Oceania has Always Been Against Oil Drilling in East Asia

As the Professor would say, they told me that if I voted for John McCain, science would be bent to the will of politics, and they were right!

The Interior Department’s inspector general says the White House edited a drilling safety report in a way that made it falsely appear that scientists and experts supported the administration’s six-month ban on new drilling.The inspector general says the editing changes resulted “in the implication that the moratorium recommendation had been peer reviewed.” But it hadn’t been. The scientists were only asked to review new safety measures for offshore drilling.

The investigation is the latest in a string of incidents where the Obama administration has been accused of overstating the science behind official reports and political decisions made after the massive Gulf oil spill.

Winston Smith could not be reached for comment.

Update: “Ensco Offshore claims that since the ban was lifted Oct. 12, the government has not issued a single permit that would allow the resumption of any previously suspended drilling activities.”

And then there’s talk, once again, of raising the gas tax — say, where does the “objective” media stand on this issue?