Posted on 06/18/2010 8:16:13 AM PDT by maine-iac7
build it and they will come
Unions are nothing but gangs.
You're thinking right.
There is no reason for any of this oil to have reached shore.
As to the leak itself, Other countries have had such leaks - and STOPPED THE LEAK. All these people seem to be concerned about is capturing as much of the oil for themselves as possible. (And Obumbles, has been, after all, the largest 'giftee' of BP contributions for some time. The media keeps side stepping this.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64420A20100505
Russia, with a small nuclear device, stopped two such leaks.
Come on! A leaking well is a problem. Testing a mitigation technique is not harming anything. Jeeze. Some people just try to be stupid!
AMEN
With all due respect, I am calling you on your claim that you know what is going on with that casing and the seafloor stratigraphy and stability, enough to claim that others have had such leaks.
As for Russia, I know of their gas-well nuking claims (and 1 in 5 failure rate), but haven't heard of them nuking two deepwater oil wells. Please provide sources.
Translation: they would not be union workers - who are protected by the JONES ACT - which Bush quickly waived during Karina.
His majesty would NOT waive the JOnes Act, because he obeys his union bosses.
Primum non nocere.
Ditto a company in Maine
I doubt he is a conservative when he slams conservatives in his movies, I have quit watching him.
a great spoof on if obama had been in charge 1 June 1940, Dunkirk
http://www.transterrestrial.com/?p=27632
So, should we refuse his help on the Gulf? s/
You may not know this...but in his movies he is acting...pretending to be another person for entertainment. In real life, he is a conservative...and I am glad for anyone who wants to be a conservative.
I bet the career roughnecks in the drilling biz have similar stories.
I don’t care what he is and gladly accept anyone’s help to clean up the spill, just sick of his bashing Bush and conservatives in the past.
He is a big enough star to be able to show his true feelings. One example that comes to mind is the gratutious photos of clinton in his movie. He has bashed our side long enough. How do you know this information about him?
"In real life, he is a conservative..."
Is he? I heard that he was, but he flipped. And are these inaccurate?
http://newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Kevin_Costner.php
Costner, Kevin
Encino, CA 91436
Self/Actor
John Kerry (D)
President
JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INC $2,000
primary 04/05/04
Costner, Kevin Mr.
Burbank, CA 91522
Self employed
Al Gore (D)
President
GORE/LIEBERMAN GENERAL ELECTION LEGAL AND ACCOUNTING COMPLIANCE FUND
$1,000
general 04/16/99
COSTNER, KEVIN
BURBANK, CA 91522
TIG PRODUCTIONS
Tom Daschle (D)
Senate - SD
NEW LEADERSHIP FOR AMERICA PAC
$1,000
general 03/04/98.....
Hello? HELLO?????
Look...take logic and common sense and throw them out the window when trying to understand the response to date. Common sense and logic have nothing to do with the response to date, which makes this truly outrageous.
First, the Coast Guard is keeping all traffic out of the area, except for "approved" traffic.
The EPA had not "approved" the machines or the foreign skimmers for use. Why? Well, aside from the Jones Act...the machines would scoop up muck presumably 75% oil, separate it...and discharge the separated water.
The separated water would be at about 99% pure, but the EPA doesn't allow discharge of polluted water, even though the water was much more pure than what had been scooped up.
No, you've got government by lawyers, which means at any time their three top priorities are:
--Making sure everyone knows BP is to blame, and will be threatened and punished.(because, after all, that's what lawyers do)
--Making sure they do nothing which would allow someone to blame them at a later date, when the hindsight and shooting of survivors will inevitably start.
--Making sure everyone knows who is actually in charge, and has proper respect for "authoriteh!"
So, the operation is not about actual cleanup, but of making sure blame is properly assigned.
In this circumstance, Costner is showing good sense.
Cynic I am, I believe this feeds one of the Left's issues, global warming and drilling for oil. If I believe they are guided by Rahm's Law(never let a crisis go to waste) then obviously, the bigger the crisis, the bigger the opportunity.
So, what's the greater upside/downside? Ending the crisis sooner or later?
I believe this prez is the first political suicide bomber.
Here are his own words in an interview in 2008;
I said most people have the idea that Costner is a Republican, but he says he’s an independent.
“I grew up in a Republican household, and I heard [my] father go, ‘Damn that Kennedy,’ and when you’re 12 years old, you’re probably thinking, if you love your father, yeah, damn that Kennedy. My family was very staunchly Republican. I had to evolve and that took time for myself. I moved very quickly as a 20-year-old. I have very conservative roots, but my evolution allowed me to make ‘JFK’ and ‘13 Days’ and those kinds of movies. I’ve always felt too limited by both parties.”
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