Posted on 06/22/2010 1:38:40 PM PDT by ChinaThreat
President Obama and Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates were informed that BP would drill an unprecedented 35,000 feet well bore at the Macondo site off the coast of Louisiana. In September 2009, the Deepwater Horizon successfully sunk a well bore at a depth of 35,055 below sea level at the Tiber Prospect in the Keathley Canyon block 102 in the Gulf of Mexico, southeast of Houston.
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Resign... or Change, Mr. President
By Kevin McCullough
Published June 21, 2010
While defending his own policies President Obama has routinely been
rude and sarcastic to his predecessor, George W. Bush. Yet Obama
appears to be making the resident of the previous White House look
like a genius compared to his own serious missteps in office.
Case in point – Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s performance and the
communication of priorities on the issue of oil rig safety in the Gulf
of Mexico.
It seems incomprehensible that the president and other members of the
administration still have jobs when it is now being reported that the
federal government was apprised by BP on February 13 that the
Deepwater Horizon oil rig was leaking oil and natural gas into the
ocean floor.
In fact, according to documents in the administration’s possession, BP
was fighting large cracks at the base of the well for roughly ten days
in early February.
Further it seems the administration was also informed about this
development, six weeks before to the rig’s fatal explosion when an
engineer from the University of California, Berkeley, announced to the
world a near miss of an explosion on the rig by stating, “They damn
near blew up the rig.”
It’s also now being reported that BP was asking for the
administration’s help on this matter long before the deadly accident
and the now gushing well of tar.
Which leads me to some questions for the president. If I were in front
row of reporters in the White House briefing room, here’s what I’d
like to know:
1. It appears, Mr. President, that you were informed by BP about
problems on Deepwater Horizon on February 13 and the company wanted
your help. What did you say?
2. Given this new revelation, Mr. President, how can you can sleep at
night knowing that your inaction cost the lives of eleven men in
Louisiana?
3. Did you inform the victims’ families about these facts when you
invited them to the White House for last month’s photo op?
4. You’ve said, Mr. President, time and again, that the buck stops
with you. Doesn’t that statement seem like something bordering on
propaganda when you follow it up with what appears to be a false sense
of outrage by telling Matt Lauer that you’re looking for rear ends to
kick?
5. Does the buck stop with you… or not?
6. Are you going to insist that Mr. Salazar step down from his post in
disgrace and shame?
7. Will you hold another prime time television press conference and
tell the entire truth to the American people? — These would be the
actions of a man who says that the buck “stops” with him.
8. I know when this news was breaking midday on Saturday about the
latest BP developments that you and the Vice President were out on the
golf course. Was it 39th or 40th time you’ve played a round in 18
months? (Just for a point of reference President Bush played golf 24
times in eight years.) Never mind, your priorities are for you to
decide. At least until election night...
And now here’s where I would not be able to stop myself from saying more...
It is one thing, Mr. President, to be forced to deal with unexpected
circumstances and to have to deal with genuinely new problems.
President Bush sure had to. He had to respond to an attack on our
homeland that took the lives of 3,000 of our fellow citizens. But on
his watch no other terrorist actions took lives of Americans on our
soil, largely due to his steadfast leadership and willingness to
accept no excuses on the matter.
But Mr. President, you seem to have very little leadership experience
and it appears you have even less skill. Being a good dad and nice guy
who sees the world as he wishes it to be is not exactly a resume of
exacting leadership.
Your advisers have failed you and you have failed the American people
on nearly everything we’ve asked of you.
Where you go from here is really your call, but you should consider
two options if you genuinely love the country you work for and those
of us you report to.
First, change your tactics. Second, appear to care. Attempt to engage
and empower Americans who can and will go solve this mess.
Otherwise resign.
For the good of the nation, for your own children’s future, change
your patterns or change your path... but change!
You do remember that word don’t you, Mr. President?
Kevin McCullough is the nationally syndicated host of
“’Baldwin/McCullough Radio” now heard on 213 stations and columnist
based in New York. And host of “The Kevin McCullough Show” weekdays
7a-9am EST on Sirius 161/XM 227.
And
In September 2009, the Deepwater Horizon successfully sunk a well bore at a depth of 35,055 below sea level at the Tiber Prospect...
Sounds like the well was precedented after all.
PLEASE BE INFORMED! IT ALL ABOUT ‘SAVING THE WORLD’.....
One wonders if Obama will ever be held accountable...on this side of hell, anyway.
Resign and make Plugs Biden POTUS?!?!?
Resign and make Plugs Biden POTUS?!?!?
“Resign and make Plugs Biden POTUS?!?!?”
I would rather have him in the office than the current POTUS.
Hmm.. Well, according to this, it was a result of this adminstration doing some war planning.... Interesting...
frying pan <—> fire
He claimed this mess. you cant take just part of it.
The well depth is reported as 18,360 feet not 35,000. The Tiber propect well was 35,000+ feet though and this is on the same prospect so something does not add up at all.
I think the Macondo prospect is not part of TIBER as that is block 102 and Macondo is in Mississippi Canyon Block 252 of the Gulf of Mexico
The Tiber Oil Field is a deepwater offshore oil field located in the Keathley Canyon block 102 of the United States sector of the Gulf of Mexico.Described as a “giant” find, it is estimated to contain 4 to 6 billion barrels (640×10^6 to 950×10^6 m3) of oil in place.[4][5] Although BP states it is too early to be sure of the size – a “huge” field is usually considered to contain 250 million barrels (40×10^6 m3).[4] It required the drilling of a 10,685 m (35,056 ft) deep well under 1,260 m (4,130 ft) of water, making it one of the deepest wells ever drilled at the time of discovery.[6][7]
Since it was “unprecedented,” one of The Regime’s favorite words, what’s not to like?
I miss the days when Free Republic was mostly full of useful, factual information. I hate how we’ve gotten to the point where the site needs to be fact-checked all the time.
It was as a result of another 35,000 feet well bore sank by the Deepwater Horizon at the Macondo site that the catastrophic explosion occurred on April 20.
Busted is correct.... Wayne Madsen needs to stick to hustling........
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So, how does oil and natural gas get into rocks close to 7 miles below sea level?
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