http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-dao ... 86377.html
Obama is getting a fine little pass from most of the media on the federal government's reaction. The exception I have read is above.
Oil Spill from space
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by withahip » Thu Jun 03, 2010 8:59 am
http://www.ifitwasmyhome.com/
And I still don't care.
Thursday, 3 June 2010
In a closing remark at a press conference over the Memorial Day weekend, Tony Hayward, CEO of the Bp Corporation declared, "I want my life back." Reaction was immediate across the USA as tens of thousands gathered to mourn the loss of Tony Hayward's life. The reaction was spontaneous and heartfelt.
Reports are coming in from across the country of church bells ringing, town hall meetings, and groups of citizens of all races, religions, and sexual persuasions gathering to help Mr. Hayward in his grief-stricken moment. "We feel for Tony," said Anthony Gabreau, a fisherman in Louisiana. "We are all BP'ers today," he continued, "and we are here for Tony."
Most of the sympathy for Mr. Hayward came from the people on the Gulf Coast. Children were making get well cards for Hayward and bringing their piggy banks and food stamps to school to forward on to the beleaguered executive. Even President Obama, who had been quite critical of Hayward, said, "Tony is welcome here at the White House any time. He and his Mrs. can stay in the Lincoln Bedroom for a few days until he feels better. Hot cocoa, a back rub from Rahm, and TLC will do the trick every time. We all know he has been through a lot."
Reports from the rest of the country indicate that concern for Mr. Hayward is growing as oil is starting to come out of faucets from Alabama to Minnesota. "We are family," said Olaf Guntman of Duluth Minnesota. "We all want Tony to know that we feel his pain."
In related news, Lloyd Blankfein, Chairman of the Board of Goldman Sachs, issued the following statement: "We all know what Tony is going through. Believe me, this kind of glare and undeserved criticism is something we here on Wall Street know all about. My wife has to take the jet to a country club in an undisclosed location just to play a set of tennis. We have to put on a disguise just to go to the yacht and my son at Exeter is staying in his room all day just looking at his gold coin collection and playing with his diamond studded ****** ring. It's not been easy for any of us!"
Today, in Baton Rouge, eleven grieving elderly couples called a press congerence. Their statement reads simply "We want our childs life back."
And I still don't care.
Thursday, 3 June 2010
In a closing remark at a press conference over the Memorial Day weekend, Tony Hayward, CEO of the Bp Corporation declared, "I want my life back." Reaction was immediate across the USA as tens of thousands gathered to mourn the loss of Tony Hayward's life. The reaction was spontaneous and heartfelt.
Reports are coming in from across the country of church bells ringing, town hall meetings, and groups of citizens of all races, religions, and sexual persuasions gathering to help Mr. Hayward in his grief-stricken moment. "We feel for Tony," said Anthony Gabreau, a fisherman in Louisiana. "We are all BP'ers today," he continued, "and we are here for Tony."
Most of the sympathy for Mr. Hayward came from the people on the Gulf Coast. Children were making get well cards for Hayward and bringing their piggy banks and food stamps to school to forward on to the beleaguered executive. Even President Obama, who had been quite critical of Hayward, said, "Tony is welcome here at the White House any time. He and his Mrs. can stay in the Lincoln Bedroom for a few days until he feels better. Hot cocoa, a back rub from Rahm, and TLC will do the trick every time. We all know he has been through a lot."
Reports from the rest of the country indicate that concern for Mr. Hayward is growing as oil is starting to come out of faucets from Alabama to Minnesota. "We are family," said Olaf Guntman of Duluth Minnesota. "We all want Tony to know that we feel his pain."
In related news, Lloyd Blankfein, Chairman of the Board of Goldman Sachs, issued the following statement: "We all know what Tony is going through. Believe me, this kind of glare and undeserved criticism is something we here on Wall Street know all about. My wife has to take the jet to a country club in an undisclosed location just to play a set of tennis. We have to put on a disguise just to go to the yacht and my son at Exeter is staying in his room all day just looking at his gold coin collection and playing with his diamond studded ****** ring. It's not been easy for any of us!"
Today, in Baton Rouge, eleven grieving elderly couples called a press congerence. Their statement reads simply "We want our childs life back."
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by withahip » Fri Jun 11, 2010 10:15 pm
So anyone know if Costner's machine is legit?
Kevin Costner is definitely not an oil spill expert. Flanked by four seasoned marine scientists with doctoral degrees in the subject, he was the least likely member of a panel testifying to a House subcommittee about oil spill clean ups on Wednesday. He acknowledged as much in opening remarks. "There's been some question as to why I'm here," he said. "It's not because I heard a voice in a cornfield."
But over three hours of hearings Wednesday, Costner became the unlikely voice expressing the heart of an issue that has become very clear in the past 7 weeks. Neither oil companies nor the government were adequately prepared for a major oil spill. In fact, no one really believed that one would ever happen, and for years under-invested in and under-planned response technology.
Costner seems to have developed somewhat of an obsession with oil spill clean up. He got interested in the subject in 1995, and although he says he was inspired by the Exxon Valdez spill, some have pointed out that the interest also arose right around the time he released the post-apocalypse epic Waterworld. Since then, he's spent $24 million funding Ocean Therapy Solutions, a company that has created a centrifuge device that separates oil from water.
"I have spent all my profits on oil spill clean up," Costner told the panel. The amount of money he has personally spent becomes even more significant when you consider that an official from the Minerals Management Service told the panel yesterday that it only receives between $6 million and $7 million in government funding for the research and development of oil spill clean-up technology every year.
For more than a decade now, he's presented the contraption to oil companies and government agencies, but his enthusiasm was "met with apathy," he said. "I was told it was too expensive, that spills were becoming less frequent."
The contraption is best described as a portable, vacuum-like metal unit that spins the oil out of the water. They have five different models, the largest of which can separate 210,000 gallons of water and oil per day. The company says it leaves the water 99 percent clean. BP has run several tests on the technology since the leak began, and approved it for use last month. Since then, BP has placed an order for 32 machines, the company reports, and ten machines are already out working in the Gulf. Ocean Therapy Solutions CEO John W. Houghtaling said he believes that when all these are in use, they will be able to clean 6 million gallons of water per day. (It's not clear how much of a dent this could put in the spill, the total volume of which has not been determined. And since much of the oil has been dispersed into the Gulf using chemicals, it may be harder to do much with Costner's contraption). The company envisions hundreds of these mobile units deployed around the world, ready for the next spill wherever it may occur.
Kevin Costner is definitely not an oil spill expert. Flanked by four seasoned marine scientists with doctoral degrees in the subject, he was the least likely member of a panel testifying to a House subcommittee about oil spill clean ups on Wednesday. He acknowledged as much in opening remarks. "There's been some question as to why I'm here," he said. "It's not because I heard a voice in a cornfield."
But over three hours of hearings Wednesday, Costner became the unlikely voice expressing the heart of an issue that has become very clear in the past 7 weeks. Neither oil companies nor the government were adequately prepared for a major oil spill. In fact, no one really believed that one would ever happen, and for years under-invested in and under-planned response technology.
Costner seems to have developed somewhat of an obsession with oil spill clean up. He got interested in the subject in 1995, and although he says he was inspired by the Exxon Valdez spill, some have pointed out that the interest also arose right around the time he released the post-apocalypse epic Waterworld. Since then, he's spent $24 million funding Ocean Therapy Solutions, a company that has created a centrifuge device that separates oil from water.
"I have spent all my profits on oil spill clean up," Costner told the panel. The amount of money he has personally spent becomes even more significant when you consider that an official from the Minerals Management Service told the panel yesterday that it only receives between $6 million and $7 million in government funding for the research and development of oil spill clean-up technology every year.
For more than a decade now, he's presented the contraption to oil companies and government agencies, but his enthusiasm was "met with apathy," he said. "I was told it was too expensive, that spills were becoming less frequent."
The contraption is best described as a portable, vacuum-like metal unit that spins the oil out of the water. They have five different models, the largest of which can separate 210,000 gallons of water and oil per day. The company says it leaves the water 99 percent clean. BP has run several tests on the technology since the leak began, and approved it for use last month. Since then, BP has placed an order for 32 machines, the company reports, and ten machines are already out working in the Gulf. Ocean Therapy Solutions CEO John W. Houghtaling said he believes that when all these are in use, they will be able to clean 6 million gallons of water per day. (It's not clear how much of a dent this could put in the spill, the total volume of which has not been determined. And since much of the oil has been dispersed into the Gulf using chemicals, it may be harder to do much with Costner's contraption). The company envisions hundreds of these mobile units deployed around the world, ready for the next spill wherever it may occur.
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by DivaDiana77 » Sat Jun 12, 2010 2:18 pm
voice in a cornfield. 
I long for the pork of Porcupine. (A slide show dedicated mostly to Will right here.... http://www.examiner.com/rock-music-in-l ... -here-tour)
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