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The Blog for Friday, July 29, 2005

A Little Late to the Game

    Our "Jeb!"
    said Wednesday he was caught by surprise when his brother's administration advanced a provision in a federal energy bill that would have expanded oil and gas drilling rights in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.

    The provision was removed from the bill, although it still allows an unprecedented inventory of oil and gas reserves off Florida's coastline. Environmental groups and other oil-drilling opponents contend that allowing the inventory, which could include seismic testing, could build momentum for drilling off the state's coast.

    Bush, the younger brother of President George W. Bush, said he was not briefed by either the White House or the U.S. Department of the Interior before federal officials advanced a plan over the weekend that would have extended the drilling rights of Louisiana and Alabama farther into the eastern Gulf of Mexico, closer to Florida. "I was surprised," Bush said. "I hadn't been informed about it."

    The governor, who has been a staunch opponent of offshore drilling near his state, also described it as unusual that he had not been given a warning about the proposal.
    "Bush to seek extension of drilling moratorium".

    Poor "Jeb!" wasn't spoon fed by the feds, and is only now getting into the game.

    Incredibly, "Jeb!" supports the bill with the inventory provision, claiming he will work on getting "a moratorium from his brother's administration [the same administration he claims sandbagged him] on new oil or gas leases within 100 miles of Florida's coast, from Pensacola to Jacksonville".

4:55 AM

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