The Interior Department's Culture of Contempt - Page 1 - Michelle Malkin - Townhall Conservative

The Interior Department's Culture of Contempt - Page 1 - Michelle Malkin - Townhall Conservative: "Federal judge Martin Feldman in Louisiana excoriated the Obama Interior Department Wednesday for defying his May 2010 order to lift its groundless ban on offshore oil and gas drilling in the Gulf. Nine months later, not a single permit has been issued. Several deepwater platforms have moved out of the area to take their businesses -- and an estimated 5,000 jobs -- overseas. Billions of dollars in potential oil revenue and Gulf lease sales-related rent have also dried up"