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2010-06-12 Home Front: Politix

'I can't suck it up with a straw,' President Obama says of Gulf oil spill

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Posted by tipper 2010-06-12 00:29|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 Suck seems to be a theme today...

Posted by M. Murcek 2010-06-12 00:36|| 2010-06-12 00:36|| Front Page Top

#2 Also, he didn't say michelle couldn't do it...

Posted by M. Murcek 2010-06-12 00:37|| 2010-06-12 00:37|| Front Page Top

#3 Mebbe because he just couldn't get that golf ball through the garden hose.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2010-06-12 01:14|| 2010-06-12 01:14|| Front Page Top

#4 Does that mean he's already tried?

Posted by Iblis 2010-06-12 02:06|| 2010-06-12 02:06|| Front Page Top

#5 Kick ass, suck ass. It's all the same to The Won.

Posted by ed 2010-06-12 03:07|| 2010-06-12 03:07|| Front Page Top

#6 In case I was being to cryptic: he can't do either.

Posted by ed 2010-06-12 03:08|| 2010-06-12 03:08|| Front Page Top

#7 I blame BP for ~~the~~ ~~spill~~ disrupting Barry's vacation schedule. This has to be the longest he's gone without one.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-06-12 03:35|| 2010-06-12 03:35|| Front Page Top

#8 Kevin Costner can though

He spent millions on a big ocean vacuum that connects to a centrifuge, separating the oil and spitting back clean water.

He offered it to BP weeks ago for testing and they accepted

then... silence

so what happened to Costner's floating hoover?

Posted by anon1 2010-06-12 04:51|| 2010-06-12 04:51|| Front Page Top

#9 Anon, it's going to be tried.

Kevin Costner might grow into the next real deal from HollyWood.

Posted by Shipman 2010-06-12 06:12|| 2010-06-12 06:12|| Front Page Top

#10 He can't clean it himself, but he certainly could show some leadership in getting the regulatory OBSTACLES to cleaning it removed.

Posted by Glenmore 2010-06-12 07:14|| 2010-06-12 07:14|| Front Page Top

#11 thanks Shipman!!

but why aren't they telling us what is going on with that? surely there has been enough time now... wish they'd hurry up

Posted by anon1 2010-06-12 07:52|| 2010-06-12 07:52|| Front Page Top

#12 He's just being uncharacteristically modest. He really is enough of a vacuum.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2010-06-12 08:02|| 2010-06-12 08:02|| Front Page Top

#13 "I ~~can't~~ suck ~~it up with a straw~~."

FIFY

Posted by Mike 2010-06-12 08:08|| 2010-06-12 08:08|| Front Page Top

#14 I would say quit, focus on your cocain, something you do know how to suck up with a straw. "Plugs" Biden finally looks like a better leader to me. ANYONE but you Barry.

Posted by wr 2010-06-12 08:24|| 2010-06-12 08:24|| Front Page Top

#15 Two Dutch companies are on stand-by to help the Americans tackle an oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico. The two companies use huge booms to sweep and suck the oil from the surface of the sea. The US authorities, however, have difficulties with the method they use.

What do the Dutch have that the Americans dont when it comes to tackling oil spills at sea? Skimmers, answers Wierd Koops, chairman of the Dutch organisation for combating oil spills, Spill Response Group Holland. - more

Note the date! 4 May 2010 - 12:44pm

Where the heck have you been.

The Donks can eat the damn oil after they established the standard of perfection in response to media crisis upon their predecessor Trunks from 2001-2008.

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-06-12 09:01|| 2010-06-12 09:01|| Front Page Top

#16 Costner's got a deal to build 32 machines for BP, but apparently the ones he has haven't been allowed to operate so far:

Though the world-famous actor and Houtaling are both pleased that BP has now agreed to deploy the devices, Costner told members of Congress earlier this week. that he'd had a hard time getting an opportunity to try out his centrifuge for the Coast Guard.

"We would offer to take our machines out there but we couldn't get onto the spots because the Coast Guard would regulate that we couldn't get there," Costner testified.

and further

Were coming to this fight very late, said Costner. I think everybody would recognize that. And so were going to do the things that we can do but this company is poised to mobilize in order to step this up and to create an environment where people can go back to work. There is a single moment that exists right at this moment and that is there are people out of work. Theres a moratorium and theres no way to lift that unless I believe the government feels that people can operate in a safe way. This represents that pivot point.

If we want to discuss the what ifs looking back, I think you could fill in the blanks of understanding if these machines were already deployed, what we would be looking at, said Costner. I could scale this out for you and we would be chasing this oil out at the derrick itself. We couldnt do anything about the size of the leak but we would be chasing that and we would be keeping that offshore.

Good thing there are screenwriters.

Posted by KBK 2010-06-12 09:43|| 2010-06-12 09:43|| Front Page Top

#17 The only good thing to come of this mess is even the Hollyweirdos and liberal environmentalists are beginning to criticize Obama. My very liberal friends have even expressed regret for voting him in!

Posted by Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2010-06-12 13:52|| 2010-06-12 13:52|| Front Page Top

#18 Obama is an imature POS! He could have released the Oil booms, he could have ordered the skim boat, regardless of where they were made, out to sea. He could have done thi all on day two! Instead he decided to watch some Britt singer has been. This is Obama and Jindells fault that the oil has reahed the marshlands. Make no mistake, while the Kings played, the castle is burning.

Posted by 49 Pan 2010-06-12 16:33|| 2010-06-12 16:33|| Front Page Top

#19 What is your problem with governor "jindleberry"? What exactly has he not done that he could have done.

Posted by bman 2010-06-12 17:25|| 2010-06-12 17:25|| Front Page Top

#20 Yup, there is law in place that allows the administration to bypass any procurement requirements, do what needs to be done, and still pass the charges to BP. So if Obama had asked the BP CEO what is happening, he might have said, we're evaluating boom in Maine. Obama could have said, "Evaluating? Get it done now, or we'll do it for you." Of course, he would have to interrupt his schedule to have that conversation.

Posted by KBK 2010-06-12 17:29|| 2010-06-12 17:29|| Front Page Top

#21 Bman,
1. He wanted to put up the berms a month ago. Said he could not do it because he needed the permit and that permit was waiting on an environmental impact study from the feds. He is responsible to the people of Louisana, he should have ok'd it and moved ahead without the feds.

2. He had the booms on site a month ago. There is a company in California that made another 200,000 feet of boom available last month. He did not act, waited instead for the feds to step in, just like a recent hurricane, now he's upset the oil has reached the shore.

3. There are at least a dozen skimmers sitting in Louisana. They are not made in America and the fed will not contract to use them due to some 1920's law, pure bullshit.

I'm not sure of this kevin Costner deal, or where its at or not at, so no comment.

Jindell did exactly what they did before katrina, bitched about how the big government needed to step in. All in all, he's right. But once he realized the feds were stuck on stupid, he should have used the leadership his voters were counting on and put on his waders and gone to work. Why is it when there is a flood people in the midwest sandbag without waiting for uncle sam to do it? Jindell should have sent his people out there to build the sand wall, string the booms, contract with skimmer captains, and to hell with the fed and coasties until it was over.

Just my nickles worth here. I dont quit and dont take to quiters and to folks that when they have a choice to defend themselves or be a victim decide on the later.

Posted by 49 Pan 2010-06-12 20:16|| 2010-06-12 20:16|| Front Page Top

#22 That all came off a bit strong Bman. My anger is not directed at you, this is people playing politics with good people lives. The people of Louisana are good worthy Americans. I feel they have been treated with poor leadership from the coward in the white house to Jindell who found it more important to slam the white house than to actually do someting. Please dont take my comment as anger at you. We are soon to have a complete state on federal welfare.

Posted by 49 Pan 2010-06-12 20:22|| 2010-06-12 20:22|| Front Page Top

#23 Jindell is not a leader. He's a slave to process. He's not the one we are looking for.

Posted by KBK 2010-06-12 20:33|| 2010-06-12 20:33|| Front Page Top

#24 Yah, but maybe the people of Louisiana are really waiting for someone to start the secession process.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-06-12 20:39|| 2010-06-12 20:39|| Front Page Top

#25 thanks for that good update on Costner!!

Well I just spoke to a friend who works on an offshore rig. He said the US have rules that DON'T ALLOW for ships to suck up the water, separate the oil and spit the old water back out. Even if it is much better having 0.5% oil in the water instead of 70% oil in the water, the rules say you can't stick the treated water back in the ocean.

so that might be why they can't operate.

because they'd need to separate the oil out and pump the bilge back to operate effectively

too much regulation preventing solutions?

Honestly if they got those vacuum cleaning boats out to the rig on Day 2 of the disaster it might not be so bad now!

Posted by anon1 2010-06-12 20:50|| 2010-06-12 20:50|| Front Page Top

#26 So are they going to televise Bumbles kicking his own ass? I'd pay to see that.

Posted by CrazyFool 2010-06-12 21:08|| 2010-06-12 21:08|| Front Page Top

#27 Don, et al, I disagree. Fed penalties are nothing to sneer at, especially with this POTUS - btw his name is Jindal. IMHO he's been doing what he can within the EPA and POTUS restrictions. I don't often disagree with you, but on this, I do

Posted by Frank G 2010-06-12 21:29|| 2010-06-12 21:29|| Front Page Top

#28 First, sorry for the mis-spelling of Jindal's name.

I'm pretty sure that the President has the authority to waive environmental rules in an emergency. And he has the ability to delegate that authority to the Admiral. But, he won't. That makes this incursion Obama's problem. If he was as smart as he's purported to be, he could have stayed above it.

Posted by KBK 2010-06-12 21:39|| 2010-06-12 21:39|| Front Page Top

#29 "too much regulation preventing solutions"

That's a statement that fits just about everything where the gummint is involved, anon. :-(

We have TOO MUCH REGULATION and not enough common sense.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-06-12 21:53|| 2010-06-12 21:53|| Front Page Top

#30 "So are they going to televise Bumbles kicking his own ass? I'd pay to see that."

If they'd put it on pay-per-view, with the money going to the government, we could easily pay off the national debt, CF.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-06-12 22:11|| 2010-06-12 22:11|| Front Page Top

#31 No problem Pan, I have been here a long time and respect your opinions. On this one I wanted to know more.

Posted by bman 2010-06-12 22:46|| 2010-06-12 22:46|| Front Page Top

#32 Your friend is absolutely correct anon1.
Even if he only dipped one teacup of fresh seawater out of the ocean, he could be arrested and both he and BP would face a big fine if he poured it back where it came from.

Posted by junkirony 2010-06-12 23:48|| 2010-06-12 23:48|| Front Page Top

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