A Lie On The Face Of It
The San Francisco Court of Appeals has ordered Shell to "cease all operations" in furtherance of its offshore oil exploration north of Alaska.
Opponents contend that the Minerals Management Service approved Shell's plan without fully considering that a large spill would harm marine mammals, including bowhead and beluga whales.
Considering that only a moron would believe that Shell hasn't spent millions on environmental impact statements and filed mountains of documents to any number of government agencies, the phrase "without fully considering" must have some sort of esoteric linguistic meaning that the average mortal cannot fully comprehend.
And some people still seem to wonder why their gas bill keeps going up and why we're still dependent on foreign oil.
Hey wait! Isn't Cheney President for a day today? Hmmmm.........
