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Governor GoodHair says "spill was an act of God"
what a POS this guy is: Perry backs offshore drilling, says spill may be act of God | Business | Dallas Business...
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Not an act of God, and Perry is going to win another term
"Keep in mind that the last spill of this magnitude was in 1979, and that's 31 years ago," said Patterson, whose office is responsible for oil spill cleanups in Texas. Patterson was referring to a June 1979 oil platform blowout that spewed millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, causing extensive damage along the Texas coast. |
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That god fellow is certainly causing problems in the world...
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This is how technology works folks. You want gas to drive that shiny new Vette around? Then we drill. IT'S THAT SIMPLE.
This well bursting is no different from the Columbia disaster: If it's man-made, there is a risk of failure AT SOME POINT. It may cost lives or it may mean oil spewing into the ocean...and it doesn't make a damn bit of difference what Rick Perry says or Obama or the head of BP or anyone else. There was no shortage of complaining from both liberal and conservative camps when the price of oil skyrocketed and we were paying upwards of $4.25/gallon for gas. The problem is that everyone wants the benefits of technology but no one is prepared to pay the price if...and more likely WHEN...something goes wrong. Let 'em cap the damn well as quicly as possible and enough whining. Unless of course you're ready to trade in that shiny new Vette on a horse and buggy. |
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I'm all for "drill baby,drill" [gas well owner] I'm also in the coal hauling business, but I think nuclear has a place...I guess I just don't understand trying to blow off this accident as "the price of technology." it's negligence & disregard of safety for profit, pure & simple. we saw the same thing with the Massey coal mine disasters.the days of corporations grinding people up like so much fodder & no respect for our planet should have ended long ago.
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Give that jackass a shovel and send him down to Pensacola.
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The wind solar and other eco stuff is fine but the reality is that we need more nuclear power plants. LOTS more. Build them, get the grid up and running to support it and build electric cars. I've driven a Tesla. That is the future and I'm happy with the direction we are going. The only think I'll miss is the noise but hell, I'm going def anyway. We need a Manhattan style project to get us off oil. Its going to run out sooner or later and there are a hell of a lot of other uses for the stuff than putting it in our cars. A real commitment to building alternative energy and nuclear power plants could put millions of Americans to work, stop the flow of trillions of dollars we send over seas, and pull this country out of the recession. |
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Joe I agree w/ you 100%.... but the first Nuclear F'up and everyone will **** their paints. I mean 3 mile island is the reason we don't have more nuclear power today.
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Not the jackass wants to square off with the EPA - Texas Governor Battles EPA Over Clean Air Act, Permits - TIME
I love the attitude of some of the Texans down there. They are cheering for the guy who is allowing corporations to pollute the air and water. Here's a hint Governor, if specific jobs cause the bad air and water, then those are jobs that should go away. |
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Crying about a well leak is kind of like complaining that we can't travel to the moon using transporters a la Star Trek. The technology doesn't exist. You want to get there? It's a three day rocket ride. You want oil TODAY? You get it using TODAY'S technology and with that comes leaks, spills, shipwrecks and, in some cases, human lives AND WE ALL KNEW THIS GOING IN. Tomorrow's power might be better, cheaper, cleaner, safer and more plentiful, but we're not there yet. Trying to turn this into a Democrat/Republican/Liberal/Conservative argument is pretty ridiculous. |
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Drill baby drill I need to fill up my Vettes and power my house
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I agree, it is ridiculous. it's also "ridiculous" to not see that it is in fact, a highly political issue. the Right wants to put the blame on our president with such bull**** as "Obama's Katrina" & faux anger at him pissing off the British..they say that BP wouldn't be in deep water if the Green Weenies hadn't forced them there. it's a lie. the big plays inland are all just about gone & the REAL monster fields are in the Gulf. that's why BP is there... that's what they do. find oil & harvest it. there are over 42,000 offshore rigs operating with minimal spill & loss of lives.granted, they aren't as deep as the Horizon,but that shouldn't matter. BP told us they could get the oil safely. they didn't say "we might have a blow out or two along the way." the facts are undeniable. these bastards ignored all kinds of red flags so they could make more money,faster.these people are nothing short of monsters & need to be put away for a long time. our nation NEEDS this oil, but we can't keep letting things like this tragedy happen because of insane greed for profits & disregard for human lives & our fragile ecosystem.
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Plug the fuc$ing hole Our leader has no clue on how to run our country no less a business, he only knows how to attack business and try for Govt take over, Nov can not come fast enough as 2012. It seems our president is being compared to Carter at 18 months in office and this is really bad we still have 2 1/2 years left of a sinking ship that only knows how to waste my tax $$ and our countries future |
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we need to start looking a little harder inland where drilling is safer. I don't think we really know what we have. Barnett Shale: The Latest Word in Oil Exploration -- Seeking Alpha
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