The International Association of Drilling Contractors is striking a defiant tone amid the fight to stave off a drilling moratorium in US federal waters. The presenters' slideshow at a Houston gathering calls Martin Feldman, the federal judge in Louisiana who struck down the moratorium last month, a "hero." It also asks whether Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who seeks to uphold the temporary ban, is a "nice guy." A picture and a quote of President Obama calling for alternative sources of energy is followed by a slide depicting the Washington DC Mall invaded by a forest of wind turbines -- with the legend: "you first."

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