Outrage over Gulf oil spill grows

BP has done a pretty bad job here, and I'm not going to reduce their responsibility as a result, but I'm noticing a few other companies which are more or less passing the buck on to BP for their own involvement (including the firm which built the structure). I wish that there was a closer look at those companies in addition to BP, because at the moment it looks like they are going to slip through the cracks and I'd rather not have them working future projects without getting the full treatment like BP.



Hmm, I remember during a previous oilspill environmental agencies requested less oil-removing bacteria be used out of concern that it would damage the environment. The problem with those restrictions is that those areas from that oil spill are still suffering ramifications from remaining oil pockets and remnants because a more thorough cleaning was done.

Would prefer that such decisions which will possibly limit oil removal be backed up by another group before implemented as a result, and quickly. I wonder what degree of effectiveness can be reached with the other chemeical dispersants? Not a slant against environmentalists,just saying that they might just share a similar haste and end up doing more harm than good.

Its just kind of sad that there is no readily available, or reliable system to stop these leaks and they are allowed to build these rigs knowing this. Designing stuff once it happens is a total fail and in no way acceptable.

Nothing we do is ever 100% failsafe, but you can certainly way up the odds by being cautious. How does Norway manage to extract oil while requiring the oil companies to have that safety shut off, while somehow in the US they need an exemption? Same reason Norway actually manages to charge a decent royalty on the oil, and yet the oil companies still come. I mean if a well isn't profitable because of a required $500,000 gizmo, then maybe we should leave that oil in the ground until it is.

Horror

Apparently Shell Oil promises to be safe.

...and the saga continues....

I mean the U.S. Government and Canadian Government collect billions in tax revenue from these companies.

It's sorta like biting the hand that feeds you, if you get to agressive with them.

It's really to bad because it shows me that when government talks of alternative energey sources for the future, it's just talk. Taking really action would jeopardize a huge cash cow.

...and it's nice to know that we're really just another sort of banana-republic where the corporation makes all the rules.

Then how does Norway manage to extract even more revenue from these companies, and make them install the necessary safety equipment? How come the oil companies don't walk there?

Phone Rang At 3am...
And Obama Hasn't Answered Yet
By Jay Weidner
5-20-10

Remember the Hillary campaign ad about Obama not being ready when that 3 AM emergency phone call comes in? Obama countered and successfully convinced most of the American people to believe that he was competent enough for any emergency. Despite the absolute certainty that Obama had never accomplished anything in his entire life, the American people trusted that his calm demeanor would win and he would do the right thing in any emergency.


All of this brings us to the oil volcano that is erupting in the Gulf of Mexico. Today is the one-month anniversary of the biggest environmental disaster in world history and Obama has not done a thing to stop this volcano from spewing any more oil into the gulf.

Worse than this act of complacency, he also decided to let British Petroleum (BP) handle the clean up of the oil volcano instead of using the Federal Government to clean it up. He could have issued an order for this easily and also billed BP for the work. This has to go down as truly the worst decision by any President in my lifetime. Without regard for the environmental disaster they had started, BP then proceeded to pour highly toxic dispersants into the waters of the gulf, which may have killed off all of the sea life in the area of the oil volcano.


While he was busy making jokes about his birth certificate to the White House Press Corps and joining together with the President of Mexico in attacking Arizona, millions of gallons of oil are pouring out of a high pressure deep well that threatens to actually destroy the oceans of our planet.


Obama's detachment towards this event is even making his friends on the Left nervous. Informed people are asking: Where have his leadership skills gone? Why is he letting this go on and on? Why hasn't he used explosives, or even mini-nuclear weapons to close this leak?


During this same time period Obama took a moment out of his very busy day to make a speech concerning how the Internet is not to be trusted as a source of news. Exactly at the same time that he was saying this it became clear, to all concerned, that the only place that one could find the truth out about the actual extent of this environmental disaster was on the Internet. The major media continued to report the erroneous figures on the amount leaked given to them from the government. The false statistics were very likely given to the Obama administration by the top executives at British Petroleum, who by the way, were one of Obama's top campaign contributors.




The concerned sites on the Internet were reporting, from the start, the possible ramifications of this situation. These same sites reported that this was a very deep well, while MSNBC, CBS, NY Times, etc. refused to report anything about the actual depth of the well. Slowly the mainstream media, forced on by the Internet that Obama so dislikes, finally began to report the truth. Now, a month out from the catastrophe, it is easy to see that it was the Internet that had all the facts right and it was the major news media that had everything wrong.



Where is our leader in all of this? Why is he not speaking out and doing everything in his power to stop the spill before it has reached epic proportions?



Do not be fooled by the reports, on the mainstream media, that British Petroleum can solve this thing anytime soon. If they could solve it � they would have done so by now.






Meanwhile Obama has deserted ship. He won't have any press conferences; he won't answer any questions from reporters on anything anymore. He has not held a press conference since last July. Through his lack of clarity, concern and action, our President has shown us all that he does not have the qualities that are so important for leadership in a time of crisis.


Any conspiracy theorist worth their salt also has to ask the question: are they letting this happen? The NWO relies on catastrophes to move the body politic towards their ultimate goals of world dictatorship, one government, one religion, and one culture. There has to be some concern that this is what is going on here.


Maybe this why Obama is so detached? If he remains emotionless during the initial first stages of the episode, he can remain blameless. Remember Bush at the elementary school reading about a pet goat while the twin towers burned? Is Obama doing the same thing, only in slow motion?


He says that he is mad at BP. Who cares what he feels? A leader doesn't gripe about being lied to, a leader does something and accepts the consequences of his actions.


Obama has shown us all that he is not a leader.


Instead he is now telling us that he is going to appoint a committee to look into the entire accident. Please listen Mr. President; we don't need a committee, not right now. We need this thing to get plugged up and we want it done right now.


You have made many mistakes in this episode but there is still a chance to save the situation. Please act like a leader and start making some decisions.

Because in the United States big companies giving huge political donations 'buy' votes as well as lobbyists try to influence legislation on behalf of a special interest groups and big companies have a bigger say than a citizens vote.

God Bless America.

Actually Sarah Palin pushed for the windfall tax over oil-companies and gave that extra revenue back to her constituency.

I wonder how she would have handled this, being she has obviously had more experience with Big Oil than Obama.

Because in the United States big companies giving huge political donations 'buy' votes as well as lobbyists try to influence legislation on behalf of a special interest groups and big companies have a bigger say than a citizens vote.

God Bless America.

Actually Sarah Palin pushed for the windfall tax over oil-companies and gave that extra revenue back to her constituency.

I wonder how she would have handled this, being she has obviously had more experience with Big Oil than Obama.


Well we're no better. From what I understand, that safety shut off is also not required in our rigs, and if you compare the royalties that Alberta gets vs those of Norway - well, it's no comparison. I bet Norway doesn't have tax breaks for oil companies in place that were meant to start up the industry, but continue now that the oilsands are established. In North America, we seem to just like to take it up the ass from business, while Norway shows how its done. They've also resisted spending all that oil money, instead investing it outside the country to prevent "Dutch disease." Smart, those herring chokers.

snippet of info I just found...



I notice that the EPA had to force BP to use a different kind of disbursement because of this kind of BP scamming.

Seems everyone has forgotten that hurricane season starts June 1st. This will definitely make things worse in the Gulf.