Incompetent Clinton Int. dept cost BILLIONS in oil revenues
from 
JoeUser Forums
JoeUser Forums
I'd call out a certain chest thumping anti-tax cut cheering clueless old liberal here, but it wouldn't do any good, he'd just twist the argument in some way to slam G.W. Bush and claim that the amount of money is a pittance even as he cries over the potential loss of an equal amount in tax cuts provided "to the wealthy" ("a few select friends of W.")
Regardless of what some others would say, it's unbelievable that the U.S. government is losing out on Billion$ with a B, and perhaps way more than that from shoddy work performed by the U.S. Department of the Interior under the Clinton administration.
Many would rush to say how could I blame this on Clinton, since he didn't actually run the Interior department, but my answer would be I DO IT IN EXACTLY THE SAME WAY THAT SOME PEOPLE BLAME GEORGE W. BUSH FOR ALL THAT GOES WRONG IN GOVERNMENT, THE U.S.A. AND THE WORLD.
To be fair, this isn't Bill (or even Hillary) Clinton's fault. It is entirely the fault of shoddy work done by the Interior department. Worst case (or best for some), the Clinton influence at Interior would have been in the SES level, not at the every day, work-a-day world of those that do the real work in the department. Perhaps some specific Clinton appointees were involved in negotiating these contracts and agreements, but most likely it was just a bunch of career bureaucrats that did it. People that had probably served in government for years, and thought that they were carrying out the wishes implied by the congress.
I'm sure I could get to the bottom of the story if I really cared to read it all, but it's so much more fun to just pretend facts aren't really there, and only selectively use the ones that support my blaring headline claim. That being the case, it must be Clinton's fault, even though liberals would claim that the conservatives can't drop the Clinton fixation.
Tell you all what, when the left stops blamin' Bush for everything, perhaps the right will stop mentioning Clinton, Carter and others from the left that did their own damage along the way.
Original news source/reference for this news: USA Today: Some oil companies say they're ready to discuss $10B royalty windfall
Regardless of what some others would say, it's unbelievable that the U.S. government is losing out on Billion$ with a B, and perhaps way more than that from shoddy work performed by the U.S. Department of the Interior under the Clinton administration.
Many would rush to say how could I blame this on Clinton, since he didn't actually run the Interior department, but my answer would be I DO IT IN EXACTLY THE SAME WAY THAT SOME PEOPLE BLAME GEORGE W. BUSH FOR ALL THAT GOES WRONG IN GOVERNMENT, THE U.S.A. AND THE WORLD.
To be fair, this isn't Bill (or even Hillary) Clinton's fault. It is entirely the fault of shoddy work done by the Interior department. Worst case (or best for some), the Clinton influence at Interior would have been in the SES level, not at the every day, work-a-day world of those that do the real work in the department. Perhaps some specific Clinton appointees were involved in negotiating these contracts and agreements, but most likely it was just a bunch of career bureaucrats that did it. People that had probably served in government for years, and thought that they were carrying out the wishes implied by the congress.
I'm sure I could get to the bottom of the story if I really cared to read it all, but it's so much more fun to just pretend facts aren't really there, and only selectively use the ones that support my blaring headline claim. That being the case, it must be Clinton's fault, even though liberals would claim that the conservatives can't drop the Clinton fixation.
Tell you all what, when the left stops blamin' Bush for everything, perhaps the right will stop mentioning Clinton, Carter and others from the left that did their own damage along the way.
Original news source/reference for this news: USA Today: Some oil companies say they're ready to discuss $10B royalty windfall
