U.S. pressures BP over oil spill as Obama visits Gulf

First you came for the land and I did not speak out . Then you came for the trees and I did not speak out . Then you came for the oil in the blue waters, and steel I did not speak out. Now you have made you money, on the good earth, and now there is no more left to speak out for !!! But Now I speak out, To hell with your profit’s

First you came for the land and I did not speak out .

Then you came for the trees and I did not speak out .

Then you came for the oil in the blue waters, and steel I did not speak out.

Now you have made your money, from the good earth,
and now there is no more left to speak out for !!!
But Now I speak out, To hell with you and your profit’s

Darn Republicans

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Atlantic hurricane season 30 days and counting… BP doesn’t have enough money for cleanup if hurricane hits.

where is the reporting on the 2nd oil spill?there was a 2nd INLAND rig “disaster”in morgan city that is actually causing the slick.why is the only reporting on this a small snippet in the wsj marketwatch?

So, I sit here, a consumer of oil, and watch over the last 40 years as big corporations have complained about the green earth folk, even comparing them to communists who want to bring down our society. Yet, if this is going to cause us from enjoying seafood anymore except at a very high price, and depriving thousands of their livelihoods, I would say that it is actually companies that want to press through and build things that are a danger to our society. In fact, it is the companies that do these types of activities that are a danger to society, not the other way around. If one company can kill much of our fish it deprives many of a living and a decent meal too. It is a way of life in Louisiana, as it is in Alaska, yet they haven’t reclaimed the ability to fish and catch the seafood that they used to for thousands of years. If these companies are going to cost people sums such as these, companies need to put their money up first before they do risky projects. BP says that they will pay for the damages, but that is cheap talk now. Exxon has still not paid the 5 billion that a court of their peers found them guilty of, and the appeals go on. Yet they are still making money on oil. It is time that companies paid for damages that they cause, whether it is to the economy, the ocean or the sky, or people’s mental health by the attitude that they have at the workplace!

“Drill baby, drill.” That is what America needs, more Palin/Tea Party/Limbaugh, simple-minded solutions to complex issues and, tragically, our nation’s demise will be guaranteed.

New Republican motto: spill baby spill or burn baby burn. Now the right wing nuts are trying to figure out how to blame this on Obama. Why haven’t we heard a peep from Palin on the spill? His has an opinion on every thing else and she is an expert on oil.

We can’t possible drill our selves to energy independence. We now use 20% of all the oil produced in the world. Wake up, all the easy stuff is gone we will have to drill farther and it is going to become more expensive. This will just postpone the final pain. We need to count on American ingenuity to find better energy sources so we can quit paying $400 billon a year for foreign oil. America could once again export more then we import.

In15 years, if we make it national priority, far more energy couldl be produced by oil producing algae, wind farms, solar farms and a host of other technologies being investigated plus our natural gas reserves than what we get out of these oil wells. If the US succeeds in producing all our energy at home the price of oil would be back a $20 a barrel making deep ocean wells not cost efficient enough to make a profit.

P.S. Fox News would not post my comment.
So muc for fair and ballanced.

guys it is a false flag to keep us on foreign oil.don’t you find it strange that right before obama was going to uncap the wells in the gulf there’s an oil spill?and initially they said that it looked like there would be no significant spill…but then 2 days ago there was another mishap inland near morgan city that noone is covering that is actually causing the spill.

why not drop a large section of steel pipe( or whatever metal that is
good for deepsea applications) over the leaking pipe and have some sort
of clothlike or platic like water and oil resistant material to that
section of pipe to guide the oil up to the surface to like a refueling
ship which could then offload the oil to waiting oil tankers, this way
bp could stop the flow of oil into the gulf and actually make some
money.

just some basic math involved to determine the lenth of pipe needed to
offset the pull of the “fabriclike material”
once u have it put together it could be delivered to the well head by
all the submersibles and guided into place, the steel-like pipe
section would then be sunk into the sediment and from there the oil
would only be able to go up. its so simple i dont see why anyone hasnt
thought of this….
if anything just a small pump would be needed to help the oil up. the
navy could have a refueling vessel there in no time , the materials
should be easy to gather, cheap and effective solution…. but i do
want to get paid off this idea since im unemployeed.. like say a
million dollars and a percentage of the recovered oil proceeds from the
MC252 well until such time that the longer term solution methods could
be finished with, like drilling relief wells

We need to drill Now in US territorial waters and refine that oil into gasoline and the other hundreds of products, here in US refineries. Massive cyclic inhouse revenues would be generated. Its a 100% chance that it would help in economic recovery and everything associated with our country. Otherwise, just regulate and legalize Marijuana and tax the hell out of it.

So, the criminal US is getting paid back in it’s own coin?

What a tragedy.
Y’all southern boys think strong assertive Govt regulation might be a good idea now?
Left to their own will, corporations will cut cut corners on safety to improve profitability. This fact has been around since hitler was a corporal.
Y’all get it now? If not, wait a few more weeks until the devastation comes to maturity.
Good grief!

..what to say about a country and its culture and direction gone completely crazy..with millions starving the US grows corn to produce gasoline…its insanity..its like selling one’s savings to run a car…this oil slick is only the signs of a decadent country which has to run four times as hard and fast just to be at the same spot..
all earlier societies gave way to the new…it is the essence of nature to change, despite however painful the change might be and the US is collapsing on its own deadweight…it is only a matter of time..

Had enough of the right wing wingnuts and their policy of less Government regulations and let the oil companies
run hog wild. Had enough talk about the government being Socialist and they are too big but whenever there is a big catastrophe like this oil spill expect them to be there . Had enough of the Palins,Becks and Limbaugh’s of the world. Where is the Republican Governor of Louisina when all this is going on in his backyard. Haven’t heard from him he is quiet as a church mouse along with his Republican friends and the loudmouth Palin with her Drill,baby drill talk. Where are they now……

Wow! a few Hippy granola feel goodery Lib eral “poem” and some super lazy lame (lame) Facebook protester. Whatever happening to not buying the product. Nooooo. Lets facebook’em – then we can print it out and put in a scrapbook. Political party bashing? Yea, that’s the ticket. I wish someone would have told me in 1990 that the internet was going to be filled with morons in 2010. I would have moved to a severely remote location without electricity.

It’s too bad that you spend so much emotion on blame and anger when sacrifice and solutions are what is needed to end this kind of damage to our earth. I say shut up and do something about it.

Wonder what things will be like in 6 months. Maybe this is the beginning of God’s big judgment against the US. Our country began as a reverent entity, but now we have gone the ways of so many other nations: immersed in greed, sin, idolatry… our love for ourselves has eclipsed our love for fellow humans. Read the descriptions of Babylon the Great in Revelations: the nation that makes the merchants of the world rich. Her great cities fall in one hour…

I read that bayou fishermen were “half praying, half crossing our fingers, toes, etc”. Sounds just like the Israelites flirting with pagan rituals and superstitions before the
Babylonians hauled them off to slavery. The biblically illiterate Christians in this country should be leading the way back to repentance, opening their dusty books and learning the true nature of God. Repentance is not just asking forgiveness but also changing your ways!!

“The world and it’s desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.” 1J2:17

I love you all, and your suffering pains me. Peace be with you, Gulf coasties.

Sarah Palin! Phone’s for you!

There are natural disasters such as the earthquake in Chile and Hurricane Katrina, or human disasters such as the war in Iraq, that easily eclipse this one. It seems that BP and likely others were complacent about the possibilities that backup systems could fail. They are not criminals, they are human beings who were lulled into a false sense of security. All these comments about how evil the corporations are and how they put profit before people is just nonsense.

This spill will be costly for BP, but even more so for environmental destruction to fisheries and wildlife, and those whose livelihood is dependent upon the gulf waters. Considering the environmental destruction that American companies have frequently wrought upon other countries in pursuit of profits, Americans will now realize how it feels and will perhaps be more considerate. Then again, don’t bet on it since not even America has control over business interests, and Americans have never cared about anyone or anything other than their own pocket books. It’s the American Way.

The costs for cleanup and recovery at the Gulf coast will be significant. The severity of the environmental and economic impact will depend on the type of oil released and the miles of coastline affected.

The Amoco Cadiz carried a heavier crude than spilled in the Gulf and released its entire cargo, 1.6 million barrels, only three miles from shore, in a matter of days, eventually contaminating 200 miles of coastline. Heavy seas were a contributing factor. The oil transformed into a greasy pudding covering the beaches. Thousands of people from all over Europe volunteered for cleanup. Dispersants were not used at the time. The consequences of the disaster can still be seen today.

References to the Amoco Cadiz disaster can be found here:
http://brainmindinst.blogspot.com/2010/04/energy-mind.html

Obama, see signs in the economy getting better what sign he see in this. Maybe he should be looking I mean seeking other signs. Jesus said why do this generation seek after signs? Verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.

and where is the Oilman Sucks Blamkfein, specialist in sucking? Great American People, take the guys of Goldman Sucks to the gulf and put to work. 24 hours and gulf fresh and clean waters like never seen before ok. Thanks.

Cannabis, or hemp, as some people prefer to call it, is the solution to american energy problems. That plant produces enough oil (or biofuel) to feed the whole continent. Check it out for yourself googleling: “hemp fuel” – you’ll be surprised about how american energy indepence is so easily achieveable (you just need to make hemp (or cannabis) production legal.

Take a good long look at this fiasco if you live in a state considering allowing off shore drilling. It only takes ONE accident to ruin your livelihood and your lands. Every day a rig is parked by your coasts is like rolling the dice.

But once you get hit, no amount of money will replace what will be lost. This November should be used as an opportunity to let congress know that we want them to get serious about green technologies, and do it quickly.

I wonder how many people will choose to gamble with their lands and water ways.

Daniel_Campos

From your keyboard to Obama’s ear. :-)

“… threatening an economic and ecological disaster as President Barack Obama sharpened his criticism of BP Plc and pressed the energy giant to halt the oil gushing from its ruptured well.”

“Halt the oil!” You see, Obama believes just because he wishes it it will be done. Like his health care bill. It might be a mess but he believes it’s done. Like the pseudo stimulus bill. It might not have done a lick, but it got done.

Obama backing it or not, with this disaster offshore drilling is dying as a viable energy-independence option. If not from new laws, then from the lawsuits BP will face here — saw a cool site; Balkingpoints ; incredible satellite view of earth

Why should the current pres get tagged with this one? The fed is not in the business of containing or preventing oil spills. Besides, the permit for this drill was probably issued 2 or three years ago, as nothing at these levels moves very quickly.

I don’t care for the current pres or his socialistic ideas, but c’mon, lets not hold him responsible for everything that goes wrong, huh?

Wow, now it occurred to him! The explosion happened on 4/21/2010, and all this time he sat on his hands. Tell me now about delay in Bush’s response to Katrina – was it a day, or two? This disaster will have much worse consequences, and it can’t be conceivably pinned on previous Administration, it’s 100% Obama disaster.
Surely he didn’t blow up the rig, no more than Bush caused the hurricane. However the Navy and CG must have been sent in the same day, next day in worst case. The delay will surely cost immeasurable environmental damage to Gulf Coast, possibly to US East Coast and the Caribbean, and Obama Administration is just as much, if not more, responsible for it as Bush for bungled Katrina response.