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Bush Says Drill, Drill, Drill ” and Oil Drops $9!

By: Pam On: Jul/15/08 - Leave Your Comment

How else would you explain this?

In a dramatic move yesterday President Bush removed the executive-branch moratorium on offshore drilling. Today, at a news conference, Bush repeated his new position, and slammed the Democratic Congress for not removing the congressional moratorium on the Outer Continental Shelf and elsewhere. Crude-oil futures for August delivery plunged $9.26, or 6.3 percent, almost immediately as Bush was speaking, bringing the barrel price down to $136.

Now isn’t this interesting?

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Posted on: July 15, 2008 |

Posted in: Democrats, Economy, Energy Prices, General Politics, Presidential Election '08, State/Local Elections '06

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