To: Soul Seeker
Wasn’t that rig in international waters?
12 posted on
06/01/2010 11:01:44 AM PDT by
donhunt
(I used to have a US senator who lived in a compound. He's dead now.)
To: donhunt
Wasn’t that rig in international waters?......
No, Federal waters.
19 posted on
06/01/2010 11:04:07 AM PDT by
Islander7
(If you want to anger conservatives, lie to them. If you want to anger liberals, tell them the truth.)
To: donhunt
It's a foreign flag vessel operating in international waters. The rig is owned by a foreign company, Transocean. The drilling operations are operated by British Petroleum with subcontracts to Halliburton. It's an international enterprise. Obama was making noises about putting BP into "receivership" as if he has the power to seize a foreign corporation.
41 posted on
06/01/2010 11:11:34 AM PDT by
Myrddin
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