Oil Arrives In Louisiana; Defense Booms Inadequate

eldavojohn writes "People in mainland Louisiana are seeing the beginnings of the oil's full effects on wildlife in the area. Sticky, rust-colored oil covers the reeds like a latex paint, indicating that the efforts to lay miles of floating booms to keep it away from the fragile marshes are useless. They are experiencing what the Plaquemines (mouth of Mississippi River) saw last week, and it now appears that their defenses were inadequate. Only time will tell how much worse it can get as BP still scrambles for a solution. NPR also ran a story critical of Obama's 'scientific approach' that he promised to use in office and how well it's being applied and holding up during this crisis."

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Re:BP, you're horseshit.

[blind biker]

So. The top scientists and engineers in America and around the world are huddling their heads together in Houston, having pulled a month's worth of 20-hour days desperately trying to brainstorm every possible way to make the well stop.

And... you're modding up a guy who doesn't think they thought of DUMPING ROCKS ON IT????

Or wait ... they did think of dumping rocks on it but don't want to? Even though they're looking at BILLIONS in cleanup/restoration/litigation costs? Not to mention potential penalties like, you know, no more deepwater drilling?

If blocking it with rocks would work, why would it take 500,000 TONS of rocks? The pressure coming from the wellhead is less than 5,000 POUNDS. And why would simply hauling loads of rocks and dumping them on the wellhead cost "few billions"?

I understand you are upset. The question is, why do you let your emotions turn you into a complete blathering idiot?

I see that you're nicely in the pocket of big oil (I read your other posts in this thread). A thin veil of masquerading doesn't fully disguise your affiliations.

So I do understand what turns youinto a complete blathering idiot.

Re:Not very critical, actually.

[Hurricane78]

FUCKING NEITHER?? DUH! Is that so hard to grasp?

Are you cattle or what? Create a party! Vote a small party! Rise up! There are tons of ways.

But nooo. “My master did only offer me those two options, so I can only choose those two.” Bitch bitch bitch. What a good little indoctrinated drone you are!

I. Hate. People. With. A. Tiny. Confined. Mind.
You can replace them all with a very small shell script, and not notice the difference.

Yep, that was not nice of me. But sometimes enough is just enough.

Re:Bzzzt! Wrong, but thanks for playing!

[spun]

He did better than any so called 'fiscal conservative,' otherwise known as borrow and spend conservatives. In fact, by any measure, the economy always does better under a liberal. 8.%5 average market growth under Democratic administrations, .5% under Republican administrations (or 3%, if you don't count Hoover. But why wouldn't you?)

Everyone knows that all Republicans know how to do is win elections. They despise government, is it any wonder that they screw it up when actually elected?