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<blockquote data-quote="av8torntn" data-source="post: 746486" data-attributes="member: 8259"><p>"In reality, government intervention played an important role in the spill’s happening in the first place. As <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,594783,00.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #c0934e">Judge Andrew Napolitano points out</span></a>, BP originally sought to drill in 500 feet of water, a plan approved by the state of Louisiana but then nixed by the federal government, which demanded the company drill in 5,000 feet depths instead."</p><p> </p><p>"Furthermore, the federal government has stymied efforts by local and state governments, along with private individuals, to deal with the spill, and has turned away offers from well-trained and well-equipped outfits from foreign countries because of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_Marine_Act_of_1920" target="_blank"><span style="color: #c0934e">Jones Act</span></a>, which protects American maritime unions."</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/not-so-fast/do-we-need-“alternative-energy”-because-of-the-oil-spill/" target="_blank">Do we need alternative energy because of the Gulf oil spill?</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="av8torntn, post: 746486, member: 8259"] "In reality, government intervention played an important role in the spill’s happening in the first place. As [URL="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,594783,00.html"][COLOR=#c0934e]Judge Andrew Napolitano points out[/COLOR][/URL], BP originally sought to drill in 500 feet of water, a plan approved by the state of Louisiana but then nixed by the federal government, which demanded the company drill in 5,000 feet depths instead." "Furthermore, the federal government has stymied efforts by local and state governments, along with private individuals, to deal with the spill, and has turned away offers from well-trained and well-equipped outfits from foreign countries because of the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant_Marine_Act_of_1920"][COLOR=#c0934e]Jones Act[/COLOR][/URL], which protects American maritime unions." [URL="http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/not-so-fast/do-we-need-“alternative-energy”-because-of-the-oil-spill/"]Do we need alternative energy because of the Gulf oil spill?[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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