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Title: The "Friday Syndrome" and Gulf Oil Drilling
Post by: THP on Aug 23, 2011, 03:02 AM
In Washington, DC, there's a phenomenon I call "The Friday Syndrome," and I'm not talking about throngs of people headed to Happy Hour. It's that all too familiar feeling, when you're wrapping up your work for the week, and whammo! An important policy announcement is made by one of the government agencies. Just when you thought you might be home in time for dinner.This time it was the agency that regulates offshore drilling, known as the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE, sometimes pronounced "bummer").More... (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackie-savitz/gulf-oil-leases_b_933284.html)

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