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Federal Gov't Halts Sand Berm Dredging
WDSU ^ | 6-22-10 | Not attributed

Posted on 06/23/2010 5:22:33 AM PDT by RKBA Democrat

The federal government is shutting down the dredging that was being done to create protective sand berms in the Gulf of Mexico.

The berms are meant to protect the Louisiana coastline from oil. But the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department has concerns about where the dredging is being done.

Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser, who was one of the most vocal advocates of the dredging plan, has sent a letter to President Barack Obama, pleading for the work to continue.

(Excerpt) Read more at wdsu.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: gulf; obama; oil; oilspill
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To: RKBA Democrat

zero continues to overstep his authority. Like Arizona, this is a state’s rights issue to step in and take action when the federal government won’t.

Bobby Jindal (who I’m REALLY starting to like) needs to tell the feds to get the h#ll out of his state and let the men take care of things in Louisiana.

(The reference to “men” automatically excludes zero and his gang of thugs!


41 posted on 06/23/2010 5:50:21 AM PDT by DustyMoment (FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
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To: MrB

“...given an understanding of the motives of this nihilistic crowd, their actions make perfect sense”

TRUE....and I don’t know why I am STILL astounded by their repeated stupidity.


42 posted on 06/23/2010 5:51:07 AM PDT by SumProVita (Cogito, ergo...Sum Pro Vita. (Modified Decartes))
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius

I second that! Get a whole bunch of armed Cajuns down there in a hurry!


43 posted on 06/23/2010 5:51:16 AM PDT by pgkdan (I Miss Ronald Reagan!)
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To: ClearCase_guy

agree..doesnt look like an accident anymore.


44 posted on 06/23/2010 5:51:58 AM PDT by dalebert
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To: SumProVita

I used to say “never attribute to malice what can be explained by stupidity”,

but not with this crowd. My discernment has gone WAY up and my benefit of the doubt has gone way down. Their motives are EVIL. Every agenda item is in opposition to the Truth and Law of God.


45 posted on 06/23/2010 5:52:36 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a (de)humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: diverteach
It’s his state, his responsibility to protect it.

When will a governor retake a true definition of federalism? POTUS is not any governor's boss! They answer to the people of their state.

46 posted on 06/23/2010 5:55:06 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (FreepMail me if you want on the Bourbon ping list!)
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To: RKBA Democrat

Reasons why Federal Gov’t Halts Sand Berm Dredging:

1) Racial quotas not being observed.
2) Lack of Diversity Sensitivity training
3) TPS reports not submitted
4) Workers did not attend Multicultural Seminars.
5) Gay/Lesbian awareness conferences ignored.
6) One Sand Berm ship had a Crucifix on it violating separation of Church and State guidelines.
7) Not enough GreenPeace members involved with the dredging process.
8) Ships not Unionized
9) Too Many NRA members are in the crew
10) One ship had a Palin 2012 bumper sticker visible.


47 posted on 06/23/2010 5:55:06 AM PDT by Le Chien Rouge
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To: RKBA Democrat
Obama CLEARLY wants to MAXIMIZE the damage to America.
48 posted on 06/23/2010 5:55:13 AM PDT by Lazamataz ("We beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them." -- Lazamataz, 2005)
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To: RKBA Democrat

Cloward & Piven,look it up


49 posted on 06/23/2010 5:55:27 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts ma'am, just the facts)
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To: thethirddegree
Obama wants this to be an uncontrolled disaster.

There's no other way to look at it. Unbelievable.

There's no way this isn't intentional. I guess O has figured out he'll never be reelected so he's doing whatever he can, while he can, to create his idea of a "perfect" nation.

50 posted on 06/23/2010 5:55:49 AM PDT by Shannon
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To: Mouton
Faced with an incoming missile from N Korea

Actually, the response would probably be, while the missile was on its way here, to call Hillary and ask her to go talk to the N. Koreans, maybe even stop and pick up Jimmah on the way.

51 posted on 06/23/2010 5:55:53 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (http://www.thepatriotsflag.com - The Patriot's Flag)
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To: RKBA Democrat

...crisis after crisis, the Odumbo way, we must make the people of the gulf suffer so they will become dependent of the government for their existence. CAP AND TRADE LOOMS...pulled back from defeat........

“you never want a serious crisis to go to waste, and what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things that you didn’t think you could do before.”


52 posted on 06/23/2010 5:56:17 AM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)
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To: SumProVita
TRUE....and I don’t know why I am STILL astounded by their repeated stupidity.

It is NOT stupidity. It is wanton evil.

53 posted on 06/23/2010 5:56:55 AM PDT by Lazamataz ("We beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them." -- Lazamataz, 2005)
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To: DustyMoment

couldn’t agree more, I’d support LA if they just told the Fed’s to go away. With 30% of domestic oil, it wouldn’t take long for the message to get through.


54 posted on 06/23/2010 5:57:33 AM PDT by vortec94
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To: Sacajaweau

I lived on a barrier island....they dredged all the time!!!


55 posted on 06/23/2010 5:57:37 AM PDT by panthermom
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius
Continue the work, use the Louisiana National Guard if necessary.

Yep -- tell the Feds that we're not dredging anymore just digging for some green energy.

56 posted on 06/23/2010 5:59:48 AM PDT by Uncle Chip (TRUTH : Ignore it. Deride it. Allegorize it. Interpret it. But you can't ESCAPE it.)
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To: RKBA Democrat

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. More proof that we need “big government”. In an emergency, you do what you have to do. Mr. Obama’s lackeys and true believers in the news media are covering for his rampant incompetence.


57 posted on 06/23/2010 5:59:56 AM PDT by popdonnelly (Democrats = authoritarian socialists)
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To: RKBA Democrat; All

It's obvious that the EPA, US Fish and Wildlife Department, Army Corps of Engineers, etc are more concerned about protecting their political turf than saving the estuaries.

Gov. Jindal needs to exercise his power as the State Executive and tell these Federal government agencies to f*ck off.


58 posted on 06/23/2010 6:00:11 AM PDT by BP2 (I think, therefore I'm a conservative)
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To: RKBA Democrat
America's first anti-American President is working overtime.
59 posted on 06/23/2010 6:00:25 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law." -- Aristotle)
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To: RKBA Democrat
The federal government is shutting down the dredging that was being done to create protective sand berms in the Gulf of Mexico.

How did the Federal Sand Berm Police "shut down" the dredging? Did they send a letter?An email? Was it a phone call?

They haven't sent in armed Sand Berm Police (yet), have they?

Gov Jindal and the local parish authorities should tell the Sand Berm Police to go pound sand; and they should continue their dredging activities and doing whatever else they need to do to protect their state.

60 posted on 06/23/2010 6:03:19 AM PDT by onemiddleamerican (FUBO - and all your terrorist buddies, too!)
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