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Well I hope that capping device works, because BP has effectively upgraded their oil spewing volcano from Mt. St. Helens to Krakatoa.
I think what amazes me most, is that each time they come up with a plan and explain it, I figure OK that seem reasonable, well except the heavy mud, I never understood why one liquid would stop another liquid traveling through a pipe. So I'm half expecting this next attempt to fail, I'm just not sure how.
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Re: Why is BP trying cover-up clean up crew illnesses by calling it food poisoning?
You have said it before Thom; Many of these CEOs are sociopaths.
I wish for a fair trial with regards to the investigation of oilf spill. Give the necessary sanction to the company who are resonsible fot the oil leak. Didnt you realaize that a lot of sectors might be affected it's jst righ that we shopuld demand for what is right for us.Production of, The Hobbit, may be put on hold while using resignation of Director Guillermo Del Toro. The Hobbit was supposed to get a prequel towards the successful trilogy, Lord with the Rings . With the economic problems MGM may be having, movies like, The Hobbit, have had the worst of the situation. This movie was a two part film set for being released in 2010 and 2011. Mainly because of monetary difficulties the movie will now not be launched until 2012 and 2013 at the earliest, possibly even later. Simply because production has already begun, Guillermo says he will support as much as achievable; but as a result of MGM's financial complications he will not stay while using corporation.
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Epstein doesn’t seem to understand that regulatory agencies are there for a reason, and it is certainly serves more purpose that to “restrict private liberties”. I work in civil engineering, for example. Personally, I’d prefer to refer to regulatory standards and deal with a regulatory review board than to go to Epstein’s magic civilian court system to prove a design is safe, or worse just design something by the seat of my pants and have someone end up getting killed because of it.
Without regs, what are we supposed to do… make it up as we go along? Calculate everything by hand that you’d usually just grab the regs for and look up?
If I’m installing fire hydrants and a fire chief is buying new fire hoses, how do we know what sizes to get and how far apart the hydrants need to be if its not regulated? Oh, and the fire chief would sure need to beef up his staff, because I can guarantee you that there wouldn’t be a heck of a lot of sprinkler systems (or ever smoke detectors for that matter) in buildings if there weren’t regulations specifying that they had to be there.
@rladlof, I have read through that wiki and counter with this one. Just read the first paragraph under the heading: Characterization. (You can read the whole page if you want, but this one paragraph emphasizes and adds to my point all the more)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabba_the_hutt
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@Gene: I understand Cheney and Rove are drafting indictments as we speak....
So, when are we going to put God on trial for all of these attacks?
re: #27: before we beatify Al Gore, does anybody remember the first official act of the "Environmental Vice President"?.....He went to China to sell them a few millon Buicks.
There's a poll on Huffington Post today, following a short article that summarizes a longer piece in which Jon Friedman anoints Brian Williams "the Water Cronkite of the 21st Century". The poll question asked whether or not you agree with that assertion.
I do not agree, because I feel that the current news-for-profit media environment prohibits the kind of unbiased journalism we came to expect from Mr. Cronkite. Thus, until and unless the wall between the network's ad sales departments and their news divisions is rebuilt, there CANNOT be another Walter Cronkite.
How is the Gulf Oil spill, the State of Florida and Al Gore related? The answer is not global warming, the answer is the 2000 Presidential election and the theft of the American presidency by George W. Bush and the U.S. Supreme Court (and the Republican Party in the State of Florida). If Al Gore was elected President in 2000, there would have been no secret Dick Cheney energy meetings or watering down of environmental/gas exploration regulations. As an environmental advocate, a President Gore would have stood for stricter regulations and oversight on oil and gas exploration in the Gulf of Mexico and elsewhere minimizing the likelihood of a catastrophe like the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Unfortunately for the (Republicans and others in the) State of Florida, which is now in the pathway of the giant oil plumes, the chickens have come home to roost. Maybe the Florida Republicans have saved some of those dimpled chads to soak up all the oil coming their way.
Japan politics shaken by PM Hatoyama's resignation
Hatoyama said he would resign because of a funding scandal and his failure to keep a campaign promise to move Marine Corps Air Station Futenma off the southern island of Okinawa, a flip-flop that infuriated Okinawans and defined Hatoyama for many Japanese voters as a weak leader unable to stand up to Washington.
"He created a lot of distrust, both within Japan and in Washington," said Tomoaki Iwai, a professor of political science at Tokyo's Nihon University. "I think it was the base issue that brought him down, and the funding scandal sealed his fate."
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I had heard that the sinking of the South Korean vessel had caused the Japanese PM to allow the US to keep the base.
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China rebuffs plans for Gates to visit Beijing
By Dan De Luce (AFP) – 7 hours ago
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So then I see this, and I don't have any information about the truth or not of course, but it causes one to scratch ones head and wonder, it does:
Beijing Suspects False Flag Attack on South Korean Corvette
by Wayne Madsen
@MAXROT: Read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palpatine
@rladlof, well I can see a reasonable argument for Cheney being Palpatine-ish, Bush though just doesn't make a good Vadar analogy, for one, Vadar didn't shirk military duty.
I still think Jabba is a reasonable comparison, Han Solo was 10x more worried about Jabba than he was about the Empire and he had to know he had a price on his head after aiding in the Death Star Destruction. He could hide from the Empire, but not Jabba, so that tells me, Jabba was no petty thug. I would even postulate that the bounty hunters at his disposal are no different than Blackwater being at Cheney's beck and call. Besides, Cheney likes to be compared to the Sith, it makes him feel powerful. I wonder if his wife would gleefully give John Stewart a Jabba doll if he oft made the Jabba/Cheney comparison... I doubt it. Anyway I also think Cheney is a petty thug when all is said and done.
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Good Side of the Oil Spill!!!
Gawker ran a copy of an email sent by CNN's Gary Hewing yesterday, looking for ideas about covering the "good side" of the BP oil spill disaster. In fact, the summary line of the CNN message specifically said, "The Good Side of the Oil Spill."
Summary: The Good Side of the Oil Spill
Name: Gary Hewing (CNN)
Category: Biotech and Healthcare
Media Outlet: CNN
Deadline: 04:00 PM EST - 2 June
Query: Looking for pitches: The Good Side of the Oil Spill - if there is any."
http://mediamatters.org/blog/201006020043
Epstein makes the point that a congregate of citizens should examine an industry with regard to the potential that the industry may cause more harm than good. I think that's socialism.
Alex Epstein is functionally insane ...
... he is arguing that there are very few actual risks in life ... local people should band together to investigate local employers on their own. He obviously has never, ever participated in actual litigation in which the other side had any desire to win.
Leave BP Alone:
http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2010/5/21/129189390012640815.jpg
video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrxPNzTkl7M
@MAXROT: I have always considered Jabba to be a minor petty thug of the John “The Boner” Boehner ilk . . . Lots of threats and shady-arse deals but not big delivery.
Cheney, a fearful little man who hid in dark places and wholesale killed folk through inaction and the control of government . . . seems so much more the Senator/Chancellor/Emperor Palpatine with a Bonzo the Chimp playing Darth Vader.
rladlof, I just have to say, Cheney is no Sith Lord, he's more of a Hutt Boss. Just like Jabba, fat, cruel and lazy, with is pet Salacious Bush cackling away while sitting cozily by his masters ass. Making him into a Sith is just an insult to the Sith (even though they are fictitious group).
Trust me, just picture Jabba and Salacious and super impose Cheney and Bush's faces on them in your mind, you'll know instantly that I've got something here.
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Hi Thom, remember when you were in the north suburbs of Chicago, I told you our congressman Mark Kirk was somewhat disingenuous (shall we say). Turned out this last one was a doozy. We've been reporting on this for two weeks. Please check out the blog: www.ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com.
The Wonders of the American Way of War: How Bush's Wars Became Obama'sReview of Tom Engelhardt's book
by David Swanson