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Showing posts with label gulf oil volcano. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gulf oil volcano. Show all posts
6.23.2010
Oil Spill Conspiracy Theorist Carrying The GOP Flag In North Carolina
Read entire article here:
" Bill Randall, a tea partier who made headlines with his suggestion that BP and the federal government worked together to blow up the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig in April, decisively won last night's runoff, defeating magazine publisher (and relatively more mainstream Republican) Bernie Reeves by a margin of 59% to 41%. Randall will now carry his party's flag to the general election, where he'll face incumbent Rep. Brad Miller (D)."
" Bill Randall, a tea partier who made headlines with his suggestion that BP and the federal government worked together to blow up the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig in April, decisively won last night's runoff, defeating magazine publisher (and relatively more mainstream Republican) Bernie Reeves by a margin of 59% to 41%. Randall will now carry his party's flag to the general election, where he'll face incumbent Rep. Brad Miller (D)."
6.21.2010
BP Oil: No oil confirmed in Santa Rosa waters
Read entire article here:
" "We've had some false reports, as far as visuals," Gomillion said. No oil products from the BP spill have been confirmed inland of the Pensacola Bay or Bob Sikes bridges, he said."
" "We've had some false reports, as far as visuals," Gomillion said. No oil products from the BP spill have been confirmed inland of the Pensacola Bay or Bob Sikes bridges, he said."
6.18.2010
Crowds head to beach, swim advisory lifted (PHOTO GALLERY, FEED, MAP)
Read entire article here:
" OKALOOSA ISLAND – Crowds gathered in the waters Friday morning after officials lifted an advisory against swimming in the gulf.
Okaloosa County Health Department lifted the advisory a day after advising beachgoers to stay out of the waters because of tar balls as well as possible oil sheen and oil slicks headed to the shores.
Officials say the waters are again safe for swimming."
" OKALOOSA ISLAND – Crowds gathered in the waters Friday morning after officials lifted an advisory against swimming in the gulf.
Okaloosa County Health Department lifted the advisory a day after advising beachgoers to stay out of the waters because of tar balls as well as possible oil sheen and oil slicks headed to the shores.
Officials say the waters are again safe for swimming."
Oil Spill Footage from CNN looks like a Hoax Video
First take a look at the shrimp situation: HERE - from the article:
" Though much of the Gulf of Mexico remains open to commercial fishing, Louisiana's biggest seafood item, shrimp, is down to just 30 percent of normal production, according to the Louisiana Seafood Promotion & Marketing Board.
... later in the article
John Hartshorne, store manager at Hill's Quality Seafood Exton location, said retailers like Hill's are currently selling frozen shrimp from the Gulf that were caught six to eight months ago.
"You'll see the impact six to eight months down the road," Hartshorne said. As for right now, "we're playing it by ear.""
Who can tell what to believe anymore? I don't rely on CNN for any direct truth - so any information coming from them is highly suspect. Truth from CNN must be gleaned by finding contradictions, anomalies, and always asking: "Who benefits?"
The oil spill is certainly keeping lots of important stuff off the radar - and subsequently out of the public mind - like the Israelis recently shooting an American citizen four times in the head. Two wars based on lies. Lots of other stuff.
Any way you look at this it is frustrating to live in a time of such deceit that we must no longer "trust but verify" but "distrust till verified."
Now watch this CNN video for comparison:
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Note: Thanks Don for sending this interesting video.
" Though much of the Gulf of Mexico remains open to commercial fishing, Louisiana's biggest seafood item, shrimp, is down to just 30 percent of normal production, according to the Louisiana Seafood Promotion & Marketing Board.
... later in the article
John Hartshorne, store manager at Hill's Quality Seafood Exton location, said retailers like Hill's are currently selling frozen shrimp from the Gulf that were caught six to eight months ago.
"You'll see the impact six to eight months down the road," Hartshorne said. As for right now, "we're playing it by ear.""
Who can tell what to believe anymore? I don't rely on CNN for any direct truth - so any information coming from them is highly suspect. Truth from CNN must be gleaned by finding contradictions, anomalies, and always asking: "Who benefits?"
The oil spill is certainly keeping lots of important stuff off the radar - and subsequently out of the public mind - like the Israelis recently shooting an American citizen four times in the head. Two wars based on lies. Lots of other stuff.
Any way you look at this it is frustrating to live in a time of such deceit that we must no longer "trust but verify" but "distrust till verified."
Now watch this CNN video for comparison:
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Note: Thanks Don for sending this interesting video.
6.17.2010
Texas Rep. Joe Barton apologizes to BP CEO Tony Hayward over White House's '$20 billion shakedown' Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politic
Read entire article here:
" A Texas congressman with a tin ear gave Tony Hayward, the embattled honcho of reviled oil giant BP, something totally unexpected on Thursday - an apology.
Rep. Joe Barton, a Republican whose sprawling district includes Houston, called Hayward the victim of a "$20 billion shakedown."
"I apologize," Barton told Hayward. "I'm ashamed of what happened in the White House yesterday. I think it's a tragedy."
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Note: How cornfusing
" A Texas congressman with a tin ear gave Tony Hayward, the embattled honcho of reviled oil giant BP, something totally unexpected on Thursday - an apology.
Rep. Joe Barton, a Republican whose sprawling district includes Houston, called Hayward the victim of a "$20 billion shakedown."
"I apologize," Barton told Hayward. "I'm ashamed of what happened in the White House yesterday. I think it's a tragedy."
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Note: How cornfusing
6.16.2010
Louisiana Rep. Joseph Cao tells BP exec Lamar McKay to commit ritual suicide
Read entire article here:
" "Mr. Stearns asked Mr. McKay to resign," Cao said, referring to Rep. Cliff Stearns. "Well, in the Asian culture we do things differently. During the Samurai days, we just give you a knife and ask you to commit harakiri." "
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Note: ...but not before they PAY UP! Oh and by the way - he can pay for the knife too!
" "Mr. Stearns asked Mr. McKay to resign," Cao said, referring to Rep. Cliff Stearns. "Well, in the Asian culture we do things differently. During the Samurai days, we just give you a knife and ask you to commit harakiri." "
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Note: ...but not before they PAY UP! Oh and by the way - he can pay for the knife too!
6.11.2010
Efforts to Limit the Flow of Spill News
Read entire article here:
" A pilot wanted to take a photographer from The Times-Picayune of New Orleans to snap photographs of the oil slicks blackening the water. The response from a BP contractor who answered the phone late last month at the command center was swift and absolute: Permission denied. "
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Note: Access denied? WTF? How about we send some Navy boats down there and start shooting up the BP idiots. They are redcoats after all.
" A pilot wanted to take a photographer from The Times-Picayune of New Orleans to snap photographs of the oil slicks blackening the water. The response from a BP contractor who answered the phone late last month at the command center was swift and absolute: Permission denied. "
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Note: Access denied? WTF? How about we send some Navy boats down there and start shooting up the BP idiots. They are redcoats after all.
Lawmakers seek ways to make BP pay
Read entire article here:
" With public anger at a peak and mounting federal deficits framing the national political debate, President Barack Obama and congressional leaders have demanded that BP pay “every single dime” in costs associated with the spill."
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Note: They can always follow the lead of Nathan Hale - who regretted that he had but one life to give for his country. But, you see, these CEO types have no allegiance to our country - especially since they are from BP. So they can save giving their life for any country - but maybe they oughta' forfeit it anyway just to make me happy.
Ha ha can you imagine the BP CEO swinging from a gallows? Ha ha ha. I'd laugh my ass off.
" With public anger at a peak and mounting federal deficits framing the national political debate, President Barack Obama and congressional leaders have demanded that BP pay “every single dime” in costs associated with the spill."
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Note: They can always follow the lead of Nathan Hale - who regretted that he had but one life to give for his country. But, you see, these CEO types have no allegiance to our country - especially since they are from BP. So they can save giving their life for any country - but maybe they oughta' forfeit it anyway just to make me happy.
Ha ha can you imagine the BP CEO swinging from a gallows? Ha ha ha. I'd laugh my ass off.
6.09.2010
Gulf spill: Salazar reassures over oil drilling pause
Read entire article here:
" US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has told a senate panel that a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling will stay in place until safety is assured.
But he sought to reassure senators that the moratorium - imposed after the huge Gulf of Mexico spill - was a "pause" rather a permanent halt to exploration.
Coast Guard Adm Thad Allen said the amount of oil captured from the leaking well could almost double by next week.
President Barack Obama has criticised BP's efforts to deal with the spill."
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Note: Geez I'm glad he criticized them, that'll do the job. Either this isn't really a disaster or the people responsible for representing the public are a bunch of lackeys for the oil companies. It is so obvious that we are in trouble - our Republic that is.
" US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has told a senate panel that a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling will stay in place until safety is assured.
But he sought to reassure senators that the moratorium - imposed after the huge Gulf of Mexico spill - was a "pause" rather a permanent halt to exploration.
Coast Guard Adm Thad Allen said the amount of oil captured from the leaking well could almost double by next week.
President Barack Obama has criticised BP's efforts to deal with the spill."
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Note: Geez I'm glad he criticized them, that'll do the job. Either this isn't really a disaster or the people responsible for representing the public are a bunch of lackeys for the oil companies. It is so obvious that we are in trouble - our Republic that is.
BP chief Tony Hayward sold shares weeks before oil spill
Read entire article here:
" Tony Hayward cashed in about a third of his holding in the company one month before a well on the Deepwater Horizon rig burst, causing an environmental disaster.
Mr Hayward, whose pay package is £4 million a year, then paid off the mortgage on his family’s mansion in Kent, which is estimated to be valued at more than £1.2 million."
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Note: Thanks to friend for sending me this. My oh my what a coincidence. There are so many coincidences these days.
" Tony Hayward cashed in about a third of his holding in the company one month before a well on the Deepwater Horizon rig burst, causing an environmental disaster.
Mr Hayward, whose pay package is £4 million a year, then paid off the mortgage on his family’s mansion in Kent, which is estimated to be valued at more than £1.2 million."
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Note: Thanks to friend for sending me this. My oh my what a coincidence. There are so many coincidences these days.
6.02.2010
From the 1953 CIA Overthrow of Democracy in Iran, to the Iraq War, to the Criminal Gulf Catastrophe and Deaths, BP Was There
Read entire article here:
" But the fourth largest company in the world wasn't always called BP. It used to be owned by the British Government (remember the navy armada in need of oil). It was named the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company when the CIA teamed up with the British because the Western style Iranian leader Mossadeq wanted to nationalize Britain's 100% owned and run giant oil concession in Iran, and the West would have none of that. So Eisenhower authorized "Operation Ajax," and the Shah of Iran was placed in power -- ruling with an iron fist and the dreaded SAVAK, all the time fully backed by the U.S. -- leading to the radical theocratic revolution that we still confront today. All the time BP, which formally adopted its current name in 1954, was there.
...For over a century, whenever American and British GIs have died for oil, whenever pollution and toxicity have been let loose to ravage our shores, whenever residents have died of cancer caused by the oil refining process and spills, whenever Congress and White Houses have loosened regulations to allow reckless and massively damaging behavior, BP was there, along with their American counterparts: companies so large that they are above the law and governmental control."
" But the fourth largest company in the world wasn't always called BP. It used to be owned by the British Government (remember the navy armada in need of oil). It was named the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company when the CIA teamed up with the British because the Western style Iranian leader Mossadeq wanted to nationalize Britain's 100% owned and run giant oil concession in Iran, and the West would have none of that. So Eisenhower authorized "Operation Ajax," and the Shah of Iran was placed in power -- ruling with an iron fist and the dreaded SAVAK, all the time fully backed by the U.S. -- leading to the radical theocratic revolution that we still confront today. All the time BP, which formally adopted its current name in 1954, was there.
...For over a century, whenever American and British GIs have died for oil, whenever pollution and toxicity have been let loose to ravage our shores, whenever residents have died of cancer caused by the oil refining process and spills, whenever Congress and White Houses have loosened regulations to allow reckless and massively damaging behavior, BP was there, along with their American counterparts: companies so large that they are above the law and governmental control."
US launches BP spill criminal probe
Read entire article here:
" "If our laws were broken leading to this death and destruction, my solemn pledge is that we will bring those responsible to justice on behalf of the victims of this catastrophe and the people of the Gulf region," Obama said on Tuesday.
Obama also promised to change oil-drilling laws, if necessary, to prevent similar disasters from happening, saying "if the laws on our books are insufficient to prevent such a spill, the laws must change"."
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Note: Do the laws really have to change or do people have to start doing their jobs? Eric Holder knows torture is illegal but he hasn't brought anyone go justice. As far as the Gulf oil slick - the fish are already dead. Stupid. Nothing has changed since they screwed up the Gulf of Mexico - nothing. The idiots in the government who have positions that supposedly gave them the authority to prevent this mess either didn't really have the authority or didn't do their jobs. Time to fire them and replace them with more cowardly venal people. After all, we ARE talking about US government employees.
" "If our laws were broken leading to this death and destruction, my solemn pledge is that we will bring those responsible to justice on behalf of the victims of this catastrophe and the people of the Gulf region," Obama said on Tuesday.
Obama also promised to change oil-drilling laws, if necessary, to prevent similar disasters from happening, saying "if the laws on our books are insufficient to prevent such a spill, the laws must change"."
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Note: Do the laws really have to change or do people have to start doing their jobs? Eric Holder knows torture is illegal but he hasn't brought anyone go justice. As far as the Gulf oil slick - the fish are already dead. Stupid. Nothing has changed since they screwed up the Gulf of Mexico - nothing. The idiots in the government who have positions that supposedly gave them the authority to prevent this mess either didn't really have the authority or didn't do their jobs. Time to fire them and replace them with more cowardly venal people. After all, we ARE talking about US government employees.
6.01.2010
Gulf Oil Blog
Read entire article here:
"That changed today: we saw oil in the deepwater. We sampled a station about a mile south of our previous stations (you can get our position and our ship track on www.marinetraffic.com, just look for the R/V Walton Smith in the Gulf of Mexico sector) and we saw the most intense CDOM signals that we’ve seen so far. The Pelican cruise sampled near here three weeks ago but the CDOM signals we are seeing now are much stronger."
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Note: I haven't heard why they won't sink a ship into the hole. During a mine disaster in Pennsylvania years ago the authorities dropped railroad boxcars into a mine hole that broke into a river or some water body - can't remember - but somehow they must have got the thing stopped.
"That changed today: we saw oil in the deepwater. We sampled a station about a mile south of our previous stations (you can get our position and our ship track on www.marinetraffic.com, just look for the R/V Walton Smith in the Gulf of Mexico sector) and we saw the most intense CDOM signals that we’ve seen so far. The Pelican cruise sampled near here three weeks ago but the CDOM signals we are seeing now are much stronger."
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Note: I haven't heard why they won't sink a ship into the hole. During a mine disaster in Pennsylvania years ago the authorities dropped railroad boxcars into a mine hole that broke into a river or some water body - can't remember - but somehow they must have got the thing stopped.
5.17.2010
Drill Baby Drill
Fox News brings us pictures: Massive Gulf Oil Spill From Space - Fair and balanced as always. More from Fox at the end of this post.
Who's to blame? Does it matter anymore? Nobody in a suit ever goes to jail - we all know that.
But never letting a good crime against humanity go to waste - our lying CorporAmerikan Propascamda media knows that there are fist-fulls of advertising bucks to be had : first by selling offshore drilling to the mushroom masses- then later reporting on the ensuing disaster.
Meanwhile the endless arguing over nothing and non-news is beamed to the public to cover up the latest crime against humanity - and all other creatures we're supposed to be sharing this planet with.
No time to worry about investigating past crimes like who lied us into these wars, who is keeping them going, or who will be the next target for extrajudicial murder by our mafia-executive branch.
No time to count how many bodies are piling up while the bombs rain down from the sky on civilians everywhere - or to keep track of the profits made by our patriotic mercenary industry of death. No - we have yet another corporate catastrophe to fix - while the corporate-rats flee the stinking, sinking ship the rest of us have to live on.
An article from May 2, 2010 brings us this comment from some buck-passing oil-con-man:
" BP's chairman is rejecting criticism that his company's safety record played a role in the drilling rig explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
An article from May 2, 2010 brings us this comment from some buck-passing oil-con-man:
" BP's chairman is rejecting criticism that his company's safety record played a role in the drilling rig explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Lamar McKay is putting the blame on "a failed piece of equipment. He tells ABC's "This Week" that he doesn't know how much oil is flowing from the well off the Louisiana coast. He says that estimates of 5,000 barrels a day are uncertain."
I'm not stupid enough to believe a word out of that guy's mouth - and given the circumstances - how 'bout we not rely on his judgement from now on - huh?
Perhaps this article from Natural News (CLICK here) will help you get a feel for how bad this mess really is:
"In other words, while the government has been telling us the leak is only 5,000 barrels a day, the true volume could be more like 80,000 barrels a day.
Wiping out the Gulf
It hardly needs to be stated that 80,000 barrels of oil a day leaking into the Gulf of Mexico could destroy virtually all marine life in the region."
Here's another article from the New York Times where we learn how people from the oil company are here to help:
"Scientists studying video of the gushing oil well have tentatively calculated that it could be flowing at a rate of 25,000 to 80,000 barrels of oil a day. The latter figure would be 3.4 million gallons a day. But the government, working from satellite images of the ocean surface, has calculated a flow rate of only 5,000 barrels a day.
BP has resisted entreaties from scientists that they be allowed to use sophisticated instruments at the ocean floor that would give a far more accurate picture of how much oil is really gushing from the well.
“The answer is no to that,” a BP spokesman, Tom Mueller, said on Saturday. “We’re not going to take any extra efforts now to calculate flow there at this point. It’s not relevant to the response effort, and it might even detract from the response effort.”
Pure Greed. All that life - wasted. So one or two greedy pigs can stuff their pockets with even more money. Drill baby drill?
More from Fox: Go HERE TO SEE A VIDEO RECAP OF OUR BRILLIANT ADVISORS that used our crooked corporate media to bring us to this point.
I'm not stupid enough to believe a word out of that guy's mouth - and given the circumstances - how 'bout we not rely on his judgement from now on - huh?
Perhaps this article from Natural News (CLICK here) will help you get a feel for how bad this mess really is:
"In other words, while the government has been telling us the leak is only 5,000 barrels a day, the true volume could be more like 80,000 barrels a day.
Wiping out the Gulf
It hardly needs to be stated that 80,000 barrels of oil a day leaking into the Gulf of Mexico could destroy virtually all marine life in the region."
Here's another article from the New York Times where we learn how people from the oil company are here to help:
"Scientists studying video of the gushing oil well have tentatively calculated that it could be flowing at a rate of 25,000 to 80,000 barrels of oil a day. The latter figure would be 3.4 million gallons a day. But the government, working from satellite images of the ocean surface, has calculated a flow rate of only 5,000 barrels a day.
BP has resisted entreaties from scientists that they be allowed to use sophisticated instruments at the ocean floor that would give a far more accurate picture of how much oil is really gushing from the well.
“The answer is no to that,” a BP spokesman, Tom Mueller, said on Saturday. “We’re not going to take any extra efforts now to calculate flow there at this point. It’s not relevant to the response effort, and it might even detract from the response effort.”
Pure Greed. All that life - wasted. So one or two greedy pigs can stuff their pockets with even more money. Drill baby drill?
Do you remember who was saying that? Drill baby Drill?
More from Fox: Go HERE TO SEE A VIDEO RECAP OF OUR BRILLIANT ADVISORS that used our crooked corporate media to bring us to this point.
Then watch this shrill speech:
These media personalities are complicit in selling this disaster to the public. The phony political pundits show repeatedly their lack of good judgement. Think about risk vs. reward. Was it worth it to risk killing all the marine life in the Gulf?
Where is the benefit to the average citizen? Was the deal "fair and balanced?" Why are these people still employed in the media and in our government when they collectively show the worst decision-making skills in the history of the United States? How do they keep their jobs?
I can only guess- but job performance has nothing to do with it - unless their agenda differs from my idea of what is right for America.
Who's to blame? Does it matter anymore? Nobody in a suit ever goes to jail - we all know that.
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UPDATE MAY 17, 2010 Napolitano Defends Response to Oil Spill
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