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| Officials Back to Gulf as Frustration on Spill Spreads |
| 2010-05-23 |
| Under increasing criticism for not moving more aggressively to halt the oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico, President Barack Obama sent three cabinet members to the area, examined possible new remedies and formed a special commission to investigate the disastrous leak and “make sure it never happens again.' Wow! Three Obama cabinet members. That'll give us another 150 IQ points working on the problem. With some Louisiana islands now fouled by layers of heavy crude, and species like the brown pelican increasingly endangered, anger has been mounting against both the government and BP, which is legally responsible for the cleanup. Lisa P. Jackson, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, was meeting with frustrated Louisiana residents on Sunday, while Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano were heading to the region on Monday. At first I was filled with despair at the thought of Napolitano coming here again. Haven't we suffered enough? But then I called my cousin, rig worker T-Jean Robichaux, who cheered me up. "Cher, I seen her on the TV. She just about the size of dat hole in the riser. Problem solved. The other two, I give 'em to Marie and she put 'em in the jambalaya. Laissez les bon temps rouler! Mr. Obama said he would hold both the government and BP accountable. With whom does the buck stop, O Enlightened One? |
| Posted by:Matt |
| #10 Oh yeah, TEST OF DESIRED OWG-NWO + "GLOBALISM" > like COMET APOPHIS + allowing LUNAR CONSTRUX via THIRD-PARTY, PROB-PRONE, RISQUE' NON-US FIRMS in the Name of INTERNAT, FUTURE SPACE DIPLOMACY. This, Virgina, is anuther reason WHY GOD INVENTED JOHN WAYNE! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-05-23 21:48 |
| #9 "Hey numbnuts! Close that valve now!" "Some at one extreme believe this valve should be closed. Others believe that it should remain open. Let me be perfectly clear: I intend to leave this valve halfway open while we pursue a policy of constructive engagement..." Swoosh. BOOM. |
| Posted by: Matt 2010-05-23 16:20 |
| #8 True dat, Thing. There'd be a real danger of the entire crew injuring themselves from falling down laughing at The One™ pretending to "work." |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-05-23 15:59 |
| #7 Forget the workers, think of the insurance. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-05-23 15:48 |
| #6 "it would be kinda fun to see Barry spend one shift on a working rig" Good grief, Matt - can you imagine what kind of premium they'd have to pay the real oil rig workers to put up with that? I doubt even the most solvent oil company has that kind of money. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-05-23 15:47 |
| #5 This is a nightmare scenario for Barry in the sense that the problem can be only be fixed by hard physical work and skillful engineering, neither of which is exactly in Barry's skill set. The oil won't be community organized, it won't stop in exchange for a job in city government, and it doesn't care a whit about high-flying speeches. The best thing he can do is to not distract the grown-ups from the task at hand. But it would be kinda fun to see Barry spend one shift on a working rig. |
| Posted by: Matt 2010-05-23 15:20 |
| #4 If Zero has any useful ideas I am sure BP will be glad to put them to use. Virtually all the major oil and service companies are contributing their engineering staff and ideas, and even equipment to the effort. Corners were (legally) cut before the blowout but none are being cut now. Washington politicians can do NOTHING to fix the current spill, and the only thing they can do to prevent future spills is to prevent future drilling - and a number of them intend to try to do that. If they succeed, look for 25% unemployment and $8 gasoline - and very cold homes in Boston in the winter. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-05-23 15:02 |
| #3 True. Not everywhere, but it's there and more coming. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-05-23 14:54 |
| #2 Louisiana islands now fouled by layers of heavy crude I do not have TV. Is this true or MSM exaggeration? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-05-23 14:42 |
| #1 With whom does the buck stop, O Enlightened One? Someplace else... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-05-23 14:37 |