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A $20 Billion down payment...
"Jim" wrote in message ... wrote: On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:12:23 -0400, Harry wrote: And if Bush and Cheney, the oil guys, were still in charge? I am not interested in too much finger pointing but I will say, If Bush/Cheney were in charge they would have had the best people in the oil business working together to plug this well on the first day. I suspect Obama is still not getting that level of cooperation from people he has demonized for 2 years. You're both wingers, and full of it. 1. This type blowout has never happened before, and nobody can plug it, then or now. The relief wells will supposedly do that. 2. BP already has had from the beginning the best expertise in the oil industry to try to plug it. It's in their interest to do so, because the longer oil flows, the better their chance of going bankrupt. Obama doesn't need BP's "cooperation." He just has to make them pay for the damages and try to keep his poll numbers up. Umm... he's a politician. He wants to get reelected. That's pretty normal. 3. Only the feds have the clout and resources to clean up the mess. And whether Bush or Obama, it's the same creaky bureaucracy unless POTUS commands the military to take over and control activities with the rules thrown out. The scope of this disaster demanded that from the beginning. Bush failed the test for Katrina. Obama has failed now. The only thing Obama has failed at is when he believed what BP told him and the rest of us. They lied and continue to lie. Equating Bush's complete and utter failure for Katrina, with being mislead is ridiculous. 4. Deep offshore drilling can be made safe with correct procedures. One way is to require an initial 100' cemented caisson with double failsafe shutoffs instead of a single blowout preventer on the seabed. Drilling then proceeds through the caisson. Oh, that adds $20-40 million to the well cost? Big deal. That and the requirement of two relief wells done at the same time. That would add to the costs, but it would still be quite profitable. Certainly, the financial hit would have been less than now. 5. You guys playing politics with a national tragedy are dopes. I agree that this is beyond politics... completely. Jim - Injecting some common sense here. |
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