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Oil rig explodes in Gulf of Mexico
WAFB 9 ^ | 09/02/2010 | n/a

Posted on 09/02/2010 8:40:14 AM PDT by Pyro7480

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To: r9etb

My sarcasm meter just went *past* the red zone! Are you trying to tell us that this is just ‘a coincidence’? Of course, it could be—but IS IT??


201 posted on 09/02/2010 9:34:33 AM PDT by pillut48 (Whenever O says, "Let me be clear," you know what is to follow is a bunch of nuanced BS!)
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To: AU72

Yep. I well remember. I served on the Ohio and Mississippi way back in the 60s.

Semper Paratus!


202 posted on 09/02/2010 9:34:54 AM PDT by Leg Olam (Wise men speak when they have something to say, fools speak just to say something.)
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To: concerned about politics

I just read a report that oil was spilt...

No one was killed.

So watch Obama and Pelosi fire through the energy bill that will raise all of our electric bills twice over tomorrow and listen to the DU progressive communistic bloggers and shut down all drilling even though a judge told Obama yesterday he has no standing to order this...


203 posted on 09/02/2010 9:35:59 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
A few questions:
... Where were the 4 fishermen who were under the BP rig when it blew?
... How many torpedo subs does Castro have?
204 posted on 09/02/2010 9:36:04 AM PDT by bimbo
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To: C210N

I guess I should apologize. /S LOL


205 posted on 09/02/2010 9:36:06 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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To: Pan_Yan; crusty old prospector

The block is Vermilion 380. I think the 398 is Mariner’s internal name for the platform.

Vermilion 398, another block entirely, doesn’t have Mariner involved in it.


206 posted on 09/02/2010 9:36:24 AM PDT by Xenalyte (Yes, Chef! (Pablo is very wily.))
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To: penelopesire

“I truly believe they are out to destroy our country and way of life.”

Ditto.

From his interview with Brian Williams:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38907780/ns/nightly_news

“What I’m focused on is making sure that the decisions we’re making now are going to be be not good for the nightly news. Not good even necessarily for the next election. But are good for the next generation. And I’m very confident that those decisions are the ones that we’ve made.”


207 posted on 09/02/2010 9:36:26 AM PDT by maggief
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To: pillut48
Are you trying to tell us that this is just ‘a coincidence’?

Honestly, I might not be suspicious if the judge hadn't slapped obama down for the second time.... just yesterday.

208 posted on 09/02/2010 9:36:40 AM PDT by jersey117
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To: Pyro7480
Oil rig explodes in Gulf of Mexico

"Shhhhh! I'm putting!"

209 posted on 09/02/2010 9:37:04 AM PDT by massmike (...So this is what happens when OJ's jury elects the president....)
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To: Pan_Yan

Either way, water depth is 381 feet, not 2,250’ as reported by media. I am looking at the scout tickets of the offsets to this well as we speak,


210 posted on 09/02/2010 9:37:34 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: brytlea

“All the time? Really?”

Yep.

I guarantee there is at least one well out of control somewhere on or off shore North America 24/7, 365 days a year.

There is a reason Boots & Coots had a big building and Rolls Royce for each of ‘em.


211 posted on 09/02/2010 9:37:51 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Nothing to see here. Move along.)
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To: bimbo

Being that CHAVEZ is now leasing (what 11?) of our oil rigs and Soros made money...I would not doubt anything at this stage of their communist game.


212 posted on 09/02/2010 9:38:08 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: xtinct
Horizon --> immediately thought sabotage ... realize that might be considered a conspiracy theory... but no one mentioned why Haywood sold his shares in Horizon 2 weeks before the explosion...

We may never be told all the answers, but no matter what people say, gut instinct is usually right.

For example - taking tests. Your first "gut answer" is usually correct. After it's thought about for awhile, the answer, if changed, is usually wrong. That's just how the subconscious mind works. It remembers everything you've ever seen, heard, felt, tasted, or smelled. Once the analytical mind takes over, it brings in it's own bias.

213 posted on 09/02/2010 9:38:12 AM PDT by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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To: Xenalyte
How about we find out what caused this explosion before we start all the hare-brained speculating?

Now you're just talking crazy.

Has anyone seen my pitchfork?

214 posted on 09/02/2010 9:39:03 AM PDT by Fundamentally Fair (Bush: Mission Accomplished. Obama: Commission Accomplished.)
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To: massmike

O M G I feel bad that I laughed at that.


215 posted on 09/02/2010 9:39:11 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: brytlea

“What would make something like that explode?”

Oh, gee, maybe the natural gas under thousands of pounds of pressure, diesel engines running everywhere, sparks from welders, electric lights, the occassional moron with a cigarrette.


216 posted on 09/02/2010 9:39:42 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Nothing to see here. Move along.)
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To: pillut48
My sarcasm meter just went *past* the red zone!

Well, I was trying to inflict blunt force trauma....

Are you trying to tell us that this is just ‘a coincidence’? Of course, it could be—but IS IT??

Well, I suppose it coulda been a Mega Piranha, making its way up to the Mississippi River....

217 posted on 09/02/2010 9:39:51 AM PDT by r9etb
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To: Vendome

martial law is on tap for Oct


218 posted on 09/02/2010 9:40:00 AM PDT by tutstar
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To: Republic of Texas; Xenalyte
Willie the difference between you and me is that I don’t need to go to the Houston Chronicle, I’ve laid pipeline in that field (although it’s been a few years). It’s not 2,500’ deep. That is a fixed platform, probably no more than 5-600’ deep.

If the Chronicle is wrong, then they're wrong.
The difference is: sooner or later, they'll probably publish a corrected revision of this story.
So in the overall scheme of things, they still have more reliability than some anonymous screen name who claims to have personal experience in an Internet chat forum.

219 posted on 09/02/2010 9:40:52 AM PDT by Willie Green (Some people march to a different drummer – and some people polka.)
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To: caww

“What exactly is a blowout? Could you define for the rest of us?”

An uncontrolled flow of natural gas, water, oil, or a comination thereof.

Sometimes fire, sometimes not.


220 posted on 09/02/2010 9:41:09 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Nothing to see here. Move along.)
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