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QuakerOats
Posts: 8,740
May 27, 2010 10:09am
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 ..........
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 ..........
ptown_trojans_1
Posts: 7,632
May 27, 2010 10:26am
What do you want him to do? Cancel everything and be literally on top of the pump closing the hole?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 ..........
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.
majorspark
Posts: 5,122
May 27, 2010 10:38am
Foxnews is reporting "top kill" as having some success. Reports are unconfirmed and preliminary.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/05/26/bp-says-effort-plug-spill-going-planned/
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/05/26/bp-says-effort-plug-spill-going-planned/
majorspark
Posts: 5,122
May 27, 2010 10:40am
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.ptown_trojans_1 wrote: On Jindal, I agree, a big Charlie Foxtrot about the permits and such.
j_crazy
Posts: 8,372
May 27, 2010 10:46am
i hope to God it doesn't fail.
CenterBHSFan
Posts: 6,115
May 27, 2010 10:50am
Me too, J Crazy!j_crazy wrote: i hope to God it doesn't fail.
CenterBHSFan
Posts: 6,115
May 27, 2010 10:51am
majorspark wrote: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.ptown_trojans_1 wrote: On Jindal, I agree, a big Charlie Foxtrot about the permits and such.
I agree, Major.
Act now and deal with whatever (if any) federal/political wrath later.
ptown_trojans_1
Posts: 7,632
May 27, 2010 11:50am
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/27/AR2010052701957.html?hpid=topnews
Oil spill is now nation's worst.
11 million gallons spilled in the Exxon Valdez disaster
17-39 million in this one.
Damn......
Oil spill is now nation's worst.
11 million gallons spilled in the Exxon Valdez disaster
17-39 million in this one.
Damn......
CenterBHSFan
Posts: 6,115
May 27, 2010 11:53am
Well, the resignations have started!
http://www.wtov9.com/politics/23695578/detail.html?treets=steu&tml=steu_natlbreak&ts=T&tmi=steu_natlbreak_1_09450105272010
http://www.wtov9.com/politics/23695578/detail.html?treets=steu&tml=steu_natlbreak&ts=T&tmi=steu_natlbreak_1_09450105272010
fish82
Posts: 4,111
May 27, 2010 12:28pm
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.
majorspark
Posts: 5,122
May 27, 2010 2:49pm
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".
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/kevin-costner-machine-bp-oil-clean/story?id=10689928The 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.
FatHobbit
Posts: 8,651
May 27, 2010 3:14pm
Kevon Costner?! That's awesome, but who would have thought?majorspark wrote: BP is testing Kevin Costner's machines that claim to be able to separate oil from water.
ptown_trojans_1
Posts: 7,632
May 27, 2010 3:15pm
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".
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/kevin-costner-machine-bp-oil-clean/story?id=10689928The 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.
No way. What thread was it where we just said Coster could save the world? Awesome.
j_crazy
Posts: 8,372
May 27, 2010 3:22pm
am i the only one curious as to why the water coming out of that machine was bright red?
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cbus4life
Posts: 2,849
May 27, 2010 3:28pm
Hahaha, that is priceless.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".
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/kevin-costner-machine-bp-oil-clean/story?id=10689928The 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.
No way. What thread was it where we just said Coster could save the world? Awesome.
majorspark
Posts: 5,122
May 27, 2010 3:34pm
http://www.ohiochatter.com/Thread-What-Federal-Programs-and-Departments-in-the-Executive-Branch-need-to-be-eliminatedptown_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".
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/kevin-costner-machine-bp-oil-clean/story?id=10689928The 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.
No way. What thread was it where we just said Coster could save the world? Awesome.
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QuakerOats
Posts: 8,740
May 27, 2010 3:51pm
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.
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.
fish82
Posts: 4,111
May 29, 2010 4:20pm
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.
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.
Glory Days
Posts: 7,809
May 29, 2010 4:49pm
haha no shit sherlock!...I’ve heard no complaints from my members about the way the president has handled it,” Pelosi stated.
tk421
Posts: 8,500
May 29, 2010 4:56pm
I'd give anything if Pelosi would disappear.
majorspark
Posts: 5,122
May 29, 2010 6:17pm
Looks like "top kill" has failed. Oil continues to pour into the gulf.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/05/29/bp-says-latest-effort-plug-leak-succeeded-mulling-options/
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/05/29/bp-says-latest-effort-plug-leak-succeeded-mulling-options/
tk421
Posts: 8,500
May 29, 2010 6:24pm
Not that I want to jinx it, but I'm surprised the gas prices haven't risen because of this spill.
majorspark
Posts: 5,122
May 29, 2010 6:45pm
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.tk421 wrote: Not that I want to jinx it, but I'm surprised the gas prices haven't risen because of this spill.
tk421
Posts: 8,500
May 29, 2010 7:00pm
Yeah, Obama and his administration are clearly the enemies of Big Oil.majorspark wrote: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.tk421 wrote: Not that I want to jinx it, but I'm surprised the gas prices haven't risen because of this spill.
Mr. 300
Posts: 3,090
May 29, 2010 9:38pm
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.