The Lousiana oil rig failure...

[SteamWake]

Okay some of you may not know about this story but it started out as an oil rig off the shore of lousiana caught fire and 'exploded' (which in itslef is bizzare) all but 11 hands were rescued. This happened early this week. Most of the news was focused on the missing and the attempts to contain the spill and to stop the leak.

Today I hear the Feds. including Dept. of Homaland Security were to sweep into the region with "SWAT" teams being deployed to other existing rigs for inspection.

Now theres someting about that that sets off my curiosity. Already the rumors are flying that it wasent an accident.

Somewhere in the back of my mind I mused about the rig being destroyed intentionally to 'prove' how dangerous it could be to the panhandle coast. Why? because of the 'pro drilling' sentiment that has taken hold. But it got a tad out of hand. But that would be a conspiricy theory I dont quite buy. However plausible.

So I wonder what the real story is there.

Just google Lousiana oil spill for more.

Heres one for the lazy

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...ce_as_bad.html

[Happy Times]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

Okay some of you may not know about this story but it started out as an oil rig off the shore of lousiana caught fire and 'exploded' (which in itslef is bizzare) all but 11 hands were rescued. This happened early this week. Most of the news was focused on the missing and the attempts to contain the spill and to stop the leak.

Today I hear the Feds. including Dept. of Homaland Security were to sweep into the region with "SWAT" teams being deployed to other existing rigs for inspection.

Now theres someting about that that sets off my curiosity. Already the rumors are flying that it wasent an accident.

Somewhere in the back of my mind I mused about the rig being destroyed intentionally to 'prove' how dangerous it could be to the panhandle coast. Why? because of the 'pro drilling' sentiment that has taken hold. But it got a tad out of hand. But that would be a conspiricy theory I dont quite buy. However plausible.

So I wonder what the real story is there.

Just google Lousiana oil spill for more.

Heres one for the lazy

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...ce_as_bad.html

You could be right, ive been wondering the same, something felt off in the incident.

[Platapus]

Anyone see the movie "ffolks"?

[August]

What I want to know is why it took 10 days for the Administration to respond to the situation. That's way slower than even the Bush administrations response to Katrina.

[em2nought]

I'm getting to the point that I could picture it being done for the insurance and to up the price of fuel more likely, or maybe a few of those poor guys were about to retire and start drawing pensions.

[Torvald Von Mansee]

Originally Posted by August

What I want to know is why it took 10 days for the Administration to respond to the situation. That's way slower than even the Bush administrations response to Katrina.

Absolutely NO RESPONSE AT ALL for 10 days? No press release or comment from an administration spokesperson at all? Nothing?

Of course it doesn't matter; you'd still find something wrong w/the Obama administration's reaction, anyway.

[CaptainHaplo]

The conspiracy theory that is out there right now was not that this was the work of the government itself - but the act of some person or persons - either inside or outside the industry - with an environmental agenda. What better way to show what bad could happen if an oil rig was lost - than to make one sink?

[August]

Originally Posted by Torvald Von Mansee

Absolutely NO RESPONSE AT ALL for 10 days? No press release or comment from an administration spokesperson at all? Nothing?

Oh c'mon a "press release"? That's what you call responding to the crisis?

Face it, your team has done nothing to address the crisis for nearly two entire weeks and you dare to imply that i'm not giving the Democrats a fair shake?

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by Legionary74

I see an explosion that was an accident...


'Nuff said?


I mean, whats the point of lieng about an oil rig explosion? Yeah the government is useless, but I mean, why would they blow it up, KILLING their own people, and then lie? It was an accident. I could totally imagine the U.S government killing its own people, but they know they cant hide anything (horrible intelligence) and since they know this. I dont think they would blow up their own people.

Enough said.

You are assuming that it would be the United States government who blew up the oil rig?

I don't think that is the only choice in this hypothesis.

[August]

Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo

The conspiracy theory that is out there right now was not that this was the work of the government itself - but the act of some person or persons - either inside or outside the industry - with an environmental agenda. What better way to show what bad could happen if an oil rig was lost - than to make one sink?

Well it sure makes Obama look bad coming just after he came out in favor of drilling off Virginia.

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by August

Oh c'mon a "press release"? That's what you call responding to the crisis?

Face it, your team has done nothing to address the crisis for nearly two entire weeks and you dare to imply that i'm not giving the Democrats a fair shake?

Well what did you want them to do? Did you want Obama out on a boat with a mop?

Here's an article from a week ago laying out the federal response:

Gibbs, in his statement said, the “National Response Team has been activated and Unified and Area Commands have been established near New Orleans to coordinate search and rescue operations and oil spill response efforts.”

[SteamWake]

What pissed me off is Crist whom was formally for opening up drilling came out and said (paraphrasing) "This incident has change my mind".

That just a day or two before leaving the Republican party to run as an independant.

He basically concedes the Rep. Primary to Rubio but is going to take his votes and go home and pout.

The timing is not lost on me.

[August]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

Well what did you want them to do? Did you want Obama out on a boat with a mop?

Mookiemookiemookie. I could post similar statements from Bush Admin officials a day after Katrina let alone three. I'm not expecting Obama to start mopping (what's with the racist stereotype anyways?) but at least Bush bothered to visit the scene of the disaster. Obama hasn't even done that. In fact he's done practically nothing for almost 2 whole weeks and even now his people are displaying a remarkable lack of urgency about the whole thing.

Now if a Republican were in office this tardy and ineffectual response would have the Democrats howling in anger, so quit complaining because you have to taste a little of your own medicine. It goes with the office.

[Aramike]

Originally Posted by August

Mookiemookiemookie. I could post similar statements from Bush Admin officials a day after Katrina let alone three. I'm not expecting Obama to start mopping (what's with the racist stereotype anyways?) but at least Bush bothered to visit the scene of the disaster. Obama hasn't even done that. In fact he's done practically nothing for almost 2 whole weeks and even now his people are displaying a remarkable lack of urgency about the whole thing.

Now if a Republican were in office this tardy and ineffectual response would have the Democrats howling in anger, so quit complaining because you have to taste a little of your own medicine. It goes with the office.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

[August]

Originally Posted by Aramike

Couldn't have said it better myself.

I'm not so sure about that but