BP about to take its best shot at shutting massive oil leak
Thirty-six days after the Deepwater Horizon exploded, killing 11 crew members and setting off a massive oil leak, BP may finally be ready to attempt to seal the drill site with a “top kill” of heavy mud followed by cement.
I’ve seen estimates of success at 60 to 70 percent, so keep your fingers crossed.
All of them. It’s a critical moment, the last best chance to stop the flow for weeks if not months. If this doesn’t work…
Here’s how BP describes the process:
“A total of 50,000 barrels of mud will be on location to kill the well – far more than necessary, but we want to be prepared for anything. Pumping capacity on location is more than 30,000 hydraulic horsepower.
The mud will be pumped down the 6-5/8 inch drill pipe (pipe is connected to the Q4000), then through 3-inch hoses, which go through the manifold on the seafloor. Then the mud moves through another set of 3-inch hoses attached to the Deepwater Horizon BOP choke and kill lines.
With the manifold, we can also pump the ‘junk shot’ if necessary to stop too much of the kill mud going out through the top of the BOP rather than going down into the well to stop the flow. By switching valves in the subsea manifold, we can inject the ‘bridging material’ (the junk), which will prevent such losses and enable the top kill to continue.
We’ve been testing the junk shot on-shore, looking at different configurations of what might restrict the flow out of the Deepwater Horizon riser and what types of materials would help shut it off. Materials in a junk shot can include well-known items such as pieces of tires, golf balls, and pieces of rope.”
After initialing declaring that public access to the video feed would be halted during the operation, BP relented last night and announced the feed would continue. It warned:
“Throughout the extended top kill procedure – which may take up to two days to complete – very significant changes in the appearance of the flows at the seabed may be expected. These will not provide a reliable indicator of the overall progress, or success or failure, of the top kill operation as a whole. BP will report on the progress of the operation as appropriate and on its outcome when complete.”
BP had suggested the operation could begin as early as dawn today, but as of 7:30 a.m., there is no indication from the video that operations had actually begun.
On Thursday, Interior Department officials are expected to deliver the results of a 30-day review of the offshore drilling program to President Obama, including recommendations for how tighten oversight. The next day, Obama is scheduled to visit the Gulf.
Congress has also been investigating, as The New York Times reports:
In the hours before the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded last month in the Gulf of Mexico, there were strong warning signs that something was terribly wrong with the well, according to a Congressional committee that was briefed on the accident by executives from BP.
Among the red flags, the panel said, were several equipment readings suggesting that gas was bubbling into the well, a potential sign of an impending blowout. Investigators also noted “other events in the 24 hours before the explosion that require further inquiry,” including a critical decision to replace heavy mud in the pipe rising from the seabed with seawater, possibly increasing the risk of an explosion.
…. Some of those who survived the explosion, including managers from BP and Transocean, are expected to testify at hearings in Louisiana to be held by the Coast Guard and the federal Minerals Management Service, beginning Wednesday.
The testimony may help clear up some of the uncertainties about the day of the accident, including who was making the decisions. But the new information from BP — combined with past testimony by executives, analysis of documents by The New York Times and interviews with independent drilling experts — is beginning to paint a picture of a complex operation that went awry just as it was drawing to a close.
Drilling logs from the Deepwater Horizon suggest that shortly after midnight on the morning of the explosion, attention had turned to temporarily plugging and capping the well so the rig could disconnect and move to another job. Halliburton, the contractor hired by BP to provide cementing services, had spent the past several weeks cementing each new segment of the well into place. Halliburton was also responsible for plugging it….
However, in testimony before Congressional hearings, Halliburton executives have said that the company adhered strictly to the specifications provided by BP for the cementing of the well.”
The only break we’ve seemed to get in this whole tragedy has been with the weather. NOAA predicts that it will continue to be calm, for the most part keeping the oil offshore, although portions of the Louisiana coast have already been hammered. Bad as it is, the only solace is that it could be much much worse.
Like I said, keep your fingers crossed, and pray.
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Peadawg
May 26th, 2010
9:29 am
Finn, we want Obama to stick his nose in stuff WHEN IT’S APPROPRIATE. NOW would an appropriate time, agreed? Closing the borders would be an appropriate time. Bailing out all the idiots…not a good time.
USinUK
May 26th, 2010
9:29 am
“Agreed. But Obama’s stuck his nose in every other part of our lives.”
really? EVERY other part of your life???
secondly, I’ve asked Bud … I’ve asked Dave … so I’ll ask you – EXACTLY what is this administration supposed to do???
Finn McCool
May 26th, 2010
9:30 am
Now if John Wayne was half the man Red was…instead of a draft-deferment conservative…
Bosch
May 26th, 2010
9:30 am
Peadawg,
“My bad. The way you’re always on here agreeing w/ Jay and disagreeing with me and other Republicans…I thought you were a Democrat.”
I disagree with you because you post really generalized broad brush thoughts where you usually label someone as something, make wrong assumptions, and then proceed to speak for them or tell what they believe. A practice I find very dangerous not to mention daunting.
As I’ve said on numerous occasions, if you’d like to know what I believe or think, all you have to do is ask.
Now, can you answer this? What exactly is Obama supposed to be doing in the Gulf that he isn’t already doing?
Peadawg
May 26th, 2010
9:30 am
“secondly, I’ve asked Bud … I’ve asked Dave … so I’ll ask you – EXACTLY what is this administration supposed to do???”
Not worrying about DADT and doing interviews during the Suns/Lakers on TNT, that’s for damn sure.
md
May 26th, 2010
9:31 am
“and, I can also understand the people who are too old or who barely have a pot to pi$$ (not to mention, don’t have a car to drive or money for a hotel) not leaving – ”
Still an excuse – all those buses sitting under water never used – the local gov’t should have had them running up and down the street taking every one of those who “couldn’t”.
Hindsight is 20/20 – they didn’t, and others chose to stay. It is as simple as that.
TaxPayer
May 26th, 2010
9:32 am
So, do we have consensus from the Party of No — a tax cut and fewer regulations are needed to fix this Gulf leak and a second tax cut and even fewer regulations will prevent future leaks. Further, the federal government is responsible for the current leak and should fix it, free of charge, and then get out of the way and give us a third tax cut just for good measure. And fewer regulations, of course.
Bosch
May 26th, 2010
9:33 am
Is Obama supposed to don a dive suit that will withstand the pressure and fix the leak himself?
or
Is he supposed to call the government oil leak experts and repair men to get the job done?
Curious Observer
May 26th, 2010
9:33 am
“There are two things I really like about my job. When the phone rings I never know where I’m heading to next – and I’m never bothered by life-insurance salesmen!”</i?
Red Adair
Finn McCool
May 26th, 2010
9:34 am
So, if Obama calls in experts from other countries who have experience in this, what are you going to say about him then?
He’s shipping jobs overseas?
Bosch
May 26th, 2010
9:35 am
Finn,
Or, he’s an unpatriotic apologists who thinks Americans can’t fix their own problems.
Outhouse GoKart
May 26th, 2010
9:35 am
Bos…I guess I missed the pic of the one lady who died in her wheelchair. Seems the media gave more coverage to all the others. All that aside perhaps next time the media will give us more pics of Sean Penn.
Red Sovine
May 26th, 2010
9:36 am
“C’mon back truhkers an tawk ta Teddy Bar”
Finn McCool
May 26th, 2010
9:36 am
USinUK, good point about FEMA.
Federal protection is what we pay taxes for, right? Our markets are protected so we can make money, our property is protected so we can own stuff, we have import protections so a company can’t dump on us, etc.
Peadawg
May 26th, 2010
9:37 am
“So, if Obama calls in experts from other countries who have experience in this, what are you going to say about him then?”
We don’t have experts here?
USinUK
May 26th, 2010
9:37 am
Peadawg – “Not worrying about DADT and doing interviews during the Suns/Lakers on TNT, that’s for damn sure.”
yeah, because we should have a president who can do only 1 thing at a time
Bosch
May 26th, 2010
9:38 am
Peadawg,
“We don’t have experts here?”
Are you just dense on purpose? They work for the oil companies – they work for BP!!
Peadawg
May 26th, 2010
9:39 am
“yeah, because we should have a president who can do only 1 thing at a time”
What else did he do during that HC bill debacle? Some multi-tasking!!
RB from Gwinnett
May 26th, 2010
9:39 am
“Or, he’s an unpatriotic apologists who thinks Americans can’t fix their own problems.”
Stop speaking for others you hypocrite.
Peadawg
May 26th, 2010
9:41 am
Bosch @ 9:35
Didn’t you just tell me not to assume things about others? Or is it “do as I say not as I do”?
AmVet
May 26th, 2010
9:41 am
Lesson learned: Private enterprise does not always do it better and there is a role for government regulations, including environmental protection.
Heresy! What do we burn besides witches? MORE witches!
Enough of the Katrina red herring already. The people who did not heed the evac warnings are now, in many cases, bones. (That should make some here very happy.) And the “blame” game goes across many, many responsible parties – the Army Corps of Engineers, local, state and federal governments…(But not FEMA, Heckuva Job Brownie or King George.)
And for gawdssakes, ANWR???
Have the nonstop duped EVER found an ecosystem, anywhere, they weren’t ready to license off to the plunderers and incompetents???
Wake up petro-chemically addicted, Carter naysayers and quit living in your wonderful Father Knows Best 1950s…
Bosch
May 26th, 2010
9:41 am
RB,
Not speaking for others — just making predictions.
USinUK
May 26th, 2010
9:41 am
Finn – “Federal protection is what we pay taxes for, right? ”
and that is the point I was making yesterday – we do NOT pay taxes for the federal government to invest in drilling machinery and personnel, so what EXACTLY to these “Obama isn’t doing anything” people expect the administration to DO
Finn McCool
May 26th, 2010
9:42 am
Bosch is right, the experts work for OIL companies. Even if we call them in from overseas we are still going to get OIL company employees.
Bosch
May 26th, 2010
9:43 am
Peadawg,
Again, making predictions. You can certainly prove me wrong if that happens. I said that Avatar would be the biggest flop in movie history – so what do I know? Really.
Now, would you please mind answering the simple question of what exactly it is that Obama needs to be doing that he isn’t already?
USinUK
May 26th, 2010
9:43 am
Peadawg – “What else did he do during that HC bill debacle? Some multi-tasking!!”
um. you do realize that the HC bill was nearly a year in the making – do you think that was the only thing the administration was working on??? seriously???
Outhouse Gokart
May 26th, 2010
9:44 am
Perhaps our celebrity President could enlist the assistance of Hollywood and/or Sean Penn to cap this leaky oil well.
Bosch
May 26th, 2010
9:45 am
USinUK,
Maybe he should create the US Department of Drilling.
md
May 26th, 2010
9:45 am
“so what EXACTLY to these “Obama isn’t doing anything” people expect the administration to DO”
For starters, shear manpower using sandbags, bulldozers, anything to stop the spread of oil once it gets to shore. Saving a mile or two of the environment is better than none at all.
Scout
May 26th, 2010
9:45 am
“OFF TOPIC #1″
To My Friends & Foes:
I tried late last night and again this morning to Google the article I saw regarding “some of the cadets at West Point not shaking Obama’s hand” when they received their diploma. I have been unable to find it. (I ask that my conservative friends keep looking especially if there is a video available of the entire Corps of Cadets receiving their diplomas where each cadet can be fully observed).
Therefore, I retract that part of my post yesterday evening as inaccurate. All comments about the “tepid” response at that and other military events attended by Obama stand.
As some of you know, I nailed Bush, Rumsfield and other Republicans when they deserved it especially on the tactical part of the Gulf War, immigration, etc., etc. However, this administration makes that one look like a Sunday School picnic.
I will continue to call ‘em like I see ‘em and do my small part to help save this Republic before it is too late.
The battle continues ………………
Peadawg
May 26th, 2010
9:45 am
“um. you do realize that the HC bill was nearly a year in the making – do you think that was the only thing the administration was working on??? seriously???”
Immigration reform. Financial reform. Jobs. Economy. You know, all the major things most people care about? How are those doing?
Peadawg
May 26th, 2010
9:46 am
“Again, making predictions.”
Ok sweetheart. Whatever you say.
Bosch
May 26th, 2010
9:46 am
Outhouse,
This Sean Penn kick you’re on is funny – can you imagine?
Doggone/GA
May 26th, 2010
9:46 am
“and I’m never bothered by life-insurance salesmen!”
and his company never had a worker die fighting an oil well disaster. That’s one hell of a safety record.
Rightwing Troll
May 26th, 2010
9:47 am
After this leak is plugged I propose the federal government purchase all the equipment neccessary to deal with situation should it occur in the future. That will, of course, entail a new agency tasked with maintaining said equipment and to stay at the ready to deploy. And of course it will have to have a budget for expendables and training of employees of that equipment.
RB from Gwinnett
May 26th, 2010
9:47 am
Bosch. So you think it’s just dandy for arrogant little Bosch to “make predictions” about what others will say/do/think, but it’s not OK for anybody on the planet to “make predictions” about what Bosch will say/do/think? The definition of hypocrite!!!
Bosch
May 26th, 2010
9:48 am
Peadawg,
Can you please answer the freaking question and quit dodging? It’s really okay just to admit you’re just simply over-reacting and your Obama Derangement Syndrome is simply acting up this morning.
Bosch
May 26th, 2010
9:48 am
“So you think it’s just dandy for arrogant little Bosch to “make predictions” about what others will say/do/think, but it’s not OK for anybody on the planet to “make predictions” about what Bosch will say/do/think?”
Yes. Got any more questions?
Rightwing Troll
May 26th, 2010
9:50 am
Scout, even though you dance in the margins and give justification for your omission/error, thank you. This has nothing to do with Obama, and everything to do with the current state of political discourse…
Finn McCool
May 26th, 2010
9:50 am
Anyone interested in what the conservative nut jobs are writing about?
http://www.americaspeakingout.com/
Some guy was complaining that his posts were getting voted “inappropriate” so of course I had to vote that comment as “inappropriate” too!
jason
May 26th, 2010
9:50 am
bottom line is profet. So your government, yes you mr Obama you. You have to legislate that the oil companies have a backup plan waiting to be put in place for when things go wrong, and with simulated proven technology. None of this learing the hard way when it happens crap. Just look at all the coastal livelihoods being destroyed, and the poor inocent wild life being destroyed.
Pennsylvanian
May 26th, 2010
9:50 am
The reason many did not leave NO was they were waiting for USPS to deliver their checks. It was the end of August. The flooding catastrophe occurred because the levees failed. They failed from below due to poorly constructed foundations. The foundation issues were known at the time of construction.
Finn McCool
May 26th, 2010
9:51 am
Rightwing Troll, how we gonna pay for that new agency?
Tax hikes!….Primarily on the wealthy!
TaxPayer
May 26th, 2010
9:51 am
Now, would you please mind answering the simple question of what exactly it is that Obama needs to be doing that he isn’t already?
Rightwing Troll
May 26th, 2010
9:51 am
My best friend is from the Houston area, two of his dad’s favorite possesions are a zippo lighter and a rodeo style belt buckle from Red’s company from back in the day.
Bosch
May 26th, 2010
9:53 am
Damn. I should have paid more attention to this Red feller. He sounded like a cool guy.
Rightwing Troll
May 26th, 2010
9:53 am
“Rightwing Troll, how we gonna pay for that new agency?”
Not my problem. It’s what is needed for the government to do what the wingnuts here are screaming for. The equipment and manpower must be in place to be able to react.
USinUK
May 26th, 2010
9:53 am
“Sean Penn to cap this leaky oil well”
if he wasn’t such an amazing actor, I’d say use him to cap the well … but, DANG, the boy can act!
“Immigration reform. Financial reform. Jobs. Economy. You know, all the major things most people care about? How are those doing?”
well, the economy is improving – we’ve had 4 months of jobs growth, we’ve had positive GDP for 3 quarters, the Senate just passed financial reform, and the president just added a hundred million+ to border protection … so, I’d say those are doing rather well!
FrankLeeDarling
May 26th, 2010
9:54 am
I find it amusing how the cons twist,spin,spit in their own face and flog their own dead horse just to make themselves feel better about their incompetent corporate masters and gain a few political points.Given their rhetoric I find it hard to believe they give a damn about what is happening in the Gulf of Mexico,Just something new to try and bash Obama with.
Pennsylvanian
May 26th, 2010
9:56 am
FLD – Are James Carville and Donna Brazile cons?
Inquisition Daily, A Ye Olde Spanish Publication
May 26th, 2010
9:57 am
Ok sweetheart. Whatever you say.
Is Peadawg flirting with Bosch.
Finn McCool
May 26th, 2010
9:58 am
Wingnut retread:
“we wants smaller guvmint…but we need to add an oil clean-up agency”
Normal
May 26th, 2010
9:58 am
Scout,
Both of us being ex-military, I think that we can agree that refusal to shake the hand of the CinC constitutes a violation of the UCMJ. At the very least Article 134. This why I doubt it ever happened. By the letter of military law, they could be, and I might add, should be expeled for gross insubordination. No matter if they like him or not, he IS their top Commander.
My feelings toward LBJ and RN weren’t the most positive, but I obeyed orders.
Inquisition Daily, A Ye Olde Spanish Publication
May 26th, 2010
9:59 am
I find it hard to believe they give a damn about what is happening in the Gulf of Mexico,Just something new to try and bash Obama with.
Given their track record, you should find it impossible to believe.
John Birch
May 26th, 2010
10:02 am
So Obama’s going to visit the coast, walk out on the water, and the leak will stop. Why didn’t he do that weeks ago?
Scout
May 26th, 2010
10:04 am
“OFF TOPIC #2″
To Granny Godzilla (I hope you are out there this a.m.)
Since Jay is big on “retractions” this week I have one for you:
You accused me on a thread late last week of quoting Rev. Copeland to make a point and then turning around and badmouthing him on a later post.
You read the site wrong and thou dost err !
The quote I used is from Mr. Joseph Chambers wherein he “nails” Copeland for promoting the false doctrine of a feminine God.
Here is the again quote if you don’t have it ………….
“One of the most sinister of doctrines that is promoted by New Agers and theological liberals is the attack on God’s masculinity. They like to call God “Mother God”, as well as, or instead of, “Father God.” Probably nothing in Biblical Theology is more dangerous than this kind of thinking. God is clearly our “Father God” and any idea of a feminine side is diabolical.”
and …………..
Here is the site:
http://www.theforbiddenknowledge.com/hardtruth/kenneth_copland2.htm
USinUK
May 26th, 2010
10:04 am
“Why didn’t he do that weeks ago?”
I think he should have hopped into his way-back machine and stopped the explosion in the first place … damn you Obama and your pelican scrubbers, too!!!
Scout
May 26th, 2010
10:06 am
Normal:
You may be correct but that may only apply to saluting, etc.
Outhouse Gokart
May 26th, 2010
10:06 am
“Donna Brazile” ugh…she is so nauseating.
Mr. Snarky
May 26th, 2010
10:07 am
Dear God,
Please let this work.
Yours truly,
Mr. Snarky
Outhouse Gokart
May 26th, 2010
10:07 am
James “excuse me for talking while u were interrupting” Carville, while often wrong is funny.
Mick
May 26th, 2010
10:07 am
Obama has given the appearance of being lacksadasical about this oil spill, with that being said, does anyone not believe that 8 years of bushism has contributed to this sorry state of regulation and enforcement?
godless heathen
May 26th, 2010
10:07 am
Carol Browner, White House Energy Advisor: “All decisions about the clean up, all decisions about shutting down the well are being run through the federal government,” The federal government is in charge.”
Obama got this.
Helleva job, Browner.
BP=Barry’s Problem
Peadawg
May 26th, 2010
10:08 am
“Can you please answer the freaking question and quit dodging? It’s really okay just to admit you’re just simply over-reacting and your Obama Derangement Syndrome is simply acting up this morning.”
I’m not an expert, so I don’t know. I thought Obama was qualified to be President? He’s so quick to stick his nose in other parts of our lives yet all he’s done with the oil spill is talk. No action. As many “experts” as he’s hired on his staff, you would think someone knows something! Oops!
Union
May 26th, 2010
10:08 am
obama cannot walk on water.. thats just a myth started by liberals
RB from Gwinnett
May 26th, 2010
10:08 am
So, the DOJ is preparing to sue AZ for it’s immigration law. Holder says “”The regulation of our borders and the immigration that occurs by crossing our borders is something that is inherently something I believe for the national government to take responsibility for.”
Then do it! Unbelievable. The only reason AZ had to create the law is because the govt has not taken responsibility for it. Sounds like Bosch is in charge of the DOJ with logic like that.
Peadawg
May 26th, 2010
10:08 am
Union @ 10:08…lol!!!
FrankLeeDarling
May 26th, 2010
10:09 am
No Penn they are not but my perception is, a large percentage of people whining about Obama’s supposed lack of response are just a bunch of partisan hacks looking to score some cheap political points from this tragedy
Peadawg
May 26th, 2010
10:10 am
I just think it’s hilarious y’all blamed Bush for Katrina and not doing enough to help, yet you sit here and defend Obama for not doing anything.
Outhouse Gokart
May 26th, 2010
10:11 am
Holder and Neopolitan are in over there heads…I expect to see clips of Neop breaking down and sobbing over this oil leak.
USinUK
May 26th, 2010
10:11 am
Peadawg – “I’m not an expert, so I don’t know … yet all he’s done with the oil spill is talk. No action.”
action??? WHAT ACTION CAN HE DO??? seriously? other than donning a wet suit, diving in and plugging the effing well, himself, WHAT ACTION CAN HE TAKE??? Oil drilling is NOT the government’s business!!!
Curious Observer
May 26th, 2010
10:12 am
My feelings toward LBJ and RN weren’t the most positive, but I obeyed orders.
Heck, I even had JFK as CinC for a couple of years. You should have been in the Far East after the assassination. The extent of the military alerts was amazing; people at the top of the chain were convinced that the Russians were part of a conspiracy.
Outhouse Gokart
May 26th, 2010
10:12 am
PD…Obama will probably blame this oil leak on Sean Penn.
USinUK
May 26th, 2010
10:12 am
Peadawg – “blamed Bush for Katrina and not doing enough to help”
again – it is the government’s JOB to respond to federal emergencies / disasters like tornadoes, hurricanes and earthquakes.
it is NOT the government’s job to drill for oil!
Mr. Snarky
May 26th, 2010
10:12 am
“obama cannot walk on water.. thats just a myth started by liberals”
Liberals didn’t start that myth. It’s a myth started by conservatives that liberals started that myth.
Inquisition Daily, A Ye Olde Spanish Publication
May 26th, 2010
10:13 am
obama cannot walk on water.. thats just a myth started by Republicans
Outhouse Gokart
May 26th, 2010
10:14 am
The Feds regulate oil drilling and especially in this case. Outer Continental and Continental shelf. Its is the govts responsbility to “Drill down” and be sure the Oil companies are proceeding according to the regs.
AmVet
May 26th, 2010
10:14 am
As for the improving economy and overall state of affairs, this much is obvious.
No matter who replaced Dumb and Dumber, with their bookend disasters, the nation was going to let out an enormous, collective sigh of relief. We survived the Reign of Error. I personally reprised Gerald Ford’s famous quote, “Our long national nightmare is over.”
BHO has been no great prize, to say the least. But at least we don’t (yet) have hundreds of flag draped coffins coming home needlessly every week or the systematic dismantling of longstanding US law…
Peadawg
May 26th, 2010
10:15 am
“it is the government’s JOB to respond to federal emergencies / disasters like tornadoes, hurricanes and earthquakes.”
An oil spill that threatens Florida, Bama, Mississippi, Louisian, Texas, it’s a federal emergency? Like I said, y’all are for him sticking his nose in other parts of our lives, bailing out banks and automakers, saying we have to have HC or get fined……but forget the beaches, wildlife, hotels and fisherman. They’re on their own.
USinUK
May 26th, 2010
10:15 am
“Liberals didn’t start that myth. It’s a myth started by conservatives that liberals started that myth”
a vast right-wing myth-spiracy???
Outhouse Gokart
May 26th, 2010
10:15 am
With regard to Katrina…The responsbility rest squarely on the shoulders of Nagin and his co-conspirators within the LA State and local govt.
Bosch
May 26th, 2010
10:15 am
Peadawg,
“He’s so quick to stick his nose in other parts of our lives”
Exactly which part of YOUR life has he stuck his nose in?
“yet all he’s done with the oil spill is talk. No action.”
Bullsh*t and you know it – again, take something for your flare up of OBS this morning. Xanax helps well with that.
“As many “experts” as he’s hired on his staff, you would think someone knows something!”
And of those experts how many of those are qualified in oil leaks and repairs? How many?
Peadawg
May 26th, 2010
10:16 am
bad spelling in my 10:15…typed too fast
FrankLeeDarling
May 26th, 2010
10:16 am
Boy you cons must be happy that Katrina happened, what would you be clinging to if it hadn’t.
Peadawg
May 26th, 2010
10:17 am
“And of those experts how many of those are qualified in oil leaks and repairs? How many?”
I guess he skipped that while hiring a bunch of Chicago-bread buddies of his. Oops!
Outhouse Gokart
May 26th, 2010
10:17 am
If Obama would just apologize for allowing this oil leak then we could all begin the healing process.
Finn McCool
May 26th, 2010
10:18 am
Peadawg wrote “bailing out banks and automakers”
Dude, get a clue already. He bailed out the automakers but, this late in the game and you still don’t know who was President when the banks were bailed out????
My 11 year old kid knows who was President in 2008!
Pennsylvanian
May 26th, 2010
10:19 am
Why hasn’t the POTUS engaged the services of geology and engineering professors to assist with a plan? You know, the teachers that taught the oil company geologists and engineers?
Bosch
May 26th, 2010
10:19 am
Peadawg,
How many Peadawg? How many government experts on oil leak and repairs are there in his cabinet.
Again, where do those experts work Peadawg? They work for the oil companies – it’s okay to admit your wrong.
USinUK
May 26th, 2010
10:19 am
Peadawg – 10:15 –
“The Coast Guard admiral coordinating the federal response to the Gulf Coast oil spill said Monday it would not make sense for the government to take over control of the accident from BP.
“To push BP out of the way … would raise the question, to replace them with what?” said Admiral Thad Allen at a White House press briefing. The government’s current relationship with BP, in which federal authorities oversee the company’s response, “is the way I think we should move forward,” Allen said. ”
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2010/05/federal-response-to-oil-spill-comes-under-renewed-criticism.html
The USCG is acting and doing what they can to protect the beaches and help with the oil spill …
USinUK
May 26th, 2010
10:20 am
Bosch – 10:19 – and don’t forget about keeping deep-water drilling machinery in the white house garage …
Peadawg
May 26th, 2010
10:20 am
“How many Peadawg? How many government experts on oil leak and repairs are there in his cabinet.”
I answered that question. Next?
Jackie
May 26th, 2010
10:21 am
The Repubs in Congress are beginning to show their inner feelings. After their meeting President Obama, they essentially said “he should not come to meetings with the grown-ups and men and women of superior intelligence and moral certitude.”
They did not have any other way of calling him “boy”, so it was decided that he did not belong in the same meeting with those ladies and gentlemen assembled for the President’s called meeting.
The President stated that he wanted to have bi-partisan, candid discussions with Congress to address problems relating to the citizens of this country. The Repubs used this meeting as a backhanded method to assail the President’s character and expose their own racist proclivities.
Inquisition Daily, A Ye Olde Spanish Publication
May 26th, 2010
10:22 am
Peadawg and Outhouse are here to spread the lies that they are fed on AM Talk Radio by their favorite right wing Republican primary losers and their comrades.
Bosch
May 26th, 2010
10:22 am
Peadawg,
No you didn’t you weaseled out of it with some smart ass comment about Chicago. How many government experts on oil leak and repairs are there in his cabinet.
WHAT SHOULD HE BE DOING THAT HE’S NOT ALREADY DOING?
Normal
May 26th, 2010
10:22 am
Scout, the UCMJ applies to everything involving the proper respect to a superior. Anything less is insubordination.
The thing is, like I said to a superior one time when he said I will respect him(as an order). My reply was, “No sir, Navy Regs say I have to respect the uniform; not the man inside it, sir”. And I was right too. As an aside, I left for my third tour shortly thereafter.
Peadawg
May 26th, 2010
10:24 am
“Peadawg and Outhouse are here to spread the lies that they are fed on AM Talk Radio by their favorite right wing Republican primary losers and their comrades.”
Shafee and Jefe on Project961 aren’t Republicans and it’s definitely not a talk show. Quit assuming.
“No you didn’t you weaseled out of it with some smart ass comment about Chicago. How many government experts on oil leak and repairs are there in his cabinet.”
My answer was the equivalent of 0. There, I spelled it out nice and neat. Even typed slower for you. Comprende?
Outhouse Gokart
May 26th, 2010
10:25 am
“The President stated that he wanted to have bi-partisan”
LOL…uh, ok. If he says so. Will be interesting to hear his statements on the Sestak issue.
Inquisition Daily, A Ye Olde Spanish Publication
May 26th, 2010
10:26 am
Peadawg and Outhouse are here to spread the lies that they are fed on AM Talk Radio by their favorite right wing Republican primary losers and their comrades.
No assumptions needed.
Pennsylvanian
May 26th, 2010
10:26 am
Bosch – You really want to stand by your comment that ALL the experts work for oil companies?