Maroon Colored Glasses: Beware of unintended consequences....

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Beware of unintended consequences....

President Obama keeps telling us he has all these experts making analyses and recommendations, but he's ignoring them and making political choices instead, which will have harmful effects.

From Fox News:

White House report recommends oil drilling moratorium... Problem: authors of report actually say the opposite http://fxn.ws/cwrPyG

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