Posted on 06/12/2010 9:25:40 AM PDT by balls
Those words don't belong in the same sentence!
Ping
How so?
Look at the pictures of the people whose livelihoods are being destroyed. What do you see? Typical white people.
I didn't even know about the Jones Act until Palin talked about it last night on FOX. Then they were talking about it again this am on FOX. This needs to be shouted from the roof top.
BamBam owes the unions, he will do anything to anyone at any time on any situation IF the union is NOT involved. The ships that are needed are not manned by union workers thus they will not be brought in UNLESS they have union members manning them. Simple, to hell with us (I am from the coast affected by the oil spill.
I have mentioned in the past here that the federal government is not excluded from the cause for many reasons and one of them is that the FEDERAL workers overseeing the operation of the blown out well WERE SPENDING UPWARDS TO 8 HOURS DURING THERE OBSERVATIONS, WERE WATCHING PORN MOVIES!
This once reported fact has somehow disappeared from the news.
bingo
Yes, Bush rescinded the act during Katrina. You can’t expect Bozo to do the same thing now can you? After all he is the WON.
A White House spokesman said that the Jones Act hadn't been suspended because "nobody has asked for it".
Probably means "We never thought of it..."
Funny, Bush knew to rescind it. Bring back Bush.
A little lefty article from 2005
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9259887/
Hurricane spawns flurry of deregulation
To spur recovery, Bush and Congress halt environmental and other rules
~snip~
Bush has ordered suspension of provisions of the Jones Act, which requires transport of petroleum, gasoline and other petroleum products on U.S.-flagged ships while operating in U.S. coastal waters.
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Bush suspended the Jones Act by at least the writing of the article - Sept 12,’05. Katrina hit on Aug 29th.
I believe that rig is in international waters...The Jones Act does not apply
Bush waived it during Katrina.
Obama doesn’t, On purpose.
Well, if that is true then why is Obama dictating how this thing is handled? What legitimacy does he have? How about England being in charge? BP is a British company.
It’s in international waters and a the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) over which the Coast Guard has jurisdiction.
The Jones Act applies to U.S. EEZs.
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
Part V, Article 55 of the Convention states:
Specific legal regime of the exclusive economic zone The exclusive economic zone is an area beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea, subject to the specific legal regime established in this Part, under which the rights and jurisdiction of the coastal State and the rights and freedoms of other States are governed by the relevant provisions of this Convention.
Well, then could the Jones Act be rescinded for others to come help with the oil that is now within the bounds of the USA waters?
Of course. 0 could do it any time he pleases. But, we already know decision making paralyzes him.
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