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2010-07-02 Science & Technology

Senate panel approves creation of competing Gulf oil spill commission

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Posted by 3dc 2010-07-02 02:24|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Barrasso said the newly proposed commission which he said is modeled after the 9/11 Commission is needed to provide a truly unbiased bipartisan review of offshore drilling in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico spill. Obamas commission appears to me to be stacked with people philosophically opposed to offshore drilling, Barrasso said.

Ah, yes, partisan politics again trump science and engineering. Another useless commission like the one set up before it and also the 9-11 commission.

Posted by Alaska Paul in Reykjavik, Iceland 2010-07-02 06:02|| 2010-07-02 06:02|| Front Page Top

#2 And now we'll get that oil sopped up twice as fast.

Posted by eLarson 2010-07-02 16:41|| 2010-07-02 16:41|| Front Page Top

#3 Then words did rise and honest doubt
And four grave ministers sat about
Whether the blow that left him dead
Cut off his body, or his head.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-07-02 20:53|| 2010-07-02 20:53|| Front Page Top

#4 Gorgeous, Snowy Thing. What's that from?

Posted by trailing wife 2010-07-02 23:52|| 2010-07-02 23:52|| Front Page Top

#5 Sorry that's late; it's from a poem by G. K. Chesterson, called "The Horrible History of Jones."

I just checked online, the only versions I see have a slightly variant wording, so your mileage may vary. Reality's mileage may vary.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-07-02 23:55|| 2010-07-02 23:55|| Front Page Top

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