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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:09 PM Original message |
The Oil Spill: Many DUers seem to be following the RW meme that the Obama |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. "Nothing could be further from the truth" |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. There has been an unprecedented response to the spill by the Administration. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. A: There SHOULD be an "unprecedented response." |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
36. are you defending BP? |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:56 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. What pro-BP thing have I said? Nothing. |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 07:03 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. so are you? |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 07:09 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Absolving them to some degree from the ongoing fuckup is pretty pro-BP |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 07:12 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Huh? Reading comprehension? I'm trying (unsuccessfully) to defend the |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 07:14 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Defend the administration by saying they are directly in charge of this perpetual fuck-up? |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 07:16 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Ok, so Obama SHOULD have gone back in time and made them |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 07:31 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Just as Bush could not stop Katrina, Obama can't go back in time |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 07:37 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Aside from Superman, no one will stop that flow within 3 months. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 07:42 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. "that is a fact" |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 07:46 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. The GWB and Obama administrations were gross failures |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 07:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
49. I am certain in the contract federal boilerplate there is clear language |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. IT'S BEEN A MONTH. |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. All of the rigs were inspected following the accident. Two were shut down and one was evacuated. |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. They shouldn't rely on BP for all their info. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
26. It would be much easier to believe that BP would be held accountable if |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
30. Have you figured out how to stop a hurricane or do you still just lack the will to act? |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. 31 Days into this and our own scientists aren't allowed to measure the flow. |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Your 2nd example flies in the face of what is being reported at the DOI site. n/t |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. So please provide a link with the chemical analysis of the oil, gas, methane, dispersents |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Here you go, from the EPA website: |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:27 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Thats 1 of 5. From the link you are questioning: |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. All samples collected are being sent to a lab partially owned by BP. n/t |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:28 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. And its apparently up to them what they decide to release per the Govt. |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 07:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
44. Bingo! |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. That's intentional. |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
7. I don't know, Salazar and Deepwater as sourses? |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Exactly. |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
8. Yes, the EPA ordered BP to use less toxic dispersants. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
10. umm, US Coast Guard keeping boats/ships with reporters aboard from getting within photo distance? |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. USCG: "Those are BP's Rules, Not Ours" |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
11. Another thing. I want to know WHAT is out there, HOW MUCH of it there is, |
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LakeSamish706 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
14. Afraid your not wining your argument, this Government is obviously not in control of this |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. I didn't have much hope of winning the argument. |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:30 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. No one is suggesting that it is the government's job to stop the gusher |
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LakeSamish706 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:31 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. The bottom line is that the Obama Administration needs to get BP the hell out of this |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:34 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Unfortunately, the BPs of the world are the ones with the knowledge of how to fix this |
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LakeSamish706 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:36 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. And in addition, petition the world for help in this. In my mind the rest of the world has a stake |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:42 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Totally agree. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. Well your facts look great and all, but they don't change what people are |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:44 PM Response to Reply #21 |
35. I've read all I can find about the spill. |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
23. Well the Coast Guard seems to think they aren't the ones in charge. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
27. Well if is Obama is calling the shots, he needs to be impeached. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
29. Many like to follow bright shiny objects that are moved around by the GOP |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:51 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. And we're off and running with another meme!!! |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
33. Politics is perception. If the both the right and the left are questioning if they're doing enough |
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Feron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
37. Obama's admin isn't in charge. |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
40. If I posted "The Oil Spill: Many DUers seem to be following the DLC meme that the Obama" |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
41. here is the right wing meme |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 08:13 PM Response to Reply #41 |
53. Heh |
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