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Tales From The Bottom Of The Ticket: The Phantom Oil Drilling Platform Off Hampton Beach

by: Andrew Sylvia

Sun Aug 31, 2008 at 00:29:07 AM EDT


The other day I knocked on the door of an older Republican couple. The man answered the door, and his wife then came over.

They were friendly, fair, and forthright; we had a good conversation, and I think we stuck up a good rapport.

For the most part, it was a pretty average conversation, whether it be from the perspective of a Merrimack voter (they talked about toll booths), a Republican voter (they talked about taxes), or an average voter (they talked about politicians suck).

However, there was one thing that caught me, and that was how the wife asked me why the state of New Hampshire doesn't drill for oil off Hampton Beach.

I was a little perplexed, considering there is no oil off the shores of Hampton Beach, but she swore she saw an oil drilling platform out there. Considering I haven't been to Hampton Beach in around a year, and that was at night, I decided to be diplomatic and try and change the subject gingerly.

Since it's a Federal rather than a State issue, i'll let the big wigs discuss the issue considering there isn't any oil off the shores of New Hampshire. In the meantime though, if anyone knows what the oil drilling platform this woman is talking about actually is, please let me know.

Andrew Sylvia :: Tales From The Bottom Of The Ticket: The Phantom Oil Drilling Platform Off Hampton Beach
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Are you sure she didn't mean the oil in Hampton Beach's (0.00 / 0)
fried dough stands?  

George's Bank is as close as it gets... (0.00 / 0)
info here

Now it is true that 35 yearts ago Gov. Thompson to make the Isle of Shoals a oil tanker terminal...which would ahve brought the same oil spills and eye sore they woman wants.


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