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BP disaster started in February?
Hot Air ^ | June 19, 2010 | ED MORRISSEY

Posted on 06/19/2010 12:26:08 PM PDT by kara2008

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To: SlaveNoMore

I believe everything you wrote, but the links are broken now.

I would have liked them to blog properly.

If you come across them again, can you pleas e ping me with them.

Thanks in advance

Munz


81 posted on 06/19/2010 5:05:09 PM PDT by Munz (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
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To: kara2008

MMS blew it big time....this administration is a joke...


82 posted on 06/19/2010 5:45:01 PM PDT by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand;but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
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To: PhilDragoo; ntnychik; bitt; devolve; MeekOneGOP; All

83 posted on 06/19/2010 6:02:56 PM PDT by potlatch
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To: All

I thought the head of MMS that islamabama just fired was a Bush appointee.

There were supposedly experts on that rig who were afraid it was going to blow. That’s what’s being said. If I was an expert on that rig and thought there was a good chance it would blow I’d be on the next chopper back to land. Seems like a lot of monday morning quarterbacking going on.


84 posted on 06/19/2010 6:07:27 PM PDT by Terry Mross (I weep as America gasps for breath.)
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To: shield

When the environmentalists (aka wackos) find out that the REAL “Dick Cheney” is actually 0BAMA, I predict mass suicides.

Crony capitalist? Check.
Knew but ignored drilling safety/defects? Check.
Received $1M political campaign payoff? Check.
Cut $20B deal with top BP officials to conceal MMS/President’s pre-knowledge of possible disaster? Check.
Appointed, then fired, head of MMS (who must have KNOWN about the shortcuts and waivers for BP)? Check.

What a tangled web Omoslem has woven. One more straw on the camel’s back, and it will break.

Breitbart, where are you?


85 posted on 06/19/2010 6:17:01 PM PDT by StopObama2012 (CLICK ME to expose Osaudi)
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To: True Republican Patriot
When is OBOZO HUSSEIN going to be put on Trial for TREASON, BRIBERY,LIEING, SABOTAGE, SEDITION, and MURDER?

Never. He's a member of a protected minority, and has the power of the office of President, along with the Senate and Congress to protect him. And his good ole' buddy is Eric Holder.

86 posted on 06/19/2010 6:41:44 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The Last Boy Scout)
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To: hennie pennie
Thanks for the ping....this is very interesting....maybe explains why the Dems were going after Hayward so hard.

Just getting back in here...got to go see what they are saying on the Oil Drum.

87 posted on 06/19/2010 7:09:56 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: a real Sheila

Exactly.

Not to be tin-foil, but look at the foot-dragging since day 1. Why? What is gained? Why meet with BP’s CEO for only 20 minutes unless you were already on the same page since before day 1? It makes me wonder what is coming, or what we don’t know that would make a sufficient response to the GOM disaster pointless.

Then again, s*** happens.


88 posted on 06/19/2010 7:11:08 PM PDT by SoCalConstitutionalist
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To: potlatch; Sub-Driver; BOBTHENAILER; SunkenCiv; Marine_Uncle; onyx; NormsRevenge; Grampa Dave; ...
OH...My...

Now that is outstanding....

89 posted on 06/19/2010 7:19:59 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: chris_bdba
To me this places the blame more on what the federal government did not do to keep this from happening.

You can argue that the federal government wasn't responsible for "keeping this from happening." That ball was in BP's court.

However, it magnifies the blame on the federal government for failing to be ready to mitigate a possible blow-out. They had six weeks notice this might happen. And they did nothing!

By law, the federal government is responsible for taking charge of the clean-up operation for any oil spill. It is specifically the President's responsibility. Again, by law.

And Obama and the assorted twenty-or-so agencies who are involved have failed utterly.

Even though they had six weeks warning...

90 posted on 06/19/2010 7:23:32 PM PDT by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
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To: FromLori; SunkenCiv; blam; Nachum; CondoleezzaProtege; onyx; STARWISE; LucyT
>>>> "What did Lloyd Craig Blankfein know and when did he know it? Last release of WH logs show him meeting with Summers on Sept. 30 2009.

Did he meet with anyone in the White House in the first three months of 2010 when GS sold nearly half its stake in BP? Anyone else sell or short BP?

Goldman Sachs had moved BP from "neutral" to a "buy" shortly before it dumped over a quarter of a billion dollars worth of BP stock too." <<<<<

Surely this is illegal?

91 posted on 06/19/2010 7:24:11 PM PDT by hennie pennie
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Thanks so much Ernest!
I also posted a similar one ‘on the beach’;

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2535391/posts?page=26#26


92 posted on 06/19/2010 7:25:21 PM PDT by potlatch
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To: a real Sheila
>>>> "Not defending them but if Hayward knew it would blow, why didn't he order drilling stopped and safety precautions put into place?" <<<<

Good question!

93 posted on 06/19/2010 7:26:19 PM PDT by hennie pennie
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To: a real Sheila

“Not defending them but if Hayward knew it would blow, why didn’t he order drilling stopped and safety precautions put into place?”

This is fairly old news. An internal report back in March 2010 summarized all of the problems they were having. The same month Hayward sold 1/3 of his BP stock.

Yes, it is criminal that they proceeded with the “completion” of the well against the arguements of the driller and other crew on the rig that had been living and battling this beast for months.


94 posted on 06/19/2010 7:28:50 PM PDT by 21twelve ( UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES MY ARSE: "..now begin the work of remaking America."-Obama, 1/20/09)
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To: Jim Robinson; StopObama2012; kara2008

Is there a good way to get this up on Drudge?

It seems to me that this story if handled properly, should, in the least, kill Salazar and drop Obama five points on a permanent basis, if not drive him from office. To have a six weeks heads up on the need for contingency plan and produce this is criminal to the extent of prompting my first tagline.


95 posted on 06/19/2010 7:32:19 PM PDT by Hieronymus (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G.K. Chesterton)
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To: kara2008
What number on the list of impeachable offenses is this?
96 posted on 06/19/2010 7:33:14 PM PDT by Cheerio (Barack Hussein 0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: Hieronymus

Copy the title and URL and paste them into Drudge page on right side, lower down “SEND NEWS TIPS TO DRUDGE
[ANONYMITY GUARANTEED]”

I have found this works.


97 posted on 06/19/2010 7:35:08 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Tacos del Carbon-Steak)
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To: hennie pennie; Sub-Driver; BOBTHENAILER; SunkenCiv; Marine_Uncle; onyx; NormsRevenge; ...
Some new detail on the second thread today at the Oil Drum:

What Were the Causes That Led to the Deepwater Horizon Blowout and Explosion? - and Open Thread 2

There is this:

****************************************EXCERPT***********************************

TheOilDumb on June 19, 2010 - 10:18pm

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"Two BP management officials, who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss internal matters, said budget cuts were largely the reason equipment was not upgraded or repaired, and indicated that much of it has yet to be addressed. BP's Alaska budget for 2010 is $1 billion, compared with $1.1 billion in 2009 and $1.3 billion in 2008.

Moreover, according to two BP Alaska officials, projects related to "safety and integrity" have been cut by 30 percent this year and BP’s senior managers receive bonuses for not using funds from BP’s designated maintenance budget, a company wide policy implemented by Hayward. Documents show that Hayward also implemented a cost-cutting directive following the oil spills in 2006 in Prudhoe Bay.

http://www.truth-out.org/documents-employees-reveal-bps-alaska-oilfield-...

You betch'ya!

98 posted on 06/19/2010 7:37:24 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: 21twelve
your tagline - UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES MY ARSE: "..now begin the work of remaking America."-Obama, 1/20/09)

Democrats, says Ryan, now want to “stuff the beast.” “When debt and deficits get so out of control, they’ll need to come up with a way to address the problem.” The Democratic strategy: Create a crisis so that they have to create a solution.
99 posted on 06/19/2010 7:41:32 PM PDT by Cheerio (Barack Hussein 0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: kara2008

It seems as though manslaughter charges may be in order.

Who has criminal jurisdiction out there in the ocean?


100 posted on 06/19/2010 7:41:46 PM PDT by devere
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