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To: LindyBill who wrote (373403)	7/18/2010 3:32:27 AM
From: KLP	2 Recommendations Respond to of 793859

LB- Here's the rest: To Continue Page Two of Gov. Jindal's July 17th comments: Ban on deep-water drilling adds insult to injury COMMENT 627 Comments \| View All » Nope. Instead, the federal government drafted a new moratorium. This seems to be a cynical ploy. It will take time to again take federal officials to court. If Washington loses, officials can issue a third moratorium and play this game out as long as they want. Such is the power of the federal government. Louisianans, of all people, don't want to see another drop of oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico. It is our land and our way of life that are being harmed. Yet the administration tells our people to simply file a claim with BP or file for unemployment. Our people want to work, not collect unemployment checks. We don't want to see the federal government create a second disaster, an economic disaster, for the people of our state thanks to its "capricious" and "arbitrary" actions. The bottom line is this: Thousands of Louisianans shouldn't have to lose their jobs just because the federal government can't do its job. The writer, a Republican, is governor of Louisiana.