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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: Mikey_1962
IS THE NIGHTMARE OVER YET?
61 posted on 06/17/2010 9:00:09 PM PDT by yield 2 the right
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To: Mikey_1962

Jindal needs to get those barges out there anyway. Let the CG try to stop them. That will make news. And maybe the Gulf people will get this party started!


62 posted on 06/17/2010 9:12:29 PM PDT by blasater1960 ( Dt 30, Ps 111, The Torah is perfect, attainable, now and forever)
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To: Mikey_1962

It’s not about the oil. Obama needs a crisis to expand his EPA storm troopers.


63 posted on 06/17/2010 10:08:18 PM PDT by BuffaloJack (Comrade O has to go; FIRE OBAMA NOW !!!)
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To: Mikey_1962

Save them tar balls. They’ll be needed when they tar and feather Comrade O.


64 posted on 06/17/2010 10:10:08 PM PDT by BuffaloJack (Comrade O has to go; FIRE OBAMA NOW !!!)
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To: hedgetrimmer

Rush’s last caller reported this today.


65 posted on 06/17/2010 10:18:40 PM PDT by JohnnyP
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To: null and void
And he takes them from?...

George Soros.

66 posted on 06/18/2010 3:11:27 AM PDT by Tax-chick (A cat may look at a queen.)
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To: hedgetrimmer

Raucous round of applause!


67 posted on 06/18/2010 3:12:36 AM PDT by Tax-chick (A cat may look at a queen.)
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To: NoControllingLegalAuthority

I’m just a simple files clerk and I KNOW I can do a better job than this man has. I’m appalled almost every day when I see the mess Obama is making of this once proud and God fearing country.


68 posted on 06/18/2010 3:49:00 AM PDT by ducttape45
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To: Tax-chick

I would have gone with allah/satan. Soros works, though...


69 posted on 06/18/2010 8:41:00 AM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 512 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: null and void

Who gives orders to Soros? I can think of some possibilities.


70 posted on 06/18/2010 8:42:11 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Beam me somewhere, Mr. Scott. You pick the century and I'll pick the spot!)
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To: Tax-chick

I would guess he gets his orders indirectly from someone who crawled into a cave to listen to the hissings of the Serpent.


71 posted on 06/18/2010 9:08:25 AM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 512 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: null and void

There are people from whom the stench of evil is so think you can almost see it in a picture ... and Soros is one of them.


72 posted on 06/18/2010 9:09:56 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Beam me somewhere, Mr. Scott. You pick the century and I'll pick the spot!)
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To: Tax-chick

“Thick,” I mean. Blargh!


73 posted on 06/18/2010 9:10:21 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Beam me somewhere, Mr. Scott. You pick the century and I'll pick the spot!)
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To: Tax-chick

You see it too, huh?


74 posted on 06/18/2010 9:10:58 AM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 512 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: null and void

Yep.


75 posted on 06/18/2010 9:17:01 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Beam me somewhere, Mr. Scott. You pick the century and I'll pick the spot!)
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To: Tax-chick
I’m glad Anoreth is far away from all of this.

So am I. I don't think Bobby Jindal will start any shooting, but I wouldn't bet a nickel against some Cajun good ole boys.

76 posted on 06/18/2010 10:32:12 AM PDT by nina0113
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Not just that, but the health risks from the oil, the dispersants, and so on.

Post 57 is right: the Coast Guard shouldn’t be doing this at all. Reason #96879 to despise the Zero Administration.

(Anoreth would probably be happy to shoot some Cajuns just on general principles - she’s annoyed at not getting to shoot *anything* so far, except the imaginary small boat attack.)


77 posted on 06/18/2010 10:46:01 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Beam me somewhere, Mr. Scott. You pick the century and I'll pick the spot!)
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To: Tax-chick

What she needs are some pirates. Don’t they let her shoot the guns at all?


78 posted on 06/18/2010 10:47:54 AM PDT by nina0113
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To: nina0113

Maybe they’ll find pirates eventually. They have another couple of months out there, I think. I believe she just gets to stand next to the people shooting and look helpful; she hasn’t been trained on the big deck guns.


79 posted on 06/18/2010 10:49:36 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Beam me somewhere, Mr. Scott. You pick the century and I'll pick the spot!)
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