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Contrary1
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Sun May-02-10 04:22 PM Original message |
Mother of all gushers could kill Earth's oceans |
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earth mom
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Sun May-02-10 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. This is my biggest fear about this one. It doesn't seem like they can stop it. |
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texanwitch
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Sun May-02-10 04:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. I have a friend who father worked in the oil fields on land and water. |
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complain jane
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Sun May-02-10 10:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
87. I've been thinking the same thing |
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Subdivisions
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Mon May-03-10 12:25 AM Response to Reply #87 |
108. www.oilspillvolunteers.com n/t |
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pretzel4gore
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Mon May-03-10 01:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
194. regardless, they refuse to stop global warming |
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paulkienitz
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Mon May-03-10 02:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
201. they're pumping goop into the well's underside |
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lpbk2713
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Sun May-02-10 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. The Gulf of Mexico is about to become one big gooey cesspool. |
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sandnsea
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Sun May-02-10 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. It is really quite a shocking mess |
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Ticonderoga
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Sun May-02-10 08:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
74. The risk of fracturing |
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eShirl
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Sun May-02-10 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. ok, who thought this was a good idea?! |
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meow mix
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Sun May-02-10 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
5. the BP is saying thier dome will cap it |
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Karenina
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Sun May-02-10 04:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. They are LYING. |
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CoffeeCat
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Sun May-02-10 04:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I'm no engineer... |
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Ruby the Liberal
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Sun May-02-10 05:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. The dome will have a pipeline reaching to the surface |
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Sgent
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Sun May-02-10 05:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Its not theory |
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Ruby the Liberal
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Sun May-02-10 05:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Thanks for that clarification. |
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DCBob
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Sun May-02-10 07:20 PM Response to Reply #16 |
50. coast guard: "This is the first time this has ever been done" |
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CoffeeCat
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Sun May-02-10 05:49 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. The dome won't be ready for 8 days! |
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Ruby the Liberal
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Sun May-02-10 06:27 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Yep. This is unimaginable. |
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caseymoz
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Sun May-02-10 08:33 PM Response to Reply #32 |
69. And that's if 200,000 gallons per day is now the correct estimate. |
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tekisui
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Mon May-03-10 11:45 AM Response to Reply #69 |
180. And that's if the kink that is slowing the flow doesn't give. |
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colorado_ufo
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Mon May-03-10 01:46 AM Response to Reply #32 |
112. They had no plan is place because no plan existed |
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AngryOldDem
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Mon May-03-10 07:27 AM Response to Reply #112 |
124. And here, I thought such hubris died with the Titanic. |
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WillyT
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Mon May-03-10 07:33 PM Response to Reply #124 |
213. BEST COMMENT EVER !!! |
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AngryOldDem
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Mon May-03-10 07:24 AM Response to Reply #32 |
122. Eight days? |
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SidDithers
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Mon May-03-10 08:52 AM Response to Reply #122 |
130. Multiple solutions on different timelines... |
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AngryOldDem
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Mon May-03-10 09:41 AM Response to Reply #130 |
142. I thought it was something like that. |
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Grinchie
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Mon May-03-10 03:56 PM Response to Reply #122 |
209. The impact will linger for decades. |
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Juneboarder
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Mon May-03-10 12:57 PM Response to Reply #32 |
189. That's assuming... |
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KayLaw
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Sun May-02-10 05:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
35. Please let it work. |
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caseymoz
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Sun May-02-10 08:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
65. It's exactly like what happened with the WV coal mine disaster. |
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SidDithers
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Mon May-03-10 08:48 AM Response to Reply #8 |
129. The idea is to pump out from the top of the dome... |
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RollWithIt
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Mon May-03-10 03:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
202. Not capped, redirected to a processing ship.... |
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spanone
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Sun May-02-10 05:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
29. they also initially said there was NO oil leaking...what to believe |
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HughMoran
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Sun May-02-10 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
9. It certainly is sobering |
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dixiegrrrrl
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Sun May-02-10 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
10. Shit. If this guy is right, we have no more oceans. |
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datasuspect
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Sun May-02-10 05:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. we need a cocky, smirking bruce willis to handle this with an ensemble cast of outlaw characters |
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flamingdem
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Sun May-02-10 05:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. So the entire Caribbean will become unihabitable + South Coast THANKS FOR THE DEREGULATION AHOLES nt |
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rurallib
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Sun May-02-10 05:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. O MY God! That is scary |
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WinkyDink
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Sun May-02-10 07:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
48. Well, good-bye, Homo sapiens not-so-sapiens. |
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Jokinomx
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Sun May-02-10 07:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
52. Now that is scary... I hope he is incorrect...but it certainly does seem he understands |
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WinkyDink
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Sun May-02-10 07:46 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. "Nobody could have predicted." |
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HughBeaumont
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Mon May-03-10 05:12 AM Response to Reply #53 |
119. = "We and the Free Marketz are completely blameless!" |
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skyounkin
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Mon May-03-10 01:34 PM Response to Reply #52 |
192. He did say that.... |
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caseymoz
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Sun May-02-10 08:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
70. Why? I'll be seeing what unfolds anyway. |
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tango-tee
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Sun May-02-10 09:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
82. This is beyond awful. It's a tragedy, a catastrophe. |
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glowing
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Sun May-02-10 11:26 PM Response to Reply #82 |
96. It will still effect them.. Even if its not in the immediate vacinity... it will effect the entire |
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tango-tee
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Sun May-02-10 11:42 PM Response to Reply #96 |
98. I just read about it some more, and you're absolutely right. |
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Capitalocracy
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Mon May-03-10 01:28 AM Response to Reply #10 |
111. If you do the math, the world's oceans will be dead in a week |
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SidDithers
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Mon May-03-10 09:01 AM Response to Reply #111 |
133. 1.3 cubic kilometers is 1.3 x 10^18 litres in the oceans... |
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SidDithers
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Mon May-03-10 10:51 AM Response to Reply #133 |
162. Noticed a typo in title of my previous post... |
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Wednesdays
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Mon May-03-10 09:41 AM Response to Reply #111 |
141. At first I thought the "1 quart per 250,000 gallons" was way off |
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Ruby the Liberal
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Sun May-02-10 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
11. That pesn.com link was a sobering read. |
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dixiegrrrrl
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Sun May-02-10 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
12. US inspectors were not allowed to inspect the rig?????? |
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Ruby the Liberal
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Sun May-02-10 05:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. My jaw dropped on that as well. Thanks Unka Dick. |
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dixiegrrrrl
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Sun May-02-10 05:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Wanna hear a "co-incidence"? |
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bamademo
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Sun May-02-10 07:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
51. Nother co-incidence? I went to elementary and high school with Paul.. |
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dixiegrrrrl
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Sun May-02-10 08:19 PM Response to Reply #51 |
64. Really? Wow. |
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bamademo
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Mon May-03-10 10:46 AM Response to Reply #64 |
160. He was always really weird and nurdy, but he works for Corp of Engineers |
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Newest Reality
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Sun May-02-10 05:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Can we also say thanks so much |
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chill_wind
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Sun May-02-10 07:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
56. !! I missed that completely. |
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flvegan
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Sun May-02-10 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
17. I haven't hoped for someone to be so wrong in a very long time. |
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nashville_brook
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Sun May-02-10 05:38 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. +1000000000 |
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dixiegrrrrl
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Sun May-02-10 05:57 PM Response to Reply #17 |
36. Oh shit..if YOU ae thinking along the same lines |
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fishwax
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Sun May-02-10 07:15 PM Response to Reply #17 |
49. ay, no kidding -- it is sobering indeed n/t |
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BrklynLiberal
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Sun May-02-10 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
18. I think this was a horrendous spill, and the consequences will be far reaching, both geographically |
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thereismore
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Sun May-02-10 08:06 PM Response to Reply #18 |
58. I agree. Doesn't sound like Halliburton did all that's humanly possible. Fuckers. nt |
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Newest Reality
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Sun May-02-10 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
22. If the high-end estimates |
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BeFree
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Sun May-02-10 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
24. wow |
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NNN0LHI
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Sun May-02-10 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
26. I didn't think hitting something under this much pressure was a very common thing |
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Merlot
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Sun May-02-10 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
27. One possible outcome of this horrible disaster |
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liquid diamond
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Sun May-02-10 10:36 PM Response to Reply #27 |
91. I wonder where the fuck are Sarah Palin and McCain. |
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Wednesdays
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Mon May-03-10 08:59 AM Response to Reply #91 |
131. Actually, Palin did make a statement on her Facebook page... |
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mwb970
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Mon May-03-10 02:08 PM Response to Reply #91 |
197. $arah says drill some more, but closer to the coasts. |
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Subdivisions
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Mon May-03-10 10:21 AM Response to Reply #27 |
151. Please name an 'alternative' to oil. Thanks. n/t |
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skyounkin
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Mon May-03-10 01:38 PM Response to Reply #151 |
193. Solar, wind and Geo thermal.. |
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greencharlie
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Sun May-02-10 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
30. thread of the day... thanks for the read. nt |
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CLANG
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Sun May-02-10 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
31. Oh, that sick feeling in my gut. I've been getting that a lot lately. |
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KayLaw
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Sun May-02-10 06:05 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Me, too. |
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snagglepuss
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Sun May-02-10 06:46 PM Response to Reply #31 |
43. I've felt the same way. This is utterly depressing and its all because |
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SammyWinstonJack
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Mon May-03-10 10:08 AM Response to Reply #43 |
144. Fat lot of good all those profits will do them if the World's oceans die. |
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Lorien
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Sun May-02-10 09:31 PM Response to Reply #31 |
77. You too eh? |
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The Straight Story
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Sun May-02-10 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
33. Rev 8:9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; |
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Mon May-03-10 10:59 AM Response to Reply #33 |
164. More like Rev 16:3. |
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Hosnon
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Sun May-02-10 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
34. There seems to be a lot of confusion about units. |
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dixiegrrrrl
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Sun May-02-10 06:09 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Good point. I need to slow down and make sure I am reading apples and not oranges |
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bighughdiehl
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Sun May-02-10 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
39. Ummm... |
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CLANG
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Sun May-02-10 06:29 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. They don't know but I've seen estimates on 1-2 billion or more. |
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dixiegrrrrl
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Sun May-02-10 08:26 PM Response to Reply #41 |
67. Further down he states size again: |
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Cleobulus
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Mon May-03-10 05:43 AM Response to Reply #41 |
120. At 1 or 2 billion barrels, if that's accurate, its not that big... |
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Ruby the Liberal
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Sun May-02-10 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
42. That second link is recommending a nuke. Wouldn't that cause a hella Tsunami?? |
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crikkett
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Sun May-02-10 08:53 PM Response to Reply #42 |
73. 1) radiation compounded by 2) collapse of sea floor. |
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lib2DaBone
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Sun May-02-10 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
44. We are drowning in oil... surpluses ...with no place left to store it.... |
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Subdivisions
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Mon May-03-10 10:25 AM Response to Reply #44 |
152. You're going to have to verify, with links and sources, every single |
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Politicub
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Sun May-02-10 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
45. Every living thing will swiftly die without the oceans |
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chill_wind
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Sun May-02-10 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
46. "We're humped." (second link) Really, really hope he is wrong. |
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WinkyDink
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Sun May-02-10 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
47. And people laughed about "2012." I wonder about the earthquakes these days, too. |
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Rex
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Sun May-02-10 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
54. In another post, some fishers said they caught pictures of the rig as it exploded |
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Lorien
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Sun May-02-10 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
55. The Oceans provide 65% of our oxygen |
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dotymed
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Mon May-03-10 09:01 AM Response to Reply #55 |
132. Yes, |
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Bluebear
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Sun May-02-10 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
57. I quit smoking for THIS? |
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crikkett
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Sun May-02-10 08:28 PM Response to Reply #57 |
68. Thanks a lot! Now I want a cigarette. |
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jimlup
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Sun May-02-10 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
59. Oh F&^k! |
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Duer 157099
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Sun May-02-10 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
60. Mothergusher! |
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chill_wind
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Sun May-02-10 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
61. " Another possible scenario is a sea floor collapse. |
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WillyT
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Sun May-02-10 10:17 PM Response to Reply #61 |
86. That Part Sent A Chill Up My Spine Too... |
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Sun May-02-10 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
62. What a fuckin buzz kill. |
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KansDem
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Mon May-03-10 12:47 PM Response to Reply #62 |
187. Look on the bright side... |
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alfredo
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Mon May-03-10 03:19 PM Response to Reply #187 |
207. But will they have opposable thumbs? |
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elleng
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Sun May-02-10 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
63. Oil Spill Options Are Weighed as Obama Travels to Gulf. |
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Desertrose
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Sun May-02-10 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
66. They've basically hit an artery..... |
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BrklynLiberal
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Sun May-02-10 08:46 PM Response to Reply #66 |
71. The carotid, the femoral, or perhaps even the aorta |
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scarletwoman
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Sun May-02-10 09:23 PM Response to Reply #66 |
76. Your post just gave me the worst chills of this whole thread. |
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WinkyDink
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Mon May-03-10 02:59 AM Response to Reply #66 |
117. Yes. Man has finally committed the suicide we've longed for. |
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WheelWalker
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Sun May-02-10 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
72. We're on the other side of the event horizon of a black hole. Bummer. |
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Flying Dream Blues
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Sun May-02-10 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
75. I hope his assessment isn't true, but it's important for everyone to |
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drexeldave
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Sun May-02-10 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
78. how much time do we have to live, worse case scenario? |
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CLANG
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Sun May-02-10 10:44 PM Response to Reply #78 |
93. Worse case, probably a day or two... |
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SammyWinstonJack
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Mon May-03-10 10:15 AM Response to Reply #93 |
147. Seriously? |
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crim son
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Mon May-03-10 08:46 AM Response to Reply #78 |
128. Welcome to DU, drexeldave. |
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Odin2005
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Sun May-02-10 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
79. Jesus Christ Almighty... |
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DissedByBush
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Sun May-02-10 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
80. And yet again Mother Nature will clean it up better than we could |
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Sun May-02-10 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
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Lorien
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Sun May-02-10 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
83. Response from a scientist friend: |
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sandnsea
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Sun May-02-10 10:52 PM Response to Reply #83 |
94. They are quite similar |
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CLANG
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Sun May-02-10 10:59 PM Response to Reply #83 |
95. The 428 million gallon spill was also in the gulf |
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SidDithers
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Mon May-03-10 09:10 AM Response to Reply #83 |
135. +1... |
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sylvi
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Mon May-03-10 10:30 PM Response to Reply #135 |
214. Yeah, but Doomsday hyperbole is much more fun |
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Global Village Idiot
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Mon May-03-10 11:32 AM Response to Reply #83 |
179. Good Information, ... |
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HooptieWagon
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Sun May-02-10 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
84. Uh, folks - take the article with a big grain of salt. |
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B2G
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Sun May-02-10 10:15 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. Ah, the sweet clean air of sanity |
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harkadog
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Sun May-02-10 10:28 PM Response to Reply #84 |
89. Hyper drama is so much more fun though.... |
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liquid diamond
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Sun May-02-10 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
88. This tragedy is absolutely terrifying. |
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liquid diamond
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Sun May-02-10 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
90. Leave it to mankind to fuck up the planet. This place was doing |
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csziggy
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Sun May-02-10 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
92. The size of the pipe at the beginning is exaggerated |
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Contrary1
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Mon May-03-10 01:11 AM Response to Reply #92 |
110. The first part refers to an email the site at the link received... |
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csziggy
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Mon May-03-10 10:54 AM Response to Reply #110 |
163. Ah - OK. I need to read more carefully. n/t |
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Contrary1
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Mon May-03-10 11:09 AM Response to Reply #163 |
169. No problem. By the time I realized it was a bit confusing, it was too late to edit. n/t |
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Xenotime
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Sun May-02-10 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
97. Great. And they are going to dig another well to 'fix' it. We're fucked. |
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Sun May-02-10 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
99. I say we plug the hole with oil and coal executives |
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Sun May-02-10 11:53 PM Response to Reply #99 |
100. Along with those f*ckers from Halliburton. nt |
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Sun May-02-10 11:55 PM Response to Reply #100 |
101. The more the merrier |
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Mon May-03-10 12:02 AM Response to Reply #101 |
102. Can we stuff a few Gold Sachsters |
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Mon May-03-10 12:03 AM Response to Reply #102 |
103. Or... we could just use one really fat right-wing radio host |
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Mon May-03-10 12:06 AM Response to Reply #103 |
105. You push, I'll pull! |
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Mon May-03-10 12:09 AM Response to Reply #105 |
106. I say we take off, drop him in from orbit. |
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Mon May-03-10 12:17 AM Response to Reply #106 |
107. We might need to add a little ballast-- |
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Mon May-03-10 09:37 AM Response to Reply #102 |
139. Sure |
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Mon May-03-10 10:18 AM Response to Reply #99 |
150. Grand idea! |
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Mon May-03-10 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
104. Sounds like it will have just enough time to make 2012 predictions come true. |
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Mon May-03-10 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
109. K&R - but a lot in that post should be taken with a grain of salt, to say the least. |
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Mon May-03-10 09:14 AM Response to Reply #109 |
137. +1... |
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Mon May-03-10 10:44 AM Response to Reply #137 |
159. Look at it again... |
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Mon May-03-10 02:15 AM Response to Original message |
113. Predictions Department |
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Mon May-03-10 02:23 AM Response to Original message |
114. Garbage post |
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Mon May-03-10 12:02 PM Response to Reply #114 |
185. That was my impression too. |
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Mon May-03-10 02:32 AM Response to Original message |
115. So much sentient life in the seas: dolphins, whales, octopi. I wish they had a way out.... |
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Mon May-03-10 02:56 AM Response to Reply #115 |
116. If only we had sentient life in charge of oil companies... |
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Mon May-03-10 05:00 AM Response to Original message |
118. Where is John Wayne when we really need him? |
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Mon May-03-10 09:12 AM Response to Reply #118 |
136. George the III...hmm... |
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Mon May-03-10 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
121. I've read the comments on the pesn.com link (which I've bookmarked), and I've |
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Mon May-03-10 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
123. 1806~~~ Wordsworth: |
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Mon May-03-10 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
125. drilling rigs are supposed to have many shut offs in place in case of accident |
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Mon May-03-10 07:48 AM Response to Reply #125 |
127. Halliburton built it. Surprise! |
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Mon May-03-10 10:30 AM Response to Reply #127 |
154. Halliburton built it. Surprise! |
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Mon May-03-10 10:14 AM Response to Reply #125 |
146. The rig did not fly a US flag therefore US inspectors were not allowed to inspect it. |
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Mon May-03-10 02:30 PM Response to Reply #125 |
199. The rig is 100 miles out, not a US controlled rig. |
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Mon May-03-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #125 |
208. amazing!!! The US cannot inspect it because it's out of borders, well then... |
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Mon May-03-10 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
126. Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle on the kiife's edge |
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Mon May-03-10 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
134. I believe it |
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Mon May-03-10 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
138. What does it matter... |
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Mon May-03-10 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
140. Reminds of this 60's sci movie crack in the world |
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Mon May-03-10 10:33 AM Response to Reply #140 |
156. was wondering if this was ever a bad scifi movie |
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Mon May-03-10 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
143. If other nation or terrorist destroyed gulf w/ toxic chemicals we would be at war |
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Mon May-03-10 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
145. While I haven't |
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Mon May-03-10 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
148. The CEO of BP was on NPR this morning saying - |
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Mon May-03-10 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
149. Hey look at the bright side! |
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Mon May-03-10 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
153. It's amazing... |
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Mon May-03-10 10:33 AM Response to Reply #153 |
155. Good post...nt |
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Mon May-03-10 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
157. I could not sleep a wink last night. |
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Mon May-03-10 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
158. Revelation 16:3 |
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Mon May-03-10 11:00 AM Response to Reply #158 |
165. "Well, Art is Art, isn't it?... |
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Mon May-03-10 11:02 AM Response to Reply #165 |
166. No one is asking you to believe shit. |
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Mon May-03-10 11:04 AM Response to Reply #166 |
167. That's why I picked him... |
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Mon May-03-10 11:16 AM Response to Reply #167 |
171. To each his own Sid Dithers. |
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Mon May-03-10 11:15 AM Response to Reply #165 |
170. LOL |
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Mon May-03-10 11:09 AM Response to Reply #158 |
168. 2 Kings 4:6 |
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Mon May-03-10 11:18 AM Response to Reply #168 |
172. Apparently not. |
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Mon May-03-10 11:21 AM Response to Reply #172 |
173. Just trying to point how ridiculous it is to try to connect bible verses... |
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Mon May-03-10 11:27 AM Response to Reply #173 |
176. And if I don't agree, I should what, be shot at sunrise? |
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Mon May-03-10 11:30 AM Response to Reply #176 |
177. delete. wierd double post...nt |
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Mon May-03-10 11:30 AM Response to Reply #176 |
178. Shot? No... |
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Mon May-03-10 07:29 PM Response to Reply #178 |
212. I can live with that. |
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Mon May-03-10 04:21 PM Response to Reply #158 |
211. now we are getting somewhere....lol.... |
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Mon May-03-10 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
161. What about what is happening under the earth's crust? |
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Mon May-03-10 02:38 PM Response to Reply #161 |
200. It appaers the entire oil deposit goes UNDER half of the South. |
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Mon May-03-10 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
174. It's fear-mongering |
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Mon May-03-10 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
175. Yes, this is an ecological disaster, but this article is shameless fearmongering. |
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Mon May-03-10 11:56 AM Response to Reply #175 |
183. what else is new |
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Mon May-03-10 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
181. I want every fucker that said, "Drill, baby, drill" |
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Mon May-03-10 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
182. What if the evaporation starts to take some oily water up? Is this possible? |
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Mon May-03-10 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
184. This article is complete and utter nonsense. It is filled with incorrect info |
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Mon May-03-10 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
186. Why not have Palin give a speech to the oil leak and bore it to death? |
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Mon May-03-10 01:09 PM Response to Reply #186 |
191. lol |
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Mon May-03-10 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
188. I can't believe 141 people have recc'd this thread. |
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Mon May-03-10 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
190. The blowout will continue for 2 years, then cause a cataclysmic shift in the earth's axis. |
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Mon May-03-10 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
195. This accident it horrible enough without some blogger telling us... |
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Mon May-03-10 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
196. as the politicians on both sides, particularly the Neo-thugs would say |
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Mon May-03-10 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
198. Oh, Jesus, Worse than the IXTOC? |
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Mon May-03-10 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
203. So why are they drilling yet another hole to relieve pressure? |
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Mon May-03-10 03:17 PM Response to Reply #203 |
205. They want the oil? |
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Mon May-03-10 03:19 PM Response to Reply #203 |
206. They are drilling a second hole to intercept the first one |
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Mon May-03-10 04:17 PM Response to Reply #203 |
210. Well normally |
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Mon May-03-10 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
204. Kicked and recommended. |
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Tue May-04-10 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
215. Started a fact-check thread on this tripe: |
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Wed May-05-10 02:33 PM Response to Reply #215 |
218. Unfortunately, that did nothing to stop this bit of doomsday idiocy from hitting +150...nt |
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Wed May-05-10 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
216. Russian suggestion: nuke the spill |
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Wed May-05-10 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
217. Climate change deniers are in a lather |
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