[dennisw]

Sure hope this is true.

[bray]

Was the gummit the one who stopped them from doing this in the first place?

[70times7]

Thank you lord high Obama, for telling them to “plug the hole”. What would we do without your forceful leadership?

[SueRae]

If this has worked and I pray this is so, it will go down in history as one of the greatest engineering efforts since the Apollo 13 rescue. Nothing short of Herculean.

Well done, all.

Now, for the cleanup.

Followed by cause and corrective action

and all manner of Monday-morning quarterbacking....
followed by witch trials....
etc.

[IamConservative]

http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_english/homepage/STAGING/local_assets/bp_homepage/html/rov_stream.html

I hope this is true, but the live feed says it’s not. Still a lot of stuff ejecting from the BOP.

[TomGuy]

JIT for The O’s presser today.

How convenient.

[StolarStorm]

Off topic a little.... I heard this find is HUGE on the order of Saudi Arabian fields. So, assuming that other fields exist in deep water... peak oil is delayed by many years. Correct?

[dalebert]

Now can we investigate why permits and equipment were not delivered to the coast line????? and why Obama’s first instinct was to send lawyers and not experts to the area?

[TornadoAlley3]

http://www.alternet.org/rss/breaking_news/200750/breaking:_%E2%80%98top__kill%E2%80%99_stops_oil_leak_flow_in_gulf_of_mexico,_us_admiral_says/

BREAKING: ‘Top kill’ stops oil leak flow in Gulf of Mexico, US Admiral says
BREAKING AT THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE 844AM ET: Admiral Thad Allen, head of the Pentagon’s effort to help staunch the oil leak that resulted after an offshore rig collapsed into the Gulf of Mexico, told reporters Thursday morning that BP’s latest effort to plug the leak has succeeded.

[manc]

hears a huge sigh of relief for the white house

[mmanager]

Must have been yesterday when Obama shouted “plug that damn well”. The sign of true leadership /s.

[bert]

.....Engineers have succeeded .....

The world wonders.... were those Haliburton Engineers?

[Tarpon]

This is the easy part, staopping the leak. So Obama can take creidt for stopping the leak.

What should have been the focus of the federal government, organizing the containment and cleanup of the spill, has yet to see any progress. In fact, 1990 OPA puts the president in charge of containment and cleanup, not well drilling — which even this president knows nothing about.

Obama shows us why big government does not work, at all.

[sjneuf]

Just in time for Obozo’s presser today.

[silverleaf]

Halleluja

Now, why didnt they try this sooner?

[WhatNot]

I pray Obama will take his own great advice, and plug his own big fat hole.

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

ping

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

What joy that they were able to get it plugged. Hopefully, the politicians won’t react selfishly trying to play it for gain, but, you know how politicians are. Nevertheless, perhaps the cleanup can continue and eventually this massive find can be tapped for the benefit of the United States.

[valkyry1]

I never thought it was going to happen.

[lacrew]

The live feed shows stuff still spewing out...isn’t the mud supposed to be heavier than water...if so, this stuff is still oil?