Filling the swamp

NPR[fake news], had good feature about the present sec of the interior, Zilke., the cow boy who rides around the parks and monuments on horse back.He's in charge of protecting the government land in the west.On paper he's a stand up guy[too much horse back?], so who does he appointment as second in command? A former lobbyist from the oil and gas industry. Sort of like hiring a wolf to watch the sheep.OK so we drill on federal lands, we getmore crude, we flood the market and LOWER crude prices.Great the prices come down. NOT Why are we exporting even more refined fuel than before,How come we have hundreds of capped wells not being used that are already leased.I keep harping on lobbyists being part of the government, they are not elected, yet they have great power over congress. Why does this keep going on?

[QUOTE=kygorski;563598]NPR[fake news]Why does this keep going on?[/QUOTE]

because of a little thing called money.
plenty of crooks on both sides.

IMO a lobbyist is a man without a country,conscience, or strong moral ideals. They have one belief THE BUCKS STOP HERE.