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2010-05-23 Home Front: Politix

Officials Back to Gulf as Frustration on Spill Spreads

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Posted by Matt 2010-05-23 14:04|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 With whom does the buck stop, O Enlightened One?

Someplace else...

Posted by tu3031 2010-05-23 14:37|| 2010-05-23 14:37|| Front Page Top

#2 Louisiana islands now fouled by layers of heavy crude

I do not have TV. Is this true or MSM exaggeration?

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2010-05-23 14:42|| 2010-05-23 14:42|| Front Page Top

#3 True. Not everywhere, but it's there and more coming.

Posted by Glenmore 2010-05-23 14:54|| 2010-05-23 14:54|| Front Page Top

#4 If Zero has any useful ideas I am sure BP will be glad to put them to use. Virtually all the major oil and service companies are contributing their engineering staff and ideas, and even equipment to the effort. Corners were (legally) cut before the blowout but none are being cut now.
Washington politicians can do NOTHING to fix the current spill, and the only thing they can do to prevent future spills is to prevent future drilling - and a number of them intend to try to do that. If they succeed, look for 25% unemployment and $8 gasoline - and very cold homes in Boston in the winter.

Posted by Glenmore 2010-05-23 15:02|| 2010-05-23 15:02|| Front Page Top

#5 This is a nightmare scenario for Barry in the sense that the problem can be only be fixed by hard physical work and skillful engineering, neither of which is exactly in Barry's skill set. The oil won't be community organized, it won't stop in exchange for a job in city government, and it doesn't care a whit about high-flying speeches. The best thing he can do is to not distract the grown-ups from the task at hand. But it would be kinda fun to see Barry spend one shift on a working rig.

Posted by Matt 2010-05-23 15:20|| 2010-05-23 15:20|| Front Page Top

#6 "it would be kinda fun to see Barry spend one shift on a working rig"

Good grief, Matt - can you imagine what kind of premium they'd have to pay the real oil rig workers to put up with that?

I doubt even the most solvent oil company has that kind of money.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-05-23 15:47|| 2010-05-23 15:47|| Front Page Top

#7 Forget the workers, think of the insurance.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-05-23 15:48|| 2010-05-23 15:48|| Front Page Top

#8 True dat, Thing.

There'd be a real danger of the entire crew injuring themselves from falling down laughing at The One™ pretending to "work."

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-05-23 15:59|| 2010-05-23 15:59|| Front Page Top

#9 "Hey numbnuts! Close that valve now!"

"Some at one extreme believe this valve should be closed. Others believe that it should remain open. Let me be perfectly clear: I intend to leave this valve halfway open while we pursue a policy of constructive engagement..."

Swoosh. BOOM.

Posted by Matt 2010-05-23 16:20|| 2010-05-23 16:20|| Front Page Top

#10 Oh yeah, TEST OF DESIRED OWG-NWO + "GLOBALISM" > like COMET APOPHIS + allowing LUNAR CONSTRUX via THIRD-PARTY, PROB-PRONE, RISQUE' NON-US FIRMS in the Name of INTERNAT, FUTURE SPACE DIPLOMACY.

This, Virgina, is anuther reason WHY GOD INVENTED JOHN WAYNE!

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-05-23 21:48|| 2010-05-23 21:48|| Front Page Top

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