The Nerd's Eye View

With the refrain coming from all corners to drill our way out the dependence on foreign oil, some of you might be asking "why not? we have it anyway right?" Beyond the environmental issues, or even the fact that most federal drilling contracts remain unfulfilled by oil companies, there's the fact that the people in charge at the Dept. of the Interior's agency in charge of doling out those contracts and collecting oil revenues make the Iraqi oil ministry look like a model of transparency.Apparently these folks have been accepting gifts, money, and sex from oil industry insiders in return for the nation's oil wealth. This all took place with a backdrop of booze fueled junkets and cocaine usage in government offices.

It appears that although an internal investigation prompted by whistle-blowers' allegations exposed extensive improprieties, and referred some of the offenses to Dept. of Justice, there has been little to no movement to prosecute! The cocaine use alone should warrant some sort of reaction, especially considering the sort of reaction drug use by the poor prompts. But then again, that's a double standard we see over and over again. I'm going to discuss this further here, if you want to know what my feelings are on Mrs McCain's drug use and the "consequences".