Posted on 06/03/2010 11:45:21 PM PDT by Qbert
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), top Republican on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released documents Thursday night showing the Coast Guard recorded on April 21 -- less than 24 hours after the Deepwater Horizon explosion -- the magnitude of the oil leak disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
“Potential environmental threat is 700,000 gallons of diesel on board the Deepwater Horizon and estimated potential of 8,000 barrels per day of crude oil, if the well were to completely blowout,” the Coast Guard reported in a log of events from the immediate aftermath of the April 20 explosion -- shedding new information on the first days of the disaster.
“These documents raise new questions about whether the White House was slow to respond to an incident that was quickly recognized by the Coast Guard as a potentially catastrophic threat to the environment,” Issa said upon release of the documents. “It appears as if this administration would rather tell a half-truth if the full-truth doesn’t fit the story they want to tell.”
Logs further indicate the Coast Guard recorded the immediate failure of the blowout preventer.
"Less than 48 hours after the explosion multiple attempts to activate the blowout preventer had already failed and the Coast Guard knew 8,000 barrels of crude oil spilling into Gulf waters each day was a real possibility," Issa added. "Americans have a right to be outraged by this spill, by top government officials caught off-guard, and by the facts the White House omitted in explaining what it knew and when it knew it."
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I wish Issa could be our next AG when we win back the WH but someone said he isn’t even a lawyer. He would have made a good one.
The oil spill fit his agenda to help destroy this country.
Wake up America, our greatest enemy is in OUR White House.
From the link:
“However, Shapiro told The New York Times that the White House timeline included a disclaimer at the bottom saying it was not meant to be comprehensive”
How Clintonian...(eye roll). This administration is stuck on stupid! This is what happens when left wing lawyers are in control!
http://www.publicintegrity.org/articles/entry/2123/
That's meaningless, because at the time they did NOT know that the well had completely blow out, nor how damaged the shutoff mechanisms were.
Stick to facts. avoid hysteria, and never panic.
I don’t know but it would fit the Jimmuh Cahtuh redux sick rotten and failure-inducing micro-management model Team Tyranny under Usurper Obama uses.
Seems unlikely to me, but if it is, they have one heck of a find, there.
The list, ping
San Diego’s Darrell Issa is on just about every piece of dirt from Obama and his Adm. and not letting up.
1) never run anything,
2) never fixed anything.
He would not be qualified to be a clerk at a 7-11.
You think 7-11 would hire a “community organizer”?
No frick’n way. They don't want trouble in their stores.
I heard cutting the riser and using current desigh top hat was first choice but axed by administration due to increased flow after pipe cut(prior to capping)
I want to know how much interference “engineering” this admin has done causing BP to use less than desirable methods.
Seems to me all input from the admin/Obozo has delayed fixes and made situation worse.
Any links, references appreciated.
24 hours after the oil rig collapse and the deaths of 11 oil workers-Barry welcomed the US Olympic team to the White House,
Within 48 hrs Biden was on The View and Barry was on Wall Street slamming Wall Street.
Barry also met the Shuttle crew and made Earth Day remarks.
Within 72 hours Barry and Michelle were in Asheville , North Carolina for a vacation.
” President Obama and First Lady Michelle became honorary Ashevillians during a romantic spring getaway in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Their vacation itinerary was filled with Asheville hallmarks: natural adventures, rich history,
scenic beauty, farm fresh cuisine and rejuvenation.”
“On day two of their romantic getaway,
the Obamas made ample use of Grove Park’s rolling Donald Ross-designed golf course and sports complex.
While the President hit the links with some close friends,
the First Lady had a tennis lesson at the Grove Park Inn Sports Complex.
It is also rumored that the President played some basketball before joining his wife at The Spa, a 43,000 square-foot subterranean facility
complete with mineral pools, massaging waterfall pools, sauna,
exhilarating
hot-cold plunge pools and an eucalyptus-infused steam room. “
” The President and First Lady enjoyed corn and crab chowder with fresh cilantro and corn-fried oysters with arugula,
tomatoes and mustard drizzle,
and the presidential sweet tooth was
satisfied with peanut butter banana soufflé with chocolate and white sauce, and forest berry sorbet from Asheville’s Ultimate Ice Cream
(known for slow food ice cream flavors using local ingredients).”
” To wrap up their weekend of relaxation, the Obamas had a delectable Sunday Brunch delivered to their suite at Grove Park Inn.”
The rest of their nauseating vaca is here http://www.exploreasheville.com/what-to-do/romantic-getaways/vacation-like-president-obama/index.aspx
Containing the spewing oil and thinking about 11 dead oil workers and their families was obviously not on Barry’s agenda.
The only water he contemplated was at the spa and the only oil he thought about was the fried food in their fancy dinners.
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