Disaster looms as oil slick reaches US coast

[Wyld 4 X]

LOL... I guess you didn't see the posts I made earlier in this thread. The Bush Administration did play a part in this, no matter how much you want to ignore it.

I'm not ignoring it and Obama didnt have a play in this? Plugging your ears, closing your eyes and yelling loudly wont make him any better of a President.

 

[Wyld 4 X]

^^sorry, when exactly was rig built again? I'm not sure, but I'll bet it was more than two years ago.

Bush fucked over the entire world horribly and Obama continues the elite legacy. They are both terrible.

2001, in South Korea. It began drilling at this place in the Gulf in February 2010. It was actually quite a remarkable machine before this catastrophe.

 

[bit_pattern]

Add libbing is probably in another thread if you want to try out your tired act there. Good luck.

Who do you think was pouring the cement, genius?

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100510-718663.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703572504575214593564769072.html

http://www.businessweek.com/news/20...ocean-blame-each-other-in-gulf-oil-spill.html

You obviously ARE asleep, you're certainly not paying attention other than desperately trying to defend Bush's honour 8)

 

[Unbreakable]

Workers aboard an exploding offshore drilling platform were told to sign statements denying they were hurt or witnessed the blast that rocked the rig, killed 11 and spewed millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, their attorneys said Tuesday.

Survivors floated for hours in life boats in the Gulf of Mexico after the disaster on the Deepwater Horizon, and were greeted by company officials onshore asking them to sign statements that they had no "first hand or personal knowledge" of the incident, attorneys said.

"These men are told they have to sign these statements or they can't go home," said Tony Buzbee, a Houston attorney for 10 Transocean workers. "I think it's pretty callous, but I'm not surprised by it."

Source:
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/05/assoc_1.html

Rig workers told to sign statements, 'or they can't go home

 

[Cyc]

The statements themselves would stand as testimony to a cover-up, would they not?

 

[Wyld 4 X]

Who do you think was pouring the cement, genius?

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100510-718663.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703572504575214593564769072.html

http://www.businessweek.com/news/20...ocean-blame-each-other-in-gulf-oil-spill.html

You obviously ARE asleep, you're certainly not paying attention other than desperately trying to defend Bush's honour 8)

I'm discussing the when, not the who. Wake up.

I'm defending no one's honor, least of all his. I rather enjoy you kicking that poor dead horse though.

 

[Wyld 4 X]

The statements themselves would stand as testimony to a cover-up, would they not?

I think so especially with everyone involved starting to posture up.

 

[Mehm]

2001, in South Korea. It began drilling at this place in the Gulf in February 2010. It was actually quite a remarkable machine before this catastrophe.

thank you for the information. My point is this; Bush had a policy of essentially letting the oil companies regulate themselves. Obama has clearly continued this policy. In light of this, I would say the Obama administration and the appropriate committees are largely to blame for not reversing the Bush policies and shutting down these rigs until they installed proper shut off equipment.

 

[Mehm]

BP makes enough profit in four days to cover the costs of the spill cleanup thus far.

oil2“As hopes dim for containing the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico anytime soon” after a giant containment dome failed, the cost of cleaning up the spill will continue to rise. BP is financially responsible for the disaster, and President Obama wants to raise the cap on what the company is liable for, as cleanup costs have already surpassed the current limit. BP said yesterday that it had already spent $350 million on the spill response, and the company’s stock has taken a big hit, but the “behemoth” company will almost certainly survive the disaster with little long term damage. BP’s daily profits dwarf the daily cost of spill response, and at the current rate, the company could cover the entire cost of cleanup thus far in just under four days of profits:

For now, at least, BP’s prodigious costs combating the oil spill in the Gulf are outweighed by prodigious profits.

On Monday, BP said it spent $350 million in the first 20 days of the spill response, about $17.5 million a day. It has paid 295 of the 4,700 claims received, for a total of $3.5 million. By contrast, in the first quarter of the year, the London-based oil giant’s profits averaged $93 million a day.

The amount of oil leaking into the Gulf of Mexico has been estimated at 5,000 to 25,000 barrels a day. In the first quarter, BP produced 2.5 million barrels of crude oil a day worldwide — and it received $71.86 for every barrel.

At $93 million a day in profits, BP makes $350 million in about 3.8 days. The Washington Post noted that Exxon, through a decision by the Supreme Court, was able to pay only $507.5 million of the original $5 billion in punitive damages that it had been assessed for the 1989 Valdez disaster.

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/05/11/bp-four-days-spill/

 

[Mehm]

this site tracks the course of the oil spill

it seems to have shrunk and or concentrated a bit....possibly due to the dispersants and burn offs?

 

[Unbreakable]

Now there are dead Dolphins washing ashore.

Dead dolphins wash up in Gulf; oil role unclear
Meantime, BP says container aimed at capping gusher has reached seafloor.

updated 45 minutes ago
HORN ISLAND, Miss. - Federal wildlife officials are treating the deaths of six dolphins on the Gulf Coast as oil-related even though other factors may be to blame.

Blair Mase of the National Marine Fisheries Service said the carcasses have all been found in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama since May 2.

Samples have been sent for testing to see whether a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico helped kill the dolphins. At least 4 million gallons of oil has spewed into the Gulf in the three weeks since a Transocean Ltd. rig operated by BP PLC exploded and sank, killing 11 workers.

Mase and animal rescue coordinator Michele Kelley in Louisiana said none of the carcasses has obvious signs of oil. Mase also said it's common for dead dolphins to wash up this time of year when they are in shallow waters to calve.

The Associated Press found dolphins swimming and playing in oily waters off Louisiana last week.

Container reaches seafloor
Meantime, BP said Wednesday that a second, smaller container has reached the seafloor, but it hasn't yet been placed over the blown-out well fouling the Gulf of Mexico.

BP spokesman Bill Salvin said Wednesday that the 2-ton box had reached the seabed overnight.

He says it hasn't been positioned over the well yet because engineers want to make sure everything is hooked up correctly. Officials want to avoid the same icy, slushy buildup that thwarted their first attempt at using a much larger box that weighed about 100 tons.

This box will be connected to a ship on the surface by a pipe-within-a-pipe when it's lowered. Crews plan to pump in heated water and methanol so ice won't build up.

Salvin says undersea robots will position the box over the gusher by Thursday.

Source:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37105656/ns/us_news-gulf_oil_spill

Video of bird stuck in oil
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqRmFdauZiI&feature=player_embedded

Bottom boat picture
http://i.imgur.com/GUHMu.jpg

Lots of pictures in that link
http://www.kansascity.com/2010/05/11/1939276/fish-kill-in-pascagoula-miss.html



its getting bigger, they had a Senator say the oil spill is a big a Montana

 

[Wyld 4 X]

thank you for the information. My point is this; Bush had a policy of essentially letting the oil companies regulate themselves. Obama has clearly continued this policy. In light of this, I would say the Obama administration and the appropriate committees are largely to blame for not reversing the Bush policies and shutting down these rigs until they installed proper shut off equipment.

And that is a fair assessment. My point is that continuing to blame someone who has not been in office for over 2 years is ridiculous. Bush had his failings and if Obama isnt trying to resolve them, what does that say about him?

 

[Shimmer.Fade]

Are you really so dense? He was arguably the most powerful man in the world for 8 years. His administration's actions are going to have repercussions probably longer than he was in office. Just because he is no longer in office does not mean that the blame for his administration's irresponsible actions should not be attributed to that administration.

It is sad that you can't see 3 inches in front of your face to understand the corruption and greed that is destroying the US. It has nothing to do with parties. So far the Obama administration is not doing a much better job than the Bush administration in many regards.

It is hard to tell whether the Obama administration is supporting and continuing the status quo, or if the changes in policy wrought by the Bush administration coupled with propaganda spouting machines like FOX news has paralyzed our government by polarization of the population so that the Obama administration feels it can only take baby steps to get anything accomplished.

Anyways, what are your thoughts on the subject of this thread Wyld. I don't think you have contributed anything worthwhile to what this thread is actually about.

 

[beamers]

Who is actually blaming Bush in the media though at the moment?

Link Forward to 5:00

 

[Shimmer.Fade]

I don't blame only Bush, but to defend him is ludicrous. The problems lies within our whole system of government which is based on immediate reward in order to receive votes, as opposed to a more logical well thought out plan for now and a few years from now.

This whole thing is caused by allowing oil companies to regulate safety issues themselves. It is terrible case of negligence by our government. Durrrr.. who would have thought that huge corporations wouldn't regulate themselves in an appropriate way in order to make a buck. Sadly, a huge portion of the US population are complete suckers, and another huge portion couldn't care less if the environment gets fucked.

 

[Wyld 4 X]

I don't think you have contributed anything worthwhile to what this thread is actually about.

And you most certainly have!

I don't blame only Bush, but to defend him is ludicrous.

Are you really so dense?

Where was I defending him?

 

[beamers]

The constant semantics of wild4x, and around the circle goes.

 

[bit_pattern]

Obvious troll is obvious 8)

 

[Wyld 4 X]

Obvious troll is obvious 8)

lulz of the decade from you.

 

[qwe]

so do we all agree that both bush and obama deserve some sort of punishment for the negligence?