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amborin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-10 03:30 PM
Response to Reply #10
12. it's part of an oil and gas services company, that's the main problem; not independent
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  -NOAA Directs Oil Spill Tests to Oil Industry Lab Whose Clients Include BP amborin  May-21-10 11:48 AM   #0 
  - Well, isn't that interesting  MountainLaurel   May-21-10 11:59 AM   #1 
  - nothing surprises at this point  amborin   May-21-10 12:46 PM   #5 
  - From their public statements it seems NOAA is under the thumb of BP  librechik   May-21-10 12:00 PM   #2 
  - yes, even to the point of dismissing questions concerning the true rate of outflow  amborin   May-21-10 12:47 PM   #6 
  - OK,so the technician does the tests.  Turbineguy   May-21-10 12:01 PM   #3 
  - and BP gets off the hook  amborin   May-21-10 12:48 PM   #7 
     - Hardly.  Turbineguy   May-21-10 04:40 PM   #15 
  - Another example of government of, by and for the corporations.  Individualist   May-21-10 12:03 PM   #4 
  - sums it up  amborin   May-21-10 12:48 PM   #8 
  - wow -- we are so screwed.  nashville_brook   May-21-10 01:01 PM   #9 
  - How many oil testing labs would not have oil companies as customers?  jberryhill   May-21-10 01:45 PM   #10 
  - lol  HiFructosePronSyrup   May-21-10 01:47 PM   #11 
  - it's part of an oil and gas services company, that's the main problem; not independent  amborin   May-21-10 03:30 PM   #12 
     - Any petroleum lab is part of the oil and gas services industry  jberryhill   May-21-10 03:54 PM   #13 
        - then they should not fear or obstruct ind assessments, which they're doing; big $$$ at stake here:  amborin   May-21-10 03:58 PM   #14 
  - Fucking A! Those sonofabitches!  lonestarnot   May-21-10 09:25 PM   #16 
 

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