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.
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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!
It’s not about the oil. Obama needs a crisis to expand his EPA storm troopers.
Save them tar balls. They’ll be needed when they tar and feather Comrade O.
Rush’s last caller reported this today.
George Soros.
Raucous round of applause!
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.
I would have gone with allah/satan. Soros works, though...
Who gives orders to Soros? I can think of some possibilities.
I would guess he gets his orders indirectly from someone who crawled into a cave to listen to the hissings of the Serpent.
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.
“Thick,” I mean. Blargh!
You see it too, huh?
Yep.
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.
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.)
What she needs are some pirates. Don’t they let her shoot the guns at all?
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.
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