Obama Continues Fighting Against Gulf Jobs

Almost immediately after U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman ruled against continuing the Gulf oil moratorium, the Obama administration said they'll challenge it, and they already have.

Small businesses which operate in the Gulf filed the lawsuit to remove the moratorium, noting it's causing the loss of a large number of jobs in the region.

The judge agreed, saying the moratorium was unprecedented in its scope, and indiscriminately included everybody, even businesses that had solid safety records.

There was also a rebuke by the judge, saying there was dishonesty in the assertions made by the administration. That was a reference to leaving out of the proceedings the fact they had checked the rest of the offshore oil rigs in the Gulf and found nothing wrong with them other than a couple of minor infractions.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar responded, saying he “will issue a new order in the coming days that eliminates any doubt that a moratorium is needed, appropriate, and within our authorities.”

Using their usual thug tactics, Obama and his administration has began an ugly attack on Judge Feldman, with the Associated Press starting it off by implying Feldman was conflicts of interest because he had a small stake in Transocean (NYSE:RIG), which was less than $15,000 in 2008.

The AP report also said Feldman had some interests in Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) and Peabody Energy (NYSE:BUT).

The implication they're trying to imply is Feldman is owned by big oil, and that was the reason behind his decision. No one will be able to prove the Obama administration's hands are in this, but the way it was done and the quickness of the response had their fingerprints everywhere on it.

Either way, the fact that they're aggressively resisting the judge's removal of the moratorium shows they have no real concern for the people of the Gulf, as they're destroying thousands of jobs in the area, which very well could leave the region forever.