Keith Olbermann: Cheney's Katrina - Democratic Underground

BrklynLiberal

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Wed May-05-10 07:45 PM
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Keith Olbermann: Cheney's Katrina

Keith went into lots of details about how Halliburton was involved in poor cementing in 18/28 blowouts in the past few years, this includes the one last year off the coast of Australia..

He also mentioned Cheney's intimacy with the oil companies during his VPhood...and how many of the Clinton era drilling safeguards were reversed by pres shit-for-brains and his evil Veep.

I would love to see a lot more mentioning of Halliburton's and Cheney's role in the lessening of safety standards on offshore oil rigs.

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polichick

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Wed May-05-10 07:54 PM
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1. Yeah - where are the network "journalists" interviewing Cheney about this? nt

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babylonsister

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Wed May-05-10 07:58 PM
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2. Supposedly he's in Saudi Arabia; why aren't they asking why? nt

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Cha

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Wed May-05-10 07:58 PM
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3. We can start by Rec and keeping this

kicked! Thanks.

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chollybocker

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Wed May-05-10 08:07 PM
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4. "Cheney's Katrina" is perfect.

And infinitely more accurate.

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amborin

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Wed May-05-10 08:09 PM
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5. KO's environmental org guest also said Secy Salazar should step down

On KO today, Kieran Suckling, head of Defenders of Wildlife, said Obama should ask Salazar to step down; Salazar is too close to the oil industry, and did not apparently conduct the appropriate environmental impact studies that would have prohibited BP's Deepwater Horizon project......

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polichick

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Wed May-05-10 08:24 PM
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7. Obama never should have chosen him and we should demand that he fire him. nt

Edited on Wed May-05-10 08:25 PM by polichick

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KittyWampus

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Wed May-05-10 10:13 PM
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9. Oh please. Do you even know when it was completed? Some DU'ers are so transparent.ANYTHING to attack

Obama.

Built by Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea and completed in 2001, the rig was owned by Transocean Ltd. and leased to BP until September 2013.<15><10> At the time of the explosion, the rig was on BP's Mississippi Canyon Block 252, referred to as the Macondo Prospect, in the United States sector of the Gulf of Mexico, about 41 miles (66 km) off the Louisiana coast.<16><17>

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JPZenger

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Wed May-05-10 08:11 PM
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6. Bloomberg Radio expert also said Halliburton may be at fault

An expert on Bloomberg radio was discussing how Halliburton may be largely at fault for the Gulf oil disaster. It is all a matter of whether the pipe was properly installed with the right casing and the right placement of concrete to seal it.

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BrklynLiberal

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Wed May-05-10 09:56 PM
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8. kick

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