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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 07:16 PM Original message |
The government is hiding something about this oil spill and it is not bad press for BP.... |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. What could they be hiding? |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 07:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. It's more than that |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 09:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
33. Dispersants are toxic. |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:04 AM Response to Reply #3 |
49. Nothing else could have been going on. Nothing else makes sense. |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:38 AM Response to Reply #3 |
56. the oil fumes and the dispersants are both toxic |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Thanks. I get it. It's poisonous out there. n/t |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 07:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. It could be the dispersant spraying. |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 08:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. That was my first thought. nt |
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WeekendWarrior (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 09:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
37. Hat, meet tin and foil. nt. |
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anarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm no expert, but |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 07:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I suspect they were conducting some kind of experiment |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. Could be the leaks on the sea floor. nt |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. This may explain it |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 07:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Can you at least post an excerpt? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 07:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. No, but here's |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 07:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Why would I? |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 07:59 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. THey can't break up a talking point presentation |
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ShamelessHussy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 08:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. lame |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 09:23 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Oh please. |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 10:09 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. Or rural farmer DUers won't click on a link without incentive |
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ShamelessHussy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 10:34 PM Response to Reply #29 |
40. it's all about being polite, and helpful |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 12:14 AM Response to Reply #29 |
45. if my memory serves me well |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
9. As with many things, we will not get the whole story for awhile IMO. I think they |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
10. ooooooooooo |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 07:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. not so funny..there is already a plan to evac all of Tampa and surrounding areas! If the disaster |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 07:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. I live in Tampa and have heard no such thing. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 09:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
34. I live in Tampa and heard about it over a week ago. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 11:03 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. Deleted message |
flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 11:07 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. LOL!!!!!!! |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:46 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. ... |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:22 AM Response to Reply #12 |
52. i read that also |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
11. That is what many of those of us who live on the Gulf have been trying to tell people here.. |
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anarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 07:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. dear friend, "our government" is sponsored by various corporate interests |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 07:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I have never had any illusions about our government..it is why they work so hard |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 08:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. Evacuation?! This is going from bad to worse! |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
15. Spraying dispersant at levels never before seen. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 07:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. IMO the $20B is just a drop in the bucket. That's what I think too, there will |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
20. It's well documented that exposure to oil causes respiratory problems. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
22. Reaching for the Hazmat hat |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 08:11 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. +1, n/t |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 10:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
41. +1 |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 09:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Thank you for the |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 09:31 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Having worked disaster services |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
26. The gulf oil is full of methane. It could be making people really sick. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
31. Sometimes an oil spill is just an oil spill. |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 10:28 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. This is no spill..it is a " continuing volcanic explosion" under water! |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
32. have you read Riki Ott's blog? |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 09:53 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Wouldn't the carcasses be considered toxic waste? Tell me BP is |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:50 AM Response to Reply #32 |
47. ... |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
36. Seriously Dude - the oil and dispersant are pretty toxic in and of themselves. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
42. Little Bobby Jindal is the one who is having his goons block media access |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
48. The dispersants serve only one function--to hide the damage. |
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southernyankeebelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
50. After Watergate and the VN conflict and the Kennedy assination I stopped truthing my government. I |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
51. Does anyone have chemical component info on the dispersant? |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:23 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. this does: |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. "There isn't any information on what is the environmentally relevant.. |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
54. 'Our government' (I use quotes because they are neither ours, nor in the business of governing-- |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
55. if anything, it's that there's little chance of stopping spew, even in 2 months |
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IOKIYAL (149 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
57. LOL!!! the gov't is hiding something? |
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