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    Quote Originally Posted by flecom View Post
    as much as i hate this lady, you have to watch this

    http://thedailywh.at/post/638751165/...he-hell-out-of

    must agree, she is probably my least favorite "news person" but I must admit...this was very clever.
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    Quote Originally Posted by flecom View Post
    as much as i hate this lady, you have to watch this

    http://thedailywh.at/post/638751165/...he-hell-out-of
    a very good watch, thank you. I have never liked her either but the piece was put together quite well.

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    She's more of a commentator than a true "newscaster", but I have to admit that this clip hits the mark pretty much dead-on.

    BP (or more probably, it's subcontractors) should have had better quality control procedures in place with regard to the blow-out preventer's condition prior to it being placed on the sea floor. It's bad enough when you screw up at 200 ft, but when you're more than a mile down, it's really hard to recover from a mistake.

    Also, I retract my previous statement re: Obama's involvement. Turns out he *is* claiming to be "trying to solve the problem". Which seems damn odd to me, since I didn't think he had any drilling experience.

    Though in fairness, he also accepted responsibility for the failure, which seemed rather honorable considering that the work on this well was planned, permitted, and initiated before he became president.

    Now if they could just get the damn well cemented...

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    Oh yeah, to show his conviction he walked the beach for three hours picking up globs of oil.

    Air Force One was running a little low.
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Obama picking up oil.jpg  

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    Interestingly now the camera seems to be back on the surface. I wonder what BP does not want us to see now?

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    *BP* - Busted Pipe!
    when BP came to Seattle 22 years ago they had a P.R. slogan, *BP, on the move!*
    Looks like B-usted P-ipe is on the move again!
    Will there be three phase!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phredy1 View Post
    Interestingly now the camera seems to be back on the surface. I wonder what BP does not want us to see now?
    Chuck Norris probably has a privacy clause in his contract.

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    why does this not surprise me

    http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op...-95175304.html

    guys...the us is in deep caca
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    Top kill has failed apparently.

    What would happen if they just injected water down the choke and kill lines? We already know what happens when natural gas meets cold sea water at that pressure (hydrates form), question is would the process be fast enough to gum up the holes in the valve gear?

    I am amazed by the speed with which this has degenerated into partisan political finger pointing, that should really be left until after the engineering problem has been solved and the clean up is in hand.

    Not that our lot are any better, I watched a debate in the commons once, it reminded me of a playgroup.

    Regards, Dan.

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    What amazes me is they refuse to publish the tech data, so no outsiders can really help them.

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