BS and the gulf oil spill

[islandbass]

Originally Posted by 1/4 stick

It's more than fair WTL.

I fear though, that some, including Obama, see this as an oppertunity. I don't think the prez is in any hurry to clean this mess up, because the more damage that is done will give them more ammunition against oil and to lay more taxes on us to feed to their carbon credit joke. And to put into windmill farms and nuclear plants which will never be built because no one wants them around them.

I pray for you folks down there. And for all of us, because in the end, eventually the rest of the country will feel the results of the damage.

Well said. Lord forbid, but I know one staffer in the administration who would never let a good "crisis go to waste."

Thoughts and prayers to those whose livelihoods are affected by this disaster.

[screwballl]

give it a few months, we should see an Al Gore and/or Michael Moore movie about how big oil wants us to drill our beaches and cover them with derricks that will be making oil spills like this every few months...
They got what they wanted when they voted: change. Now they see it was not the good kind of change. Hopefully Palin (we can hope ) when she gets in there will reverse 90% of what has been done.

[keithdog]

Originally Posted by screwballl

give it a few months, we should see an Al Gore and/or Michael Moore movie about how big oil wants us to drill our beaches and cover them with derricks that will be making oil spills like this every few months...
They got what they wanted when they voted: change. Now they see it was not the good kind of change. Hopefully Palin (we can hope ) when she gets in there will reverse 90% of what has been done.

That change brought along with it Chicago style poiltics at it's finest. I'm not sure how anyone can expect anything else.

[flfireman]

It sucks. If it hits the marshes, bays, estuaries we are screwed. If this goes south and hits the Florida bay or Tampa that's water moving oil inland. Everything down here is connected one way or another. This could completely devastate the fresh and salt water in Florida. Im not leaving the other states out of this, I just know more about my state than the others.

[WTL]

Hoseholder, I think as a worst case scenario that is possible, but its my gut feeling that the oil has been moving slowly enough that it probably will take a little longer for the oil to get into tampa bay. I live less than 100 miles I reckon from the pipe, and its taken all this time for it to get into mobile bay (its now in the bay). Yesterday I did smell the strong stench of oil.

I also am maintaining a hope, backed by precedent, that this thing will clean up quicker than the 20 year disaster they are currently predicting. In the 70s I think there was a worse spill off mexico that was pretty much forgotten over the years. The heat, the storms, the current might be our best ally. Once they get the thing stopped, a hurricane might be the best thing we could have.

[1/4 stick]

That worries me when you mention a hurricane being a good thing. Sort of puts perspective on how serious this is. We're praying for you guys WTL. Quicker than expected clean up or not, this is something that will have an impact on you folks for a long time to come.

[haverodwilltravel]

Originally Posted by Rebbasser

66, I think that same thing every time I see a video of that pipe spewing oil. I guess they don't try it because 1) the government is now involved, which means nothing is being done, and 2) it makes sense.

Keith, you say the press is turning a blind eye to obama's response. What response other that "we've been on it from day one"? Reading a teleprompter ain't going to fix this one.

Couldn't have said it better myself. Let's face it the guy isn't a manager, never was a manager and that was the message we tried to get out during the election. The problem is the media made him their Messiah and all the Lemmings followed him into debt and now they are headed for some very greasy water. I wish someone would just admit this has been a nightmare and have the top 5 resign (Obama, Biden, Pelosi, Reid and Hillary). Give us back America, the fishing in the Gulf and our grand childrens money. It's heartbreaking watching him golf while the gulf gets destroyed. Like most lawyers he got the cash for his cronies and he thinks the job is done.