The governments (Obama) ban on deep water drilling is putting an additional strain on the economy of south Louisiana. This is a knee jerk reaction to the tragedy that is taking place in the Gulf of Mexico. It's bad enough, that numerous fishermen have lost their livelyhood due to the oil spill. If that hasn't hurt us enough, Mr. Obama in his infinite wisdom put a ban on deep water drilling. As a result, he and his government has put another 18,000 - 20,000 hard working men and women out of work.

This ban makes no sense. The government doesn't ground the airline industry when there is a major plane crash that kills 150 - 200 people. They don't shutdown the oil refineries when one explodes killing many of the folks that were running the refinery. They didn't stop shipping oil in tankers across the oceans when the Valdez oil spill happened. Why do this? I'll admit it's a tragedy, but this type of knee jerk reaction is not the answer.

I have several friends that are out of work because of this ban...... and I'm asking your support by signing the attached petition (if you agree with it). I'm not trying to push my opinion on anybody, but this is crazy.

Here is the website to sign the petiton to do away with the 6 month ban on drilling. We need to have the ban lifted so we can keep our jobs and go back to work. Over 63,000 people have signed it in the last 3 days. Lets keep it going and add another 63,000 signatures. http://www.crt.state.la.us/GEST/index.aspx

Thanks

Thanks Hank. I will sign up now.

Thanks for your support Chris, and all......

LOL uh huh~ No problem Hank.
You know me~ I will always do what I can to Help SMH Members

I signed Hank! I will sign anything that will help my fello American get back to work because our fearless learder is not doing a thing!
Plus I'll always help my friends here!