Shippers seek White House's help to keep Mississippi River open

Drovers Cattle Network ^ | November 27, 2012 | Karl Plume

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

PING!

[tet68]

Shovel ready jobs for the taking.

[bert]

Then there are the other shippers at Obama’s mercy.

The East Coast ports strike is believed to be in the works again....... pretty soon. It will destroy all business since exports provide the margin to keep the doors open for many companies

[ptsal]

This could be a blessing....close the river & close the ports...shop local

[cripplecreek]

Facilitating trade is what I consider to be the general welfare. I personally think this one fits the bill.

[jivin gene]

barry loves it when all these fools come and start begging and kissing his ass. Bottom line, fools, he won.

[Just mythoughts]

I crossed over the Missouri in a couple of different places over the weekend. It was shocking to see how low the water is. Shocking!!!

[taterjay]

Let’s all get real. If it makes sense, Obama will not do it. If it is nonsense, look for Obama to take the lead.

[ilovesarah2012]

I think it’s crazy that the federal government controls rivers.

[Jack Hydrazine]

I had to laugh when I found out the State hit hardest by the drought was Illinois. Then later I watch Sandy head north and make a left near DC. Obama is just a big curse on this country.

[molson209]

Bull shippers ?

[2111USMC]

Could be interesting. Shallow water freezes faster than deep water.

[stars & stripes forever]

I think it’s crazy that the federal government controls rivers.

BETTER THINK AGAIN! Nahum 1:3-4

3 The Lord is slow to anger but great in power; the Lord will not leave the guilty unpunished. His way is in the whirlwind and the storm, and clouds are the dust of his feet

4 He rebukes the sea and dries it up; he makes all the rivers run dry

[Rebelbase]

Why don’t they just ask Obama to make it rain?

[ilovesarah2012]

Good point!

[Cyber Liberty]

Facilitating trade is what I consider to be the general welfare. I personally think this one fits the bill.

Yeah, true, which is why the A-hole in the White Hut will never allow it. Just like the oil pipeline.

[chopperman]

One would have thought that Hurricane Sandy would have helped the levels.

[cripplecreek]

Most waterborne trade routes are controlled by the USACE. They even run the website for the Soo Locks.

https://webcam.crrel.usace.army.mil/soo/

[DesertRhino]

This is stupid. Everyone knows we don’t release water from the Missouri upstream lakes. We wait for spring snowmelt and rains, and then flood cities upstream because the river capacity is outstripped no matter what we release!