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    Default Our Gov't is in Bed with Oil.......LITERALLY

    No wonder we can't get a fair shake from oil! They're busy shaking something else!


    http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/...n4436263.shtml

    (CBS/ AP) Government officials handling billions of dollars in oil royalties engaged in illicit sex with employees of energy companies they were dealing with and received numerous gifts from them, federal investigators said Wednesday.
    Between 2002 and 2006, nearly a third of the 55-person staff in the Denver office received gifts and gratuities from oil and gas companies, the investigators found.

    Devaney said the former head of the Denver Royalty-in-Kind office, Gregory W. Smith, used illegal drugs and had sex with subordinates. The report said Smith also steered government contracts to a consulting business that was employing him part-time.

    "The government employees who oversee off-shore oil drilling are literally and figuratively in bed with big oil," said Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla.

    "This all shows the oil industry holds shocking sway over the administration and even key federal employees," Nelson added. "This is why we must not allow big oil's agenda to be jammed through Congress
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    Heh. This is funny. I wonder if people realize how little this administration has best their interests at heart when they make energy policy. They are obviously thinking with their greedy little heads. Damn, sex is powerful.
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    I wish I could say I was shocked when I heard about this but I wasn’t at all.

    Things like this are par for the course with big business and in this country what’s bigger than oil? Still stinks to high hell though.

    But then again what else can we really expect with an oilman running the White House.
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    You really think that whole staff came into office with Bush? Please, are you serious? People have been taking kickbacks from different groups long before Bush got into office. Why do people have to turn everything wrong with the world into a cheap shot at the President.

    What drugs has Obama taken? Maybe we should keep a ex drug using leftist community organizer out of the White House?

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    Saw this on the news yesterday. America is a very special place.
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    I'll take a page from the liberal playbook, and point out that this particular news source (CBS) does have a history of 'fabricating' high profile false evidence which reflects badly against the president. But in truth it wouldn't surprise me if these allegations turn out to be true. It also wouldn't surprise me if, like the state department, many interior department employees are also in fact Clinton appointees - a few of whom are now being called on to now act as 'whistleblowers' in an attempt to rescue Obama's presidential chances with an 'October surprise'.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Melonie View Post
    I'll take a page from the liberal playbook, and point out that this particular news source (CBS) does have a history of 'fabricating' high profile false evidence which reflects badly against the president.
    It’s an AP story that’s been reported by every major news group not just CBS. And is being investigated by the Fed too. Hardly a bogus story. Nice try though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Optimist View Post
    No wonder we can't get a fair shake from oil! They're busy shaking something else!


    http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/...n4436263.shtml

    (CBS/ AP) Government officials handling billions of dollars in oil royalties engaged in illicit sex with employees of energy companies they were dealing with and received numerous gifts from them, federal investigators said Wednesday.
    Between 2002 and 2006, nearly a third of the 55-person staff in the Denver office received gifts and gratuities from oil and gas companies, the investigators found.

    Devaney said the former head of the Denver Royalty-in-Kind office, Gregory W. Smith, used illegal drugs and had sex with subordinates. The report said Smith also steered government contracts to a consulting business that was employing him part-time.

    "The government employees who oversee off-shore oil drilling are literally and figuratively in bed with big oil," said Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla.

    "This all shows the oil industry holds shocking sway over the administration and even key federal employees," Nelson added. "This is why we must not allow big oil's agenda to be jammed through Congress
    ."
    The current administration has always been in favor of a good drilling.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eric Stoner View Post
    The current administration has always been in favor of a good drilling.
    Heehee. This made me laugh.
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    engaged in illicit sex with employees of energy companies
    I wanna know more!! Bring on the gossipers! Was it gay sex or hetero? Condoms? Viagra?

    Seriously now, I want to know if these are appointees or career employees (civil service). Also were these sex providers just oil employees-in-disguise?
    I loved going to strip clubs; I actually made some friends there. Now things are different for the clubs and for me. As a result I am not as happy.

    Customers are not entitled to grope, disrespect, or rob strippers. This is their job, not their hobby, and they all need income. Clubs are not just some erotic show for guys to view while drinking.

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    Quote Originally Posted by threlayer View Post
    I wanna know more!! Bring on the gossipers! Was it gay sex or hetero? Condoms? Viagra?

    Seriously now, I want to know if these are appointees or career employees (civil service). Also were these sex providers just oil employees-in-disguise?
    Reportedly they were mostly "Bushies" and all were former employees of the oil and gas industry and/or former lobbyists. Some obviously brought new meaning to "servicing the industry".

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    well at this point, this 'October Surprise' will actually give McCain and Palin the opportunity to further distance themselves from GWB, as well as to tout their histories of rooting out corruption from members of both political parties.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Melonie View Post
    well at this point, this 'October Surprise' will actually give McCain and Palin the opportunity to further distance themselves from GWB, as well as to tout their histories of rooting out corruption from members of both political parties.
    Ofcourse, cuz McPalin wants to dig for oil everywhere.....ofcourse theres not link there.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by G-Real View Post
    Ofcourse, cuz McPalin wants to dig for oil everywhere.....ofcourse theres not link there.....
    So does Obama, wait is that what the American people want? Hold on he's not sure, ok he checked that's what he's in favor of.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jester214 View Post
    So does Obama, wait is that what the American people want? Hold on he's not sure, ok he checked that's what he's in favor of.
    Oh No! Imagine the horrors of a president wanting to do what the majority of the American people want!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eric Stoner View Post
    The current administration has always been in favor of a good drilling.
    You get the prize for quote of the day!!
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