A few headlines from around the web…no commentary today…didn’t ya hear? I’m sick and no amount of cold pills my co-workers keep throwing at me seem to be doing the trick…though now I do feel like I’m on speed…a whole lotta speed… Enjoy: Not so Crazy? Reuters probes the idea of nuking the oil well Us Lawmaker: Oil spill costs may run trillions of dollars … Continue reading Some Headlines of Interest…
Okay…so I promised a happier story… I don’t want to sound biased, but I read this entire press release, and apparently, things simply aren’t that bad and the response of British Petroleum has been both massive and thorough. In fact, it would appear it has been an unprecedented response for an unprecedented spill with their estimates of 39,000 workers, almost 5000 ships and over a … Continue reading As promised, a happier story…BP’s Press Release for June 28th
So it finally gets to the mainstream news…well about time. Check out this conversation between Anderson Cooper and Fred McCallister, where Fred discusses trying to get skimmers to the Gulf for over a month. BP isn’t helping, they don’t want skimmers, why? Dispersants submerge the oil, limit liability by hiding the size and spreading the costs of cleanup over time. The safest way to remove … Continue reading Yes, thank you…Dispersants are about BP liability, not Gulf protection
Are you kidding me? Shell Oil The French Countless others…offering skimming vessels, yet in the seventy somethingth day, these gov’ment types are still trying to get through red tape to get them to the gulf where they are desperately needed, and Shell offers a skimming vessel to BP, who turns them down? Turns them down? A pox, a pox upon you horrible, horrible bastards…all An … Continue reading Thad Allen, Barack and BP…the liars three…Get the skimming vessels to the Gulf
So, we’ve all heard the name, read about its use, but how much do we really know about our new friend, Corexit 9500?…well, we know less than the EPA does but so what the hell else is new…the actual ingredient concentrations in this stuff is considered a trade secret, but the Nalco Holding Company that makes it was so kind as to at least share, in private … Continue reading Hey Gulf Coast and Beyond, Meet Your New BFF…Corexit 9500
Somebody is lying…either Bobby Jindal or Barack Obama. In either case there appears to be 7000 National Guard troops in Louisiana who are not being used; they’re just sitting idly by. If you’re a Democrat my guess is you might say it’s Bobby Jindal playing politics. If you’re a Republican, you would probably say Obama is lying about the resources available, again. But if you … Continue reading What’s the Problem Gov’nuhs?
Let’s review, shall we? Thad Allen: National Incident Commander of the Unified Command for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill…or as I like to call it, The British Petroleum Gulf Oil Explosion Catastrophe. Since the beginning, he has claimed he is in charge but in truth merely serves as BP’s errand boy. He colludes with BP and the government to keep the oil estimates low and to … Continue reading A Rogues Gallery in Oil, but Then a Leader Emerges…Kindra Arnesen
The villains are absolutely endless…and they keep coming…and coming and coming, as numerous as the barrels of oil all these sons of bitches unleashed into the Gulf of Mexico…not enough of this in the mainstream press…pretty obvious who is paying their bills… Read on…a tremendous summary to everything I missed while on vacation… BP's Next Disaster by Tim Dickinson Disenfranchised? Hmm Continue reading Rolling Stone Article about the British Petroleum Oil Gulf Catastrophe
By John Byrne Friday, June 4th, 2010 — 9:00 am submit to reddit Stumble This! 4Share 5diggsdigg From Rawstory.com Federal officials and the oil giant BP effectively conspired to keep the worst images of the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico from the public, according to a report Thursday. The US Coast Guard, which is coordinating response efforts to the spill on behalf of … Continue reading BP, Coast Guard witheld video showing massive scope of oil spill – From Raw Story
Well, the top kill failed. I don’t know why this surprises me…especially since Thad Allen said a couple of days ago it was a success. If there is one thing I think we’ve all learned over this past month, it’s that if the head of the Coast Guard makes a claim it is 1. untrue, and 2. been fed to him by British Petroleum. Not … Continue reading Throw BP in the Gulf then Set the Oil On Fire
Drake Toulouse: Photography and Words 