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2010-08-22 Economy

US: 23K jobs evaporate in Gulf oil drilling ban

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Posted by Fred 2010-08-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 Not a problem,really. BP will be forced to pay for all the people who lost their jobs, since the moratorium was their fault.
Of course, BP will be forced to pay for people from Minnesota who suffered mental anguish over the spill, too.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2010-08-22 01:16|| 2010-08-22 01:16|| Front Page Top

#2 Further dependence on Mooslim oil. Barry's goal is achieved through yet another crisis. We should never waste a good crisis you know.

(Those cra**er, off-shore rig workers all vote for Pubs anyway)

Posted by Besoeker 2010-08-22 08:27|| 2010-08-22 08:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Further dependence on Mooslim oil. Barry's goal is achieved through yet another crisis

Now we know why Zero was bowing to the Saudi king.

Posted by DMFD 2010-08-22 09:17|| 2010-08-22 09:17|| Front Page Top

#4 Not to worry. The next $400B stimulus bill will have $50 M for training the oilfield workers to make windmills. Not turbines - they're too muscle-bound for such fine work.

Posted by Bobby 2010-08-22 10:07|| 2010-08-22 10:07|| Front Page Top

#5 #4 Windmills yes. My son is an Iron worker doing the rebar work. Hardest work he has ever done. Put in 80 hours last week. They go in the ground as far as they are high. Trade competition between an Iron worker, carpenter, and plummer. Three large steel bearings to make something with. All but the Iron worker complete the task. Judge looks at the single bearing of the Iron worker and asked what happened?. I lost one, broke another and couldn't do anything with the last one. Joke is Iron workers break their tools,and steal stuff. Profession joke.

Posted by Dale 2010-08-22 13:45|| 2010-08-22 13:45|| Front Page Top

#6 #1 Hello. I believe Bp will be off the hook. Tax payer is on the hook now. They will be off for a years vacation. Why work ?. Then vote in people who will keep the more flowing.

Posted by Dale 2010-08-22 13:50|| 2010-08-22 13:50|| Front Page Top

#7 Dale, you say that as if money is actually flowing to displaced oilfield workers. As far as I know, it isn't.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-08-22 14:16|| 2010-08-22 14:16|| Front Page Top

#8 Yes but where are the Russians, the Chinese, and the Mexicans going to get workers? May be a zero sum game.

Someone may have to break it to the One but his moratorium does not apply to those folks....as the environmentalists are now discovering to their great discomfort.

Posted by Kelly 2010-08-22 16:38|| 2010-08-22 16:38|| Front Page Top

#9 They go in the ground as far as they are high.

And then they freeze in the Winter.

Posted by Sleque Barnsmell1141 2010-08-22 16:45|| 2010-08-22 16:45|| Front Page Top

#10 TFSM, Hello!

I know you are close to this. I believe they will get assistance one way or another but it does take time. I just keep hearing people looking forward now to getting mini or long vacations. My son has even adapted to the routine. Work like a dog then get laid off and collect unemployment. He just does all sorts of projects when laid off.

Posted by Dale 2010-08-22 20:23|| 2010-08-22 20:23|| Front Page Top

#11 Dale, I suspect most of the management is doing what they can to avoid firing or laying off people. This divides into several categories:

* Switching people to production instead of exploration.

* Switching people to exploring elsewhere in the US.

* Sending those people overseas.

Item 2 is rather limited, because the administration has limited a lot of leases in the intermountain area. And Item 1 means that production in the Gulf will be declining faster so that whoever's President in 2013 will have a larger problem to deal with. And Item 3 means that we're going to have problems if there's a production crunch worldwide and we need the equipment and personnell back.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-08-22 21:23|| 2010-08-22 21:23|| Front Page Top

#12 I mean, there's always a way to rob Peter to pay Paul while we wait for the US's civilizational Alzheimer's to go away. We've been doing it for twenty years.

In the meantime I suggest you look for instances where someone's alzheimer's went away on its own, to encourage us to keep robbing.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-08-22 21:24|| 2010-08-22 21:24|| Front Page Top

#13 Dag Nab it! Moombeam always wrecks my train of thought. TFSM - I like your train of thought. Options are indeed limited now. I have a saying; we rob Peter to pay Paul and Sam is left out.

Posted by Dale 2010-08-22 22:44|| 2010-08-22 22:44|| Front Page Top

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