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Title: Sarah Palin on the Gulf Spill: Prayer and the Invisible Hand Will Deliver Us From Eco-Disaster
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URL Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-m ... in-on-the-gulf-s_b_560760.html
Published: May 4, 2010
Author: Dan Manatt
Post Date: 2010-05-04 12:46:18 by Brian S
Keywords: None
Views: 39705
Comments: 106
The Gulf disaster proves, at a minimum, that Sarah Palin's mindless slogans like "Drill Baby Drill" are not enough to make good energy or environmental policy.
A video by Americans for America PAC, which I co-direct, tries to make that case as simply as possible, juxtaposing Palin's chanting tea party hordes with a few images from the Gulf.
And yet, even in the face of the greatest disaster the Gulf has ever seen, Palin still refuses to admit any error or nuance. Malia Litman noted Sarah Palin's reaction to the Gulf Disaster here in HuffPost yesterday. Here was her tweet from Friday:
That's right -- Palin's 2 part response to the BP disaster is faith-based spill clean up (but no government action), and industry efforts -- the free market -- because the invisible hand is so good and scrubbing sludge from pelicans.
That's not all. On Saturday, at a public speaking gig, she said the spill was "very tragic" but added: "I want our country to be able to trust the oil industry."
Say wha?!?!?
Then, just when you would hope she would have backed off slogan-based politics out of respect for the Gulf victims, she blithely says, "My dad always says, 'Don't retreat, just reload.'"
One of these days, when Palin reloads, her slogan gun will backfire one time too many, destroying her credibility, even to the Tea Partiers, once and for all.
"Having worked/lived thru Exxon oil spill,my family&I understand Gulf residents' fears. Our prayers r w/u. All industry efforts must b employed..."
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#9. To: Fred Mertz (#6)
Only to the hypocritical, Grammar King. No worries, you qualify.
I can see NOVEMBER from my House....
Well...there is that....lmao
I can see NOVEMBER from my House....
Does that, by any chance, include the oil industry being trust worthy?
Owe-bama just had Exxon to the White House for dinner. If he trusts them, should we all? (roaring with laughter)
I can see NOVEMBER from my House....
How does one actually have an oil company over for dinner?
Is hopey, changey Obammy trustworthy? Sneakypete, have you ever been married? Said things you later regretted?
Figuratively! Are you an ESL practitioner? Sneakypete, have you ever been married? Said things you later regretted?
(laughing!)
You and loopy lucy must have failed junior high school English! Sneakypete, have you ever been married? Said things you later regretted?
Why are you insulting her daughter?
No. Are you?
I've noted Owe-bama supporters are basically dumber than dirt. Appreciate the confirmation...(laughing)
I can see NOVEMBER from my House....
So what is it about figuratively that you don't understand? Sneakypete, have you ever been married? Said things you later regretted?
So basically you have no thoughts on whether oil companies should be trustworthy or not before they are trusted?
Um....before or after dinner?
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
That would make a good tagline...
Depends on the main course (or entrée for the ESL crowd).
Yes, I do have some thoughts on it. There are approximately 3,700 oil rigs from what I recall currently in operation. We've had one very bad spill since 1968 off the coast of Santa Barbara directly related to oil platforms. Thats a better track record than oil refinery incidents from what I've seen so far. Better than the chemical industry as well. I also think its worth noting this is a British owned and operated oil platform, not an American one from what I understand. Its my view an American owned company has more invested in safety issues, but that could be debated. What I do find facinating is the simple fact stopping this spill, ironically, is more difficult because of the current laws regarding off shore drilling. We mandate they are so far out in deep water, its problematic getting to the problem area (5,000 feet down from what I'm hearing and reading). Bottom line is we need oil. The more we get from our own land and ocean floor the less we need from unreliable sources like the ME. Its ironic Canada, China, and Cuba are drilling off our shores while we hamstring American companies from doing the same thing, dont you think?
I can see NOVEMBER from my House....
After November, Murron. How ya doing?
I can see NOVEMBER from my House....
It's owned by a Swiss company and leased by BP and that sums up the general accuracy of your post.
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
Chevron is one of the most active drillers in the Gulf of Mexico. Exxon and Texaco are up there as well. /dumbfuck
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
As usual, your view is wrong. All rigs in US waters are subject to the same regulations.
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
Nope. It's more difficult because of how deep the well was drilled. Not how deep the wellhead is. You should stick to one sentence posts, Boofer. In sheer numbers, it makes you less wrong.
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
Halliburton completed work on the well 20 hours before it blew up.
How ya doing? You bet! Did some shopping, had lunch at a new Italian restaurant, and now I'm multitasking....it's been a good day.
BRITISH PETROLEUM...
I can see NOVEMBER from my House....
Time to cut grass. enjoy.
I can see NOVEMBER from my House....
To get a sense of the magnitude of the spill's damage and cost — and how much worse it could get — here are some salient facts and figures: 11 million Size in gallons of the Exxon Valdez oil spill — until now, the worst in U.S. history 12.2 million Size, in gallons, of the BP spill as of May 1, according to one estimate from an oceanography professor at Florida State University 90 Days it will take to cap the leak, according to many estimates 1 million Gallons per day of oil currently leaking from the sunken BP rig, according to industry insiders 94 million Ultimate size of spill, in gallons, if that rate continues for 90 days 6.8 million Gallons per day BP predicts could begin gushing out of the well in the "worst- case scenario" of a complete "blowout" at the sunken rig 378 million Total spill size, in gallons, if this "worst case scenario" leak-rate were to continue for 90 days — or 34 times the size of the Valdez spill 400 Species of animals put in harm's way by the spill 29 Dead sea turtles already found washed up on shore 1,050 Estimated size of the oil slick, in square miles, on April 29th 3,850 Estimated size of the oil slick, in square miles, on April 30th (the latest such estimate) 7,000 Square miles of federal fishing areas in the Gulf that have been closed due to the slick 75 Percentage of U.S. shrimp production that comes from the Gulf Coast $7 billion Cost of the Exxon Valdez spill $14 billion Current estimated cost of the BP spill $300+ billion Estimated cost of the spill in a worst case scenario, according to a top financial analyst $20 billion BP's loss in market value, following to a 13 percent plunge in its stock price $163 billion BP's total profits between 2001 and 2009 $6 million Amount BP has been spending per day on the spill 2,000 Number of people directly involved in the effort to stop the leak and contain the damage, as of April 30 79 Number of ships and other seafaring vessels involved 5,000 Depth, in feet, of the wellhead and the sunken rig 18,000 Depth, in feet, of the oil reservoir 30,000 The number of other oil wells in the Gulf, according to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
Not anymore, our yard man just got here, he's finishing the weed eating, but I will put out my own flowers here in a few days.
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
WRONG AGAIN BOOFER Halliburton issues statement on Deepwater Horizon incident Halliburton confirmed support of investigation of the disaster of Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico. Halliburton performed several services and had 4 employees on the rig. All were evacuated by the U.S. Coast Guard. Halliburton had completed the cementation of the final production string 20 hours prior to the accident. Tests to demonstrate the integrity of the casing were completed. At the time of the accident, placement of the final cement casing plug had not occurred. Analysis The accident occurred 20 hours after the cementing. Depending on the design of the job, oil well cements are expected to set in 18- 24 hours. The final cement plug would have been set by running a string of drill pipe into the well "open ended", i.e. nothing would have been attached to the bottom joint of drill pipe. It is at this point that no further information has been released. If the final plug had been set, the remaining completion fluid would have remained in the casing. Then a cast iron bridge plug would have been set several feet blow the casing head flange. At that point the well would have been abandoned. The subsea blowout preventer stack would have been disconnected and the final operation would have been to pull the riser with the subsea stack attached to the bottom of it. This did not happen. For reasons not yet revealed and possibly not determined, a flow of natural gas and crude oil arrived at the surface and exploded. The force of the explosion must have damaged the ballast control equipment which led to the sinking of the rig. Until more information is made public, no conclusions can be drawn. The cause of the accident remains speculative.
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
HALLIBURTON
Sometimes conservation and the development of clean, renewable energy seems like a good idea.
And real conservatives before greed took over put conservation and love of country over prosperity. Teddy Roosevelt: On Conservation "Optimism is a good characteristic, but if carried to an excess, it becomes foolishness. We are prone to speak of the resources of this country as inexhaustible; this is not so." Seventh Annual Message to Congress, December 3, 1907 "We of an older generation can get along with what we have, though with growing hardship; but in your full manhood and womanhood you will want what nature once so bountifully supplied and man so thoughtlessly destroyed; and because of that want you will reproach us, not for what we have used, but for what we have wasted...So any nation which in its youth lives only for the day, reaps without sowing, and consumes without husbanding, must expect the penalty of the prodigal whose labor could with difficulty find him the bare means of life." "Arbor Day - A Message to the School-Children of the United States" April 15, 1907 "There can be no greater issue than that of conservation in this country." Confession of Faith Speech, Progressive National Convention, Chicago, IL, August 6, 1912 "Defenders of the short-sighted men who in their greed and selfishness will, if permitted, rob our country of half its charm by their reckless extermination of all useful and beautiful wild things sometimes seek to champion them by saying the 'the game belongs to the people.' So it does; and not merely to the people now alive, but to the unborn people. The 'greatest good for the greatest number' applies to the number within the womb of time, compared to which those now alive form but an insignificant fraction. Our duty to the whole, including the unborn generations, bids us restrain an unprincipled present-day minority from wasting the heritage of these unborn generations. The movement for the conservation of wild life and the larger movement for the conservation of all our natural resources are essentially democratic in spirit, purpose, and method." A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open, 1916 "The conservation of natural resources is the fundamental problem. Unless we solve that problem it will avail us little to solve all others." Address to the Deep Waterway Convention, Memphis, TN, October 4, 1907
Facebook is the place for that crap.
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
NAMBLA is the place for yours!
Chuckles...don't let Goldi see that...
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
You sure don't know anything about me at all, you talk as if I should care. I'm a lot of things, but at least I'm not not a anonymous male(who claims to be a g- pa) , stalking other males, obsessed with the male anatomy...your posts speak for themselves.
Now you're just babbling. I said that as a joke. But let's recap me and you, eh? You claimed to be a court reporter yet you can't type a coherent sentence. You claim to have African American grandchildren yet are overtly racist. You claimed to working "undercover" for ten years, like Agent 99, scouring the internet for "secret" documents in some sort of expose that is just too daunting to talk about. You want to go there, airhead? Let's dance... PS: Great job raising your kids that you have to raise theirs...if, of course, you are...
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
How much more do I have to dish out before you call me pretending to be someone's Mom? (laughing)
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
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#10. To: Ibluafartsky (#8)
#11. To: Brian S (#0)
... she said the spill was "very tragic" but added: "I want our country to be able to trust the oil industry."
#12. To: lucysmom (#11)
#13. To: Badeye (#12)
Owe-bama just had Exxon to the White House for dinner. If he trusts them, should we all?
#14. To: lucysmom (#11)
Does that, by any chance, include the oil industry being trust worthy?
#15. To: lucysmom (#13)
How does one actually have an oil company over for dinner?
#16. To: lucysmom (#13)
How does one actually have an oil company over for dinner?
#17. To: Fred Mertz, lucysmom (#16)
How does one actually have an oil company over for dinner?
#18. To: Ibluafartsky (#17)
#19. To: Ibluafartsky (#15)
Are you an ESL practitioner?
#20. To: lucysmom (#13)
#21. To: lucysmom (#19)
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No.
#22. To: Badeye (#20)
I've noted Owe-bama supporters are basically dumber than dirt. Appreciate the confirmation...(laughing)
#23. To: lucysmom (#22)
So basically you have no thoughts on whether oil companies should be trustworthy or not before they are trusted?
#24. To: Badeye (#20)
"I've noted Owe-bama supporters are basically dumber than dirt."
#25. To: war (#23)
Um....before or after dinner?
#26. To: lucysmom (#22)
#27. To: Murron (#24)
#28. To: Badeye (#26)
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I also think its worth noting this is a British owned and operated oil platform
#29. To: Badeye (#26)
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Its ironic Canada, China, and Cuba are drilling off our shores while we hamstring American companies from doing the same thing, dont you think?
#30. To: Badeye (#26)
Its [sic] my view an American owned company has more invested in safety issues, but that could be debated.
#31. To: Badeye (#26)
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What I do find facinating is the simple fact stopping this spill, ironically, is more difficult because of the current laws regarding off shore drilling.
#32. To: war (#28)
It's owned by a Swiss company and leased by BP and that sums up the general accuracy of your post.
#33. To: Badeye (#27)
After November, Murron.
#34. To: lucysmom (#32)
#35. To: Murron (#33)
#36. To: lucysmom (#32)
#37. To: Badeye (#35)
Time to cut grass. enjoy.
#38. To: Boofer, lucysmom (#34)
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#39. To: Boofer, lucysmom (#34)
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May 2, 2010
The above is from a Rigzone Newsletter of April 30. The Halliburton report suggests casing failure. In deep water operations, the composition of the cement is carefully designed to set timely taking into consideration the high pressure/high temperature environment that would obtain in a well of that depth (about 18,000 feet). Once the job is complete, certain tests are made to insure that the job was a success. A key test is a check of the floating equipment. Long strings of casing are normally "floated" in, i.e. the string is equipped with both a float shoe and a float collar so that drilling fluid cannot enter the bottom of the string. The reason for this is to reduce the weight of the hook load which places a compressive burden on the derrick.
#40. To: Badeye (#34)
BRITISH PETROLEUM...
#41. To: war (#36)
#42. To: lucysmom (#41)
Sometimes conservation and the development of clean, renewable energy seems like a good idea.
#43. To: Murron (#33)
#44. To: war (#43)
"Facebook is the place for that crap."
#45. To: Murron (#44)
#46. To: war (#45)
Chuckles...don't let Goldi see that...
#47. To: Murron (#46)
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#48. To: Murron (#46)
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