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kristopher

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18. Let's alter a couple of words to gain perspective
Wed Apr 24, 2013, 03:06 AM
Apr 2013

Let's call it the Petroleum Regulatory Commission and play out the same set of claims:
No Commissioner critical of the use of petroleum or the practices of the petroleum industry has been placed on the PRC since 1976.
A Commissioner who is placed on the Commission before the Deepwater Horizon Spill becomes critical of some of the practices of the Petroleum Industry and wants to ensure that corrective action is taken to address the problems revealed by the Deepwater Spill before the industry moves back into high gear with deepwater drilling.

In response, the industry attacks this Commissioner through the other members of the Commission with spurious charges such as those you cite.

Do you accept those charges at face value?

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