Thursday, February 3, 2011

Federal Judge Rules Obama Administration in Contempt For Continuing Job-Killing Drilling Moratorium

Federal Judge Rules Obama Administration in Contempt For Continuing Job-Killing Drilling Moratorium



Posted by Jim Hoft
February 3, 2011

In May, Barack Obama, the worst jobs president since the Great Depression, announced that he would limit new oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. Barack Obama knew his offshore drilling moratorium would cost at least 23,000 jobs but went ahead with it anyway. After all, what’s another 23,000 jobs when you’ve lost several million already?

In June it was reported that Team Obama fudged a report to support their drilling moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico.

But this didn’t stop the Obama Administration. These radical leftists still have not lifted their deepwater-drilling moratorium. This week a federal judge ruled the Obama Administration was in contempt for continuing the job-killing stunt.

Bloomberg reported:  Read More