Judge Who Blocked Drill Ban Dripping With Oil Money
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The Louisiana judge who struck down the Obama administration’s six-month ban on deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico has extensive investments in the oil and gas industry. US District Judge Martin Feldman, a 1983 Reagan appointee, in 2008 reported owning less than $15,000 in stock in Transocean, the company that owned the sunken Deepwater Horizon drilling rig.
Feldman’s 2008 financial disclosure report, the most recent available, also showed investments in Ocean Energy, a Houston-based company, as well as Quicksilver Resources, Prospect Energy, Peabody Energy, Halliburton, Pengrowth Energy Trust, Atlas Energy Resources, Parker Drilling, and others. Feldman did not respond to requests for comment and to clarify whether he still holds some or all of these investments. The White House plans to appeal his ruling, and environmental groups have called his investments “a flagrant conflict of interest.”
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As Del Boy (Only Fools And Horses TV show in the UK) would say…
“Quel surpreez?”
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“and this surprises Who?” LOL
Why am I not surprised?
They should put this guy and Joe Barton out there on a raft in the middle of the spill for about 3 days so they can get a good look.
They don’t seem to be able to get a grasp of the damage from afar. Or they just don’t give a crap!