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.....“the National Ocean Industries Association”.....I hit spellcheck and it came up with the more apt, “the National Ocean Injuries Association”.

Re: the “Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund.”"He emailed WaPo to let them know there’s no critical need for the tax, and the cleanup fund “has never run out of money, nor will it in the near future[.]” Yeah, sure! His statement reminds me of other classic statements used to sell bad policy: "The Titanic is unsinkable." - "...for as long as the grass shall grow..." - "We can win the war in Vietnam" - "Saddam definitely has Weapons of Mass Destruction." - connected to that last one is my personal favorite, " We'll be in and out of Iraq in a year."

We might have a lot more solar power available if the fossil fuel industry didn't pump so much sunshine up our asses.

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Trump Is A Cunt.

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Read it! Words fail me. Idiocy beyond description!

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Be sure it is used motor oil

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There was a time when President Bush promised the governor of Florida—yes, that governor— there would be no drilling anywhere around Florida’s Gulf Coast. Both seemed convinced it shouldn’t—and wouldn’t—happen. Bigger question: isn’t off shore drilling far more expensive (not to mention dangerous) than drilling by other methods?

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Bannon fancies himself as the next Lenin but he will settle for being the next McVeigh.

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I remember getting tar on my feet from the beaches of Carpinteria and Santa Barbara. It would only come off with fingernail polish or paint thinner. Anything with acetone. :P

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Shelley you jest.

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Rick Scott, yeah, Governor Voldemort hisself, is complaining about this but hey, Rick, you have no power over these guys. WHO YOU SUPPORTED.

I hope this will end his political career, despite all his dough, although, forget it Jake, it's Florida.

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And thanks Clinton for taking Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan for granted before the general election.

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Sometime during the Dubya administration, some nitwits proposed drilling for oil in Lake Michigan. I hope to God no one gets a bright idea about that this year (or any other). It's only the source of drinking water for people in four states.

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Rick Snyder's Fuck Flint Advisory Council is looking into the possibilities.

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Pesky facts - they always get in the way of a good mantra! (Drill baby, drill)

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Bernie Bros have nothing to do with the fact that, historically, more people pull the lever for democrats than they do republicans and yet republicans are in control. Then they claim it's the "will of the people." The fuck it is. It's the skewing of the system.

https://politicalwire.com/2...

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