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Title: Sarah Palin on the Gulf Spill: Prayer and the Invisible Hand Will Deliver Us From Eco-Disaster
Source: HUFFINGTON
URL Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-m ... in-on-the-gulf-s_b_560760.html
Published: May 4, 2010
Author: Dan Manatt
Post Date: 2010-05-04 12:46:18 by Brian S
Keywords: None
Views: 36516
Comments: 106

The Gulf disaster proves, at a minimum, that Sarah Palin's mindless slogans like "Drill Baby Drill" are not enough to make good energy or environmental policy.

A video by Americans for America PAC, which I co-direct, tries to make that case as simply as possible, juxtaposing Palin's chanting tea party hordes with a few images from the Gulf.

And yet, even in the face of the greatest disaster the Gulf has ever seen, Palin still refuses to admit any error or nuance. Malia Litman noted Sarah Palin's reaction to the Gulf Disaster here in HuffPost yesterday. Here was her tweet from Friday:

"Having worked/lived thru Exxon oil spill,my family&I understand Gulf residents' fears. Our prayers r w/u. All industry efforts must b employed..."

That's right -- Palin's 2 part response to the BP disaster is faith-based spill clean up (but no government action), and industry efforts -- the free market -- because the invisible hand is so good and scrubbing sludge from pelicans.

That's not all. On Saturday, at a public speaking gig, she said the spill was "very tragic" but added: "I want our country to be able to trust the oil industry."

Say wha?!?!?

Then, just when you would hope she would have backed off slogan-based politics out of respect for the Gulf victims, she blithely says, "My dad always says, 'Don't retreat, just reload.'"

One of these days, when Palin reloads, her slogan gun will backfire one time too many, destroying her credibility, even to the Tea Partiers, once and for all. Subscribe to *Spill-Baby-Spill*

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#1. To: Brian S (#0) (Edited)

Has God or any of His many manifestations shown up bucket in hand yet?

Just trying to gauge her pull...

#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace

war  posted on  2010-05-04   12:57:10 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Brian S (#0)

Quoting Palin out of context via huff puff makes you look like an insane zealot.

Second point...how do YOU travel, Brian S?

Dog sled?

I can see NOVEMBER from my House....

Badeye  posted on  2010-05-04   13:00:28 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Brian S (#0)

On Saturday, at a public speaking gig, she said the spill was "very tragic" but added: "I want our country to be able to trust the oil industry."

I trust their ability to milk the masses dry.

Fred Mertz  posted on  2010-05-04   13:08:52 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Brian S (#0)

"I want our country to be able to trust the oil industry."

Didn't she make her bones in Alaska because she, in fact, didn't?

#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace

war  posted on  2010-05-04   13:30:54 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: Fred Mertz (#3)

I take it you walk to the track, huh?

(chuckle)

I can see NOVEMBER from my House....

Badeye  posted on  2010-05-04   13:31:40 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: Badeye (#2)

Second point

Your two points are, well, pointless...(chuckle)

We're talking about an oil rig eco-disaster here.

Fred Mertz  posted on  2010-05-04   13:35:04 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: Badeye (#2)

Second point...how do YOU travel, Brian S?

Dog sled?

He could always convert his car to a gasifier.

Making the world safe for United Fruit.

mininggold  posted on  2010-05-04   13:42:17 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: Badeye, Brian S (#2)

Quoting Palin out of context via huff puff makes you look like an insane zealot.

Looks like an insane zealot? He is, with a disgusting lip-lock on Obama's love muscle!

Brian.....

Sneakypete, have you ever been married? Said things you later regretted?

Ibluafartsky  posted on  2010-05-04   14:21:31 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#9. To: Fred Mertz (#6)

Only to the hypocritical, Grammar King.

No worries, you qualify.

I can see NOVEMBER from my House....

Badeye  posted on  2010-05-04   14:34:40 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#10. To: Ibluafartsky (#8)

Well...there is that....lmao

I can see NOVEMBER from my House....

Badeye  posted on  2010-05-04   14:37:40 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#11. To: Brian S (#0)

... she said the spill was "very tragic" but added: "I want our country to be able to trust the oil industry."

Does that, by any chance, include the oil industry being trust worthy?

lucysmom  posted on  2010-05-04   15:18:54 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#12. To: lucysmom (#11)

Owe-bama just had Exxon to the White House for dinner. If he trusts them, should we all?

(roaring with laughter)

I can see NOVEMBER from my House....

Badeye  posted on  2010-05-04   15:29:19 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#13. To: Badeye (#12)

Owe-bama just had Exxon to the White House for dinner. If he trusts them, should we all?

How does one actually have an oil company over for dinner?

lucysmom  posted on  2010-05-04   15:42:19 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#14. To: lucysmom (#11)

Does that, by any chance, include the oil industry being trust worthy?

Is hopey, changey Obammy trustworthy?

Sneakypete, have you ever been married? Said things you later regretted?

Ibluafartsky  posted on  2010-05-04   15:43:11 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#15. To: lucysmom (#13)

How does one actually have an oil company over for dinner?

Figuratively! Are you an ESL practitioner?

Sneakypete, have you ever been married? Said things you later regretted?

Ibluafartsky  posted on  2010-05-04   15:46:05 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#16. To: lucysmom (#13)

How does one actually have an oil company over for dinner?

(laughing!)

Fred Mertz  posted on  2010-05-04   15:46:42 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#17. To: Fred Mertz, lucysmom (#16)

How does one actually have an oil company over for dinner?

You and loopy lucy must have failed junior high school English!

Sneakypete, have you ever been married? Said things you later regretted?

Ibluafartsky  posted on  2010-05-04   15:48:53 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#18. To: Ibluafartsky (#17)

Why are you insulting her daughter?

Fred Mertz  posted on  2010-05-04   15:49:46 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#19. To: Ibluafartsky (#15)

Are you an ESL practitioner?

No. Are you?

lucysmom  posted on  2010-05-04   15:50:26 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#20. To: lucysmom (#13)

I've noted Owe-bama supporters are basically dumber than dirt. Appreciate the confirmation...(laughing)

I can see NOVEMBER from my House....

Badeye  posted on  2010-05-04   15:51:33 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#21. To: lucysmom (#19) (Edited)

No.

So what is it about figuratively that you don't understand?

Sneakypete, have you ever been married? Said things you later regretted?

Ibluafartsky  posted on  2010-05-04   16:01:35 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#22. To: Badeye (#20)

I've noted Owe-bama supporters are basically dumber than dirt. Appreciate the confirmation...(laughing)

So basically you have no thoughts on whether oil companies should be trustworthy or not before they are trusted?

lucysmom  posted on  2010-05-04   16:05:58 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#23. To: lucysmom (#22)

So basically you have no thoughts on whether oil companies should be trustworthy or not before they are trusted?

Um....before or after dinner?

#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace

war  posted on  2010-05-04   16:10:09 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#24. To: Badeye (#20)

"I've noted Owe-bama supporters are basically dumber than dirt."

That would make a good tagline...

Murron  posted on  2010-05-04   16:12:03 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#25. To: war (#23)

Um....before or after dinner?

Depends on the main course (or entrée for the ESL crowd).

lucysmom  posted on  2010-05-04   16:12:46 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#26. To: lucysmom (#22)

Yes, I do have some thoughts on it.

There are approximately 3,700 oil rigs from what I recall currently in operation. We've had one very bad spill since 1968 off the coast of Santa Barbara directly related to oil platforms. Thats a better track record than oil refinery incidents from what I've seen so far. Better than the chemical industry as well.

I also think its worth noting this is a British owned and operated oil platform, not an American one from what I understand. Its my view an American owned company has more invested in safety issues, but that could be debated.

What I do find facinating is the simple fact stopping this spill, ironically, is more difficult because of the current laws regarding off shore drilling. We mandate they are so far out in deep water, its problematic getting to the problem area (5,000 feet down from what I'm hearing and reading).

Bottom line is we need oil. The more we get from our own land and ocean floor the less we need from unreliable sources like the ME.

Its ironic Canada, China, and Cuba are drilling off our shores while we hamstring American companies from doing the same thing, dont you think?

I can see NOVEMBER from my House....

Badeye  posted on  2010-05-04   16:15:31 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#27. To: Murron (#24)

After November, Murron.

How ya doing?

I can see NOVEMBER from my House....

Badeye  posted on  2010-05-04   16:16:24 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#28. To: Badeye (#26) (Edited)

I also think its worth noting this is a British owned and operated oil platform

It's owned by a Swiss company and leased by BP and that sums up the general accuracy of your post.

#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace

war  posted on  2010-05-04   16:16:37 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#29. To: Badeye (#26) (Edited)

Its ironic Canada, China, and Cuba are drilling off our shores while we hamstring American companies from doing the same thing, dont you think?

Chevron is one of the most active drillers in the Gulf of Mexico. Exxon and Texaco are up there as well.

/dumbfuck

#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace

war  posted on  2010-05-04   16:21:37 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#30. To: Badeye (#26)

Its [sic] my view an American owned company has more invested in safety issues, but that could be debated.

As usual, your view is wrong. All rigs in US waters are subject to the same regulations.

#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace

war  posted on  2010-05-04   16:24:17 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#31. To: Badeye (#26) (Edited)

What I do find facinating is the simple fact stopping this spill, ironically, is more difficult because of the current laws regarding off shore drilling.

Nope. It's more difficult because of how deep the well was drilled. Not how deep the wellhead is.

You should stick to one sentence posts, Boofer. In sheer numbers, it makes you less wrong.

#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace

war  posted on  2010-05-04   16:25:54 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#32. To: war (#28)

It's owned by a Swiss company and leased by BP and that sums up the general accuracy of your post.

Halliburton completed work on the well 20 hours before it blew up.

lucysmom  posted on  2010-05-04   16:27:22 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#33. To: Badeye (#27)

After November, Murron.

How ya doing?

You bet!

Did some shopping, had lunch at a new Italian restaurant, and now I'm multitasking....it's been a good day.

Murron  posted on  2010-05-04   16:28:56 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#34. To: lucysmom (#32)

BRITISH PETROLEUM...

I can see NOVEMBER from my House....

Badeye  posted on  2010-05-04   16:30:13 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#35. To: Murron (#33)

Time to cut grass. enjoy.

I can see NOVEMBER from my House....

Badeye  posted on  2010-05-04   16:30:39 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#36. To: lucysmom (#32)

To get a sense of the magnitude of the spill's damage and cost — and how much worse it could get — here are some salient facts and figures:

11 million Size in gallons of the Exxon Valdez oil spill — until now, the worst in U.S. history

12.2 million Size, in gallons, of the BP spill as of May 1, according to one estimate from an oceanography professor at Florida State University

90 Days it will take to cap the leak, according to many estimates

1 million Gallons per day of oil currently leaking from the sunken BP rig, according to industry insiders

94 million Ultimate size of spill, in gallons, if that rate continues for 90 days

6.8 million Gallons per day BP predicts could begin gushing out of the well in the "worst- case scenario" of a complete "blowout" at the sunken rig

378 million Total spill size, in gallons, if this "worst case scenario" leak-rate were to continue for 90 days — or 34 times the size of the Valdez spill

400 Species of animals put in harm's way by the spill

29 Dead sea turtles already found washed up on shore

1,050 Estimated size of the oil slick, in square miles, on April 29th

3,850 Estimated size of the oil slick, in square miles, on April 30th (the latest such estimate)

7,000 Square miles of federal fishing areas in the Gulf that have been closed due to the slick

75 Percentage of U.S. shrimp production that comes from the Gulf Coast

$7 billion Cost of the Exxon Valdez spill

$14 billion Current estimated cost of the BP spill

$300+ billion Estimated cost of the spill in a worst case scenario, according to a top financial analyst

$20 billion BP's loss in market value, following to a 13 percent plunge in its stock price

$163 billion BP's total profits between 2001 and 2009

$6 million Amount BP has been spending per day on the spill 2,000 Number of people directly involved in the effort to stop the leak and contain the damage, as of April 30

79 Number of ships and other seafaring vessels involved

5,000 Depth, in feet, of the wellhead and the sunken rig

18,000 Depth, in feet, of the oil reservoir

30,000 The number of other oil wells in the Gulf, according to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar

#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace

war  posted on  2010-05-04   16:30:55 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#37. To: Badeye (#35)

Time to cut grass. enjoy.

Not anymore, our yard man just got here, he's finishing the weed eating, but I will put out my own flowers here in a few days.

Murron  posted on  2010-05-04   16:34:21 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#38. To: Boofer, lucysmom (#34) (Edited)

#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace

war  posted on  2010-05-04   16:34:37 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#39. To: Boofer, lucysmom (#34) (Edited)

WRONG AGAIN BOOFER

Halliburton issues statement on Deepwater Horizon incident
May 2, 2010

Halliburton confirmed support of investigation of the disaster of Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico. Halliburton performed several services and had 4 employees on the rig. All were evacuated by the U.S. Coast Guard. Halliburton had completed the cementation of the final production string 20 hours prior to the accident. Tests to demonstrate the integrity of the casing were completed. At the time of the accident, placement of the final cement casing plug had not occurred.

Analysis
The above is from a Rigzone Newsletter of April 30. The Halliburton report suggests casing failure. In deep water operations, the composition of the cement is carefully designed to set timely taking into consideration the high pressure/high temperature environment that would obtain in a well of that depth (about 18,000 feet). Once the job is complete, certain tests are made to insure that the job was a success. A key test is a check of the floating equipment. Long strings of casing are normally "floated" in, i.e. the string is equipped with both a float shoe and a float collar so that drilling fluid cannot enter the bottom of the string. The reason for this is to reduce the weight of the hook load which places a compressive burden on the derrick.

The accident occurred 20 hours after the cementing.

Depending on the design of the job, oil well cements are expected to set in 18- 24 hours. The final cement plug would have been set by running a string of drill pipe into the well "open ended", i.e. nothing would have been attached to the bottom joint of drill pipe. It is at this point that no further information has been released. If the final plug had been set, the remaining completion fluid would have remained in the casing. Then a cast iron bridge plug would have been set several feet blow the casing head flange. At that point the well would have been abandoned. The subsea blowout preventer stack would have been disconnected and the final operation would have been to pull the riser with the subsea stack attached to the bottom of it. This did not happen. For reasons not yet revealed and possibly not determined, a flow of natural gas and crude oil arrived at the surface and exploded. The force of the explosion must have damaged the ballast control equipment which led to the sinking of the rig. Until more information is made public, no conclusions can be drawn. The cause of the accident remains speculative.

#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace

war  posted on  2010-05-04   16:35:27 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#40. To: Badeye (#34)

BRITISH PETROLEUM...

HALLIBURTON

lucysmom  posted on  2010-05-04   18:30:47 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  



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