Lame Duck My Foot 2

This from the LA Times:

U.S. takes first step toward new offshore oil drilling
The federal government begins the process that could open up the Virginia coast. A long-standing ban on new energy exploration off much of the U.S. coast expired last month.
By Cynthia Dizikes
November 13, 2008
Reporting from Washington -- The federal government announced Wednesday that it would be taking the first major step to expand offshore oil drilling after a long-standing ban on new energy exploration off much of the U.S. coast expired last month.

Officials with the U.S. Minerals Management Service, which oversees oil and gas development in federal waters, said that starting today it would begin the process that could lead to leases at a potential site at least 50 miles off the coast of Virginia, an area that has not had offshore drilling.


And so we are moving forward.
And with as much promise and hope as could be in store, the damage that has been done is still here -- is still in progress.

I have four more days of this blog -- I wish I could say that I have something great to do between now and then -- but at least I'm not George Bush.