A natural gas platform off the coast of Fort Morgan, Ala. America’s ban on offshore drilling was meant only for the deep water, yet rules created in the wake of the BP disaster appear to have halted numerous projects at safer depths where most of the industry works. (AP/Rob Carr)

Jack Gerard, President of the American Petroleum Industry, released this statement on Monday following the news that the Obama Administration intends to assist the Brazilian oil industry while they continue to obstruct oil development here at home.
Via the Energy Tomorrow blog:

API President and CEO Jack Gerard said the administration’s offer to exchange batteries for oil from Brazil reflects its inadequate and illogical energy policy:

“It is beyond comprehension the administration would encourage trade for Brazilian oil while obstructing U.S. oil and natural gas development, eliminating related jobs here at home, and decreasing oil and natural gas revenues to the U.S. Treasury when the government is trillions of dollars in debt. The message from the White House to America’s oil and natural gas workers: we’re going to outsource your job.

“The administration is missing the obvious: what makes sense for Brazil also makes sense for the United States. Like every other nation, we should be developing our own oil and natural gas resources. It’s good for energy security, good for the economy, good for jobs, and it will help bring down our deficit.

“The administration says it supports more oil and natural gas development here in the United States, then at every turn discourages it. And today, the White House is making a deal with Brazil for the oil it is not allowing companies to produce here. There’s nothing wrong with buying Brazilian oil, but there’s a big problem when we’re forced to because we’re held back from producing our own.”

API represents more than 470 oil and natural gas companies, leaders of a technology-driven industry that supplies most of America’s energy, supports more than 9.2 million U.S. jobs

19,000 jobs worth $1.1 Billion in wages were lost nationallly since Obama implemented his offshore drilling ban.

More… Obama betrays American people, intent is to buy oil from Brazil

 

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  1. #1 March 22, 2011 at 6:05 am

    bigkahuna commented:

    Obama WTF….Doing the Job Killing Americans just wont do !

    How this Clusterf*ck looks people in the eye with a straight face is beyond me.

    Hopefully 2012 candidates hit this idiot hard with these kind of moronic actions. There are so many to use. They need to hit him hard not the limpwristed attacks of John McCain

  2. #2 March 22, 2011 at 6:07 am

    Neil Sorsky commented:

    I guess we need to dust off and reinsert the name ‘OILBAMA’ at this juncture. But it’s so hard since al-Bama is currently engaged in some sort of blood for oil directive with one of his spiritual fathers, al-Gadhafi (at least that’s what Muammar thinks; al-Bama would certainly be connected to him via his acknowledged spiritual father Rev. Wrong, though). In any event, is it ‘OILBAMA’ or ‘AL-BAMA’?

  3. #3 March 22, 2011 at 6:12 am

    A.Men commented:

    O-BOMB-A is bring America to her knees, just as he said he would. No one would listen and elected him anyway. Impeach NoW!

  4. #4 March 22, 2011 at 6:20 am

    Betsy commented:

    Where is the GOP on this? Oh that’s right, planning their spectacular snatch of defeat from the jaws of victory in 2012.

  5. #5 March 22, 2011 at 6:30 am

    squeaky commented:

    i suppose there are other alternatives to energy. a working vacation of sorts……
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXh1tW16V-8

  6. #6 March 22, 2011 at 6:36 am

    Joe's Garage commented:

    @Betsy – correct. Where IS the GOP? Have we heard from them lately?

    Is there anyone left who doesn’t believe Obama hates America and is doing everything in his power to destroy it?

  7. #7 March 22, 2011 at 6:40 am

    Neil Sorsky commented:

    Oilbama say: “Drill as I say, not as I drill.”

    al-Bama say: “You must govern by the will of your people (but I’ll ride roughshod over them and ridicule them to illuminate my shining path to Utopia).”

    Decisions, decisions…

  8. #8 March 22, 2011 at 6:49 am

    ExDem in Mich commented:

    Can’t the GOP get past the fear that any criticism of ‘the One’ is racist? There’s too much at stake to worry about that, and I believe that the press can’t play that card anymore, although they will try. Patriotism in the face of someone intent on destroying this country isn’t racism.

  9. #9 March 22, 2011 at 6:56 am

    Neil Sorsky commented:

    Yes, what you all say about the GOP is true. It would be nice to start launching broadsides at this time. But you all know that Big Media would turn this into racist, mean-spirited violence on the part of the Republicans and unwashed masses and that would be the meme until the election.

    Have faith and keep your powder dry. The progs are on full display for all to see and people are learning that their Obamessiah is a left-wing, probably closet Muslim dolt. Sometimes it really is best to sit back and let your enemy destroy himself.

    While it is true for the GOP to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, we conservatives have a nasty habit of losing faith too quickly. I have faith that the whole al-Bama/Reid/Pelosi “experiment” is going to nail the lid shut on liberalism in the US for at least a generation. Let them show us more about who they really are. Bring it.

  10. #10 March 22, 2011 at 7:03 am

    RedBeard commented:

    Agree with the comments about Republicans. It’s WAY past time for the GOP to make a lot of noise. Instead, all we hear are tepid little comments here and there, couched in make-nice phrasing and can’t-we-all-just-get-along rhetoric.

    How about hammering this Quisling Obama instead of coddling him? Call him what he is, and back it up with facts. Obama is providing all the facts needed, but most Republicans are afraid to use those documented facts against Dear Leader.

    For cryin’ out loud, you Republicans, get off your brains, stand up, and make yourselves heard!

  11. #11 March 22, 2011 at 7:05 am

    Bigskiman commented:

    Just another redistribution of wealth Obama technique. Why would anyone be surprised?

  12. #12 March 22, 2011 at 7:08 am

    RedBeard commented:

    And you Republicans in Congress need to forget about calls for bipartisanship and the idea of working across the aisle with your “esteemed colleagues” and other such ridiculous ways to describe those on the left who must be defeated, not encouraged.

    Remember that tolerance is the final refuge of those without principles.

  13. #13 March 22, 2011 at 7:08 am

    TheTriGuy commented:

    For starters…as others have said, let’s get over this racist ploy. Conservatives are going to be called racist no matter what we do. If we let it paralyze us then we might as roll over and play dead now saving our campaign contributions for a vacation fund or something else that will give us a greater return on our investment. Barry needs to called on this and all his other lies and sleight of hand such as implying that his it was under his administration that the US has produced more oil than at any time in the history of the country. And FOX, if you can’t start asking the hard questions, and O’Reilly, if you can’t start acting like a journalist rather than a suck up interested in your own bloviations, then our conservative loyalty will go elsewhere!

  14. #14 March 22, 2011 at 7:14 am

    Muffin commented:

    IMPEACH! Anyone else had enough?

  15. #15 March 22, 2011 at 7:24 am

    kansas commented:

    Only 1 billion in wages lost so Ogabe has to start using Tomahawk missles to further deplete resources. Who are these people that approve of this?

  16. #16 March 22, 2011 at 7:27 am

    IronDioPriest commented:

    FTA: ““The administration is missing the obvious: what makes sense for Brazil also makes sense for the United States…”

    and…

    “The administration says it supports more oil and natural gas development here in the United States, then at every turn discourages it.”

    The first statement and the second do not fit. The administration cannot logically make policy completely contradictory to its rhetoric AND be accused of “miss[ing] the obvious”.

    The administration knows EXACTLY what its doing. We should see it at face value – as an intentional destruction of a key sector of the economy and intentional erosion of our national security – NOT as the fumblings of an administration that “miss”es the obvious.

    If we give this malevolent administration the benefit of ANY doubt whatsoever, it is WE who miss the obvious.

  17. #17 March 22, 2011 at 7:39 am

    vityaz commented:

    I hope they donated to his campaign. Payback is a b*tch.

  18. #18 March 22, 2011 at 7:52 am

    squeaky commented:

    “Only 1 billion in wages lost so Ogabe has to start using Tomahawk..”
    [ANTI-WAR PROTESTER PRESIDENT CLINTON DISARMS AMERICA IN A UNIQUE MANNER: HE IS FIRING OFF ALL OUR CRITICAL MUNITIONS!] i heard this said but the rest of the article i don’t know…
    http://www.cuttingedge.org/news/n1284.cfm

  19. #19 March 22, 2011 at 8:09 am

    Pappadave commented:

    We’ve got one helluva job ahead of us–that is, EDUCATING people on the truth to counter the lies they are “learning” from the leftist public schools, universities, so-called “mainstream-media” “news” sources, Hollyweird and popular TV shows. We’ve got a situation where a significant percentage of people of voting age can name the top 10 “American Idol” contestants, but can’t name their own congresscritters and 65% of high school seniors can’t locate the City of Chicago on a US map that doesn’t have the State lines marked on it. (Hint: It’s at the southern tip of Lake Michigan.)

  20. #20 March 22, 2011 at 8:22 am

    RedBeard commented:

    Amen, PappaDave. I still recall the story of a woman who was unable to get a subscription to a magazine, because, as the magazine representative stated, they didn’t mail outside the United States. The woman lived in New Mexico. [insert rolling eyes here]

    The deliberate, cold, calculated dumbing down of the electorate, in order to further the left-wing agenda (which takes ill-informed voters), is working very well.

  21. #21 March 22, 2011 at 8:32 am

    Toaster802 commented:

    The first Kenyan has an adequate and logical energy policy for the destruction of everything American We the People love. And a horde of unwashed, violent, racist, union and entitlement minions to do his bidding. Sooner rather than later, he is going to light the fuse that brings middle America to the streets. The questions is will any of us still recognize our country by then.

    Point being, stop waiting for the GOP or anyone else to put this dictator and his thugs in his place. The only ones who can do that are looking back at you from the mirror…

    Organize. Equip. Participate. Lexington and Concord are right around the corner. Whether it is working for you party in the elections in 2012 or something else in response to more sinister acts by ObotOne and company, be ready.

    Only YOU can stop Dictators.

  22. #22 March 22, 2011 at 8:54 am

    aprilnovember811 commented:

    Jack Gerard, President of the American Petroleum Industry, released this statement on Monday following the news that the Obama Administration intends to assist the Brazilian oil industry while they continue to obstruct oil development here at home.
    Via the Energy Tomorrow blog:

    They don’t seem to understand that the reason he’s supporting Brazilian oil is because his puppet master Soros is invested in Petrobras. There are very many ties to Libya, Petrobras, Obama, Soros, and the BP disaster. I hope there is someone independent looking at that BP disaster to make sure it was pure accident and not intentional. It just seems too convenient.

    There are also ties to BP, Libya, and the release of the Lockerbie Bomber. We seem to have no one truly looking out for this country and Obama’s crimes.

  23. #23 March 22, 2011 at 8:55 am

    JPL17 commented:

    Come on, guys, don’t be so hard on Obama! He’s just keeping the promise he made to America to CREATE or SAVE 3 million jobs! You just forgot to ask him the country where those jobs would be created or saved!

  24. #24 March 22, 2011 at 9:10 am

    Bert commented:

    Every move Obama makes is designed to redistribute wealth: from the middle class to the welfare class; from the first world to the third world. America has had its turn; now its the Brasils of the world’s turn. The pie can’t grow; it must be cut into smaller slices — for us, while the elites skim of the cream. The agenda is so OBVIOUS why people aren’t shouting a warning is escapes. have we been dumbed down so much? Is this the America we want for ourselves and our children?

  25. #25 March 22, 2011 at 9:11 am

    feduptoo commented:

    How can we citizens stop Obama on this, without waiting for 2012?

    China bought into a oil & gas field in south Texas, Wyoming’s coal is shipped to China!

    Obama ok’s loans to Mexico and Brazil to drill for their oil.

    Obama is killing off all jobs in our country! We need access to OUR OWN fuel resources now!

    Everyday, Obama sticks his finger in our eyes! This country and her citizens mean nothing to him……..NOTHING!

    No one will impeach him, because there would be the biggest race riot ever……he needs to be ushered out of the White House!

    He’s a traitor to our once prosperous country!

  26. #26 March 22, 2011 at 9:30 am

    Joanne commented:

    Treason, treason, treason!!!

  27. #27 March 22, 2011 at 9:38 am

    Primary Boehner commented:

    The Enemy Within

  28. #28 March 22, 2011 at 10:29 am

    dunce commented:

    Obama has never met a leftist he did not love and he has never had any love for America,that is why he is intent on changing it. People who enter into a marraige with idea of changing the other party are doomed to failure. Obama should have stayed in africa where he could find a majority eager to pursue the historic failure of socialism.

  29. #29 March 22, 2011 at 11:09 am

    Valerie commented:

    Take heart, guys, and be ready to do some work. You have many more friends and allies than you know. Don’t fall for this nonsense about how isolated you are, how unacceptable your heroes are to the rest of the American people, etc. It ain’t true.

    You do need to explain how to get things done. You do need to explain why the economic of taxation to stimulate the economy doesn’t work.

  30. #30 March 22, 2011 at 12:22 pm

    SacTownMan commented:

    As 811 posted no one seems to remember a couple of years ago when Xerxes puppet master, Uncle George, invested heavily in Brazil’s oil industry.

    http://gulfnews.com/business/oil-gas/soros-hedge-fund-invests-811m-to-buy-petrobras-stake-1.125134

    Next was the Gulf “crisis”.

    http://apcheck.blogspot.com/2011/03/obama-strengthens-george-soros-oil.html

    The POS POTUS is nothing more than a pawn of Soros!!

    http://obambi.wordpress.com/2008/05/30/soros/

    I have watched this unfold over the past few years and whenever I have mentioned Soros to friends their response was always “who?”

    The man is straight up evil and his other big project is to destroy the American dollar!!

    http://www.usasurvival.org/ck11.08.10.html

    Read up on this merchant of evil!! He must be stopped for the sake of our great Republic!!

  31. #31 March 22, 2011 at 12:29 pm

    tommy mc donnell commented:

    again no one in the democratic party will say a word about this.

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