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REVISED: Drill, Baby, Drill! Oh God! Yes!
Only two weeks after the GOP convention concluded with shouts of "Drill, Baby, Drill," the Interior Department's own Inspector General released a two-year, $5.3 million report detailing graft, drug use and sex at the Denver office of the Minerals Management Service.
Female employees of the MMS, which oversees oil and gas leases and collects royalties for taxpayers, were known as "MMS chicks" by oil and gas company representatives, who apparently had sexual relations with some of the employees.
Democrats accused the agency of allowing Big Oil to rape America's natural resources. One agency employee disputed that description. "Sure they drilled, but it was consensual," she said. "And frankly, 'Big Oil' is a joke. Their rigs are kinda small."
No word on whether petroleum products were used in the scandal.
Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin has said she favors even more drilling and wants to "squeeze every drop" from Congress as it considers opening new areas to drilling next week. Palin also favors the industry lay pipe from the North Slope southward.
Comments (8)
Excellent!
September 11, 2008 11:40 AM | Reply | Permalink
Are you dating yet, Rip? :)
September 11, 2008 11:59 AM | Reply | Permalink
I have been trysting with the governor of a northern state on the sly.
September 11, 2008 12:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm sorry. I retract the above. That is a bridge too far.
September 11, 2008 12:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
Who says? Why, that could mean anything! So, have at it - Drill, Baby, Drill!
September 11, 2008 12:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
I haven't gotten around to reading the reports, but I like this excerpt from the less sensational Federal Times;
September 11, 2008 12:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
For some reason I heard an Andrew Dice Clay-style "Ow!" after reading this.
September 11, 2008 12:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hey, now, I'm sure the people working at the Mineral Management Department are good, God-fearing Republicans who believe that drilling anywhere and everywhere will give us the energy we need right now to get us through these trying times of expensive and diminishing resources we all need for, among other things, lubrication.
They're doing what's necessary—no matter how lubricious—to keep us all up and running.
September 11, 2008 2:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
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