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Old 06-01-2010, 01:12 PM
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Default BP Gives Up

They can't stop it till August.

*EFFORTS TO END FLOW ARE OVER UNTIL RELIEF WELLS ARE DONE
BP DECIDED NOT TO ATTACH 2ND BLOWOUT PREVENTER, ALLEN SAYS
By Jim Polson
June 1 (Bloomberg) -- BP Plc has decided not to attach a
second blowout preventer on its leaking well in the Gulf of
Mexico and efforts to end the flow are over until the relief
wells are finished, according to the U.S. Coast Guard’s Thad
Allen, who spoke at a press conference today.
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Old 06-01-2010, 01:13 PM
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I would say containment in the Gulf is the best we can hope for. There is a possiblilty the entire east coast gets affected by the end of this. A complete and utter cluster****.
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Old 06-01-2010, 01:21 PM
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Im curious to know why we havent called the Army Corp of Engineers in to see what they think can be done ......and bill BP for it. It seems our government is very content to just sit by and let BP do all the decision making.
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Old 06-01-2010, 01:22 PM
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Im curious to know why we havent called the Army Corp of Engineers in to see what they think can be done ......and bill BP for it. It seems our government is very content to just sit by and let BP do all the decision making.
Yeah they did such a fine job with the levees.
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Old 06-01-2010, 01:28 PM
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Yeah they did such a fine job with the levees.
Yes you are right they did do a lousy job with the levees. My bad .
Just let it flow.
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Old 06-01-2010, 01:30 PM
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My guess is they knew they couldn't stop it from the beginning. Pure window dressing for a month to buy time.
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Old 06-01-2010, 01:33 PM
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I would say containment in the Gulf is the best we can hope for. There is a possiblilty the entire east coast gets affected by the end of this. A complete and utter cluster****.
words escape me......
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Old 06-01-2010, 01:43 PM
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Yes you are right they did do a lousy job with the levees. My bad .
Just let it flow.
Exactly what happened with the levees.
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Old 06-01-2010, 01:47 PM
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Guess they are worried that they'd make an even worse situation (didn't they say this could even be worse.) Nobody likes to talk about it, but they could make it even worse. For all we know, they did make it worse, and the press will catch up to that in a week or so.
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Old 06-01-2010, 05:05 PM
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obama blew this big..he should have told them that we dont care if your company expends its last dime. fix it take your biggest ship and sink it on top if you have too..we dont want to hear about 4-7 more days ect now months..
freaking unreal.the gulf is phucked..the sea [plankton] life will die and the whole food chain is screwed..now toss a nice cat 3 hurricane on it then we are talking some fun
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Old 06-01-2010, 05:15 PM
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how about a cat 4 or 5 then what. disaster at its best.
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Old 06-01-2010, 05:42 PM
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how about a cat 4 or 5 then what. disaster at its best.
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Old 06-01-2010, 05:54 PM
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Im sure O'dumbass will keep on accepting money from BP. Which means he won't do anything about this enviromental disaster. He could care less about people's jobs being lost due to this spill.
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Old 06-01-2010, 07:10 PM
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Im sure O'dumbass will keep on accepting money from BP. Which means he won't do anything about this enviromental disaster. He could care less about people's jobs being lost due to this spill.
Didn't we cover this already? Or did you not read the link I posted? He never took a dime from BP
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Old 06-01-2010, 07:15 PM
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Right now the live feed is showing the cutting (with the giant pinchers) of the pipe, more oil leaking ....
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Old 06-01-2010, 07:19 PM
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Old 06-01-2010, 09:47 PM
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i just want to offer my sympathy to louisiana. you can't catch a break. totally f'd. sorry.
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This disaster is way bigger than just Louisiana.
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Old 06-02-2010, 06:26 AM
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Im curious to know why we havent called the Army Corp of Engineers in to see what they think can be done ......and bill BP for it. It seems our government is very content to just sit by and let BP do all the decision making.
I'm quite sure the ACE have been called/consulted, but I don't think deep water oil well plugging is one of their specialties. How much actual help they can offer, is probably very limited. They will probably be more helpful in the containment and clean-up.

Our government is not sitting by and letting BP do the decision making.
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Old 06-02-2010, 11:08 AM
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Im sure O'dumbass will keep on accepting money from BP. Which means he won't do anything about this enviromental disaster. He could care less about people's jobs being lost due to this spill.
I don't comment much on here, but when I do, I try not to spew out stuff that is going to make me seem ignorant , racist or inbred. All three of those qualities come shining through in each of your posts. I personally want to thank you for making me feel smarter than a 5th grader.
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