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2010-06-24 Home Front: Politix

Mark Tapscott: Big Government is dying in the Gulf oil spill

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Posted by Fred 2010-06-24 10:43|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Desperate times call for desperate measures. Saving Florida thousands and thousands and jillions of hotel and resturant jobs require this threat be dealt with in the most obvious fashion possible. First, fetch the nearest battleship, that would be the Alabama, remove all obvious armaments and add deck cranes to change the siloette, that it might be able to sneak up on the well. Cleverly insert a surplus B53 inside the newly added cargo hold.

Sneak up on the well, have the Parche blast open a hole in the torpedo bulge, use miles and miles of wire to guide the Alabama Cargo Ship to the target.

BOOM!

tl;dr
nuke the well with a Qship.

Posted by Shipman 2010-06-24 11:35|| 2010-06-24 11:35|| Front Page Top

#2 I hate to tell you, but the Alabama no longer is floating, she rests on the bottom of Mobile Bay, to make her float again would cost millions in dredging.
The Bay's too shallow.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2010-06-24 11:56|| 2010-06-24 11:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Do you think that anyone in D.C. has figured out that all the pontificating in the world wont stop oil from coming out of that pipe?

Also notice that the activity level has dropped off markedly in the last few days despite the sub incident and the flow actually increasing?

Think the W.H. told the national media to put a lid on it?

Posted by bigjim-CA 2010-06-24 12:20|| 2010-06-24 12:20|| Front Page Top

#4 Obama still hasn't asked the Navy for help...

Posted by 3dc 2010-06-24 12:33|| 2010-06-24 12:33|| Front Page Top

#5 Obama still hasn't asked the Navy for help...

Don't need 'em. The 2nd Heavy/Light Air/Land/Lunar Transformation Company is on the move. A mobius move is rourmored.

Posted by Shipman 2010-06-24 12:40|| 2010-06-24 12:40|| Front Page Top

#6 RJ, the Texas is prime backup. Old but steel is steel, pipes are pipes.

Worser comes to worser (which it will, it always does) the North Carolina may have to be overhauled.

Seriously tho... 9 Presidential Unit Citations! Don't believe the conventional wisdom of Parches demise... she got chillrun hanging out at the wellhead all the time.

Posted by Shipman 2010-06-24 12:46|| 2010-06-24 12:46|| Front Page Top

#7 It's not correct to say no one has resigned. The head of the Minerals Management Service resigned 27 May, (per WSJ:) as the agency is under intense scrutiny from lawmakers, some of whom have complained that her agency was too lax in setting and enforcing safety regulations on offshore oil and gas companies. A Wall Street Journal article earlier this month detailed how the agency had often deferred to the industry on decisions about what sorts of technologies or practices should be implemented to improve safety.
MMS played a key role in approving some of the engineering which led to the blowout in the Gulf.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-06-24 13:08|| 2010-06-24 13:08|| Front Page Top

#8 It is the MMS responsibility to approve all of the engineering which led to the blowout in the Gulf. Once that approval was given BP was legally bound to adhere not only to the casing and cementing design, but also the installing and testing processes required by the permit. A drilling company can legally do no more or no less than is stipulated in the permits issued by the MMS.

Posted by junkiron 2010-06-24 21:44|| 2010-06-24 21:44|| Front Page Top

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