Hempathy
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Fri Jun-04-10 03:37 PM
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| 25. Agricultual run-off has been killing the Gulf a lot longer than the Deepwater Horizon. |
| -God, what have we done? |
The Old Creak |
Jun-04-10 01:28 PM |
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Emotionally, Spiritually, Mentally... |
FirstLight |
Jun-04-10 01:33 PM |
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Welcome to DU! |
fl_dem |
Jun-04-10 01:34 PM |
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What have we done, indeed... |
CaliforniaPeggy |
Jun-04-10 01:34 PM |
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We, have done nothing |
BeFree |
Jun-04-10 01:55 PM |
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if they through the years updated their technology and be ready |
bdamomma |
Jun-04-10 02:35 PM |
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Exactly |
BeFree |
Jun-05-10 09:59 AM |
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Amen to that - blaming ourselves takes the responsibility off BP |
TorchTheWitch |
Jun-04-10 03:07 PM |
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Me Thinks |
The Old Creak |
Jun-04-10 03:11 PM |
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and almost all of them were probably giant SUV's and trucks, too |
TorchTheWitch |
Jun-04-10 03:29 PM |
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There are two big SUV's in my family, I didn't buy either of them.. |
Fumesucker |
Jun-04-10 03:39 PM |
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Disagree. I'm with her. |
lib_wit_it |
Jun-05-10 12:45 AM |
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in case you missed it... |
Scuba |
Jun-04-10 03:26 PM |
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absolutely - we were never given any choice |
TorchTheWitch |
Jun-04-10 04:01 PM |
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nice response! |
happy_liberal |
Jun-04-10 04:53 PM |
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Hear, hear! |
chervilant |
Jun-06-10 12:35 AM |
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Cheney offered BP a $500K safety equip exemption & BP was greedy+myopic+reckless to accept... |
tiptoe |
Jun-04-10 08:07 PM |
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Cheney's Energy Task Force made the proper procedures VOLUNTARY, |
Doctor_J |
Jun-05-10 10:35 AM |
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Indeed, our failure lies there |
BeFree |
Jun-05-10 10:47 AM |
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The question is why didnt they spend the few extra dollars? The answer is as always |
rhett o rick |
Jun-05-10 12:12 PM |
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Yeah |
BeFree |
Jun-05-10 12:34 PM |
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Excellent Question |
The Old Creak |
Jun-05-10 01:25 PM |
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Great question. We would have said that no drilling without proof of adequate safety standards, |
rhett o rick |
Jun-05-10 03:31 PM |
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I'm afraid the fix is too painful and politically impossible, and that The Rapture |
Ron Green |
Jun-04-10 01:36 PM |
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"Rapture" is that a brand of vodka. nm |
rhett o rick |
Jun-05-10 05:41 PM |
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I don't think it's politically impossible. |
shimmergal |
Jun-05-10 06:36 PM |
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We've done the universe a favor by our very nature |
Oregone |
Jun-04-10 01:39 PM |
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I feel like I've stood by and watched somebody being murdered. nt |
gateley |
Jun-04-10 01:57 PM |
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you know what- we've done that too. Over one million Iraqis murdered... |
happy_liberal |
Jun-04-10 05:03 PM |
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Yes, good point. nt |
gateley |
Jun-04-10 06:16 PM |
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hmm... |
chervilant |
Jun-06-10 12:41 AM |
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Unrec for another blame the victims post. |
Individualist |
Jun-04-10 01:58 PM |
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So.................... |
The Old Creak |
Jun-04-10 02:02 PM |
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I didn't realize the OP is a pelican or a dolphin! |
Myrina |
Jun-05-10 09:27 AM |
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You all need to remember that you are only one person |
Downtown Hound |
Jun-04-10 02:01 PM |
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I truly wish everyone would take one solid hour to go to a park, |
Jamastiene |
Jun-04-10 02:16 PM |
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Yes, we're the victims.... |
Scuba |
Jun-04-10 02:26 PM |
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You Just Won The Thread. |
jayfish |
Jun-04-10 03:15 PM |
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Thanks. I believe... |
Scuba |
Jun-04-10 03:17 PM |
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Combine your post with TorchTheWitch's above and you'll have... |
jayfish |
Jun-04-10 03:21 PM |
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I think it is highly unlikely |
The Old Creak |
Jun-04-10 03:23 PM |
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Sorry, the alternatives you posted were somehow not visible... |
Scuba |
Jun-04-10 03:43 PM |
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I'll get back to you |
The Old Creak |
Jun-04-10 04:43 PM |
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The guilty are guilty. Sorry kid. |
Bluenorthwest |
Jun-04-10 04:07 PM |
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Quite a few recs |
The Old Creak |
Jun-04-10 04:39 PM |
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Damn, I thought he was referring to me as 'kid'... I'm only 61 |
Scuba |
Jun-04-10 05:05 PM |
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You young whippersnappers! |
The Old Creak |
Jun-04-10 05:24 PM |
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OK, I've read your post three times.... |
Scuba |
Jun-04-10 04:41 PM |
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I'm not sure |
The Old Creak |
Jun-04-10 04:52 PM |
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OK, I agree.... |
Scuba |
Jun-04-10 04:54 PM |
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I don't think |
The Old Creak |
Jun-04-10 05:23 PM |
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Truth......Words of wisdom |
RedRoses323 |
Jun-05-10 09:43 AM |
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There's much more oil used by us than by burning gas |
Roland99 |
Jun-05-10 12:00 PM |
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It would be better if there had never been any humans. If we had |
deaniac21 |
Jun-04-10 03:19 PM |
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Mankind doesn't deserve this beautiful planet. |
Scuba |
Jun-04-10 03:44 PM |
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" can we not also somehow create its exact opposite?" |
laundry_queen |
Jun-04-10 03:19 PM |
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Or if we want to use the one thing that's still abundant in the US, |
Doctor_J |
Jun-05-10 10:38 AM |
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This is our Dust Bowl. |
Odin2005 |
Jun-04-10 03:34 PM |
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It's more like Chernobyl |
Kievan Rus |
Jun-05-10 11:51 AM |
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I was meaning that the effects on American society would be like the Dust Bowl. |
Odin2005 |
Jun-05-10 12:02 PM |
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it is far worse than the Dust Bowl |
CountAllVotes |
Jun-05-10 12:01 PM |
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Agricultual run-off has been killing the Gulf a lot longer than the Deepwater Horizon. |
Hempathy |
Jun-04-10 03:37 PM |
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good point. |
Scuba |
Jun-04-10 03:45 PM |
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yah. ALL parts of the oceans, in fact. |
stuntcat |
Jun-05-10 11:43 AM |
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We've done the same thing we did with outsourcing and wall street |
scentopine |
Jun-05-10 09:34 AM |
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Thank you |
ismnotwasm |
Jun-05-10 09:59 AM |
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Thank YOU! |
The Old Creak |
Jun-05-10 12:57 PM |
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THANK YOU |
jazzelle |
Jun-05-10 03:18 PM |
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It's Not Me, It's You. |
phasma ex machina |
Jun-05-10 06:14 PM |
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OMFG |
The Old Creak |
Jun-05-10 06:24 PM |
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I therefore MUST ask- |
MrMickeysMom |
Jun-05-10 10:42 AM |
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Excellent! Many of us know we need to change something that we do. But many of us have been wanting |
DesertDiamond |
Jun-05-10 10:52 AM |
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Uh, I don't have a car and I ride a bike and lobby for renewable fuels. |
grahamhgreen |
Jun-05-10 11:10 AM |
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Never a more true statement. |
GentryDixon |
Jun-05-10 11:38 AM |
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You've got that right! We should have seen the biggest push the world has ever known toward green |
lonestarnot |
Jun-05-10 11:40 AM |
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Very well said. And the greatest evil, it might be added - |
bhikkhu |
Jun-05-10 11:33 AM |
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Who the fuck is "we," white man? |
smoogatz |
Jun-05-10 11:40 AM |
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We = us = the world IMO |
CountAllVotes |
Jun-05-10 12:21 PM |
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My Apologies |
The Old Creak |
Jun-05-10 01:04 PM |
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I'm not offended. |
smoogatz |
Jun-05-10 01:34 PM |
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It's A Shame |
The Old Creak |
Jun-05-10 03:15 PM |
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Make that "ADDICTION":) |
The Old Creak |
Jun-05-10 02:08 PM |
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a giant, horrifying mirror nt |
G_j |
Jun-05-10 11:40 AM |
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The American people are powerless; we are just along for the ride |
keep_it_real |
Jun-05-10 12:38 PM |
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Government and big business vanish overnight, without participants |
bhikkhu |
Jun-05-10 03:07 PM |
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HP Lovecraft - "I say to you againe, doe not call up Any that you can not put downe" |
NAO |
Jun-05-10 12:53 PM |
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On a MUCH lighter note |
The Old Creak |
Jun-05-10 12:59 PM |
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+1 |
suzie |
Jun-05-10 01:00 PM |
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"it's actually Big Oil's Chernobyl" |
upi402 |
Jun-05-10 02:12 PM |
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The laws of thermodynamics dictate... |
Orsino |
Jun-05-10 04:53 PM |
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Some how |
The Old Creak |
Jun-05-10 06:22 PM |
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There's Another Post |
The Old Creak |
Jun-05-10 06:28 PM |
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I'm Drunk |
The Old Creak |
Jun-05-10 08:10 PM |
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good idea |
stuntcat |
Jun-05-10 10:21 PM |
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