Bill Kristol Thinks We Should Be Drilling Closer To Shore

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by Glynnis MacNicol | 3:39 pm, May 2nd, 2010

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Sometimes it’s hard not to wonder whether Bill Kristol spends his week trying to think up the most inflammatory thing he is capable of saying on any given subject and then merely bides his time until Sunday mornings. Or maybe he just likes to set up Juan Williams to look extra smart and reasonable. Either way, here’s Kristol weighing in on the oil spill currently wreaking havoc on the coast of Louisiana.

So, look it was a bad accident. But the fact is, I think we get something like 1/3 of our domestic oil from off-shore drilling in the Gulf. We need it. And we can’t cut back on it. Incidentally, if we hadn’t stopped closer in drilling, after the Santa Barbara 40 years ago…we’d have a lot more drilling closer in, which is probably less dangerous, less treacherous than trying to drill 15 miles out form the coast. And incidentally if we wanted to have some on shore drilling there’s this thing called ANWAR up in Alaska, which is right there. There are no waves, there is no ocean…perfectly easy to drill a lot of oil there. So I’m a drill baby drill person.

On second thought, maybe he’s just writing SNL‘s material for them (the reaction shot from Brit Hume in the middle of that is classic). Meanwhile, Juan Williams wants to know if Kristol has considered the animals. Video below.

Bill Kristol, Brit Hume, Chris Wallace, Fox News Sunday, Juan Willams, Louisiana Oil Spill

timzank

He’s right. The world (not just the U.S.) runs on oil & fossil fuels and will for centuries more to come. juan, in his usual “blind as a liberal” mode, thinks we can run the world on batteries. Accidents are unfortunate, but they happen. You discover the problem, you fix the problem and you move forward being more safe.

You can cry BP is evil, Bush did it, the lemmings are gonna die, etc etc etc….but the fact remains unless you wanna park the cars, ground the planes, beach the ships, turn off the lights, and burn furniture for heat, we need oil.

The smartest thing thiscountry could ever do is drill the living shit out of all the places we have available on our soil, perfecting it, honing it, and stockpiling it while entrepreneurs use their own damn money (which they will) to perfect those “alternative’ fuels for on down the road.

Common sense is sooooo passe, though.
Christine

Um WTF is Glynnis talking about? I’ve heard ‘experts’ all over cable news this week saying the same exact thing. That deep sea drilling is the most difficult and dangerous way to drill b/c you can’t send divers down 5,000 ft for repairs. And it’s difficult doing anything in mile deep water. That drilling in more shallow water is much easier to do, and fix, but no one wants the platforms closer b/c they don’t want their lovely views disrupted. Kristol was right. Way to try to make fun of him but make yourself look like a dumbass in the process. You may not want the platforms closer b/c they’re ugly but it is, in fact, easier and safer to drill in shallower water and even easier on land. Rather common sense stuff. You can disagree with doing it but you cannot claim Kristol was wrong on the actual facts.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

Bill Kristol’s record for being right about any issue is pretty dismal – from Iraq to drilling for oil, he’s still a clusterscrewup.
timzank

Make a list Billy boy, and don’t forget the “cites”.
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Predictable response from Bloody Bill Kristol. Cheap and irresponsible rhetoric has a home at Fox News. Thankfully, an adult is now running the country.
Grammie

The folks in So LA have no problems with the close in rigs and platforms. It is the opposite. They have improved the recreational and commercial fishing and have provided good livings, directly and indirectly, for probably most of the residents.

Don’t judge everybody by the Teddy Kennedy’s of this world. Just b/c he pushed for alternative energy production as long as it interfere with him and his circle doesn’t mean that everyone operates that way.
http://www.thecobraslair.com Cobra

Grammie,

Yeah, that’s what they’re saying right about now, right?

“On Sunday, federal authorities banned commercial and recreational fishing in a large stretch of the Gulf of Mexico because of the oil spill.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says it will be at least 10 days before fishing is allowed again from the mouth of the Mississippi River off Louisiana to western parts of the Florida Panhandle.

NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco says government scientists are taking samples from the waters near the spill to determine whether there is any danger.

The fishing ban extends between Louisiana state waters at the mouth of the Mississippi River to waters off Florida’s Pensacola Bay.”

http://www.wkowtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=12412680

How many businesses and jobs will be lost if the danger grows worse, and ban has to be extended?

–Cobra
timzank

Cobra, those jobs will be “suspended” not lost…If they did away with the offshore drilling in the region, it would PERMANENTLY kill thousands of jobs.

It’s a tragic accident and a mess that will be painstakingly adressed and cleaned up and the fishing & tourism will resume.

The point most people are trying to make is “don’t throw the baby out with the bath water”.
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MichelleF

The way libs like Juan talk, it’s obvious that they don’t mind depending on the middle east for our oil. Bill is right. I can’t believe we are still debating whether or not to drill in anwar. I have friends up there and they are all for it.

Don’t judge everybody by the Teddy Kennedy’s of this world. Just b/c he pushed for alternative energy production as long as it interfere with him and his circle doesn’t mean that everyone operates that way.

You meant mean the Ted Kennedy who loved to tout his friendliness to the environment, but put up a major fight when they tried to put up wind mills near his “compound”. We mustn’t block the view.
The Real Royal King

Michelle: Please don’t confuse Juan Williams with a liberal. I find that every bit as offensive as you would someone confusing Bill from “Big Love” with Mormonism.