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BP Ignored Safety Modeling Software To Save Time
DMandPenfold writes "BP ignored the advice of safety modeling software in an attempt to save time before the disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil spill, according to a presentation slide (PDF) prepared by US investigators. The slide in question briefly appeared on the Oil Spill Commission's website in error, but was quickly retracted. Advanced cement modeling software, provided by BP's cement contractor Halliburton, had highlighted serious stability concerns with the well."
Well, there was ONE who went around raising HOPE that things would CHANGE.
But he turned out to be a snake-oil salesman:
Doctors say Medicare cuts force painful decision about elderly patients
Want an appointment with kidney specialist Adam Weinstein of Easton, Md.? If you're a senior covered by Medicare, the wait is eight weeks.
How about a checkup from geriatric specialist Michael Trahos? Expect to see him every six month...
Obama's over-promising is insane. Obamacare is probably the worst because of the devastating impact it's going to have not just on the medical system in the US but its crushing cost at a time when the government doesn't have any excess money because it's burning cash like a billion drunken sailors. (If you think "free health care" is FREE, I've got a bridge or ten to sell you...)
But the BP spill demonstrated that Obama's supposed "competence" is a sham. He mishandled the BP spill worse than Bush mishandled Katrina, and Obama didn't even have the handicap of having to deal with root-cause-idiots like Ray "those flooded school buses couldn't have been used to evacuate the city" Nagin.
We have found out what Hillary meant with those campaign commercials about who you wanted answering the phone a 3 AM. We got the worst guy possible - someone who has never had to run anything before in his entire live.
Obama: the penultimate embodiment of the Peter Principle.
It's not a coincidence that both North Korea and Iran are pushing towards war on Obama's watch...