( - promoted by Jay Stevens)
It's interesting Denny Rehberg's staff hasn't deleted this gem from his youtube channel. In between his trademark spastic blinks, Denny gives us his two cents on topics such as
* Offshore drilling (it's "exciting")
* How offshore drilling doesn't really cause negative environmental impacts:
"...during the entire Hurricane Katrina, there was not one bit of spillage on the offshore drilling rigs..."
"...[the rigs] are so stable..."
"...there was more petroleum leaking naturally out of the earth than could ever leak out of any of the offshore platforms..."
* He also criticizes coastal cities who have "inner city poor" for their opposition to offshore drilling.
In a press release two days ago, Rehberg says we should continue to keep drilling for oil here at home, "where the will to protect the environment meets the technological ability to make it happen."
What on earth does that mean? It's a mind-boggling statement. Last time I checked, oil's been pouring into the Gulf for about eight weeks now.
Seems like it was the (lacking) "will to protect the environment" that got us into this one, while our (lacking) "technological ability" is, at least so far, preventing us from finding a solution.
Even if offshore drilling can be made safer with stricter environmental regulations, I sure as hell don't want this guy in charge...or speaking on behalf of Montana.
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