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Here is the story that Rush mentioned just now and earlier on May 18th:

SkyNews
Updated May 18, 2010
BP Chief Predicts ‘Very Modest’ Oil Spill Impact
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/05/18/bp-chief-predicts-modest-oil-spill-impact/

The British oil giant has risked outrage along the Gulf Coast by predicting a far smaller environmental impact than has been feared by experts.

The chief executive of BP tells Sky News he believes the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill will end up having only a “very, very modest” environmental impact.

Experts had feared the Deepwater Horizon disaster could have led to one of the worst environmental catastrophes in U.S. history.

But the British oil giant has risked outrage along the Gulf Coast by predicting a far smaller impact.

“I think the environmental impact of this disaster is likely to have been very, very modest,” Tony Hayward said. “It is impossible to say and we will mount, as part of the aftermath, a very detailed environmental assessment but everything we can see at the moment suggests that the overall environmental impact will be very, very modest.”

Click here to see video of Tony Hayward’s statement. VIDEO BP Chief: Oil Spill Impact ‘Very Modest’ http://tinyurl.com/33tpnh4

BP has begun capturing some of the leaking oil after inserting a suction tube into the fractured riser pipe on the seabed.

It is gathering up an estimated one fifth of the oil pumping out of the fractured well.

“Over the last 36 hours we have made a lot of progress on containment on the seabed,” Hayward said. “We have a piece of technology engineering which we have developed and which is now allowing us to produce oil from the leak to the surface.”

The BP chief spoke to Sky News after completing a visit to Florida where he handed over $25 million to pay for an advertising campaign for the state’s tourism industry.

He appeared upbeat as he met teams at BP’s vast crisis control center in Houston.

The center has been working around the clock for more than three weeks trying to identify solutions to the crisis.

The company believes the next stage of its response effort could see the leak sealed completely within seven to 10 days if all goes to plan.

138 posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 1:08:37 PM by Matchett-PI
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2505164/posts?page=138#138

Off topic, of what Rush is talking about right now, but I thought you all might find this email I just now got from my brother (retired Army) might be of interest to some of you

He wrote:

WHEN I GOOGLED “PFC BRADLEY MANNING” ( THE GUY WHO LEAKED ALL THOSE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS ) I FOUND THAT MOST OF THE LINKS WERE TO GAY AND TRANSGENDERED GROUPS ETC. ASKING PEOPLE TO DEFEND HIM!

MANY OF THE GROUPS ARE CLAIMING THAT THE ARMY IS ONLY GOING AFTER HIM BECAUSE HE IS “TRANSGENDERED”!

WIKIPEDIA HAS A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION ON THIS DIRTBALL AND JUST SOME OF THINGS I LEARNED ABOUT HIM HIS AS FOLLOWS;

-—HE WAS BUSTED DOWN IN RANK FROM E-4 TO E-3 FOR ASSAULTING SOMEONE.
-—HE BLOGGED ABOUT HIS PROBLEMS WITH HIS SEXUAL IDENTITY.
-—HIS FACE BOOK PAGE LIST NUMEROUS INTERESTS IN THE GAY CULTURE ETC. ETC.
-—HE LISTS NUMEROUS LIBERALS ON FACE BOOK AS HIS HEROES, INCLUDING “BARNEY FRANK”. LOL!
-—THE AUSTRALIAN GUY HE LEAKED THE DOCUMENTS TO ( ASSANGE ) HAS HIRED ATTORNEYS TO DEFEND HIM.
-—A LINK TO THE CHARGE SHEET UNDER THE UCMJ OUTLINING THE CURRENT CHARGES IS ON WIKIPEDIA ALSO.
-—HE TOLD THE GUY THAT TURNED HIM IN ( LAMOS ) THAT HE WAS INVOLVED IN A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH SOME OTHER GUY WHO WAS PROVIDING HIM DOCUMENTS ALSO!!
-—HE WAS MARRIED AND WENT THROUGH A DIVORCE EARLIER.
-—HE IS FROM LANDOVER MD. AND WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 10TH MOUNTAIN DIVISION OUT OF FT. DRUM, NY.
-—IT APPEARS THAT HE ATTACHED UNAUTHORIZED SOFTWARE TO HIS ASSIGNED COMPUTER TO ACCESS AND DOWNLOAD THE DOCUMENTS USING HIS TOP SECRET CLEARANCE.
-—NUMEROUS OTHER INFO THERE.

ANYWAY, IMO THIS DIRTBALL DID ALL THIS LEAKING OF DOCUMENTS MOSTLY BECAUSE HE WAS DISGRUNTLED OVER BEING PUNISHED UNDER THE UCMJ IN THE ARMY AND ALSO FELT HIS LIFE WAS FALLING APART ALL AROUND HIM.

HE WAS AGAINST THE DON’T ASK DON’T TELL POLICY AND THIS WAS HIS WAY OF GETTING REVENGE.

I HAVE TO ASK; “WHERE WAS THIS GUYS SUPERVISOR”??? :(

ALSO, WHY HAVEN’T ANY OF US HEARD ABOUT THIS TRANSGENDERED INFORMATION ON THE MAJOR NEWS NETWORKS??..INCLUDING FNC.

THEY ALL ARE SCARED TO DEATH TO TOUCH THAT ANGLE ON THE STORY, AND THERE’S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT!