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sixmile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-01-10 03:44 PM
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24. We are a vampire sucking the Earth dry
Humans are parasites on Mother Nature. Nature creates very little waste. That's ALL we create.
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  -This oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico will mark an epic moment in human history. Subdivisions  May-01-10 02:35 PM   #0 
  - Well many of us described Bushco as the  malaise   May-01-10 02:37 PM   #1 
  - K&R, That about sums it up. n/t  Greyhound   May-01-10 02:44 PM   #2 
  - This oil spill will make all the hurricanes that have hit the gulf coast look like nothing.  texanwitch   May-01-10 02:46 PM   #3 
  - What's really scary when you think about it is the pressure in that  Subdivisions   May-01-10 02:55 PM   #10 
  - I have been thinking about that, that is why I am going on my trip.  texanwitch   May-01-10 03:02 PM   #18 
  - I read they are bringing in another platform to slant drill into the well.  roamer65   May-01-10 04:53 PM   #34 
     - The Gulf will be dead in that time.  texanwitch   May-01-10 05:54 PM   #45 
  - And how are you going to travel the Gulf Coast? Horse and buggy?  virgogal   May-01-10 03:00 PM   #16 
  - I knew someone woud say this.  texanwitch   May-01-10 03:05 PM   #20 
  - Yes, and hurricane season starts in 1 month.  Incitatus   May-01-10 04:57 PM   #36 
  - I've been pummelled by so many man-made disasters  IndianaJoe   May-01-10 02:47 PM   #4 
  - they all marked epic moments in history, after which people continued doing exactly what they had  Hannah Bell   May-01-10 02:49 PM   #6 
  - Yeah...but remember "Socialism" is bad!  IndianaJoe   May-01-10 02:50 PM   #7 
  - Yep, We have to keep the gubmint out of our corporations.  SmileyRose   May-01-10 02:59 PM   #15 
  - Yes, but this may be altogether different. I just read somewhere this morning that  Subdivisions   May-01-10 02:57 PM   #12 
  - Current estimates are 200,000 gallons a day  B2G   May-01-10 03:58 PM   #27 
     - Yea, I didn't check the math on that. But a single gallon, in my view, is too much. n/t  Subdivisions   May-01-10 04:03 PM   #28 
        - I'm not disagreeing with that at all n/t  B2G   May-01-10 04:10 PM   #30 
  - You can't keep doing exactly what you were doing,  MoonRiver   May-01-10 04:47 PM   #32 
  - Kuwait oil fields on fire n/t  Duer 157099   May-01-10 04:56 PM   #35 
  - Dupe (Why Duplicate this?) n/t  IndianaJoe   May-01-10 02:47 PM   #5 
  - Um, what? n/t  Subdivisions   May-01-10 02:50 PM   #8 
     - I duped my own message in the wrong thread.  IndianaJoe   May-01-10 02:57 PM   #11 
        - Lol, I was like, what does that mean? ... Yes, this is depressing. I think I might have  Subdivisions   May-01-10 03:01 PM   #17 
           - Good for you! I think there'll be plenty to do -- for years.  IndianaJoe   May-01-10 03:05 PM   #19 
  - three mile island  KILL THE WISE ONE   May-01-10 02:51 PM   #9 
  - what I've read today scares the crap out of me  northernlights   May-01-10 02:57 PM   #13 
  - No it won't. We have trash islands floating around and no one cares  Rex   May-01-10 02:58 PM   #14 
  - it is like a bunch of teenagers are trashing the house n/t  Beringia   May-01-10 03:10 PM   #21 
  - I believe  femrap   May-01-10 03:52 PM   #26 
     - I understand your righteous rant  glitch   May-01-10 04:09 PM   #29 
        - I put bird seed out for the  femrap   May-01-10 10:46 PM   #46 
           - You most likely correct - you best know the locality and the inhabitants.  glitch   May-03-10 10:03 AM   #50 
              - Thanks  femrap   May-03-10 12:49 PM   #51 
  - That is my fear with this too. The planet is already at the brink and now this.  earth mom   May-01-10 03:11 PM   #22 
  - Nah -- it's been done before, farther south in the Gulf  FarCenter   May-01-10 03:42 PM   #23 
  - I hope you're right and this one doesn't make Ixtoc look like Ixtoc made Exxon Valdez look. n/t  Subdivisions   May-01-10 03:48 PM   #25 
  - The Ixtoc was only 50M deep, allowing divers to work on the leak. nt  Incitatus   May-01-10 05:13 PM   #37 
  - We are a vampire sucking the Earth dry  sixmile   May-01-10 03:44 PM   #24 
  - Exactly.  MoonRiver   May-01-10 04:49 PM   #33 
  - It's mile down, and how long does it take to build a dome?  flamingdem   May-01-10 04:26 PM   #31 
  - who knows?  northernlights   May-01-10 05:29 PM   #39 
  - Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Chernobyl, plus all atmospheric testing. n/t  TransitJohn   May-01-10 05:24 PM   #38 
  - No, it won't...  SidDithers   May-01-10 05:35 PM   #40 
  - Eh. We would've used the oil anyway  The2ndWheel   May-01-10 05:36 PM   #41 
  - the dead gulf  spanone   May-01-10 05:37 PM   #42 
  - (facepalm)  BlooInBloo   May-01-10 05:39 PM   #43 
  - It's bad, but it won't change anything.  Blue_In_AK   May-01-10 05:41 PM   #44 
  - Which ones have been worse. This one just started  donheld   May-01-10 11:03 PM   #47 
     - There have been worse.  Blue_In_AK   May-02-10 01:02 AM   #48 
  - Unfortunately the hyperbole surrounding your post is factual, and if anything  Raster   May-02-10 12:32 PM   #49 
 

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