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U.S. reconsiders Dutch offer to supply oil skimmers
Examiner.com ^ | June 12, 12:13 PM | John Ryden

Posted on 06/16/2010 9:31:57 AM PDT by Bigun

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To: GailA

Yep...probably.


61 posted on 06/16/2010 10:11:20 AM PDT by nutmeg (You didn't "misspeak", Mr. Blumenthal... you LIED)
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To: ketelone

Because Obama is the one we have been waiting for.............


62 posted on 06/16/2010 10:11:30 AM PDT by Osage Orange (MOLON LABE)
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To: Bigun

MRSC has more than enough oil skimmers here in the US. They’re just tied up in red tape.

MRSC.org


63 posted on 06/16/2010 10:13:28 AM PDT by sbMKE
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To: Bigun

Reconsider.. Humph!

Hell yes, send them yesterday.


64 posted on 06/16/2010 10:13:44 AM PDT by Vinnie (You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Jihads You)
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To: ketelone

Because B. Hussein Obama refused to override even temporarily the Jones Act because the maritime workers’ union would not like him doing so, no matter how much harm to coastal waters and wildlife and commercial fisheries could thereby have been avoided.


65 posted on 06/16/2010 10:14:56 AM PDT by Elsiejay (.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

I understand the skimming process doesn’t remove 100% of the oil residue.

There is an environmental reg that states that any process has to be 100%.

That’s what I read anyway.


66 posted on 06/16/2010 10:17:43 AM PDT by Vinnie (You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Jihads You)
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To: Bigun

When 9/11 happened, liberals and the media made fun of George Bush for sitting for seven minutes during the reading of The Pet Goat.

Meanwhile, Barack Obama has sat for 55 days, letting those skimmers remain in port.


67 posted on 06/16/2010 10:18:01 AM PDT by drb9
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To: Bigun

IS this old news just hitting that source or is this new news and that idiot in charge STILL hasn’t closed the deal? PLUG THE HOLE!!!


68 posted on 06/16/2010 10:19:30 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("The real death threat is their legislation" Rush Limbaugh, 3/25/10)
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To: danamco

Also there’s the cost of building ships in the United States. Eventually we will move over into a “construction battalion robotic” system and that work will all return to the US because we’ll be the lowest cost producer.


69 posted on 06/16/2010 10:19:43 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: moehoward; Blue Turtle

From a comment about the LA Slimes article on obama’s speech;

“Don’t get me wrong, I voted for Barack Obama and never for a moment regretted doing so. Let’s face some serious facts here: We can all sleep a little easier tonight knowing that John McCain is not running things and that Fascist Barbie is not a heartbeat away from the presidency. “


70 posted on 06/16/2010 10:22:47 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: Travis McGee
Travis, you are describing a "problem solving" approach as opposed to a "crisis exploitation" approach.

You are spot on.

71 posted on 06/16/2010 10:23:49 AM PDT by Redleg Duke (RAT Hunting Season started the evening of March 21st, 2010!)
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To: danamco

Which was suspended in 15 minutes by President Bush after Katrina hit New Orleans.


72 posted on 06/16/2010 10:25:10 AM PDT by Redleg Duke (RAT Hunting Season started the evening of March 21st, 2010!)
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To: Sacajaweau

Obama is absolutely ignorant.>>>>>>>>>

Kenyan communists hate real world useful science like this. They love Utopian science and Utopian scams like global warming and cap n tax.


73 posted on 06/16/2010 10:25:15 AM PDT by dennisw (History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid - Gen Eisenhower)
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To: NonValueAdded
It is new news!

The following is quoted directly from the source article.

Using the Dutch skimmers should have prevented most of the oil from ever getting even close to shore. The Dutch skimmers work best close to the source of the spill where the oil is more concentrated. Outside of that circle, dispersants could be used. Additional smaller skimmers could be used closer to shore to pick up patches that might get through the first 2 rings. The less oil that reaches shore, the less there is to clean up. The less oil that reaches shore, the faster the environment will restored by natural cleaning processes.

74 posted on 06/16/2010 10:27:41 AM PDT by Bigun ("It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere." Voltaire)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Hey I like Fascist Barbie. But given this BP mess, it was divine intervention she -and what’s his name- were not in the White House when it happened.


75 posted on 06/16/2010 10:33:59 AM PDT by moehoward
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To: moehoward

“Fascist Barbie” has more experience with oil and oil companies in her cute lil’ baby toe, than obama and all his cabinet and advisors lumped together into a smelly heap!


76 posted on 06/16/2010 10:42:08 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Yes she does. While I’m willing to bet she’s better equipped to deal with this kind of a mess, I’m glad she doesn’t have to.

On the other hand, it might not have happened. She has a history of smacking the Oil companies around pretty good. It’s completely possible there would have been adequate safeguards in place had she and Crash McCain been at the wheel.


77 posted on 06/16/2010 10:56:43 AM PDT by moehoward
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To: Bigun

wonder who will manage the 20 billion from bp..


78 posted on 06/16/2010 12:40:40 PM PDT by dalebert
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To: ilovesarah2012; danamco
More on the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 overhere:

Obama's Union Politics Handcuff Him During Oil Spill (No Union Label for Failure) ---------------------------------------------- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2536000/posts

79 posted on 06/16/2010 1:31:51 PM PDT by hennie pennie
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To: Bigun
Why Obama's EPA Turned Down the Dutch Offer to Help ------------------------------------------------------ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2536055/posts
80 posted on 06/16/2010 2:16:42 PM PDT by hennie pennie
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