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Brenda Barnum
Brenda Barnum
After defending most of his moves for the past year, (even those I didn't agree with I could see the logic of), I feel- betrayed. This is NOT how we move to clean renewable energy...this is the opposite of what he is saying... after 8 years of Republicans I actually had hope for change. Now I'm at the point that we have no hope. I've read the ... See MoreMillenium Ecosystem Assessment (twice), and we need a good president that can really look to the future if there is going to be anything left for our grandchildren. Obama, I want the president we elected.
7 minutes ago · 
Erin Adair
Erin Adair
Stupid. Take the money you will be spending on offshore drilling and put it towards furthur study and development of alternative energies. Set up funds for people to put solar panels on their houses, assistance in buying earth friendly vehicles, and just generally making "green" affordable. We have our priorities out of whack as a country. :-(
4 minutes ago · 
Andre Walker
Andre Walker
This is crap and I am a staunch Obama supporter. We have more than enough production avenues without more offshore drilling... Take the same money/effort and apply it to renewable energy research and consumer applications.
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