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Crude-Sucking Barges Stopped by Coast Guard
ABC ^ | 6-17-10 | DAVID MUIR

Posted on 06/17/2010 5:00:51 PM PDT by Mikey_1962

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.

Towns along the coast are through waiting for the government?s help. "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.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


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To: steve86

The CG takes orders from Janet Napolitano, and she takes them from Zero.


21 posted on 06/17/2010 5:18:04 PM PDT by Tax-chick (A cat may look at a queen.)
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To: mrsixpack36

FOIA: Who ordered the Coast Guard to shut this operation down?

Let’s see Barry’s email!


22 posted on 06/17/2010 5:21:02 PM PDT by Rodm
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To: norton
Sorry, if I were Bobby Jindal I'd have gone outlaw a month ago.
"If you want to stop them you'll have to shoot."
(And if you shoot, do not, absolutely do NOT, try returning to a Louisiana port.)

Great point. And the worst that could happen is it would get covered in the news that someone took the initiative.

23 posted on 06/17/2010 5:21:37 PM PDT by Hillbillary (I know how to deal with Communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: Tax-chick

I have another problem with following stupid orders.


24 posted on 06/17/2010 5:22:47 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: steve86

Yes, there’s that. It’s part of the military - or the government - mindset, imo, to get bogged down in the minutiae of regulations at the expense of the bigger picture.

I’m glad Anoreth is far away from all of this.


25 posted on 06/17/2010 5:24:48 PM PDT by Tax-chick (A cat may look at a queen.)
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To: Gondring

You are joking right? You must not live near the cost.


26 posted on 06/17/2010 5:25:07 PM PDT by Conservative9
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To: ILS21R

unions


27 posted on 06/17/2010 5:25:16 PM PDT by dalebert
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To: Mikey_1962
Does anyone in the federal government have any brains? Stopping the oil barges, suing Arizona over the immigration law they passed, cap and trade, government takeover of healthcare, my God, when will it all stop?

Does anyone now think this will end in anything but a civil revolt against the very government that has sworn to uphold the law and protect us against, well, I was going to say the enemy but the enemy is them!

This is one screwed up country.

28 posted on 06/17/2010 5:25:42 PM PDT by ducttape45
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To: ILS21R; ExTexasRedhead; blackie
Yes...they work. For Obama and company that’s the problem.

Yup, especially when they're pimping Corexit/NALCO $$$$$$ business for Al Gore and George Soros. Keeping "the business" among friends = priceless!

29 posted on 06/17/2010 5:26:10 PM PDT by MamaDearest
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To: Mikey_1962
REVOLT!
30 posted on 06/17/2010 5:26:15 PM PDT by Glenn (iamtheresistance.org)
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To: norton

Can you send that message to LA? You will have an army of cajuns behind you.


31 posted on 06/17/2010 5:27:04 PM PDT by Conservative9
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To: MamaDearest

Surely there are patriots that will expose the treason?


32 posted on 06/17/2010 5:27:47 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead (Take back our country on November 2, 2010.)
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To: darkwing104

>> Whose brilliant idea was this?

Jindal and the Gulf Coast got what they deserved for taking matters into their owns hands. /s

Control freakish, I’d say...


33 posted on 06/17/2010 5:28:01 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Your Hope has been redistributed. Here's your Change.)
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What would I call a barge that sucks up barack petrolem? the SS Larry Sinclair.


34 posted on 06/17/2010 5:28:48 PM PDT by isom35
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To: Tax-chick
After watching Madelyn in the Young Marines (which is very good for her), I can see I would last about 12 picoseconds in any kind of military unit. Obedience is not in my makeup, nor is following instructions or conformity of any kind.
35 posted on 06/17/2010 5:29:03 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: mrsixpack36

So when do you think it is time for a military commander to protect his homeland no matter what? He should have refused with the threat of resignation instead of following this stupid order. But this is the same guy who told Obama to cut the CG budget. No matter their ships are in huge need of upgrades.


36 posted on 06/17/2010 5:29:30 PM PDT by Conservative9
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To: Mikey_1962; God; FReepers

Obama and Co. ARE destroying the United States of America.

Your Constitution allows you, THE PEOPLE, to save your Republic from enemies foreign and DOMESTIC.

Do it now.
You can’t afford to wait.


37 posted on 06/17/2010 5:29:58 PM PDT by fanfan (Why did they bury Barry's past?)
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To: mrsixpack36

No, this Lt. Cmdr. is pretty much the enemy now to. We need men with guts who stand up for their country, no matter their career. The rank and file men are heroes that this idiot puts in horrible position.


38 posted on 06/17/2010 5:31:53 PM PDT by Conservative9
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To: Mikey_1962

They’re screwing with Obama’s crisis.


39 posted on 06/17/2010 5:33:50 PM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: Charlespg; All
Freepers, Just scroll down to the link below and listen to a very informative David Gibbons show!

“Immediate Solutions for the Economic and Ecological Disaster in the Gulf of Mexico”
Broadcast: June 17, 2010.

http://www.davidgibbons.org/id174.html

40 posted on 06/17/2010 5:37:38 PM PDT by seekthetruth (Dan Fanelli US House FL 8 --- Allen West US House FL 22 --- Marco Rubio - US Senate)
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