Gulf oil spill spreading; almost 50 miles long and 40 miles wide
An slick of oil leaking from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig off the coast of Louisiana, shown here in an aerial photograph taken Monday, is still several days from landfall, experts say. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Boy, so far this isn’t looking good…..
NEW ORLEANS — Coast Guard officials said Monday afternoon that the oil spill near Louisiana was now covering an area in the Gulf of Mexico of 48 miles by 39 miles at its widest points, and they have been unable to engage a mechanism that could shut off the well thousands of feet below the ocean’s surface….
The Coast Guard also said in a statement Monday that an aircrew from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service spotted sperm whales in the vicinity of the oil spill on Sunday.
“The unified command is monitoring the situation and is working closely with officials from Fish and Wildlife, National Marine Fisheries Service and NOAA to understand the impact the spill and response activities may have on whales and other marine wildlife in the area,” the statement said.
Officials determined through weather patterns that the sheen of oil and water would remain at least 30 miles from shore at least until Tuesday. But states along the Gulf Coast have been warned to be on alert….
Doug Helton, a fisheries biologist who coordinates oil spill responses for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, said the oil emanating from the riser was taking the shape of a giant ice cream cone as it drifted toward the surface. He said there were no reports of dead animals yet, although that was expected to change if the leaks were not sealed.
BP, the oil field lease holder, says it has dispatched 32 spill-response vessels (skimmers, tugs, barges, recovery vessels) and five aircraft to the scene to try to control the spread of oil. “In Houma, La. where the field operations response is being coordinated, almost 500 personnel on- and offshore have already been deployed to coordinate the oil spill response,” the company said.
And as the Wall Street Journal notes, BP’s efforts are being closely watched by others with a lot at stake in the outcome:
“The rest of the oil and gas industry will no doubt be supporting BP in this endeavor. If the oil slick reaches the shore it will turn what is already a human tragedy into an environmental disaster. This could have consequences for the Obama administration’s plans to open the eastern Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic seaboard to oil drilling.
“This is inevitably going to give environmentalists a stronger weapon to question whether operations like this should be expanded,” said another London-based industry analyst.
“The Gulf of Mexico had very tight regulations anyway to mitigate against any type of explosion. What else can they do? It’s difficult to see,” he said. Green groups will argue that, “if you demonstrably can’t prevent this from taking place, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it,” he said.”
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jewcowboy
April 26th, 2010
7:28 pm
Paul,
“Their other winner was the Fusion hybrid for Car of the Year.
Yeah, I was looking at the Fusion as well, but I don’t want a hybrid and the Fiesta gives hybrid fuel economy without a 300lb battery.
That S8 is just too much for me. mr. nonjewcowboy loved it, it’s just way to large of a car for me, as well as a bit to powerful. Although I really like the stereo.
Scout
April 26th, 2010
7:30 pm
He son, fill ‘er up with Ethyl and check my oil and air !
jewcowboy
April 26th, 2010
7:31 pm
Hillbilly Deluxe @ 7.19,
I tend to agree, but Maher struck a cord with me about the Tea Party wanting it’s cake and eating it too…presumably with clotted cream and cucumber sandwiches.
josef nix
April 26th, 2010
7:32 pm
Hillbilly
Couldn’t agree more with you on Beck and Maher…
Talking about the Cajuns and that catasrrophe…I go back sometimes and ride along a road and look at the chimneys and rooftops above the water in places that just a few years ago were vibrant communities of a people who we have now romanticized into something they never really were to begin with, oblivious to the realities of what has been and is continuing to happen to their homes…this current disaster will put it in the spotlight for a few days and then they will fade back into a travelogue…
josef nix
April 26th, 2010
7:41 pm
jewcowboy
Okay, from the colorful natives…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgAmMM5T5jA
jewcowboy
April 26th, 2010
7:47 pm
josef nix @ 7.41,
The wedding: to each their own. That song had me rolling…
JimC
April 26th, 2010
7:55 pm
Folks, accidents happen in any field. Get over it. We have to drill.
jewcowboy
April 26th, 2010
7:57 pm
JimC,
Are you a dentist by chance?
Chipper Jones
April 26th, 2010
8:01 pm
I’m tall and I can swagger. Don’t think you can beat that.
Bruno
April 26th, 2010
8:04 pm
Jay–If you check in tonight, my MARTA client told me that the GA legislature did approve the transfer of money from the capital fund to the operating expense fund, thus keeping MARTA afloat for the time being. I didn’t see any followup from you following your column last week.
Also, I’m starting tonight’s music with a dedication to you and the missus. I’d hate for those barred owls to keep showing y’all up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46unJjxj95o
Hillbilly Deluxe
April 26th, 2010
8:29 pm
Josef
Just a curious question, if a person owns a house and the land it’s on, and if their land is permanently flooded, are they just SOL?
getalife
April 26th, 2010
8:29 pm
Get down here and clean up your drill baby drill mess cons.
Kamchak
April 26th, 2010
8:35 pm
Get down here and clean up your drill baby drill mess cons.
If the past is any indication they will leave to someone who is competent.
JohnnyReb
April 26th, 2010
8:41 pm
After the Republican Immigration bill had passed and illegal migrant workers were a thing of the past, a woman applying for a job as a lemon picker appeared overly qualified for the job. The forman frowned and asked, Mam, do you have any actual experience in picking lemons? Well, as a matter of fact I have, replied the woman. I am divorced three times, owned two Chryslers, and voted for Obama!
josef nix
April 26th, 2010
8:43 pm
Hillbilly
Don’t know the answer to that one…I know that in Louisiana there are a series of laws pertinent to the use of a houseboat as your permanent dwelling…things like where to register to vote and such come into the picture…bears some looking into, though, all things considered…
Jay
April 26th, 2010
8:43 pm
Bruno, see last Friday’s post on transportation.
josef nix
April 26th, 2010
8:44 pm
getalife–
You’re down that way…what do you know about Hillbilly’s question?
Kamchak
April 26th, 2010
8:50 pm
Mam,[sic] do you have any actual experience in picking lemons? Well, as a matter of fact I have, replied the woman. I am divorced three times, owned two Chryslers, and voted for Obama!
Five out of six is a pretty good ratio.
moonbat betty
April 26th, 2010
8:54 pm
STOP DRILLING NOW!
let the arab boys take on the risk!
Logical Dude
April 26th, 2010
8:54 pm
sorry ’bout the delay, shopping & stuff.
coming back to this conversation about cajuns, swamps. . . I shoulda got some Zapps.
Freeman,
Your list of reasons where some people just cannot work from home is dead-on correct. That’s why I said “for those that could work from home.” This should take about 1 in 10 off the roads for a start, and perhaps up to 1 in 4 if all companies participated. (alas, most won’t, they like to micromanage their people)
We won’t know until more companies participated, well, and government. Other states/jurisdictions have tried 4 day weeks (not necessarily everybody getting the same day off) and it seems to work well for them, and reduce congestion on the roads.
Hillbilly Deluxe
April 26th, 2010
8:54 pm
Josef, getalife
The situation I was thinking of, is say you own 1 acre (arbitrary number there) and a house. The land floods due to the changing coast line (without getting into all the reasons that could happen). You could possibly insure the home but could you even insure the land if you could afford it?
getalife
April 26th, 2010
8:54 pm
Not sure but most houses are elevated down here to meet insurance requirement.
theyeshaveit
April 26th, 2010
8:57 pm
JimC said, “Folks, accidents happen in any field. Get over it. We have to drill.”
I presume that you’d be all right with your dentist saying that to you, right?
theyeshaveit
April 26th, 2010
8:58 pm
Ah, jewcowboy beat me to the punchline.
stuart smalley
April 26th, 2010
9:05 pm
I’m going to do a terrific show today! And I’m gonna help people! Because I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and, doggonit, people like me!
c’mon getalife, get in my row boat!
I have a roll of Bounty.
Let’s clean up this neo-con mess!
josef nix
April 26th, 2010
9:06 pm
Gotta call it an early night here…g’night
TW
April 26th, 2010
9:06 pm
God made that oil for us!
Screw them fish!
Drill Baby Drill!
getalife
April 26th, 2010
9:09 pm
We will need ships full of Bounty.
And lots of cons.
Since Obama wants to drill, he can lead the way.
jewcowboy
April 26th, 2010
9:09 pm
Hillbilly Deluxe @ 9.04,
My Mom’s good friend has something similar happen. She lives in Ft. Walton Beach, FL. Her house was built on stilts to code and the home was insured. Hurricane Opal came through, and when it over topped the beach it created a cut through…right through where her house was. Her house ended up in the sound, and the lot her house was on was totally washed away…absolutely nothing left.
The insurance company wouldn’t pay saying the house was still intact (which it was…just floating in the middle of the sound). They sued… and in the meantime was stuck with a bill from both the federal gov’t and county government who were fighting over jurisdiction of the Intercoastal Waterway for the removal of the house from shipping lanes.
2 years later, they settled for the amount of the contents of the house and the removal fees and lost their land. Almost 15 years later and they are still fighting the county who keeps sending them tax bills for land that is currently part of the Santa Rosa Sound…not fun.
Freeman
April 26th, 2010
9:17 pm
“Get down here and clean up your drill baby drill mess cons.”
Getalife: as soon as you and your family stop driving cars, I’ll be right in that quest. Oh, and I’ll also slam President Obama’s ‘drill baby drill’ mandate in the Gulf. Too bad living near windmills makes people sick with the frequency and noise vibration and too bad electric cars can’t take an Atlanta resident on a vacation to Disney World. I won’t of course even get into the Gulf Coast fishing industry and big oil for boats.
You first.
Logical Dude
April 26th, 2010
9:20 pm
“accidents happen”
Yes, yes they do. Now how do we balance the knowledge that accidents will happen and not ruin the earth?
1) we could create the situation where we totally protect the earth, and have zero accidents by banning energy creation.
2) We could disregard the earth, and drill cheaply, mine cheaply, and to heck with the consequences.
3) or we could find a balance. Use coal, oil, nuclear, hydrothermal, wind, tidal, solar, and biomass, with regulations that spur power creation with minimizing accidents.
Of course, the goal is zero accidents. I’m sure each company that has an accident has losses. In this case, loss of life as well.
Are there any regulations that could have prevented this disaster? I don’t know. Perhaps the last few years of hurricanes made the structure weaker, creating opportunities for barnacles to get into crevices and eat away at the supports. Or some part of the safety regimen was not followed by the company because it’s “inconvenient” which caused one thing to lead to another which led to disaster.
@@
April 26th, 2010
9:20 pm
I AM WOMAN!
But my husband feels a bit neglected.
It will be up to each of you to make sure young people, African Americans, Latinos and women who empowered our victory in 2008 will stand with us once again.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/36346.html
Obama’s great divide.
“A pigeon in every pot, errrr hole”.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin....
April 26th, 2010
9:21 pm
I wonder what the vast bureaucracy at Immigration and Customs Enforcement does all day long with obozo as “president?”
Suck off the side of We The People like any other federal parasite?
Hillbilly Deluxe
April 26th, 2010
9:26 pm
jewcowboy
That’s sounds like the kind of situation I had in mind. I’m sure it’s a nightmare for them. But even if they eventually get paid for the cost of the house, they still will get nothing for the value of the lot itself, which is now gone?
I don’t know what the solution would be.
Logical Dude
April 26th, 2010
9:28 pm
I Report,
How about you join up and see? I’m sure like most agencies, the majority wants to do what is best for the country, NO MATTER WHO IS PRESIDENT. They do their job.
Now, if you question the need to have the agency in the first place; we can discuss that. But calling it a “federal parasite” sounds like you are unable to discuss it logically.
@@
April 26th, 2010
9:28 pm
I just read an article at the LATimes that quoted some day laborers–don’t know if they were undocumented or not, but they’re leaving Arizona for states unknown.
Kamchak
April 26th, 2010
9:31 pm
For Just $350, You Can Own a Signed Copy of George W. Bush’s New Book! Personally, I can’t wait to read it. What I’m most curious about is — do you think he went pop-up or color-by-numbers?
Heh…heh…heh….
jewcowboy
April 26th, 2010
9:32 pm
“But calling it a “federal parasite” sounds like you are unable to discuss it logically.”
Bingo!
Midori
April 26th, 2010
9:36 pm
this is really depressing
Logical Dude
April 26th, 2010
9:36 pm
Otherwise, I’m not sure what ICE has to do with the disaster that’s the subject of the day.
jewcowboy
April 26th, 2010
9:37 pm
Hillbilly Deluxe,
“I don’t know what the solution would be.”
The last time I discussed it with my mom was a couple of years ago, and they were having to get the state of Florida to condemn the land, so that Okaloosa county could condemn it, so the state could offer them a settlement since neither the state nor the county would allow them and their neighbors to pay to have the sand filled back in…but they did restore all the dunes that were flattened where no one lives but where the tourist go
I’m curious now, I’ll find out from my mom and let you know what happened.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin....
April 26th, 2010
9:38 pm
LD- The Federales whines and moans about immigration enforcement in Arizona and also happens to be the department in charge of immigration enforcement for the rest of the United States, what planet are you dialing in from?
moonbat betty
April 26th, 2010
9:39 pm
Midori, don’t you have a ship to hijack off the coast of Somalia?
Freeman
April 26th, 2010
9:42 pm
A Shrub book, the Tea Party, and Palin. The Left whines when out of power, and whines when in power. What gives?
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin....
April 26th, 2010
9:45 pm
obozo feels the pain of the illegal immigrants, for real, hahahahaha
jewcowboy
April 26th, 2010
9:45 pm
Freeman,
“A Shrub book, the Tea Party, and Palin. The Left whines when out of power, and whines when in power. What gives?”
Have you seen “conservatives” on here post about Clinton, Gore and Carter? There are some things that are bi-partisan.
Logical Dude
April 26th, 2010
9:46 pm
I report,
It was immigrants who sabotaged the oil rig? That’s some good, out of the box thinking there. I missed that possibility.
And they tell me that I’m on this planet called “Earth” (see previous post about trying not to destroy it)
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin....
April 26th, 2010
9:47 pm
Wouldn’t that be kewl if obozo went to AZ and they busted him for not have any documents, just sayin…
getalife
April 26th, 2010
9:47 pm
I guess Freeman does not read the RW blogs.
That is all the cons do is whine about Obama.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin....
April 26th, 2010
9:48 pm
LD- When did the oil rig come into play?
Perhaps you should lie down, no?
getalife
April 26th, 2010
9:51 pm
“Wouldn’t that be kewl if obozo went to AZ and they busted him for not have any documents, just sayin…”
Like that.
Are you a birther too Freeman?
I Report (-: You Whine )-: mmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Just sayin....
April 26th, 2010
9:52 pm
Did anybody think that obozo doesn’t want AZ to enforce immigration laws because he might have to visit there someday?
Huh?
Midori
April 26th, 2010
9:53 pm
Midori, don’t you have a ship to hijack off the coast of Somalia?
and the prize for the grossly moronic, most ignorant post of the decade goes to………………….
Logical Dude
April 26th, 2010
9:53 pm
I Report,
Oil Rig: oh, nevermind. If you didn’t know that you are posting on a blog about an oil spill from an oil rig. . . well. it’s not worth me trying to point it out to you.
jewcowboy
April 26th, 2010
9:56 pm
Midori,
“and the prize for the grossly moronic, most ignorant post of the decade goes to………………….”
Way to many to choose from
theyeshaveit
April 26th, 2010
9:58 pm
Freeman, we are not whining about the Tea Party and Sarah Palin. We are celebrating them. The Tea Party has given America a new dialect in TeaBonics and Sarah is always a buncha fun. I’d sure luv to hunker down in the classroom with a looker like Sarah teaching me geography. Feel the love, man.
Midori
April 26th, 2010
9:58 pm
Hi JCB,
I mean, I’ve seen some “out there” posts on this blog before, but that one took the pie, cake AND eclair!!!!
@@
April 26th, 2010
10:00 pm
There’s a subject? The daily topic is rarely discussed here. Dinner? Movies? What’cha did over the weekend? Other bloggers during their absence? Those are the topics everyday.
Any of the alternatives you’ve listed, LD, comes with its own hazards. All you have to do is type “disadvantages of (fill in the blank) and up pops a disadvantage or two or three.
Birds, bats, redirecting water flow, geographical location…it goes on and on. Heck! the environmentalists and alternative advocates even offer complaints.
What’s a body to do.
Oh, and ICE is melting or haven’t you heard?
theyeshaveit
April 26th, 2010
10:02 pm
jewcowboy said, “Midori, ‘and the prize for the grossly moronic, most ignorant post of the decade goes to………………….’
Way to many to choose from
”
Just like on the old Gong Show – too many great acts to choose from.
Freeman
April 26th, 2010
10:03 pm
“Have you seen “conservatives” on here post about Clinton, Gore and Carter?”
Yep jewcowboy. To quote EA, it’s all in the game.
“That is all the cons do is whine about Obama.”
Well getalife, he’s our President. I’m sorry that people being against his policies offends you. Welcome to being on the receiving end. And yes, I’ve had my disagreements with Reagan and Bush I and Bush II as well.
“Are you a birther too Freeman?”
No getalife, I’m not. It’s ridiculous and they need to get over it.
Any more questions?
Freeman
April 26th, 2010
10:05 pm
“Freeman, we are not whining about the Tea Party and Sarah Palin. We are celebrating them. ”
Well theyeshaveit, that’s obvious considering how much time the Left has spent (wasted actually) on both.
theyeshaveit
April 26th, 2010
10:08 pm
Freeman, I say this from the bottom of my heart. I wantSarah to run in 2012, hopefully as the candidate of an autonomous Tea Party. It would put the fun back into politics.
Midori
April 26th, 2010
10:10 pm
Heck,
I want her to run, too!!
RUN, SARAH, RUNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!
moonbat betty
April 26th, 2010
10:12 pm
palin is not going to run in 2012.
so please stfu.
just messin’ with you midori
theyeshaveit
April 26th, 2010
10:13 pm
Think of Jenney imploring Forrest Gump to run and say this, “Run, Sarah, Run!”
theyeshaveit
April 26th, 2010
10:14 pm
Betty, ah, say it ain’t so.
Freeman
April 26th, 2010
10:14 pm
“Have you seen “conservatives” on here post about Clinton, Gore and Carter?”
And another thing jewcowboy: I’d like to have former President Clinton back in office (and Newt’s Repubican Congress) compared to what we have now.
As far as Gore, well, making millions off of emotion science is not worthy of bragging rights. And as far as Carter, the record of his administration, from the Middle East to the Iran hostage crisis to the oil crisis to runaway inflation and record interest rates all speak for themselves.
jewcowboy
April 26th, 2010
10:14 pm
“I wantSarah to run in 2012, hopefully as the candidate of an autonomous Tea Party. It would put the fun back into politics.”
Heck yeah! And…if only…Michele Bachmann would join the ticket…
Logical Dude
April 26th, 2010
10:15 pm
@@,
Yes, all of those options have advantages and disadvantages. That’s why I support ALL of them. Advances in technology are sometimes random, so one or two will have major advances that we just don’t know about yet. and until we try, we won’t have those major advances.
Coal – plentiful but dirty
Oil – high energy, but limited
Nuclear – most energetic, but nearly impossible to dispose
Solar, Wind, – free after initial investment, but useless at times on the whims of weather
Geothermal – more dependable natural energy, but too rare for wide use
Biomass- good for recycling, but wide use is limited.
Fusion- energy of the future, but the future keeps looking farther and farther away.
Do you have a preference?
Freeman
April 26th, 2010
10:16 pm
“I want Sarah to run in 2012, hopefully as the candidate of an autonomous Tea Party.”
Palin is unelectable, kinda like Hillary who the main stream media threw under the bus for President Obama.
But it is a movement, and the howling from the left over it speaks volumes.
theyeshaveit
April 26th, 2010
10:18 pm
Here’s my idea for a Michele Bachman button. graphic element: Sarah winking atcha with Michele at her side Headcopy: “I Back Bachman!”
Kamchak
April 26th, 2010
10:21 pm
But it is a movement, and the howling from the left over it speaks volumes.
Oh joy—stinky cheese to accompany non-existent whine.
theyeshaveit
April 26th, 2010
10:21 pm
Freeman, it is the same kind of howling I heard in the movie theaters during a Tom and Jerry cartoon.
Bruno
April 26th, 2010
10:25 pm
“Nuclear – most energetic, but nearly impossible to dispose”
LD–I’ve always believed that the only safe place for radioactive waste is in outer space, but I’ve never heard any discussion of it. That seems a lot safer than simply burying it in the ground where it will remain a danger to living beings for eons to come. I realize there is some risk in the case of a rocket blowing up before exiting the atmosphere, not sure how that could be prevented. Any thoughts?
jewcowboy
April 26th, 2010
10:29 pm
Freeman,
“Palin is unelectable, kinda like Hillary who the main stream media threw under the bus for President Obama. ”
This just hits it for me…not Tina Fey, but Amy Poehler as Hillary Clinton.
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/palin-hillary-open/656281/
I swear this is looking into Clinton’s mind…
Freeman
April 26th, 2010
10:33 pm
“Oh joy—stinky cheese to accompany non-existent whine.”
Kamchak: then stop whining about the movement (and Palin). But the Left can’t do that, can they?
“Freeman, it is the same kind of howling I heard in the movie theaters during a Tom and Jerry cartoon.”
theyeshaveit: cartoons are great. For kids. Unfortunately the road the Left is taking this nation isn’t so funny and certainly no cartoon.
Bruno
April 26th, 2010
10:35 pm
“Palin is unelectable, kinda like Hillary who the main stream media threw under the bus for President Obama.”
To be fair, Freeman, I think there was plenty of left-over animus from the press toward Hillary from the Clinton White House days. From what I remember, as well-loved as Bill was, she was as equally despised. I still think that Obama won primarily on the “empty slate” factor. Due to the lack of an actual track record, people were able to fill-in-the-blanks with imagined positives which gave him the benefit of the doubt. As old and as washed up as he was/is, I still think McCain would make a better Prez than Obama.
Freeman
April 26th, 2010
10:37 pm
Jewcowboy: Fey is brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. Great link!
Bruno
April 26th, 2010
10:38 pm
“cartoons are great. For kids. Unfortunately the road the Left is taking this nation isn’t so funny and certainly no cartoon.”
Freeman–If you’re looking for some intelligent Lib debate, you may have to wait for morning.
Kamchak
April 26th, 2010
10:38 pm
Kamchak: then stop whining about the movement (and Palin). But the Left can’t do that, can they?
As many have pointed out to you—what you’re hearing is not whining it’s laughter.
getalife
April 26th, 2010
10:40 pm
“Any more questions?”
Yes, I am looking for the tea party position on financial reform?
@@
April 26th, 2010
10:41 pm
LD:
Spreading the luv to all the above. Believe it or not I read about endless alternatives. Little organisms that eat C02, some sort of proposal that transport energy directly from the sun to earth. I’m guessing the transmission line may present problems for satellites.
I did like the underwater turbines. They’d probably suck in all the plankton though causing whale sharks to wash ashore due to starvation.
I’m just hazarding guesses here.
Logical Dude
April 26th, 2010
10:42 pm
Bruno,
My thoughts: Rail Gun!
You have an electromagentically accelerated projectile filled with the radioactive material. No propellants to explode accidentally. But there is the difficulty in getting to hypersonic speeds from the ground. You basically have a “re-entry” type event as the projectile starts from the ground and into the upper atmosphere. You just want the projectile strong enough not to burn up in the atmosphere, or anywhere near earth.
Plus, you want to aim carefully so that it falls into the sun, because if you miss, it will just go into orbit which could bring it right back out to Earth’s orbit.
A ten mile long rail gun shooting a ton or so at a time can take care of the waste pretty readily.
Otherwise, the only other option is to wait until technology finds a way to “de-radioactivate” the material, because burying it for 10,000 years will have archeologists in 5000 years misunderstanding the glyphs on the cave, and exploring.
Freeman
April 26th, 2010
10:44 pm
Bruno – Hillary made enemies early on during the Clinton White House. If anyone else ran on Obama’s non-record credentials for president, the stuff would have hit the fan. To this day there is not one negative story on this administration and its policies.
As far as McCain, he was thrown under the bus as being an “old white man” by the youth and first timer voters, who essentially elected Obama. Obama ran as a moderate and that’s what got him elected. Bill Clinton by all sense and purposes compared to this president *was* a moderate. And that says a lot.
AmVet
April 26th, 2010
10:45 pm
“As old and as washed up as he was/is, I still think McCain would make a better Prez than Obama.”
B, had not my first option been available, I would have voted for him before Obama.
For all us drowned rock rats at Chastain the other night.
It’s no secret…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSShHKifqlY
jewcowboy
April 26th, 2010
10:46 pm
Bruno,
“I still think that Obama won primarily on the “empty slate” factor.”
I would certainly agree…
“As old and as washed up as he was/is, I still think McCain would make a better Prez than Obama.”
On this we shall disagree…I was a firm believer in Clinton, but given the choice between Obama and McCain to me there was no choice. And the funny thing is, even as liberal as I am, if McCain had gone another direction in his VP choice he would have been in the running for my vote.
By choosing Palin, I saw it another pure Rovian political move rather than finding the best person for the job.
@@
April 26th, 2010
10:48 pm
BS on cowboy.
jewcowboy
April 26th, 2010
10:49 pm
Freeman,
“To this day there is not one negative story on this administration and its policies.”
Exactly what, then, do you consider negative?
jewcowboy
April 26th, 2010
10:50 pm
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As much as you stalk me…you don’t know me.
Logical Dude
April 26th, 2010
10:51 pm
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The little organisms that eat CO2 – just to get rid of it, or to create energy too? If just to get rid of CO2, I feel that the law of unintended consequences will take over and cause a different atmospheric imbalance.
Space created energy is highly efficient, and there’s a couple ways to get it to earth. Google “Space elevator” for one solution, the other solution is to beam it down, but if it’s in the form of X-rays that need to be beamed to Earth to collection stations, I see a couple problems. If a solar flare jiggles the spacebound energy beam, the beam may get off-target, and shoot a nearby city.
Underwater turbines shouldn’t affect the plankton, they’re too small to gum up the works. It’s the bigger fish, dolphins, and sticky barnacle type organisms that cause more harm. . er, that could get harmed.
getalife
April 26th, 2010
10:51 pm
The banks could not trust McUsetobeamaverick and especially Hillary after trying to impeach her husband.
They chose the right candidate.
Bruno
April 26th, 2010
10:52 pm
“Little organisms that eat C02, some sort of proposal that transport energy directly from the sun to earth.”
Though man is often loathe to admit it, Mother Nature’s schemes are typically far more clean, clever, and efficient than anything we can invent.
One energy potential that is still waiting to be tapped is the temperature differential that exists in the ocean. Some substances will generate an electrical flow due to this difference, the so-called thermoelectric effect. Unfortunately it is not a strong flow which makes it impractical for large-scale electric production. At the same time the energy source is huge when you consider the size of the ocean, and it creates no harmful byproducts. Far better than burning or blowing up stuff.
AmVet
April 26th, 2010
10:52 pm
“…even as liberal as I am, if McCain had gone another direction in his VP choice he would have been in the running for my vote.”
jc, your sentiment must have been played out a million times from sea to shining sea. I think the mulatto juggernaut was unbeatable in 2008.
And at first I thought she was a shrewd choice. But after watching her for a few weeks it was obvious she was, to be gracious about it, not ready for prime time.
So McCain’s odd choice turned an already certain loss into an electoral college rout…
Freeman
April 26th, 2010
10:54 pm
“Exactly what, then, do you consider negative?”
Uhm, how about deficit spending, unemployment rates, and continuing Bush’s “illegal” wiretapping for starters that the media pummeled us with under that administration?
jewcowboy
April 26th, 2010
10:56 pm
Freeman,
“As far as McCain, he was thrown under the bus as being an “old white man” by the youth and first timer voters, who essentially elected Obama.”
McCain was 72 years old in 2008 vs. Obama’s 46. Face it…to a 22 year old a 46 year old is ancient…a 72 year old is someone who offers you butterscotch candies and goes to the Piccadilly for dinner at 4.30….
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April 26th, 2010
10:57 pm
cowboy:
The only time that I even read you is when your post is addressed to me. Aside from the 10:48 I rarely acknowledge your presence. You on the other hand…
Chances are if you didn’t respond to my posts we’d never cross paths. You leftists are funny that way. You always need to command the board…sitting in wait with nuthin’ to do.
Buona notte, Jack
Freeman
April 26th, 2010
11:00 pm
“The banks could not trust McUsetobeamaverick and especially Hillary after trying to impeach her husband”
Yeah, that same “maverick” that wanted to increase Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac regulations circa 2003 that Barney Frank and others wanted nothing to do with. Which was the catalyst of the financial meltdown.
And the last time I checked, lying under oath was worthy of impeachment. Sex issue or not. And he was impeached.
I’d still take Bill Clinton over this current clueless president any day however.
Freeman
April 26th, 2010
11:02 pm
“to a 22 year old a 46 year old is ancient…a 72 year old is someone who offers you butterscotch candies and goes to the Piccadilly for dinner at 4.30″
Yeah I know. I was 22 once. I thought I knew everything at that age as well. I also considered my WWII vet grandfather “old” and never listened to him…until he was gone.
jewcowboy
April 26th, 2010
11:02 pm
Freeman,
There are plenty of negative news stories about those subjects…
Bruno
April 26th, 2010
11:03 pm
“My thoughts: Rail Gun!”
LD–Interesting idea. Shouldn’t be too hard to hit the sun.
“because burying it for 10,000 years will have archeologists in 5000 years misunderstanding the glyphs on the cave, and exploring.”
Unfortunately, the half-life of Plutonium-239 is 24,000 years. Then only half of it is gone. I’m not convinced that concrete containers, however thick, are going to hold up hundreds of thousands of years. Burying it that way meets the definition of a sin in my book.