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H/T Americans for Limited Government The Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association has released a brief assessment of the impact of Barack Obama's ill-conceived Gulf of Mexico drilling moratorium.  You can (and should) read it HERE. A couple of… more »

Please see my blog note for American Spectator discussing, among other things, Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) apologizing to BP for the Obama "shakedown". http://spectator.org/blog/2010/06/17/the-law-of-obama more »

I've been trading BP options lately.  I made a mistake yesterday by selling calls early in the day, essentially betting that the stock wouldn't have a substantial move upwards.  Given that BP execs were going to meet with the president and that there was… more »

For today's reading, may I suggest my article for Human Events about President Obama's prime time speech last night regarding the Gulf oil spill.  Clearly, the man has adopted Rahm Emanuel's exhortation not to let a crisis go to waste. See "Obama Sells… more »

H/T Erick Erickson I've written on these pages and elsewhere that the mess in the Gulf is not Obama's fault and that most of the damage his reputation has taken has been due to his stupidly taking responsibility for a situation which is out of his cont… more »

Many of you may have noticed that yesterday was the first weekday I've not posted a blog note in several years.  It actually felt great to have the day semi-off, although my lack of writing was due to an insanely busy schedule as I'm traveling to/near DC… more »

In just the latest example of government-by-overreaction, the Obama Administration and their mindless Democrat allies in Congress are looking to pass legislation raising the liability caps for oil companies involved in "catastrophic" events from $75 mill… more »

Yesterday, the Politico had an interesting story entitled "White House in P.R. 'panic' over spill". It's an odd story and I find fault with most of it, though maybe not in a way most readers of these pages might expect. The article starts off with th… more »

In his statement following his weather-thwarted attempt to view the enormous oil slick growing in the Gulf of Mexico, President Obama repeated his leading theme about the potential disaster: It's BP's fault and BP will pay the cost of the cleanup. Repe… more »

Guest blog note by Greg StaffI just love that Ken Salazar has approved a monstrous financial and environmental boondoggle, as reported here: http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?&articleid=1250784&format=&page=1&listin… more »