RSSLive “Kangaroo” Returns to Highlight One-Sided Obama Administration Hearing
Natl Center For Public Policy Research | April 27, 2009
For Release: April 16, 2009
Contact: David Almasi at (202) 543-4110 x11 or e-mail dalmasi@nationalcenter.org
Live “Kangaroo” Returns to Highlight One-Sided Obama Administration Hearing
San Francisco Hearing on Offshore Energy Resources a Kangaroo Court
The kangaroo is back, and with good reason!
After an appearance last month in the halls of Congress, a live “kangaroo” appeared today at a federal hearing in San Francisco to protest the “kangaroo court” atmosphere at an important meeting to discuss the future of national energy policy.
Obama Administration Interior Secretary Ken Salazar presided over a public hearing today that only effectively represented one aspect of the debate over offshore energy development. The kangaroo is meant to point out that oil and gas exploration is being largely ignored in favor of promoting wind power along the Pacific coast.
The kangaroo was seen protesting the hearing outside the Robertson Auditorium on the Mission Bay campus of the University of California, San Francisco (1675 Owens Street) between 11:00 AM and 1:00 PM Pacific Time.
“Oil and gas exploration could create trillions in revenue and tens of thousands of jobs, but this hearing is likely to overlook this economic stimulus package in favor of dubious green technology,” said National Center executive director David W. Almasi. “Right now is the window of opportunity. The government is considering the next five-year plan for energy policy. To ignore drilling today is irresponsible, which is why it is considered a kangaroo court and why participants will find a live, bouncing marsupial there today.”
Today’s hearing is the third of four being conducted by Salazar and the Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service. The hearings follow a report issued by the Obama Administration that says Southern Oregon and Northern California are prime areas for wind-energy development. This is despite the acknowledgement that current technology and the ocean terrain in the region are incompatible and that the region also lacks the transmission infrastructure necessary to accommodate any offshore production of wind energy.
To the contrary, the Point Arena Basin off Mendocino County, California is thought to have a more than 1.5 billion barrels of recoverable oil. The California coastline is already the home to many offshore drilling operations.
A kangaroo visit was already made to a hearing of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources in Washington, D.C. on March 31. A similar “kangaroo court” on drought conditions in California was being protested at that time. Before last-minute testimony by area congressmen was added, this hearing was expected to be simply a platform for government officials and environmental radicals to promote further regulation of resources in the name of combating global warming.
“As was seen in yesterday’s tea parties against out-of-control government spending and taxation, it’s clear that people want their leaders to be more accountable,” said The National Center’s Almasi. “The same applies to the creation of public policy. When crafting something as important as our nation’s energy future, a one-sided hearing just won’t do. If they continue in this manner, they can expect to be seeing a lot of this kangaroo.”
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We simply need to pursue every avenue of Domestic Energy Production – not to exclude solar, wind, etc. But to be sure to include Oil, Natural Gas, and Coal – no subsidys, but no political obstacles either. Ethanol should not be subsidized and no particular source should be ‘mandated’, competition is good and much more effective than any regulation from such an irresponsible Government that can’t even stop spending money it really does not have and looking to tax our Private sector literally to Death. The consequence of running short on Domestic Energy will be dire. Also I don’t want to be forced to buy oil from Venezuela, China, Russia (all who are drilling offshore now). Energy, clean water, and food are priorities. Taxes on CO2 are not going to be used to do anything to the climate – pure hypocracy – CO2 is a trailing indicator, like Humidity – it might indicate warming, but is not itself a cause.