Just when I thought George Bush Jr, could do nothing more to cement his position as the worst President ever (aside from invading Iran), he attempts to pull this bullshit!
Under the guise of populism and reducing gas prices at the pump, he proposes plundering our scenic coastlines so that he and his buddies and benefactors in the oil biz can further squeeze the public, while lining their pockets even more.
Even though he personally knows all of the oil barons (domestic and international), to date, Dubya hasn't done shit to ease gas prices, and I have a feeling that he has been complicit in the price escalation and unprecedented profits of the oil companies from Day One. Who do you think got this Bozo to where he is today? This is just payback.
Bush's biggest accomplishments in office are getting us mired down in unending wars in Afghanistan and Iraq (which enriches the military-industrial complex), cutting taxes on the wealthiest Americans while driving the National Debt to unprecedented levels, and letting the financial and real estate industries take corporate greed to the point that we are now in a recession and are heading towards a depression.
I'm expecting his next move will be to propose a bailout, on the public dime, for the financial institutions and real estate shysters that caused all of this in the first place - so much for capitalism.
The neo-cons have done a great job of bankrupting the country while lining their own pockets, and leading us on a path to self-destruction (if the many enemies they have stirred up internationally don't get to us first).
These people are crooks who belong in jail, yet instead they will get bailed out, and will suffer no serious consequences (most of them, no doubt, acted to hide away lots of their ill-gotten gains long before the collapse began, that is what such weasels do - it's the nature of the beast).
They've succeeded in creating and funding a mercenary army to defend them or attempt to overthrow the nation if anyone ever dares to bring them to justice (Blackwater, et al), so I guess it really is mission accomplished for Bush and his supporters...
ADG