Posted on 06/17/2010 4:24:50 PM PDT by Hoodat
Eight days ago, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal ordered barges to begin vacuuming crude oil out of his state's oil-soaked waters. Today, against the governor's wishes, those barges sat idle, even as more oil flowed toward the Louisiana shore.
"It's the most frustrating thing," the Republican governor said today in Buras, La. "Literally, yesterday morning we found out that they were halting all of these barges."
Sixteen barges sat stationary today, although they were sucking up thousands of gallons of BP's oil as recently as Tuesday. Workers in hazmat suits and gas masks pumped the oil out of the Louisiana waters and into steel tanks. It was a homegrown idea that seemed to be effective at collecting the thick gunk.
"These barges work. You've seen them work. You've seen them suck oil out of the water," said Jindal.
So why stop now?
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This administration is now transparently criminal.
It is time for Congress to remove this evil pig from office via Impeachment....
Of course the Coast Guard top dog was told by Lord 0haha, and his gang of green thugs, not to allow any sucking up of the oil as it rose up to the surface. Also, the crews for the oil suckers were probably non union.
Jindal is not eligible to be president. His parents were not U.S. Citizens at his birth.
We have to abide by our Constitution, even if others do not.
We need to identify that individual and have them interrogated.
Obama running this administration resembles herding cats.
There are no grownups in the WH.
They want this to be as bad as it can be. The Kenyan hates the red states down there and never wants a good crisis to go to waste. It has to be a BIG crisis to even attempt to pass Cap and Tax. He was put in the WH to get Cap and Trade passed. The gloves are off now and time is running out. He will do anything to get it passed, even if he has to destroy the US doing it. Follow the money.
If he was born here he can run, his parents home country isn’t mentioned in the Constitution. Anyone else say differently? If he was born inside America he can run. Unlike most likely our Dear leader who hides his BC even today.
In the midst of an countrywide emergency, this communist/socialist/marxist president orders the barges stopped by the Coast Guard...and the Coast Guard commander complied....what does that say about the military...or specifically, about the commander...at what point does the military draw the line...who will stand up, speak out? I know we need to pick and choose our battles, and “life preservers” may not be issue-enough to engage the enemy, but I pray the military will honor their oath to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies both foreign and domestic when the time comes.
www.oathkeepers.org
Well, from experience, I would have to give a pass on the officers and NCO’s actually doing the “inspections”...
Thad Allen was good after he took over from Brown after Katrina, but isn’t it amazing how the outcome is when he has a boss, he has to report directly to, running the show the way he has...
There may have been no way he (Allen) could have interjected a practical solution to the orders given to him...
This would have probably not been discussed at all had the 16 barges been inspected on a rotational basis...You know do them in groups of 3-4, while keeping the bulk of the barge fleet out there working and over a weeks time you would not have lost much time (or performance) in getting the problem addressed...
The cleanup is going to take a very long time...Anyone who says it is going to be done on a certain date needs to be fired...
I do like how the media s covering all the “annual” seaweed wqshing up on some of the beaches, and taking pictures like it is supposed to be oil blobs...
Shoot, we’ve been having oil blobs washing up on Galveston area beached for decades...Not even worth mentioning...
Its all how the media is trying to play this up as much as possible to engineer an outcome...
Basically the demise of any future domestic offshore oil drilling by anyone...
A good guage wold be to see how much we are importing, and the refining of those imports, versus the domestic oil production and refining...
The refining companies are not going to scream too much about where the oil is coming from...They’ll just keep plugging away till the ships coming in can’t keep up with demand...
And we know what the result of that will be...
Wait till we get a storm come though the gulf this summer...
Thats going to be such a hoot...
Sorry, that's just not what "natural born Citizen" means, in the Constitution. It is evident in their choice of the term and what that term meant at the time.
If that were true Obama would not be President right now. Also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_born_citizen_of_the_United_States it conflicts with what you are saying.
Looks like you haven't been paying attention to this burning issue, since mid 2008. Please catch up. And don't trust wikipedia.
Here's one place to start:
it seems plausible that BP leadership could be in the "new World order" loop and this was a manufactured crisis in order to shift financial ownership of BP to the Federal Reserve bank where it can be wrested from smaller private share holders and the select elite few (obama's bosses)
"no doubt follow the money and the leak was deliberate. what 11 lives to Zero and his handlers...nothing. Our America is run by evil men the country is in dire peril. "
it seems plausible that BP leadership could be in the "new World order" loop and this was a manufactured crisis in order to shift financial ownership of BP to the Federal Reserve bank where it can be wrested from smaller private share holders and into the hands the select elite few mega rich at the top (obama's bosses and owners of the US economy)
These “punks” making government decisions are right out of college with lots of book learning but no common sense. Oregon saw it when they insisted on pouring Clorox in the water before dropping on the Biscuit forrest fire a few years ago. Everything “by the book” and to hell with whether it destroys the Country.
The officers that issued these orders and the individuals who conducted the search need to be identified and questioned.
This was politically motivated. Pure and simple.
Oh God no. Can we please put our trust back in an Anglo at least. Obama scares the shtuff out of me with the unknown about how he would act in a time of attack on the USA. Jindal with his Indian heritage would be even less keen on striking back. After an overwhelming attack against us these people might not fight back. At least Obama’s half North American Anglo. Jindal’s all Indian. Indians are passive by nature. Can’t we just get back to Anglo leadership for, oh, I don’t know, the next 300 years just like we had the last very successful 300 years. It just that I don’t cotton to the notion of dying because of perceived weakness of my elected leaders.
As far as Governor Jindal’s action with using the barges - well done. Why are the Feds stopping him? It looks painfully political. How can that stand? It’s almost as if Obama and his crew want someone to stand up to them in a violent way so they can show who’s in charge in a most pointed manner. It’s as if they are egging people on to act rashly. Very obvious to this watcher of events. I can’t imagine OSHA logs supercede the need to collect the oil. This looks like an amateurish use of federal power to stop someone from succeeding.
“JEEZ LOUISE! How long does it take to board and inspect 16 barges for life jackets and fire extinguishers whan youve got THE ENTIRE US MILITARY AT YOUR DISPOSAL????”
And if they were serious about wanting to help, the coast guard would have brought life jackets and fire extinguishers with them, instead of halting the operation.
The whole government is either incompetent, criminal or both.
And people still want to give it more power!!
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