More Incompetence… Crude-Sucking Barges Ordered By Gov. Jindal Shut Down By Feds
Posted by Jim Hoft on Thursday, June 17, 2010, 7:13 PM
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal looks on as barges loaded with vacuums to clean oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill depart a marina in Empire, Louisiana June 17, 2010. (REUTERS/Lee Celano)
Against Governor Jindal’s wishes the federal government blocked oil-sucking barges today because they needed to confirm that there were fire extinguishers and life vests on board and were having trouble contacting the owners.
ABC News reported:
Eight days ago, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal ordered barges to begin vacuuming crude oil out of his state’s oil-soaked waters. Today, against the governor’s wishes, those barges sat idle, even as more oil flowed toward the Louisiana shore.
“It’s the most frustrating thing,” the Republican governor said today in Buras, La. “Literally, yesterday morning we found out that they were halting all of these barges.”
Sixteen barges sat stationary today, although they were sucking up thousands of gallons of BP’s oil as recently as Tuesday. Workers in hazmat suits and gas masks pumped the oil out of the Louisiana waters and into steel tanks. It was a homegrown idea that seemed to be effective at collecting the thick gunk.
“These barges work. You’ve seen them work. You’ve seen them suck oil out of the water,” said Jindal.
So why stop now?
“The Coast Guard came and shut them down,” Jindal said. “You got men on the barges in the oil, and they have been told by the Coast Guard, ‘Cease and desist. Stop sucking up that oil.’”
A Coast Guard representative told ABC News today that it shares the same goal as the governor.
“We are all in this together. The enemy is the oil,” said Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Dan Lauer.
But the Coast Guard ordered the stoppage because of reasons that Jindal found frustrating. The Coast Guard needed to confirm that there were fire extinguishers and life vests on board, and then it had trouble contacting the people who built the barges.
Unbelievable.
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iconoclast commented:
Now imagine these people in the federal government are in charge of healthcare.
We are truly in the best of hands.
xxx commented:
Meanwhile ODonkey is drunk, on crack and partying it up as usual. Not a care in the world for him, he lives in la la land. He just made $20 billion with his hyjack of BP and laughing stoned.
myohmy commented:
We have a boatload of f***g idiots occupying the WH. That’s why.
Maria commented:
He should go on TV shows like Hannity, O’Reilly or Greta Van Susteren to give more exposure to this disgraceful behavior by the Feds.
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AuntieMadder commented:
On behalf of the people of Louisiana, Jindal should b!tch slap Oilbama next time he sees him.
AuntieMadder commented:
Population control (or depopulation) and justification for crap and tax all rolled into one crisis?
archer52 commented:
When I say that the government is no good at big conspiracies or hiding things this is what I mean. It is basically a group of people all looking out for their own little corner of the kingdom. They can’t function efficiently.
It is only going to get worse as Obama refuses to put a single person in charge with the power to waive the silly rules. Rudy spent time talking about that today.
codekeyguy commented:
Just wonderin’, but why didn’t the coast Guard just send a couple of 3rd class bosun mates out to the barges and count the life preservers and fire extinguishers. Whops, never mind, this is Napolitano’s Coast Guard.
Bruce MacMahon commented:
Reason #23 why I am an advocate for states’ rights, and will fight to defend New Hampshire’s state sovereignty when elected to the NH House of Representatives. Our federal government is a twelve-headed monster, drunk on power, that can’t tell its backside from its belly button. And, it wants to exert this same maniacal level of control over my children’s health care, diet, and education? I don’t think so.
DocScience commented:
What about the paint on the barges?
Eco-friendly?
Are there enough rainbow ponies on board?
wanumba commented:
The Coast Guard is a branch of our military. POTUS gives the orders.
The media would be with torches and pitchforks at the White House if it was a Repub in the WHite House, so they KNOW who gives the orders. ANd how many of our Coasties like seeing the sea turn brown? They could easily check compliance and just get the barge captains to get their companies to deliver what’s needed as the barges are working.
Transparent b.s.
martha commented:
Someone beat me to it, I was also wondering why the Coast Gurad just did’nt board the barges and count the life jackets and fire extinguishers for themselves. Oh wait, that makes sense and probably would have taken maybe an hour or two per barge.
Way to easy
Zippy commented:
Put some well armed State Troopers on the barges and arrest the Coast Guard if they interfere.
rumcrook commented:
Obama Pledges to Mobilize “Greatest Military in World” to Combat Gulf Oil Spill
and they just showed up, and thier first act was to stop the cleanup.
down with dems commented:
Same old bullsh!t…. first the administration says Packagen’s oil boom is inferior, then it turns out it is actually superior. Packagen is criticized for needing to use universal connectors and agrees to switch to them, but the oil boom already being deployed does not have universal connectors.
NOW, someone steps up with yet another solution to suck up the oil, and it gets shut down over fire extinguishers and life vests? Anything to impugn those who are actually trying to solve the problem, anything to denigrate anyone who shows how incompetent the administration is.
The thought of over 2 more years of this “leadership” is nauseating.
kansas commented:
Anyone really think Obama is going to do anything to help any red states? Louisiana and Arizona are two examples.
Pres. Barack Obama commented:
I won.
jim commented:
Gov. bureaucracy—moron saturation
brooklyn commented:
It is so sad, and makes one believe the nightmarish Democrats in control in Washington WANT this disaster to be as bad as possible.
Of course, I am now being called a “moron” and a “communist” for daring to question Mrs. Palin’s offering which mimicked the Obama folly – to talk to more experts to hold the Oil Company accountable.
Here is another example of a fine Republican CEO, Mr. Jindal, like Brewer, like Christie, like Rudy – GW – Reagan prior, who is doing the JOB – not abandoning their sworn oath for a mega book deal or cheap leftist lawsuits.
And Democrats are mindlessly pushing disaster to stop an effective CEO. Jindal is experiencing just what happened to the Bush Administration when they were blocked by Blanco to take action in LA.
It is all very sad, and we best get it together for 2010.
Or should I not worry, as I have been told to “go back to CUBA”, as Mrs. Palin is easily going to win in 2012?
Yeah, sure…
The expression of those on the good side, playing “cult of personality” games, makes me even more concerned. It reminds one of that mindless fashion which equates both Parties, or even the fools who said we should “lay down for Pelosi”.
WFB was wise to focus on basis, facts, substance, reality, objectivity. We best stick to it, instead of playing the Celebrity fashion denial.
myohmy commented:
The worst of all, we got antiquated idiots occupying Congress doing all the pontificating. These politicians are FAKE, they just want to pretend they care.
wtd commented:
All this manufactured bureaucracy appears to make more sense in light of Glenn Beck’s analysis of Obama’s speech
Militant Conservative commented:
Not idiots not fools, Idealoges that will do anything to get what they want politically. Obama WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET WHAT HE WANTS. He is soooo dangerous it is unbelievable. He is the destroyer of this country. Evil is in the WH. Do you want your country or a political party. He is going to push for the last line of defense. powder is dry.
TXPatriot commented:
kansas #16
Louisiana
Arizona
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Florida
He’s got a growing list of states he won’t just not help, but who he will actively work against them helping themselves.
Amy Proctor commented:
What a nightmare for the people of Louisiana. Both major disasters, Katrina and the BP oil spill, are prolonged, adding insult to injury (and unemployment / poverty) by Democratic bureaucrats.
During Katrina, LA had a good President with a bad federal system and a horrible mayor and governor.
This time, LA has a great governor with a horrible President and even worse federal system.
Can things get much worse for those folks?
Neo commented:
What is this contact the manufacturer crap ?
The Coast Guard does safety inspections for this kind of stuff .. they should have been satisfied in about an 1/2 hour if they did their jobs.
Auntie Em commented:
ONE TERM for this A$$hat!!
Robert commented:
Rules and regulations.
Liability.
Lawyers.
The Nanny government.
Biking helmets for kids.
Speed bumps.
Lawyers are creating a tyranny of security.
Taxpayer1234 commented:
AAAAARRRRGGGHHH! The stupidity does not stop!!!!
Taxpayer1234 commented:
My grandfather served in the Coast Guard. I’m glad he’s not around to see this idiocy.
Joanne commented:
This is Obama’s pay back for Jindal’s complaining about the handling of the oil spill. It is all about the power with Obama – he won, and everyone has to be put into their place.
jonyjoe101 commented:
The coast guard are a bunch of idiots if they can’t send a E-1 recruit to go check for life jackets/fire extinquishers. As an ex-navy guy, I never really thought of the coast guard as a branch of the military. Maybe more like mall cops, since they take orders from BP.
I think the shutdown of the barges is related to the unions, maybe not enough union workers on the barges.
The governor should just let the Feds take care of the problem on there own dime.
Robert commented:
Tuesday:
“This is an assault on our shores, and we’re going to
fight back with everything that we’ve got,” Obama said
in remarks in Pensacola, Fla., that conclude his visit
to three states on the Gulf Coast.
Wednesday:
Stop pumping oil out of the water
until we get our paperwork straight.
Patriotic commented:
-The Summer of Discontent-
Our own Federal Government sues the State of Arizona for doing trying to stop the flow of illegal immigration and all the violence and economic problems that come with it.
Meanwhile, the Federal government blocks off portions of southern Arizona to Americans…and expects us to believe there is nothing political going on?
Meanwhile Obama releases a politically motivated press release a few weeks ago announcing that he is going to send a fraction of National Guard troops, but later says they are not allowed to carry guns or stop the illegals.
Meanwhile Obama meets with Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and lies to her about his commitment to secure our border.
Meanwhile Obama uses the Gulf Oil disaster to build momentum to pass Cap and Trade in the upcoming lame duck session after November.
I could go on and on and on about Fort Hood, the recently discovered missing 17 Afghanis that our military trained to fly and speak English, the treatment of Israel, world apology tour, bowing to every foreign leader, “cops acted stupidly”, etc, etc, etc.
This is the worst President, Administration, and Congress I have ever seen in my lifetime.
I cannot believe that America could have EVER been fooled into electing such an American-hating individual…but then again…we had fallen asleep for so long.
As we head toward November we need to never forget that this President and democrat Congress has done everything in their power to DESTROY the United States of America.
Look at the Sharia law that is taking hold all over Europe. Do you think Obama would do anything to discourage that here???
The Tea Party is growing stronger. Millions of Americans are behind the scenes supporting this movement. Have you watched the bestselling books in America for the last year?
Obama and the rest of the Progressives will NEVER take this country, and conservatives are spending their lifetimes this time, and are not stopping until Progressives are rooted out of EVERY institution they have embedded themselves into.
I don’t think Obama and Pelosi will want to even live in the United States of America when conservatives restore it back to its glory.
Joanne commented:
How many vessels are shut down so their owners can be contacted to find out how many life vests and fire extinguishers are on board? This is so ridiculous; it is so obvious that Obama will do anything to stop any clean-up effort.
Milwaukee commented:
This is not Katrina: Katrina was a tropical storm turned hurricane which gave a few days notice. The oil was 53 miles out and taking it’s sweet time getting in. Instead of sending Coast Guard personnel out to count life jackets, why not give them an ample supply, with fire extinguishers, and have them install that equipment on board? We know that barge has 20 life jackets because we put 20 life jackets on it! Work the problem people. Good thing Obama’s people didn’t handle the Apollo 13 emergency. Or the Berlin airlift, or … name a crisis.
Toaster802 commented:
It seems the coastie’s officer caste will be Okay in taking orders that even an E-1 knows are amoral.
Not surprising.
They are running a recruiting ad on TV where a bunch of unsat pouge’s pull a sloppy left face in their squished caps and do the level best to look like refusnick’s from casual. What a bunch of crossing guards…It is enough to make any DI’s eyes pop out of his freakin’ head! What the ad needs is Gunny Ermie screaming “I will PT you all until you F*#kin’ Die!” while the camera pans the whole unsquare bunch. Then it might be watchable without a grimace…
That being said, I have nothing but respect for the rescue crews. Brave, skilled, and professional. The ticket pushing/ punching bitty-boaties, not so much.
Bob Hinckley commented:
Go to Walmart, buy whatever number of life vests and/or fire extinguishers are required, put them on board and get back to work. That would take about 2 hours – less by helo.
How can anyone in the ruling Democratic Party see the images of those poor oil-soaked animals and not be working 24/7 to mitigate this disaster? Shame on them – they need to be punished bigtime on Nov. 2nd.
Tcobb commented:
They want an excuse for a permanent ban on offshore drilling. Therefore they want this episode to have as big of a negative impact as possible. They don’t want it fixed. Let no crisis go to waste, and since they are such precious things don’t do anything to make them go away.
May they all rot in Hell.
Robert commented:
The democrats were too busy preening for
the cameras as they badgered Heyward.
As they concentrated on making political points,
another day was lost to their bureaucratic ineptitude.
Fat Man commented:
“Unbelievable”
Nay. Inevitable, predictable and completely in the ordinary course.
This is how government works. Check the school systems. Go to the DMV. Read the history of socialism.
JPL17 commented:
Impeachment time.
Rock commented:
This is nothing more than one of Rahm Emanuel useful crises to capitalize on. In this case help getting Cap and Trade back on track, and more importantly force more small business to shut down, put more people on the welfare rolls and provide another slush fund to raid. I suspect laser focused on jobs seems to mean where else can the Dems destroy employment and the economy. Of course the real shame is one of the most committed Branch’s to safety at sea is made to appear as the enemy, or at least demonized. No question in my view that just before the fall elections some dramatic event will give the Dems a needed advantage at the polls. In the mean time allowing this disaster to continue will just provide more time to capitalize on it.
C-Christian Soldier commented:
isn’t it sad that our BEST – this time the Coast Guard- have to follow orders of a buffoon–Pres. bho!!
BTW-JINDAL has been on my short list for awhile—I’m moving him up to No. 1 —
C-CS
Ashen commented:
My God, do we need any more proof that this is intentional? They want this to happen. If it wasn’t life vests and fire extinguishers, it would be somethig else.
mike devx commented:
This is government insanity at its worst.
This would be satire, except it’s REAL! One would laugh if you could, but at this point you practically can only cry.
Our national government SHUT THEM DOWN! Because of difficulty contacting owners. And it’s not as if they’re in violation of anything! The Coast Guard simply cannot *guarantee* that they meet regulations. So, they shut them down. My God, my god, my god, my god. At worst, you hit them with a fine. But no. They SHUT THEM DOWN.
Insanity. Incompetence. Obama Administration.
Insanity. Incompetence. Obama Administration.
These words go together like baseball, Mom, and apple pie.
Cato the Elder commented:
God Help America
John Gargano commented:
Don’t they sell fire extinguishers at Wallmart?
Problems like these are endemic to any entity where people don’t have to sing for their supper. In the government its even worse because the more aggravation they can cause people, the more they can perpetuate their own existence. Look at the building regulatory departments in most cities in America. They jerk people around to high heaven because it perpetuates their jobs. They find one problem, you fix it, and then they find another one. When you fix the second one, guess what? They have no obligation to be efficient because they have no competition. They routinely over reach and violate the law, but its not cost-effective to take them to court. Even if you win, they make your life twice as miserable next time around.
Most governmental agencies over interpret their mandate and misconstrue things in their favor because it keeps their people busy which in turn justifies their budgets and their existence. Especially now that the economy is slow, instead of working with people to get commerce moving and keep businesses going and keep people employed, the regulators at all levels are now working against the people because the slow economy leaves them with less to do. If they have less to do, they fear the loss of their jobs. They can easily rectify that situation by making work for themselves through busting everyone’s chops. This occurs at the city, county, state and federal levels of government – its everywhere and we all know it.
Thus, we can see how less government is better. We’re not for no government, but we can all clearly see how government bureaucracies are prone to waste money, perpetuate their own existence and take advantage of their role as custodians of the public’s best interests. What always happens is that the bureaucracies take care of their own best interests instead. And as we saw last week, employees on the public payroll make $1.45 for every $1 people in the private sector make.
dnb commented:
Couldn’t they have taken a drawing or a diagram of a fire extinguisher and life preserver on board and played the match game, and then counted how many the barge had? Or would that have required something more than a public education?
Christinewjc commented:
Now we know what Ronald Reagan meant when he said:
The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’
Ronald Reagan
mike maloney commented:
the coastguard works for the globalist swine foreign and domestic. Those people in Louisiana can not take bp oil without paying for it.
William Powell commented:
As someone connected to the Coast Guard, I can say that if they skipped the inspections and then someone subsequently died due to lack of safety equipment, the press would be calling for Congressional investigations and howling bloody murder. Sometimes the people in the middle get stuck in a lose-lose situation. Everyone is so on edge about the oil spill that anything negative is blown out of proportion. Remember, most of the Coast Guard regulations are written in blood!
Anonymous commented:
Left/liberal PC gummint at work… “I’m from the government and I’m here to help,” are the nine-scariest words in the English language as Reagan said.
Mark Poling commented:
Pardon if I missed it anywhere, but could it have occurred to someone at the Coast Guard to GIVE THEM ALL THE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AND LIFE JACKETS THEY COULD POSSIBLY NEED?
Good Lord.
Neo commented:
Fire Obama now
Valerie commented:
Full-blown Russian crisis response, with all the bureaucratic trimmings.
This is not the proper situation to copy those ham-handed Russians. We already know how to do SO MUCH BETTER than this!
ic commented:
BS
Couldn’t the coast guards just board the damned barges to see if there were fire extinguishers and life vests on board?
Mighty Obie wanted to show that funny looking gov’ of that loser state who’s boss.
Neo commented:
rampart ranger commented:
Finally! Charles Djou (R-Hawaii) has introduced a bill lifting the Jones Act for ships participating in the cleanup.
rampart ranger commented:
Anderson Cooper is on talking about BP’s ultra deep rig “Atlantis.” What’s forgotten is that neither BP nor Exxon is a big player in ultra-deep drilling. Petrobras controls 80% of the deep drilling rigs, and THE US TAXPAYERS are funding their world-wide deep dive into ultra deep water drilling:
http://stumpedagain.wordpress.com/2010/05/27/obama-drills-deep/
Sandy commented:
rampart–Finally! Let the people see that the reason even a temporary bill lifting the Jones Act won’t go through is that the Unions won’t allow it.
Sandy commented:
How about the 17 Afghan soldiers who stole high powered weaponry and now are on the loose somewhere in this nation? Yes its all going so well for the guy who never ran anything in his life and now wants to run the world.
LimoLibsStink commented:
0bama:
Let me be clear, there is no need for crude sucking barges. Democrat Barney Frank will suck anything.
I’ll suspend him from a huge boom from the SS Obama. He will suck up that gooey stuff in no time. Just ask Kevin Jennings.
My Jumbo Jet is belching fumes and I have a meeting with the head of BP. If we all suck enough then Louisiana will not become Mucked-Up.
Sure, my plans have a high Probability of Failure. If Barney Frank cannot suck enough or his Butt explodes it will be a High Consequence event… the Muck and the smell will be horrible. It will become a huge Cluster Muck. I can’t say any more but my advisers tell me that my plan is 46% absolutely safe. Good day.
Andreas K. commented:
Jindal has eventually enough, is fed up with waiting on Obie and decides to do it himself, that way displaying typical American ingenuity and independence.
Feds shut down his operation.
My conclusion there is: the virtues that helped making America what is today are not wanted by the Feds.
duh commented:
So, deliver fire extinguishers and life jackets to each barge-
“Oh, you already have them? Great! Thanks”
Well that took 3 minutes. Now you have the whole rest of the day..
duh commented:
Sadly, what more proof do we need that this is intentional?
NO ONE could be this incompetent, right?…
oh wait…
Don Eskridge commented:
Obama hates white people.
Rick Caird commented:
It is still all about the “process” and not about results. This is what you get when you elect a legislator as President and chief executive officer. Legislating is all about process. Executive leadership is about results. This is the reason we have elected very few Senators to the Presidency and why they have so much trouble.
Jim commented:
Remember photos of idle buses sitting in flood waters of Katrina? Why don’t we see photos of idle barges on the news?
Jeff commented:
Why didn’t the Coast Guard just BRING enough life vests and fire extinguishers to the barges in case they didn’t have the right number. That way the barges keep sucking and the “rules” can be observed.
Mil-tech Bard commented:
Coast Guard blocks British trawlers & excursion boats from evacuating BEF from Dunkirk due to insufficient life jackets.
Moright commented:
Hugo Chavez anyone?
bill-tb commented:
Obama’s hostage crisis … Hold the Gulf hostage until cap and tax passes … It’s getting clear now that that is exactly what is happening.
It’s not possible for people to be this stupid.
bg commented:
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Unbelievable.
all too true non the less..
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RebeccaH commented:
This is like watching a house burn down while government watchdogs make sure the firetrucks have proper registration before they let them turn on the hoses.
If it isn’t sheer incompetence, then I have to believe that Obama and the Democrats are deliberately punishing the southern Red States, and making a crisis worse for political reasons. Either way, they’re making the case that they all need to be swept out of office.
Anonymous commented:
Dear Governors Jindal and Brewer,
Will some governor have the courage and fortitude to introduce Articles of Secession before it’s too late? As with the fictitious Galt’s Gultch, your state will have an influx of intelligent, hard working, patriotic entrepreneurs, not to mention tax dollars as we are the ones who produce it while other patriots earn it, rather than take it.
I paraphrase an incompetent moron solely because in this instance it is fitting, “we are the ones we’ve been waiting for”.
Jerry C commented:
The Louisiana governor should have refused the National Guard’s demand to ‘Cease and desist’ and make a stand. Someone has to be the first. It would have been a great day for freedom had the Guard arrested the governor for attempting to do something. But alas, there is no one.
Isaiah 6:8
8Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
muddywood commented:
If I was Gov. Jindal, I would put armed Louisiana National Guard troops on the barges and tell the Coast Guard to go screw themselves. My new favorite saying is “The Constitution is not a suicide pact”
Bobbi commented:
Obama’s screwing with Bobby Jindal’s head.
wanumba commented:
rumcrook
June 17th, 2010 | 7:46 pm | #14
Obama Pledges to Mobilize “Greatest Military in World” to Combat Gulf Oil Spill
and they just showed up, and their first act was to stop the cleanup.
………….
In a nutshell.
Remember the media narrative when Obama was elected was that there would be civil unrest and street demonstrations against him?
Thought it was very peculiar. But it was all over the media, so they got their talking points to soften up the public to have expectations of street violence. The Tea Party got rolling, and the media immediately focused on that for “violence” only there wasn’t any.
But apparently the narrative NEEDS civil violence to advance to the next step. This BP spill in itself is not agitating people, it’s the White House blocking of all efforts to stop it and contain the spread that is pushing people to heights of frustration – so the people ESPECIALLY Governor Jindal (and Brewer) are being manipulated, boxed in a corner, either forced to watch their beautiful land and waters ruined for generations or to act against the constraints, which will be the excuse the White House needs as their fig leaf cover to crack down on the STATE governments – move against governors.
The FEds just sealed off a chunk of Arizona land from AMericans – letting free roam Mexicans run rampant thru it. What an insult and a provocation to AZ and Gov Breweer, then Hillary CLinton dro[s the turd on Ecudoran TV that Obama is plannign to sue AZ for SB1070. ANother insulting slap meant for Brewer.
Kevin P commented:
Anyone who thinks we are going to turn this around without bloodshed is in lala land. Leftist REGIMES never, ever, ever go away quietly or peacefully. Just because the left was able to take over through peaceful means doesn’t mean the right will be able to. The left was able to take over through peaceful means because the right was in power!!! People with moral bearings were in power! No longer the case.
cons_are_subhuman_trash commented:
Yeah, retard, 2 million gallons a day are pouring into the gulf because of your free market capitalist cult, and you think a couple barges will save the day.
No wonder intelligent and educated people laugh at uneducated white trash conservatives like you!
ray_g commented:
I nominate comment #79 for thread winner.
bg commented:
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ray_g @ 9:56 am #95
and i nominate:
cons_are_subhuman_trash @ 9:54 am#94
as the most comical post of the day!!
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Catherine commented:
Ask Why?
Just crazy thinking and a few facts?
http://www.mysanantonio.com/livinggreensa/EPA_decision_on_ethanol_blend_put_off_until_fall_96633199.html
EPA decision on ethanol blend put off until fall
By Mary Clare Jalonick and Matthew Daly – Associated Press
Web Posted: 06/18/2010
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency says it will wait until this fall to decide whether U.S. car engines can handle higher concentrations of ethanol in gasoline.
The agency had been expected to decide by this month whether to increase the maximum blend from 10 to 15 percent.
The EPA said Thursday that initial tests “look good” and should be completed by the end of September. A decision will come after the Energy Department completes the testing of the higher blend on vehicles built after 2007.
HUMMM?
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/energy-smart/ethanol-disaster-risk-for-boats-20090418-aax5.html
Ethanol ‘disaster’ risk for boats
KATE DENNEHY
April 19, 2009
Ethanol blend fuel poses a risk for boat owners and is “potentially disastrous” for any vessels that use petrol fuel tanks more than a few years old, industry experts say.
Government and industry adviser Gary Fooks said the blended fuel might be all right for 60 per cent of cars but was a “no-no” for 99 per cent of boats.
Mr Fooks said he was very concerned about potential damage to fuel systems causing an increased risk of fire aboard boats.
Generators and off-road bikes that were not used regularly could also be damaged by ethanol use, he said
OH MY?
http://www.industrysearch.com.au/News/Take-up-of-alternative-fuels-at-the-bowser-slow-survey-31659
Take up of alternative fuels at the bowser slow -survey
17/04/2008 -
Victorian drivers are shunning alternative fuels at the bowser, believing ethanol blends and biofuels may damage cars, a new survey has found
Eight in 10 Victorian motorists, or 81 per cent, choose not to use ethanol blends or biofuels despite claims the fuels are better for the environment, the research released on Wednesday by insurer AAMI showed.
SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT SO STUPID
http://article.wn.com/view/2009/04/28/BP_wants_end_to_US_import_tax_on_Brazilian_ethanol/
Oil & Gas Journal2009-04-28
Eric Watkins LOS ANGELES, Apr. 28 — BP PLC has sent a letter to the California Air Resources Board (CARB), calling for its support in ending US import duties on Brazil’s sugarcane-based ethanol. According to the letter, seen by Brazil’s state news agency, BP “believes sugarcane-based ethanol will be the lowest-carbon biofuel available in the first years of the Low-Carbon Fuel Standard.”
NOW WE MAY BE GETTING SOME WHERE?
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/12/11/1039379883685.html
High ethanol voids fuel pump warranty
December 12 2002
OH MY
Gilbarco said even when ethanol was pumped into service station underground tanks at levels of less than 10 per cent, it could become concentrated and be dispensed at damaging levels for cars.
Gilbarco said its US parent company had done extensive testing on the effects of high blends, and found, like car makers, it caused problems with metal corrosion and perishing and stretching of plastics
OH MY
BP said yesterday it has sold 14 million litres of petrol containing a 10 per cent solution of ethanol since May, without complaints.
Holden said to avoid damage it must make more than a dozen changes to its cars before sending them to Brazil, which has a mandatory dilution of petrol with ethanol to 25 per cent.
The NRMA has called for the Government to limit ethanol content to 10 per cent because of uncertainty over the level at which it caused damage, said its environmental policy adviser, Jack Haley
Catherine
myohmy commented:
Bobby Jindal is our hero. Obama will be riding on his coat tail someday. The competence level between these two is night and day.
CrankyOldLady commented:
Obama is an enemy saboteur. His malfeasance is outright war on America. The New Congress in January 2011 must impeach him and his loyalists. Then the entire snake-pit of “leaders” should be prosecuted for treason, found guilty, and hanged by the neck until dead.
Mil-tech Bard commented:
Great minds think a like:
http://www.transterrestrial.com/?p=27632
Dunkirk Evacuation Delayed For Safety
June 1, 1940
DOVER (Routers) The evacuation of British and French troops from the besieged French city of Dunkirk was halted today, over concerns that many of the private vessels that had been deployed for the task were unsafe for troop transport.
Government officials ordered all soldiers to hold their places on the harbour waterfront and beaches, and those in the water were told to hold up boarding as well, until the various fishing and pleasure vessels could be inspected by the Home Guard, to ensure that there were sufficient life vests, fire extinguishers and other safety devices on each one. Each boat will also have to be tested for leaks before it will be deemed safe for the passage across the Channel.
“We can’t risk our soldiers’ lives on these cheap boats,” explained one official. “The Germans are firing on our ships, and we’ve already lost six destroyers to submarines and aerial bombardments, three of them just today. If all those non-military boats don’t have the proper safety gear, they won’t stand a chance,” he shouted over the din of incoming mortar fire from German troops only two miles away.
(snip)
Andreas K. commented:
cons_are_subhuman_trash
June 18th, 2010 | 9:54 am | #94
Yeah, retard, 2 million gallons a day are pouring into the gulf because of your free market capitalist cult, and you think a couple barges will save the day.
No wonder intelligent and educated people laugh at uneducated white trash conservatives like you!
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Love your choice of words mate, Hitler is certainly proud of you, Volksgenosse.
Hey, since you’re so smart, tell me what’s the basic resource for all the plastic parts in the computer you used to type this. Just for entertainment of course.
bg commented:
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we’re slowly but surely moving in the direction of a police state (ie: NY & MA)..
btw, how many troops are on the border??
i’m hearing not a one yet, anyone know different??
thanks in advance..
and i’m sorry but imho Obama just proved the Military will follow his orders
no matter how illogical & detrimental to the US.. watch, we ain’t seen nothin’
yet.. this was just an “incremental” test.. *sigh*
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Chisum commented:
cons_are_subhuman_trash
June 18th, 2010 | 9:54 am | #94
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This is just for you.
http://article.nationalreview.com/436654/barack-obama-dreamer-in-chief/charles-krauthammer
Catherine commented:
BP gave how much money to bho???
THEN WE HAVE?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703650604575312961393600400.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_LEADNewsCollection
JUNE 18, 2010
He stopped short of saying Russia would re-evaluate BP’s lucrative partnership in Russia, which represents almost a quarter of its oil production, but predicted the spill will prompt a fundamental rethinking of oil exploration around the world.
“This is a wake-up call,” Mr. Medvedev said. Of BP’s fate, he added: “Certainly, we are not indifferent to their future. … Hopefully, they can absorb the losses.”
BUT WAIT?
http://www.jamestown.org/programs/edm/single/?tx_ttnewstt_news=36472&tx_ttnewsbackPid=27&cHash=9ca9a4c939
On June 3, the project’s license-holding company, RUSIA Petroleum, filed for bankruptcy. BP is a major stakeholder through its Russian joint venture TNK-BP, as well as a creditor in its own right to this project. The company “is determined to recover its investments, and minimize its financial losses” (press release, June 3
BP entered the Kovykta project during the 1990’s but was prevented from developing it, by extra-legal harassment and wrangles with certain Russian business partners (likely instigators of that harassment). BP returned to the game in 2003 when it formed the TNK-BP joint venture, but its efforts to develop Kovykta were thwarted during the following years through extortionate demands by the Russian government and Gazprom.
GOOD READ?
NOW THIS MAY EXPLAIN WHY HE SOLD 1/3 OF HIS SHARES IN BP???
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/10329418.stm
Wednesday, 16 June 2010
Russia warns Belarus of gas cut
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In January 2006 and again in 2009, Russia cut gas supplies to Ukraine, causing knock-on effects all over Europe.
In January this year a row nearly resulted in Russian oil deliveries to Belarus being halted.
Russia’s critics have accused it of using its energy supplies as a political weapon
AND YET THE LEFT STRIKES AGAIN BHO SHUTS DOWN DRILLING FOR 6 MO. WHO DO YOU THINK THIS HELPS AND WHO IT HURTS?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8439745.stm
Monday, 4 January 2010
The dispute centres on the preferential tariff that Belarus has been paying since 2007 for Russian oil. It has been selling on Russian crude or refined oil at world prices.
Russia says it is prepared to sell oil to Belarus duty-free for domestic consumption but wants to charge the tariff for oil that Belarus exports.
In 2007 a similar dispute with Belarus over oil tariffs disrupted Russian oil exports via the Druzhba pipeline to Poland and Germany
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2010/jun/16/new-orleans-ad-campaign-bp-britain
New Orleans runs $5m anti-British campaign – paid for by BP
Wednesday 16 June 2010
BP wrote a $15m (£10.1m) cheque to promote tourism in Louisiana last month. It paid a similar amount to the state of Alabama, and $25m to Florida.
The city plans to start the campaign on television stations in large cities such as Chicago and Houston and in national newspapers
OH MY
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203863204574346610120524166.html
AUGUST 18, 2009, 1:45 P.M. ET
Obama Underwrites Offshore Drilling
Too bad it’s not in U.S. waters.
You read that headline correctly. Unfortunately, the Obama Administration is financing oil exploration off Brazil.
The U.S. is going to lend billions of dollars to Brazil’s state-owned oil company, Petrobras, to finance exploration of the huge offshore discovery in Brazil’s Tupi oil field in the Santos Basin near Rio de Janeiro. Brazil’s planning minister confirmed that White House National Security Adviser James Jones met this month with Brazilian officials to talk about the loan.
OH MY
http://www.gurufocus.com/news.php?id=66288
George Soros Buys Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.Petrobras, AutoZone Inc., InterOil Corp., Sells Arch Coal Inc., Public Service Enterprise Group, PPL Corp.
Aug. 15, 2009
George Soros must be very bullish on stocks, he bought a lot, espeically oil. He was already heavily invested in energy stocks, and he bought more. Petroleo Brasileiro alone is accounted for more than 22% of his fund. Soros Fund Management LLC.
WELL WELL
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=aFHPjfeUvtl8
Soros Hedge Fund Bought Petrobras Stake Worth $811 Million
By Jeb Blount and Miles Weiss
Aug. 15 (Bloomberg) — Billionaire investor George Soros bought an $811 million stake in Petroleo Brasileiro SA in the second quarter, making the Brazilian state-controlled oil company his investment fund’s largest holding.
As of June 30, the stake in Petrobras, as the Rio de Janeiro-based oil producer is known, made up 22 percent of the $3.68 billion of stocks and American depositary receipts held by Soros Fund Management LLC, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Petrobras has since slumped 28 percent.
SO WE KNOW BP IS ALSO INVOLVED IN PETROBRAS?
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/06/17/stupak_legitimate_for_bp_escrow_account_to_fund_health_care.html
Stupak: “Legitimate” For BP Escrow Account To Fund Health Care
MY MY?
http://minnesotansforglobalwarming.com/m4gw/2010/06/which-is-more-environmentally-sensitive-anwr-or-the-gulf.html
Which is more “Environmentally Sensitive” ANWR or the Gulf?
By Elmer on June 9, 2010
GREAT VIDEO
http://dailycaller.com/2010/06/10/acorn-employees-tell-fbi-of-deliberate-election-fraud-according-to-new-documents/
ACORN employees tell FBI of deliberate election fraud, according to new documents
By Matthew Vadum – The Daily Caller
Published: 06/10/10 at 1:55 AM
DANG HOW DID THAT GET IN THERE?
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0610/38563.html
By DARREN SAMUELSOHN | 6/15/10
John Kerry, Joe Lieberman tout EPA projection on climate bill
Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) found many reasons to gloat after getting the 74-page study that showed the overall costs from their legislation’s major global warming provisions would cost an average household between $80 to $150 per year.
OH WELL THERE WENT THE MOVIE MONEY?
Catherine
Mr.Clarity commented:
Hate to break up the OBAMA-SLAPFEST but a close look at the story from the ABC Website would tell you that the the White House told the Coast Guard they could only advise on safety but could not STOP any operations due to safety concerns.
FROM ABC SITE -
Officials from Plaquemines Parish, desperate to get the barges back out, called the White House who immediately spoke to the Coast Guard.
According to Plaquemines Parish officials, the White House had spoke to the Coast Guard, informing them that from this point forward the Coast Guard can not interfere with cleanup operations, only make suggestions on safety concerns. Within a few hours, the barges were back in operation.
bg commented:
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if you wouldn’t mind, please check out bg @ 2:24 pm #29here, thank you..
more out of sight trivia..
“Chevron is responsible for dumping 18 billion gallons of
toxic oil waste in Ecuador, Chevron is no better than BP.”
Chevron Corporation was originally known as Standard Oil of California, or SoCal, and was formed amid the antitrust breakup of John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil company in 1911. It was one of the “Seven Sisters” that dominated the world oil industry in the early 20th century.
Standard Oil
ExxonMobil
connect the dots, or not.. *sigh*
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Don Rodrigo commented:
It’s looking more and more like a clumsy effort by this radical administration to worsen the spill disaster by stalling.
This may be deliberate after all, in an attempt to destroy the oil industry and precipitate an even bigger crisis which the WH and other radicals think they’ll be able to exploit.
Don Rodrigo commented:
It’s looking more and more like a clumsy effort by this radical administration to worsen the spill disaster by stalling.
or not.
Thank you, “Mr. Clarity.”
bg commented:
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Mr.Clarity @ 2:39 pm #107
do you have a link for that??
thanks..
reported: June 18, 2010 (video included)
BP Oil Spill: Against Gov. Jindal’s Wishes,
Crude-Sucking Barges Stopped by Coast Guard
[Louisiana Governor Couldn't Overrule Coast Guard
The governor said he didn't have the authority to overrule the Coast Guard's decision, though he said he tried to reach the White House to raise his concerns.
"They promised us they were going to get it done as quickly as possible," he said. But "every time you talk to someone different at the Coast Guard, you get a different answer."
After Jindal strenuously made his case, the barges finally got the go-ahead Thursday to return to the Gulf and get back to work, after more than 24 hours
of sitting idle.
[..]
Along Gulf Coast, Governors Ask, ‘Who’s In Charge?’
Sixty days into the crisis, it still can be tough to figure out who is in charge in Louisiana, and the problem appears to be the same in other Gulf Coast states.
In Alabama Thursday, Gov. Bob Riley said that
he’s had problems with the Coast Guard, too.
Riley, R-Ala., asked the Coast Guard to find ocean boom
tall enough to handle strong waves and protect his shoreline.]
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Mr.Clarity commented:
I went back to cut and paste the link and the details I cut and pasted are no longer there and now the story is all about who’s in charge.
I know that ABC took a hit from Media Matters over the difference between the aired story and the printed story. looks like ABC opted to go with “cloudy chain of command” and blow out their original story.
God forbid that any story out of this disaster end on a positive – they screwed up but it got fixed and the barges are at work – note
bg commented:
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Mr.Clarity @ 6:59 pm #112
no, i think some went back out.. but the point is NO ONE KNOWS
WHO’S IN CHARGE SINCE OBAMA SAID HE CAN, UH, WAS!!
fyi: the reason things disappear is because Obama has a black hole machine that sux up any negative write ups about him.. so if the story was so positive (in Obama’s favor & your opinion) then why did it go poof??
never mind, i can tell you believe in magical mythical
Unicorns, and don’t even think of trying to deny it..
btw, did you even bother to check
out the link & watch the video??
ipso facto: THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
POSITIVE ABOUT THIS STORY.. HELL-O??
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chooch502 commented:
I wouldn’t let this terrorist lovin , america hating clown run my lemonade stand! At this point his lack of effort in cleaning the gulf should be prosecuted as a treasonous act.
Obama and the dems want as big an oil disaster as is possible to promote windmills and solar.They’d love to have gas go to $5/gal so we can live green in amerika.
WSG commented:
It’s amazing what can be accomplished if you aren’t concerned with who gets the credit.
bg commented:
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I, MR. PRESIDENT, CAN FIX IT – YES I CAN!!
The President Does a Jones Act
WSJ, June 19, 2010
[President Obama has repeatedly said his Administration is doing everything in its power to expedite the oil clean-up and mitigate the damage. But in the two weeks immediately after the spill, 13 foreign governments reached out and offered their assistance. The U.S. response? Thanks, but no thanks.
Or at least that's how Geert Visser, consul general for the Netherlands in Houston, described the U.S. answer. The State Department phrased it slightly differently: "While there is no need right now that the U.S. cannot meet, the U.S. Coast Guard is assessing these offers of assistance to see if there will be something which we will need in the near future." One month later, many of these offers are still outstanding.
The Belgian dredging group DEME says it has offered the U.S. specialized vessels and technology that can help clean up the spill in three to four months compared to the estimated nine months that the U.S. will need. There are only a handful of these vessels in the world, and most of them belong to Dutch and Belgian companies. So why aren't we calling on them?
Blame it on the protectionist Merchant Marine Act of 1920, also called the Jones Act, that requires ships working in U.S. waters to be built, operated and owned by Americans. Building specialized clean-up vessels in the U.S. is too expensive because of high union labor costs, and unions don't want ships built with foreign labor to be used in U.S. waters. To circumvent the Jones Act, clean-up crews have had to outfit American ships with skimming technology airlifted from the Netherlands. This has resulted in serious delays and greater harm to the Gulf.
Presidents can suspend the Jones Act in emergencies, as George W. Bush
did after Hurricane Katrina. But the Obama Administration continues to maintain that this isn't necessary and that there are "no pending requests" for waivers. But Florida Republican Senator George LeMieux disagrees and says his constituents want all the foreign help possible.
We sympathize with the President's lament on Monday that "I can't dive down there and plug the hole. I can't suck it up with a straw." But there's no excuse for turning away ships that can clean up the oil merely because that might offend Mr. Obama's union friends.]
all you’re “fixing” Mr. President is the
downfall of America’s “small people”..
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Bill commented:
The jackassness of this (if true) reminds me of a WWII naval battle between a Japanese fleet and a US cruiser. The cruiser should have been doomed against the Japanese fleet, but in the middle of the battle, the Japanese fleet turned around and went home. It seems that their naval regulations at the time required that if they were down to 1/3 their ammunition, then it was time to return to port to restock.
The LA governor should have been able to make a few phone calls to get these Coast Guard idiots relieved of their command so that the skimmers could continue to do their job.
I’ve had run-ins with the C.G. up here in NY before when in my boat on the Great South Bay. C.G. patrol boats, with apparently nothing to do, routinely pull over small craft for inspection of the fire extingusher and the life vests. Each time I am inspected, I am told that my fire extingisher should be bigger. Each time, I ask them if the one I have is legal, and when they say “yes,” I tell them “I guess I pass your inspection then.”