Nothing like a good scandal coming out of the Bush ran government to kick off our election season: Government officials handling billions of dollars in oil royalties improperly engaged in sex with employees of energy companies they were dealing with and received numerous gifts from them, federal investigators said Wednesday. The alleged transgressions involve 13 […]
Cenk brings up an interesting point (via Cesca): The oil that comes from that drilling will not be United States property (Republicans aren’t suggesting we nationalize the oil companies, are they?). It will be the property of whichever oil company got the rights to that contract. They can then sell it to whoever they like […]
Yeah the poor oil company couldn’t afford the 2.5 billion for their disasters spill of the Valdez. Instead they only have to pay $500 million. In other SCOTUS news, no death penalty for child rapists.