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May 27, 2010 10:09 AM
Things the president is doing during the 'crisis':

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/05/the-presidential-planner-17.html

Meanwhile the government bureaucracy is holding up permits that Jindal is begging for .............................. change we can believe in ..........
May 27, 2010 10:09am
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May 27, 2010 10:26 AM
QuakerOats wrote: Things the president is doing during the 'crisis':

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/05/the-presidential-planner-17.html

Meanwhile the government bureaucracy is holding up permits that Jindal is begging for .............................. change we can believe in ..........
What do you want him to do? Cancel everything and be literally on top of the pump closing the hole?

The President is fine keeping his schedule. Let the people who really do the policy work drive the next steps, not the President. He is pretty much doing all he can without being annoying.

On Jindal, I agree, a big Charlie Foxtrot about the permits and such.
May 27, 2010 10:26am
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May 27, 2010 10:40 AM
ptown_trojans_1 wrote: On Jindal, I agree, a big Charlie Foxtrot about the permits and such.
This would be a good time to tell the feds to go pound sand and do what needs to be done. Jindal should just exercise his power as governor and take action.
May 27, 2010 10:40am
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May 27, 2010 10:46 AM
i hope to God it doesn't fail.
May 27, 2010 10:46am
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May 27, 2010 10:50 AM
j_crazy wrote: i hope to God it doesn't fail.
Me too, J Crazy! :(
May 27, 2010 10:50am
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May 27, 2010 10:51 AM
majorspark wrote:
ptown_trojans_1 wrote: On Jindal, I agree, a big Charlie Foxtrot about the permits and such.
This would be a good time to tell the feds to go pound sand and do what needs to be done. Jindal should just exercise his power as governor and take action.

I agree, Major.

Act now and deal with whatever (if any) federal/political wrath later.
May 27, 2010 10:51am
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May 27, 2010 12:28 PM
If Salazar had an ounce of dignity, he'd resign today as well. He's acted like a petulant little child throughout the entire incident.
May 27, 2010 12:28pm
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May 27, 2010 2:49 PM
BP is testing Kevin Costner's machines that claim to be able to separate oil from water. I was not aware of this. Hopefully this will be more successful than "Waterworld".
The devices, which can be taken to the spill site via barges, come in different sizes. The largest can clean water at a rate of 200 gallons per minute -- more than 50 gallons faster than the well is leaking, according to the firm. Depending on the water to oil ratio, the devices are capable of extracting 2,000 barrels of oil per day from the gulf. BP is employing six of the machines in its tests.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/kevin-costner-machine-bp-oil-clean/story?id=10689928
May 27, 2010 2:49pm
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May 27, 2010 3:14 PM
majorspark wrote: BP is testing Kevin Costner's machines that claim to be able to separate oil from water.
Kevon Costner?! That's awesome, but who would have thought?
May 27, 2010 3:14pm
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May 27, 2010 3:15 PM
majorspark wrote: BP is testing Kevin Costner's machines that claim to be able to separate oil from water. I was not aware of this. Hopefully this will be more successful than "Waterworld".
The devices, which can be taken to the spill site via barges, come in different sizes. The largest can clean water at a rate of 200 gallons per minute -- more than 50 gallons faster than the well is leaking, according to the firm. Depending on the water to oil ratio, the devices are capable of extracting 2,000 barrels of oil per day from the gulf. BP is employing six of the machines in its tests.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/kevin-costner-machine-bp-oil-clean/story?id=10689928

No way. What thread was it where we just said Coster could save the world? Awesome.
May 27, 2010 3:15pm
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May 27, 2010 3:22 PM
am i the only one curious as to why the water coming out of that machine was bright red?
May 27, 2010 3:22pm
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May 27, 2010 3:28 PM
ptown_trojans_1 wrote:
majorspark wrote: BP is testing Kevin Costner's machines that claim to be able to separate oil from water. I was not aware of this. Hopefully this will be more successful than "Waterworld".
The devices, which can be taken to the spill site via barges, come in different sizes. The largest can clean water at a rate of 200 gallons per minute -- more than 50 gallons faster than the well is leaking, according to the firm. Depending on the water to oil ratio, the devices are capable of extracting 2,000 barrels of oil per day from the gulf. BP is employing six of the machines in its tests.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/kevin-costner-machine-bp-oil-clean/story?id=10689928

No way. What thread was it where we just said Coster could save the world? Awesome.
Hahaha, that is priceless.
May 27, 2010 3:28pm
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May 27, 2010 3:34 PM
ptown_trojans_1 wrote:
majorspark wrote: BP is testing Kevin Costner's machines that claim to be able to separate oil from water. I was not aware of this. Hopefully this will be more successful than "Waterworld".
The devices, which can be taken to the spill site via barges, come in different sizes. The largest can clean water at a rate of 200 gallons per minute -- more than 50 gallons faster than the well is leaking, according to the firm. Depending on the water to oil ratio, the devices are capable of extracting 2,000 barrels of oil per day from the gulf. BP is employing six of the machines in its tests.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/kevin-costner-machine-bp-oil-clean/story?id=10689928

No way. What thread was it where we just said Coster could save the world? Awesome.
http://www.ohiochatter.com/Thread-What-Federal-Programs-and-Departments-in-the-Executive-Branch-need-to-be-eliminated
May 27, 2010 3:34pm
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May 27, 2010 3:51 PM
Newt was absolutely fantastic again last night.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,593618,00.html

He took obama admin to the woodshed; just some great insight included in his remarks.
May 27, 2010 3:51pm
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May 29, 2010 4:20 PM
I'm surprised that it took Her Majesty this long, but Queen Nancy has finally come to the painfully obvious realization that this whole farking mess is in fact, Bush's fault.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/pelosi-blames-bush-administration-for-bp-oil-spill-95175304.html

November is going to be a bloodbath. I'm starting to pop my popcorn now so I know I'll have enough. :D
May 29, 2010 4:20pm
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May 29, 2010 4:49 PM
...I’ve heard no complaints from my members about the way the president has handled it,” Pelosi stated.
haha no shit sherlock!
May 29, 2010 4:49pm
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May 29, 2010 4:56 PM
I'd give anything if Pelosi would disappear.
May 29, 2010 4:56pm
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May 29, 2010 6:24 PM
Not that I want to jinx it, but I'm surprised the gas prices haven't risen because of this spill.
May 29, 2010 6:24pm
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May 29, 2010 6:45 PM
tk421 wrote: Not that I want to jinx it, but I'm surprised the gas prices haven't risen because of this spill.
That is because Bush and Cheney are no longer in power. They would have been able to get their cronies in big oil to jack up prices so they could reap windfall profits.
May 29, 2010 6:45pm
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May 29, 2010 7:00 PM
majorspark wrote:
tk421 wrote: Not that I want to jinx it, but I'm surprised the gas prices haven't risen because of this spill.
That is because Bush and Cheney are no longer in power. They would have been able to get their cronies in big oil to jack up prices so they could reap windfall profits.
Yeah, Obama and his administration are clearly the enemies of Big Oil.
May 29, 2010 7:00pm
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May 29, 2010 9:38 PM
Well, if Obama and his admin have been on top of this thing as he stated this week, that makes him and his admin a complete and utter failure. If he's going to cover his ass by claiming this, then he gets the bad press of not getting it done, not BP.
May 29, 2010 9:38pm