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Gingrich?s ?Drill Here, Drill Now? campaign continues as oil rig disaster grows.
The Earth Day oil rig disaster that began with an explosion that claimed 11 lives is becoming an ecological catastrophe. The Coast Guard has set some of the West-Virginia-sized oil slick ablaze, even as it grows by thousands of barrels a day. Although this deadly catastrophe calls into question the pro-drilling campaigns by the oil […]

The Earth Day oil rig disaster that began with an explosion that claimed 11 lives is becoming an ecological catastrophe. The Coast Guard has set some of the West-Virginia-sized oil slick ablaze, even as it grows by thousands of barrels a day. Although this deadly catastrophe calls into question the pro-drilling campaigns by the oil industry and its conservative allies, the propaganda continues. In 2008, Newt Gingrich began American Solutions for Winning the Future (ASWF), the casino-funded 527 that used the slogan “Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less” to promote the false idea that new offshore drilling could lower gas prices. On its website, Gingrich’s ASWF is continuing its petition while reporting on the inevitable consequences of dependence on dirty oil:

Similarly, other oil-industry front groups — American Petroleum Institute, Energy Tomorrow, Institute for Energy Research, Americans for Prosperity, Heritage Foundation, and the Institute for 21st Century Energy — are still promoting increased drilling and attacking green economy legislation that would reduce our dependence on oil. (HT Wonkette)

Obama: ‘There may not be an appetite’ to tackle immigration this year
President Obama said late Wednesday that “there may not be an appetite” to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws this year, even though he believes there is a pressing need to do so.

Goldman Sachs adds to its ranks of lobbyists
Until a few years ago, Goldman Sachs operated a sleepy lobby shop in the nation’s capital.

Hunter says she didn’t wreck John Edwards’ home
John Edwards’ mistress said on Thursday’s episode of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” that she doesn’t believe she destroyed the former presidential candidate’s marriage.

Independence Day for Charlie Crist
Independence Day for Charlie Crist 1. Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R) will announce his future political plans today, a decision widely reported — by the Fix among many others — to be a stepping-away from the Republican party to run for the Senate this fall as an independent. Crist, perhaps see…

Beck, Palin Adopt Tactics of Jackson, Sharpton
Jason Whitlock, KC Star

Washington Can’t Keep Ignoring Illegal Immigration

Hope, Change and Limousine Liberals
Michael Graham, Boston Herald
Call them “NIMBLYs” – Not In My Back (Liberal) Yard.For nine years, the Halliburton-hating, Bush-bashing, Earth-loving, green-going Kennedys of Cape Cod have been fighting tooth, nail and polo mallet against the Cape Wind project. The same liberals who support “smart grid” laws that would let the government literally control the thermostat in your home have spent nearly a decade lawyering up against windmills 15 miles from their Hyannis playground.Now that Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has issued his ruling, I suppose dejected Kennedys can get together…

Teachers vs. Charters: Look for the Union Libel

Greece and the Euro: Going, Going…
Megan McArdle, The Atlantic
The most terrifying words I've seen written so far about the growing crisis in Greece were penned by Yves Smith yesterday:  “So the whole idea that the financial crisis was over is being called into doubt. Recall that the Great Depression nadir was the sovereign debt default phase. And the EU's erratic responses (obvious hesitancy followed by finesses rather than decisive responses) is going to prove even more detrimental as the Club Med crisis grinds on.”The Great Depression was composed of two separate panics.  As you can see from contemporary…