Posted on 10/08/2021 3:11:37 PM PDT by Starman417
There was an oil spill on off the coast of California. 144,000 gallons of oil were spilled. You also might note that there is now suddenly little interest in the story and there is a reason for that.
Oil has been leaking since about October 3 and officials set about to determine the cause. It was noted that the pipeline was moved more than 100 feet along the ocean floor. The pipeline also suffered a 13 inch tear.
It was most likely caused by an anchor.
Why did this happen? Well, it was pretty much inevitable as there is a giant backlog of cargo freighters waiting to be offloaded on the California coast and it's going to cause trouble for Americans.
SANTA MARIA, Calif. -- A sea of frustration is rising for American consumers during the pandemic. The port backlog at the Los Angeles Port is causing a ripple effect all the way up to the Central Coast as items are being taken off the shelf. Currently, dozens of container ships sit idle off the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach waiting to be unloaded.Consumers might be seeing as much as a 20% increase in goods for the holiday season. Shortages are also expected.
The US Maritime Administration is part of the Department of Transportation. Check out the bold text:
The Maritime Administration is the agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation dealing with waterborne transportation. Its programs promote the use of waterborne transportation and its seamless integration with other segments of the transportation system, and the viability of the U.S. merchant marine. The Maritime Administration works in many areas involving ships and shipping, shipbuilding, port operations, vessel operations, national security, environment, and safety. The Maritime Administration is also charged with maintaining the health of the merchant marine, since commercial mariners, vessels, and intermodal facilities are vital for supporting national security, and so the agency provides support and information for current mariners, extensive support for educating future mariners, and programs to educate America’s young people about the vital role the maritime industry plays in the lives of all Americans.So what is being done about this backlog? In a word, nothing. That begs the question- where in the world is Pete Buttigieg?
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Butt-Edge-Edge is dragging his anchor?
Butt and Plugs. What could go wrong?
Pete the Butt gets all excited when he sees the word “backlog”.
taking care about kids!
Nah, nothing stops you from posting the whole thing.
California is a perfect place for ButtJuice. Can’t f it up any worse than it is now
LOL! That explains everything!!!
Too bad we off-shored so much of our manufacturing.
This for me is the point. The need to move the supply chain back on-shore couldn't be clearer. Those ships are lined up to deliver goods. What are they taking back the other direction? Soy beans?
Ask an idiot how to run an economy? Shortly after that you will be asking that same idiot how to fix the same economy? Finally, we will be asking that same idiot what we do now that that same economy has collapsed? The answer is always the same, the “Republicans did it”.
Biden and Buttigig and a Lube Oil Leak.
EEK
..very likely coconuts deep in the hind quarters of Lady Chastain..
For the Moderator, that's the Portuguese cargo ship, Lady Chastain, laden with coconuts from Madagascar.
Perfect timing for the Longshoreman Union to strike.
“”” It was noted that the pipeline was moved more than 100 feet along the ocean floor. The pipeline also suffered a 13 inch tear. It was most likely caused by an anchor.”””
The crude oil pipelines from the production platforms sitting offshore Long Beach/Los Angeles harbor have been in place for 60 years or more.
The Los Angeles Port Authority knows where those pipelines are located and yet they allow cargo ships to park nearby.
What could go wrong with that??????
Buttiplug is familiar with the Hershey Highway and Bosco Boulevard. But he doesn’t know Jack 💩 about transportation 😖
The very real problem is we are not dealing with mere incompetent idiots. In an educated or even moderately informed and alert nation those questions would not be necessary.
It would be widely known by that nation's voters that Buttigieg's father was a Marxist professor who spoke fondly of the Communist Manifesto and dedicated a significant portion of his academic career to the work of Italian Communist Party founder Antonio Gramsci, an associate of Vladimir Lenin.
Its voters would have ample reason to suspect Biden and Buttigieg along with most of the current leftist admin clearly intend to seriously cripple the economy, consistent with communism's agenda to better "organize the community".
Buttplug has the necessary creds to be in a Biteme “administration”.
Trump would have those ships offloaded soonest, understanding the inevitable drag on the economy. Does ANYONE in the administration even think about it?
Fraudulent elections have consequences and in our case we have a bogus, senile, incompetent, fool suffering from dementia who can’t even read a tele-promter without fumbling his remarks and night after night we see a President who does not represent us the American people!!!
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