Thanks Tweety!! Like I keep posting here, WHERE ARE THE TANKERS??

FreeJG

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Thu May-27-10 12:59 PM
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Thanks Tweety!! Like I keep posting here, WHERE ARE THE TANKERS??

Shell, Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Conoco...where are they? They can skim the oil and trade it on the market. They did this in Saudi Arabia and cleaned up 85% of the oil this way! Gads!

Chris Mathews says this is the one question that did not get an answer. Like I keep saying...WTF are the tankers???

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WannaJumpMyScooter

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Thu May-27-10 01:00 PM
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1. carrying oil back and forth

from the middle east

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Captain Hilts

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Thu May-27-10 01:04 PM
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3. No, they're sitting off coast storing oil to keep the price up. Really. nt

Edited on Thu May-27-10 01:07 PM by Captain Hilts

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1229070/Sharks-British-coast-Oil-tankers-refuse-unload-prices-rise--keeping-fuel-costs-soaring.html

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sandnsea

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Thu May-27-10 01:03 PM
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2. Did Tweety tell you there are over 1,000 boats

skimming oil?

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FreeJG

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Thu May-27-10 01:07 PM
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5. They are not tankers...and those companies are in the gulf too and could help...

Edited on Thu May-27-10 01:14 PM by FreeJG

What they make??? 2 Billion a month. They could do a little charity work for a couple of weeks...and just skim this fucking shit...while continuing with most of their routes.

There is no excuse...and it's intersting that they are allowing this to foul the country.

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Greybnk48

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Thu May-27-10 01:09 PM
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6. Having fun, are we??

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DevonRex

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Thu May-27-10 01:07 PM
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4. How'd that FU post work out for you? nt

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FreeJG

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Thu May-27-10 01:11 PM
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9. Not well for the whole country, as it's a free speech issue

Thanks for asking...

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emulatorloo

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Thu May-27-10 01:41 PM
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12. LOL -- DU is not the federal govt, they are free to delete bullshit threads

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Scurrilous

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Thu May-27-10 01:11 PM
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10. LOL

That disappeared quick.

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FreeJG

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Thu May-27-10 01:10 PM
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7. Peak oil? My ears perked when Obama said they have measures in place for worst case scenario!

Will FEMA be utilizing the camps they have been building like crazy? WTF is going on...if the tankers came..until they get the leaked stoped, it would not foul the land and cause need for evacuation. Why are they allowing the oil to reach the shore...and turning away internatl help?

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slackmaster

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Thu May-27-10 01:10 PM
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8. They're all out drunk

Edited on Thu May-27-10 01:10 PM by slackmaster

Cruising here with Doctor Fork.

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HereSince1628

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Thu May-27-10 01:28 PM
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11. Probably somewhere off Indonesia, in a great oil tanker parking lot

Last year there were many reports of hundreds of tankers sitting idled.

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emulatorloo

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Thu May-27-10 01:42 PM
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13. If I researched all your posts, would I find places where you called Tweety an asshole?

Or something similar?

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FreeJG

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Thu May-27-10 01:53 PM
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14. you bet, can you honestly say his reporting has not changed? Im still not a fan but he made a point

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emulatorloo

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Thu May-27-10 01:57 PM
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15. Personally I like Tweety. But I understand he's a hot head and goes off on crazy obsessive tangents

Like when he complained that Obama wasn't being EMOTIONAL OR ANGRY enough during the '08 campaign. Later admitted that Obama's "Cool Demeanor" was reassuring to people while McCain ran around acting like an angry nut.

Haven't seen his "Where are the TANKERS" coverage yet, sounds like another crazy tangent.

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Dems to Win

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Thu May-27-10 01:58 PM
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16. WHERE ARE THE TANKERS?? WHERE IS OBAMA???

I'm feeling like this is worse than Obama's Katrina. I'm heartsick, for the Gulf and for our country's future.

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gratuitous

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Thu May-27-10 02:14 PM
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17. Apparently, they have other priorities right now

Like propping up oil prices. This article is from April 2009, but I don't know that anything has changed in the last year:

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE53T4E820090430

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