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Boom's a Bust as Oil Spill Seeps into Perdido Pass
Alabama Live ^
| 6/10/2010
| Ryan Dezember
Posted on 06/12/2010 7:53:15 PM PDT by Qbert
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...No worries, though. I'm sure the "Smartest Man to ever occupy the Oval Office" is diligently working away at a new plan that will solve the problem. (/Sarc)
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posted on
06/12/2010 7:53:16 PM PDT
by
Qbert
To: Qbert
Coast Guard stops guarding coast? Unbelievable.
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posted on
06/12/2010 7:54:57 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: Qbert
Not to make excuses for Obama, but what is he supposed to do? There is no solution to this. It won’t be solved until they get those relief wells finished, which will be a couple more months.
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posted on
06/12/2010 7:57:16 PM PDT
by
Yardstick
To: Qbert
There goes everything, Bob, including Flounder fishing, not to mention your property value.
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posted on
06/12/2010 7:59:02 PM PDT
by
Gapplega
To: Qbert
They all ought to be ringing up the Whitehouse, demanding to speak to the a-hole who said he was in charge, and was taking responsibility for it.
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posted on
06/12/2010 8:00:28 PM PDT
by
Oceander
(The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance -- Thos. Jefferson)
To: Yardstick
Not to make excuses for Obama, but what is he supposed to do? The exact opposite of everything he has done.
To: Yardstick
he was supposed to accept the help from the international community (could waive Jones Act) and the different people who have tried to bring experts in.
he has dragged his feet in order to shut down Houston oil (not in his pocket) and to punish England.
IMO he is not only a narcissist but also a psychopath who will destroy everyone and everything which doesn’t bow down to him. His dark side is showing more and more everyday.
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posted on
06/12/2010 8:02:18 PM PDT
by
bareford101
(Be loud! We have nothing – NOTHING - to apologize for in fighting for our Country!!)
To: Gapplega
If the Obama administration is keeping reporters out of the main spill area, what we see now coming ashore must be just the tip of the iceberg.
To: Yardstick
the first thing he should have done is get more involved in a leadership position from day 1. He can look to Giuliani in NYC or Bush nationally on the day of 9/11. This was a situation that needed a leader and he missed the opportunity.
Second, he took on the position after the fact as ‘the man’ in charge, and stated he had been since day 1. In that instance he now owns the failure. There are things that could have been done earlier both to help stop the leak and also to prepare for the cleanup and prevent damage. He and fedgov have been slow to non-existent, outside of the Coast Guard doing their duty.
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posted on
06/12/2010 8:02:42 PM PDT
by
ilgipper
To: justa-hairyape
SUSPEND JONES ACT ... MM MM MMM
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posted on
06/12/2010 8:03:11 PM PDT
by
bicyclerepair
(FR - my online family. From Ft. Lauderdale, Florida)
To: Qbert
This gusher sure has called into question the dirtworshipers claim that we are about to run out of oil.
To: Yardstick
>> Not to make excuses for Obama, but what is he supposed to do? There is no solution to this.
Is or was?
As far as I’m concerned, ideas and solutions were neglected.
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posted on
06/12/2010 8:04:43 PM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Your Hope has been redistributed. Here's your Change.)
To: justa-hairyape
Really? So if he had done the exact opposite of what he has done, the leak would be fixed and there would be no oil headed towards the beaches?
Here’s how you can gauge the seriousness of those who are blaming Obama: Do they have a solution to offer? If not, then they’re just making political hay.
To: Yardstick
“Not to make excuses for Obama, but what is he supposed to do? There is no solution to this. It wont be solved until they get those relief wells finished, which will be a couple more months.”
My understanding is that there have been a number of suggestions based upon methods that were successful in largely cleaning up other massive oil spills, and the administration for whatever reason has not implemented these. (There are two separate pieces to this- the leak itself and the continuing spread of the oil.)
For example:
http://www.examiner.com/x-37620-Conservative-Examiner~y2010m6d5-Why-do-Obama-BP-refuse-to-use-most-effective-method-of-oil-cleanup
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posted on
06/12/2010 8:08:28 PM PDT
by
Qbert
To: justa-hairyape
I think you’re right. It’s just a disaster. I feel so bad for all those people on the gulf, including “Bob and his flounder fishing”.
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posted on
06/12/2010 8:09:04 PM PDT
by
Gapplega
To: Yardstick
They should have had boats with booms and skimmers out there for the last 4 weeks!
This catastrophe is nothing but a mere inconvenience for dingle Barry, the Kenyan Asshat Usurper.
To: Yardstick
If he did the opposite, he would have not lifted regulatory restrictions which allowed BP to drill there in the first place. IE - No drilling means no leak. He lifted the regs as a political favor to BP which is in bed with Obama over cap and trade (corrupt Chicago connections).
To: Yardstick
Bring in the boom from the north east (several miles available now). Bring in the oil skimmers from Holland. Bring in the super tankers from Saudi Arabia. All of the solutions can be done now to mitigate oil damage to the shore areas.
As for the leak, hurry up the secondary recovery vessel. Hurry up the wells to plug the leaking well.
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posted on
06/12/2010 8:12:42 PM PDT
by
LOC1
To: LOC1
It's likely as not they've long known all that would be pissing on a forrest fire.
The column is cracked all the way down and seeps are flowing up at an ever increasing rate in a 20 mile radius.
Pressures up to 70,000 psi could be involved.
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posted on
06/12/2010 8:18:50 PM PDT
by
norraad
("What light!">Blues Brothers)
To: LOC1
In a recent interview with Palin, someone who has lots of suggestions and actual practical experience in this area, she pointed out that the US emergency response plan for a major spill in the Gulf of Mexico was horribly negligent. Palin stated that it appeared that the feds had just copied what she helped put together in Alaska concerning spills and haphazardly applied them to the Gulf. She stated that the emergency plan even mentioned specific animals not found in the Gulf. Animals which happened to all be found in Alaska. Perhaps she can do for DC what she did for Alaska. Cleanup the oil corruption and stop the palm greasing.
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