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Talked to some friends yesterday... - Tribal Dragon - 06-15-2010
[video=youtube;6G7l7Sxb0V4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G7l7Sxb0V4[/video]
Talked to some friends yesterday... - Anhil8tor - 06-15-2010
Anhil8tor Wrote:I talked to some friends that work in various areas. They said in Fourchon BP bused in 100 to 200 people and put them on the beach cleaning up before Obama got there. About an hour after he left they were no where to be found. .
Yep
Talked to some friends yesterday... - BIRD33 - 06-15-2010
All the more reason to trust them when they say its safe to drill now?
Talked to some friends yesterday... - Anhil8tor - 06-15-2010
my predictions for tonight:
Obama will say :
Bp will pay
I have been engaged from the begining
and of course he will put the death nail in Louisiana by keeping the moratorium through the end of the year
Talked to some friends yesterday... - Anhil8tor - 06-15-2010
Anyone need oil booms?
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/miles-of-oil-containment-boom-sit-in-warehouse-waiting-for-bp-or-u-s-to-use/
What about some extra skimmers?
Three days after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico, the Dutch government offered to help.
It was willing to provide ships outfitted with oil-skimming booms, and it proposed a plan for building sand barriers to protect sensitive marshlands.
The response from the Obama administration and BP, which are coordinating the cleanup: “The embassy got a nice letter from the administration that said, ‘Thanks, but no thanks,’” said Geert Visser, consul general for the Netherlands in Houston.
Now, almost seven weeks later, as the oil spewing from the battered well spreads across the Gulf and soils pristine beaches and coastline, BP and our government have reconsidered.
Talked to some friends yesterday... - BIRD33 - 06-15-2010
Anhil8tor Wrote:Anyone need oil booms?
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/miles-of-oil-containment-boom-sit-in-warehouse-waiting-for-bp-or-u-s-to-use/
What about some extra skimmers?
Three days after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico, the Dutch government offered to help.
It was willing to provide ships outfitted with oil-skimming booms, and it proposed a plan for building sand barriers to protect sensitive marshlands.
The response from the Obama administration and BP, which are coordinating the cleanup: “The embassy got a nice letter from the administration that said, ‘Thanks, but no thanks,’” said Geert Visser, consul general for the Netherlands in Houston.
Now, almost seven weeks later, as the oil spewing from the battered well spreads across the Gulf and soils pristine beaches and coastline, BP and our government have reconsidered.
Pajamasmedia is a GOP propaganda site.I can't wait for the day you post something from an objective news site.Its going to happen soon I can feel it!
Talked to some friends yesterday... - Anhil8tor - 06-15-2010
rolling stone?
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/17390/111965?RS_show_page=0
Talked to some friends yesterday... - Flumper Barflusterbutt - 06-16-2010
I think that the biggest mistake that obama can make right now is make comments like "this will not cost the taxpayers a dime. i am in control. blah blah blah".
We all know how illogical and unreasonable that is. The taxpayers will be out some money over this. And to suggest they won't be is just setting himself up for more of the micro-management tactics like the left wing fantatics (ie BIRD) used against bush. And to say that he is "in control" of something that is obviously very much out of control is just making it worse.
I'm not sure what the response should be, but political bullshit talk right now will only make it worse for him in the future.
He needs to just keep it on topic of the things that he can control. Assure everyone that BP is in this until the end. Assure everyone that this problem will come to an end, even though he can't guarantee when that will be. Talk truthfully about the areas that have been damaged and where the predictions are for the rest of the damage (beaches in Florida, fishing waters, etc). Highlight the fact that there have been new fishing waters re-opened and that testing is done daily to insure that no seafood coming from the gulf is contaminated.
Highlight the good things that can be confirmed.
but these comments that BP will pay every penny, etc..... those are going to come back to burn him.
Talked to some friends yesterday... - Anhil8tor - 06-16-2010
From an oil demand standpoint, nearly one-third of U.S. consumption comes from Gulf of Mexico production. While the moratorium applies to exploration efforts, clearly both jobs and future production are put in jeopardy by the decision to suspend deepwater drilling and extend the permitting process for shallow water operations. Time will tell if the enhanced safety and security measures that are under construction mitigate the immeasurable costs they impose. The most salient quote we have heard recently on the matter was by Amy Myers Jaffe, a research fellow at Rice University's Baker Institute, to the Christian Science Monitor. "What the president's announcement has accentuated for the industry in a very concrete way, is that the industry is only as safe as the practice standards of the weakest link."
Talked to some friends yesterday... - BIRD33 - 06-16-2010
Anhil8tor Wrote:From an oil demand standpoint, nearly one-third of U.S. consumption comes from Gulf of Mexico production. While the moratorium applies to exploration efforts, clearly both jobs and future production are put in jeopardy by the decision to suspend deepwater drilling and extend the permitting process for shallow water operations. Time will tell if the enhanced safety and security measures that are under construction mitigate the immeasurable costs they impose. The most salient quote we have heard recently on the matter was by Amy Myers Jaffe, a research fellow at Rice University's Baker Institute, to the Christian Science Monitor. "What the president's announcement has accentuated for the industry in a very concrete way, is that the industry is only as safe as the practice standards of the weakest link."
Can you comprehend sentences?How does this help the drill baby drill bullshit you are pushing here?The Gulf does provide a third of domestic oil consumption but if one rigs in danger of ruining the whole gulf its not worth it.You can't say for sure its safe to start up again right now.
Talked to some friends yesterday... - Anhil8tor - 06-16-2010
Remind me again how many rig incidents we had in the last 20 years.
Talked to some friends yesterday... - BIRD33 - 06-16-2010
Not really keeping count but I know of one.Its ruining the gulf and costing billions to clean up as well as screwing millions of people out of jobs that have nothing to do with your precious industry.
Talked to some friends yesterday... - Anhil8tor - 06-16-2010
Everything is directly related to drilling bird. You think we shouldn't be drilling because the charter boats can't run? The only reason there are charter boats there is because people have money to spend on luxury trips like a charter trip.
This moratorium will damage our economy as well as texas and mississippi much worse than the spill will.
Talked to some friends yesterday... - BIRD33 - 06-16-2010
Anhil8tor Wrote:Everything is directly related to drilling bird. You think we shouldn't be drilling because the charter boats can't run? The only reason there are charter boats there is because people have money to spend on luxury trips like a charter trip.
This moratorium will damage our economy as well as texas and mississippi much worse than the spill will.
Look at what egomaniac you are.Oh my god.EVERYTHING IS RELATED TO ME AND MY JOB!
I don't accept that nobody would charter boats, less would but not nobody.What % of vacationers never get on a boat when they go to the gulf?Probably pretty high.They are there for the beaches not fishing.Those beaches are ruined now.Florida has no off shore drilling and they are getting fucked by your states lack of oversight over the oil industry.
You can't be serious that the oil industry moratorium will have bigger ramifications then the tourism industry dying.You can not say that with a straight face.Its bullshit points like this with no basis of fact that make me lose any respect I had for you.
Talked to some friends yesterday... - Anhil8tor - 06-16-2010
I was speaking strictly for Louisiana.... and yes it will.
Talked to some friends yesterday... - BIRD33 - 06-16-2010
Its not just about you or LA.Florida's economy doesnt count I guess.What a united states we live in.
Talked to some friends yesterday... - Tribal Dragon - 06-16-2010
[video=youtube;vrsQkIzzPbc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrsQkIzzPbc&feature=player_embedded[/video]
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Talked to some friends yesterday... - BIRD33 - 06-16-2010
Tribal Dragon Wrote:[video=youtube;vrsQkIzzPbc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrsQkIzzPbc&feature=player_embedded[/video]
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She's brutal.I think she exists just for my entertainment.
Talked to some friends yesterday... - snarg - 06-16-2010
Anhil8tor Wrote:From an oil demand standpoint, nearly one-third of U.S. consumption comes from Gulf of Mexico production. While the moratorium applies to exploration efforts, clearly both jobs and future production are put in jeopardy by the decision to suspend deepwater drilling and extend the permitting process for shallow water operations. Time will tell if the enhanced safety and security measures that are under construction mitigate the immeasurable costs they impose. The most salient quote we have heard recently on the matter was by Amy Myers Jaffe, a research fellow at Rice University's Baker Institute, to the Christian Science Monitor. "What the president's announcement has accentuated for the industry in a very concrete way, is that the industry is only as safe as the practice standards of the weakest link."
you really should cite your source when quoting
many boreds won't even let you just paste in like this without citing the source
TIA
Talked to some friends yesterday... - Flumper Barflusterbutt - 06-16-2010
Do you know what the dumbest fucking thing that President Obama said last night? It just really pisses me off when politicians do this. And the sad thing is that there's probably a whole shitload of dumb fucks out there that fall for it.
He said that what this oil spill has pointed out to us is something that our nation has been avoiding for 30 years now. Our dependence on petroleum. We consume 20% of the world's oil and we produce only 2%. Which has forced us to use deep water drilling even though there are inherent dangers.
* okay, true enough. but he continues......
He said the time is NOW. We must rid ourselves of our addiction to oil. Then he pointed out how much his administration has been doing. He has new factories turning out windmills and solar panels. We have to start getting more energy from wind power and solar power.
* um? wait. wind and solar are going to rid our addiction to petroleum? now just how in the fuck are they going to do that?
Source: Flumper's brain.