prole Posted June 5, 2010 Posted June 5, 2010 Awwwww, is the big ol' mean nasty government not doing enough for you, Nitrox? Quote
Nitrox Posted June 5, 2010 Posted June 5, 2010 Awwwww, is the big ol' mean nasty government not doing enough for you, Nitrox? Enough? Nah, they're watching the polls patiently waiting for the perfect opportunity to make it look like they did anything at all. In other news Barry approved some new gulf oil wells. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100602/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_oil_spill_new_well Quote
prole Posted June 5, 2010 Posted June 5, 2010 In other news Barry approved some new gulf oil wells. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100602/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_oil_spill_new_well Oh, and you're a bit late on this one... Federal regulators on Thursday rescinded two new offshore drilling permits — less than 24 hours after authorizing them — as part of a temporary halt to oil and gas exploration in shallow Gulf of Mexico waters. Oil and natural gas producers drilling in 500 feet or less of water will be able to resume operations once they resubmit exploratory plans and comply with new safety standards the Interior Department is set to begin advancing soon. In a drilling safety report issued May 27, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar provided a hint of some of the new requirements, including recertification of essential safety equipment and stiffened standards for capping wells. It is appropriate to begin “pulling back exploration plans … and requiring them to be updated with new information” about safety and risk, said Bob Abbey, director of the Bureau of Land Management. Interior Department officials rejected assertions the temporary pause for exploration plans to be revised and new safeguards to be implemented represented a ban on shallow-water drilling.--from here. Quote
Nitrox Posted June 5, 2010 Posted June 5, 2010 In other news Barry approved some new gulf oil wells. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100602/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_oil_spill_new_well Oh, and you're a bit late on this one... Federal regulators on Thursday rescinded two new offshore drilling permits — less than 24 hours after authorizing them — as part of a temporary halt to oil and gas exploration in shallow Gulf of Mexico waters. Oil and natural gas producers drilling in 500 feet or less of water will be able to resume operations once they resubmit exploratory plans and comply with new safety standards the Interior Department is set to begin advancing soon. In a drilling safety report issued May 27, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar provided a hint of some of the new requirements, including recertification of essential safety equipment and stiffened standards for capping wells. It is appropriate to begin “pulling back exploration plans … and requiring them to be updated with new information” about safety and risk, said Bob Abbey, director of the Bureau of Land Management. Interior Department officials rejected assertions the temporary pause for exploration plans to be revised and new safeguards to be implemented represented a ban on shallow-water drilling.--from here. Bullshit, the permits were rescinded because they made the news. As soon as the attention is off the permits will be reauthorized. Just like when the administration halted all oil production in the gulf but quietly issued waivers while no one was paying attention. You were one of those that condemned Bush for Katrina but are giving Obama a pass. At least Bush knew why his department secretaries were being forced to resign, Obama is just absent. I'm not much of a Bush fan but he acted a hell of a lot faster than Obama has and was not afraid to make a decision. Obama needs polling numbers before he can decide which way he's going to decide. Worse than Carter...now thats achievement. Quote
prole Posted June 5, 2010 Posted June 5, 2010 You were one of those that condemned Bush for Katrina but are giving Obama a pass. At least Bush knew why his department secretaries were being forced to resign, Obama is just absent. I'm not much of a Bush fan but he acted a hell of a lot faster than Obama has and was not afraid to make a decision. Obama needs polling numbers before he can decide which way he's going to decide. So there are some specific areas and decisions you can point to where the federal response hasn't met your expectations? Please lay some of those out for us. Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted June 5, 2010 Posted June 5, 2010 You were one of those that condemned Bush for Katrina but are giving Obama a pass. At least Bush knew why his department secretaries were being forced to resign, Obama is just absent. I'm not much of a Bush fan but he acted a hell of a lot faster than Obama has and was not afraid to make a decision. Obama needs polling numbers before he can decide which way he's going to decide. So there are some specific areas and decisions you can point to where the federal response hasn't met your expectations? Please lay some of those out for us. Obama's been training for diving bell duty as fast as his schedule allows. He'll be down there personally capping the spill any day now. Thank God, cuz BP's just been sitting around since the accident happened, waiting for the Boy God King Savior to arrive and make everything bad go away. Quote
prole Posted June 5, 2010 Posted June 5, 2010 Obama's been training for diving bell duty as fast as his schedule allows. He'll be down there personally capping the spill any day now. Thank God, cuz BP's just been sitting around since the accident happened, waiting for the Boy God King Savior to arrive and make everything bad go away. Looks like the Right is buying into it's own "messiah" narrative again. Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted June 5, 2010 Posted June 5, 2010 (edited) It's the Exxon Valdez all over again. What, the president can't afford his own Alvin and ROV? Clearly the Feds should be...should be...anyone?...a little help here? What should they be doing again? Hey, I'm not one of the intellectual elite. I work from the gut. It must be something, though, cuz I'M SURE AS HELL PISSED OFF ABOUT IT!!!!! Edited June 5, 2010 by tvashtarkatena Quote
prole Posted June 5, 2010 Posted June 5, 2010 I don't see anything in the US Constitution about cleaning up oil spills. Anyone? Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted June 5, 2010 Posted June 5, 2010 Obama's intentionally making the oil spill last longer. Why, you ask? Well, it's simple. The Right loves the oil spill. Why, you ask? Well, that's simple too: because it proves that we don't do enough deep water drilling. If we did, we'd be better at it and this kind of thing wouldn't happen. So, Obama's just pandering to the Right for the sake of all those Dems that are going to go down at the mid terms by doing everything he can to make the oil spill last as long as possible. The administration is saying one thing, and doing exactly the opposite in secret, every time. Quote
tvashtarkatena Posted June 5, 2010 Posted June 5, 2010 (edited) There are patriots all over this country who are stepping out of their double wides right now and saying to themselves, HEY, WAIT JUST ONE MINUTE HERE. I CAN BARELY AFFORD CIGARETTES THANKS TO TAX AND SPEND LIBERALS AND THESE FUCKERS ARE LETTING ILLEGALS FUCK UP OUR OIL WELLS!!!! Edited June 5, 2010 by tvashtarkatena Quote
billcoe Posted June 8, 2010 Posted June 8, 2010 The head guy is currently interviewing locals so he can determine who's ass to kick. What's it been, a month and a half? Wonder who the fishermen fingered? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100608/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_oil_spill " By TOM RAUM, Associated Press Writer Tom Raum, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 33 mins ago WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama says his talks with Gulf fishermen and oil spill experts are not an academic exercise. They're "so I know whose ass to kick." One target for the presidential foot: Tony Hayward, the embattled chief executive of BP. Obama was asked by Matt Lauer of NBC's "Today" about Hayward's past comments that "I want my life back," that the Gulf was "a big ocean" and that "the environmental impact of this disaster is likely to be very, very modest." "He wouldn't be working for me after any of those statements," Obama said. The interview, which was aired Tuesday on the "Today" show, was part of a stepped-up White House effort to show Obama is actively engaged in dealing with the worst oil spill in the nation's history, and to distance itself from the London-based oil giant, formerly known as British Petroleum. Polls have shown a majority of Americans believe Obama has handled the crisis poorly. The administration isn't even using the same figures as BP any more for how much oil is flowing from the blown-out well and how much is being captured. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen told a White House briefing Monday that a cap on the damaged oil well is now keeping up to 462,000 gallons of oil a day from leaking into the Gulf, up sharply from previous amounts. But his figures conflicted slightly with BP's numbers. In a statement, BP put the amount being captured at 466,200 gallons. Allen said the government was using its own flow-rate calculations and no longer wanted to rely on those from BP. Obama met Monday with his Cabinet and Allen for a briefing on the oil spill, which began April 20 with an explosion and fire that killed 11 workers on a BP-leased rig. In remarks after that meeting, Obama sought to reassure the nation that the Gulf Coast would "bounce back" from the spill — but not without time, effort and reimbursement from BP. BP is the majority owner of the oil well that blew, but other energy companies are also partners and will bear proportionate financial responsibility. Obama stepped up his rhetoric with NBC's Lauer while on a trip to Kalamazoo, Mich., to deliver a high-school commencement address. He strongly defended his role in dealing with the crisis, including his three visits to the region since the spill began. "I was down there a month ago before most of these talking heads were even paying attention to the Gulf," Obama said. The president said he has talked to a variety of "experts" on the oil spill in addition to the fishermen. "I don't sit around just talking to experts because this is a college seminar, we talk to these folks because they potentially have the best answers — so I know whose ass to kick," the president said. Asked about the damage the crisis was doing to his presidency, Obama said, "... I'm not concerned about my politics right now. I'm concerned about what's happening down in the Gulf. ... This is the largest federal response to an environmental emergency in history. From Day 1, we understood that it was going to be a major disaster." He said he understood people's frustration over the problem, but said the pressure the administration is feeling can be explained in part by unrelenting television images of spewing oil, sullied beaches and soaked pelicans. "I have to tell you, some of this is just the nature of the 24-hour news cycle," Obama said." Quote
prole Posted June 8, 2010 Posted June 8, 2010 "Talk, talk, talk. When is Obama going to do something???" Shutting down all offshore drilling until each and every rig and drillsite can be thoroughly inspected would be a good start. But then of course the nimrods would be crying about oil company jobs and profits. The party of no (fucking idea) has certainly painted itself in a corner on just about every issue imaginable. Good luck with that whole governing thing, teabaggers, if you manage to actually win anything! Quote
j_b Posted June 8, 2010 Author Posted June 8, 2010 While the oil industry and their shills in Washington were telling us there was no reason to be concerned about spills from offshore drilling: Oil spills escalated in this decade By Alan Levin, USA TODAY The number of spills from offshore oil rigs and pipelines in U.S. waters more than quadrupled this decade, a trend that could have served as a warning for the massive leak in the Gulf of Mexico, according to government data and safety experts. The spills — and the amount of oil that leaked — grew markedly worse even when taking increases in production into account, a USA TODAY analysis of federal data shows. The leaks came as the oil industry repeatedly claimed that offshore drilling was never safer. From the early 1970s through the '90s, offshore rigs and pipelines averaged about four spills per year of at least 50 barrels, according to the Minerals Management Service (MMS). One barrel is equal to 42 gallons. The average annual total surged to more than 17 from 2000 through 2009. From 2005 through 2009, spills averaged 22 a year. The company with the most spills from 2000 through 2009 is BP, which leased the well spewing millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf since April 20, according to the data. The oil giant and its affiliated companies reported 23 spills of 50 barrels or more, not including the latest blowout. Oil firm Shell was next with 21, according to MMS spill reports. Environmental activists and safety experts said the increasing numbers of spills should have been a red flag that the industry needed to tighten safety practices and that federal regulators needed to improve oversight. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-06-07-oil-spill-mess_N.htm Quote
j_b Posted June 8, 2010 Author Posted June 8, 2010 Wilkerson on Cheney and deregulation: "Cheney destroyed 50 years of regulatory mechanisms [...] He is directly responsible for what's happening in the Gulf" [video:youtube]xIyPHG07Ii0 Quote
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