Spill baby spill
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you give me too much credit
No offence, but WSJ's opinion page is barely worth the ePaper that it's written on.
Although if you want to read the WSJ without being a subscriber, just highlight the title and search Google for it (highlight, right click in Chrome). It'll usually show up as the 1st or 2nd result, and as long as you access it from Google, you can read the whole article!
none taken; and i couldn't disagree more.
well, i could, but don't see the point in that.
that's precisely what i did; wasn't sure if others knew. in this regard, i'm hopelessly fiscally conservative (cheap/niggardly/parsimonious). i even spent a good 20 min looking for a free chelsea handler ebook: my horizontal life: a collection of one-night stands (we celebrated bush's 04 victory by setting fire to our libraries)Although if you want to read the WSJ without being a subscriber, just highlight the title and search Google for it (highlight, right click in Chrome). It'll usually show up as the 1st or 2nd result, and as long as you access it from Google, you can read the whole article!
still looking...
So the whole funnel thingy didn't work.
Now they are proposing plugging it up with golf balls and tires.
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/may/11/oil-spill-how-would-you-fix-leak/news-breaking/
Good luck!
Now they are proposing plugging it up with golf balls and tires.
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/may/11/oil-spill-how-would-you-fix-leak/news-breaking/
Good luck!
Can we plug it with the bodies of any politician who has ever made a speech in support of slant drilling off US shores? We can glue it together with the carcasses of oil-drowned wildlife to make sure we please both sides of the aisle.
We should call Bruce Willis and Michael Bay to see if they could whip something up.
I don't know if this is the kind of problem which can be solved with explosions and violence.
we could use all the brown people we killed in the name of freedom....
aren't they already being used in rebuilding the levies in n.o.?
wow. just wow.
"It's not a leak, it's a volcano spewing oil"
"It's not a leak, it's a volcano spewing oil"
Man you guys should see how half assed BP is dealing with this.
They are spooking volunteers with legal hoops while this fvucking huge mess keeps rolling.
As it turns out they did such a good job lobbying to water down regs and procedures that they skipped on filing the *required* safety documents with the local parish regarding the tested/functionality of the BOP (blow out preventer).
You know, the last line of saftey in case sh1t happens!!
And they had safety issues with capping the well in the days leading up the explosion.
Some dead dolphins washed onshore in LA and MS and BP said don't jump to any conclusions b/c that happens naturally anyway.
So, the 1st dome/box didn't work and all they can do is keep spraying very toxic dispersants at the oil and guess what?
Europe banned that stuff for being so harmfull to the environment.
Basically, BP/Trans Ocean/Halliburton really screwed up, didn't have an
"oh sh1t" plan and the regulatory/oversight agencies involved were so cozy with the industry that they were'nt doing their job of looking out for us.
Imagine that?
They are spooking volunteers with legal hoops while this fvucking huge mess keeps rolling.
As it turns out they did such a good job lobbying to water down regs and procedures that they skipped on filing the *required* safety documents with the local parish regarding the tested/functionality of the BOP (blow out preventer).
You know, the last line of saftey in case sh1t happens!!
And they had safety issues with capping the well in the days leading up the explosion.
Some dead dolphins washed onshore in LA and MS and BP said don't jump to any conclusions b/c that happens naturally anyway.
So, the 1st dome/box didn't work and all they can do is keep spraying very toxic dispersants at the oil and guess what?
Europe banned that stuff for being so harmfull to the environment.
Basically, BP/Trans Ocean/Halliburton really screwed up, didn't have an
"oh sh1t" plan and the regulatory/oversight agencies involved were so cozy with the industry that they were'nt doing their job of looking out for us.
Imagine that?
People of the United States vs BP/Halliburton/Trans Ocean
i expect there will be more people recusing themselves than plaintiffs
many swim
few are beaten
It's starting to get really painful to watch this mess.
If there were a crying smiley I'd be using it now.
If there were a crying smiley I'd be using it now.
Someone needs to swing. 
that's b/c you're a pussy who can't appreciate the dawning of a new american era of achievement by having oil just wash up to us. no more "hunting" for oil or buying from muslims. we just back our SUVs up to the shore & siphon it straight in.
america.
**** yeah.
I think they are just trying to finally get back at us for that little incident with the tea...Man you guys should see how half assed BP is dealing with this.
They are spooking volunteers with legal hoops while this fvucking huge mess keeps rolling.
As it turns out they did such a good job lobbying to water down regs and procedures that they skipped on filing the *required* safety documents with the local parish regarding the tested/functionality of the BOP (blow out preventer).
You know, the last line of saftey in case sh1t happens!!
And they had safety issues with capping the well in the days leading up the explosion.
Some dead dolphins washed onshore in LA and MS and BP said don't jump to any conclusions b/c that happens naturally anyway.
So, the 1st dome/box didn't work and all they can do is keep spraying very toxic dispersants at the oil and guess what?
Europe banned that stuff for being so harmfull to the environment.
Basically, BP/Trans Ocean/Halliburton really screwed up, didn't have an
"oh sh1t" plan and the regulatory/oversight agencies involved were so cozy with the industry that they were'nt doing their job of looking out for us.
Imagine that?
7 Strange and Sad Facts About the Gulf Oil Spill
My favorite: . Unlike the oil gusher, any lawsuits against BP would be capped.
The 1990 Oil Pollution Act ensures that a civil suit cannot find BP liable formore than $75 million, excluding the cost of the cleanup. However, on May 5, Representative Rush Holt (D-NJ) introduced a bill to the House of Representatives that would raise the maximum penalty for an oil spill to $10 billion. As of now, the bill remains in committee.
My favorite: . Unlike the oil gusher, any lawsuits against BP would be capped.
The 1990 Oil Pollution Act ensures that a civil suit cannot find BP liable formore than $75 million, excluding the cost of the cleanup. However, on May 5, Representative Rush Holt (D-NJ) introduced a bill to the House of Representatives that would raise the maximum penalty for an oil spill to $10 billion. As of now, the bill remains in committee.
wow $75 mil wouldn't even come close 
It's $75M NOT including cleanup costs. They would still be responsible for the full cost of the cleanup. They're limited to $75M in liability (and punitive?) beyond cleanup. Still low considering the magnitude, but not as bad as you were thinking.wow $75 mil wouldn't even come close
They need to get Red Undadair onto it.
Hey guys i thought i would check in local and confirm that oil is all up in the marshes now and turtles,pelicans etc are starting to show up saturated and dead.
Todays newspaper confirmed that BP had outsourced the testing of Haliburtins cement linings with Schlumberger to perform the "acoustic"test which is considered the only way in the industry to test a well's seal.
well, 11 hours before the explosion BP sent the Schlumberger test crew home w/o performing the final test.
Thats right, they boarded the crew on helicopter and sent them back to shore.
Schlumberger was testing the cement linings of Haliberton at the time.
Thats pretty much it right and the fact that the oil sllick is headed in to the "loop current" which means thats both sides of Florida and the east coast are goind to start seeing this **** on your soil too.
Todays newspaper confirmed that BP had outsourced the testing of Haliburtins cement linings with Schlumberger to perform the "acoustic"test which is considered the only way in the industry to test a well's seal.
well, 11 hours before the explosion BP sent the Schlumberger test crew home w/o performing the final test.
Thats right, they boarded the crew on helicopter and sent them back to shore.
Schlumberger was testing the cement linings of Haliberton at the time.
Thats pretty much it right and the fact that the oil sllick is headed in to the "loop current" which means thats both sides of Florida and the east coast are goind to start seeing this **** on your soil too.
Its not water, its vinaigrette.*
*not my joke, heard it on Bill Maher.
*not my joke, heard it on Bill Maher.
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I wish it was that easy .
Every event is being canceled from Shrimp festival, Crawfish fest, Tarpin Rodeo, etc..., trust me , the fall out is a big deal.
I'm beyond angry, just sad really.........
So either the tube-in-a-tube is capturing ALL of the oil, or there's a lot more than 5,000 barrels leaking out...
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-05-20/bp-increases-gulf-oil-leak-recovery-flow-continues-correct-.html
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-05-20/bp-increases-gulf-oil-leak-recovery-flow-continues-correct-.html
I know, I know. Lived in Gretna for 10 years, my kid was born at what used to be Mercy Baptist. Still feel a little like a coon ass, it is sad. Friend of ours had a shrimp stand off Barataria (over in Westego) and they are done now, packing it up. Katrina and now this, they have no fight left.
All I see is blac.......
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