{"id":137220,"date":"2018-09-20T12:37:54","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T18:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/20\/for-whom-should-the-government-work.html"},"modified":"2018-09-20T12:37:54","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T18:37:54","slug":"for-whom-should-the-government-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/20\/for-whom-should-the-government-work.html","title":{"rendered":"For whom should the government work?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, according to Ryan Zinke, the Secretary of the Interior, it it should work for the oil and gas industry. At least that&#39;s what the Louisiana Oil &amp; Gas Association quoted him as saying.[1]<\/p>\n<p>That does seem to contradict what the Department of the Interior claims as its mission:[2]<\/p>\n<p>&#10077; <i>The Department of the Interior (DOI) conserves and manages the Nation&rsquo;s natural resources and cultural heritage for the benefit and enjoyment of the American people, provides scientific and other information about natural resources and natural hazards to address societal challenges and create opportunities for the American people, and honors the Nation&rsquo;s trust responsibilities or special commitments to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and affiliated island communities to help them prosper.<\/i> &#10078;<\/p>\n<p>But, hey, I&#39;m sure the Trump-appointed guy who actually <i>runs<\/i> the Department knows best.<\/p>\n<p><del>&#8212;-<\/del><br \/>[1] <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LaOilGasAssoc\/status\/1042111137603567616\" class=\"ot-anchor\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/LaOilGasAssoc\/status\/1042111137603567616<\/a><br \/>[2] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/whoweare\" class=\"ot-anchor\">https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/whoweare<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style='text-align:center'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6603377665761950561\/6603377671472414738'><img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-ql9GRTAJ_kU\/W6PpAYncABI\/AAAAAAAFmJU\/MkUeuCLwhMkLL3w3O0HAu1mYKsTMjo9qACJoC\/zinke%2Bwork%2Bfor%2Boil%2Band%2Bgas.PNG?imgmax=660' style='max-width:650px;' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style='text-align:center'>\n<a href='' style='width:50px;height:50px;display:inline-block;background-size:cover;background-image:url();'><\/a>\u00a0\n<\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/ZcLw2UrBYxe'>Original Post<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, according to Ryan Zinke, the Secretary of the Interior, it it should work for the oil and gas industry. At least that&#39;s what the Louisiana Oil &amp; Gas Association quoted him as saying.[1] That does seem to contradict what the Department of the Interior claims as its mission:[2] &#10077; The Department of the Interior &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/20\/for-whom-should-the-government-work.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;For whom should the government work?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/zinke+work+for+oil+and+gas.PNGimgmax=660.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":132187,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/12\/08\/soon-to-be-renamed-the-department-of-management.html","url_meta":{"origin":137220,"position":0},"title":"Soon to be renamed the &quot;Department of Management&quot;","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 8-Dec-16 1:32pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Trump's ability to pick people whose life goal seems to be to roll everything back that's happened in the last eight years (if not the last eighty) is certainly fascinating to watch, if only in an \"avalanche slowly rumbling down the mountain toward a bus full of nuns\" fashion.After having\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":137744,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2019\/02\/04\/and-yet-another-horrible-federal-secretary-nominee-shambles-forward.html","url_meta":{"origin":137220,"position":1},"title":"And yet another horrible federal secretary nominee shambles forward","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 4-Feb-19 7:57pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Our likely next Secretary of the Interior? \"A veteran lobbyist who has helped orchestrate the push to expand oil and gas drilling at the Interior Department.\" Because of course he is. 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