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"Obama Underwrites Offshore Drilling"
TB
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8/19/2009 6:48:20 PM
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"Too bad it's not in U.S. waters."
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"Obama Underwrites Offshore Drilling"
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TB
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8/19/2009 6:48:20 PM
re: "Obama Underwrites Offshore Drilling" - Unbelievable.
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Marcia
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8/22/2009 4:22:16 AM
Would you rather have China do it?
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E.P.
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8/19/2009 9:18:31 PM
Either it's about the environment, or it isn't.
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TB
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8/19/2009 10:03:24 PM
We need domestic sources
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E.P.
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8/21/2009 8:38:49 PM
Difference betwen "environment" and "pretty neighborhood"
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dtb
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8/21/2009 12:04:25 PM
re: "environment"
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TB
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8/21/2009 4:13:32 PM
Because if you ship all of your industry overseas, you're going to have a very weak nation.
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Lee
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8/21/2009 3:11:58 PM
Right
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E.P.
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8/21/2009 8:39:26 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.