Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Politics and Other Controversies
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
Reply Start New Thread
 
Old 11-08-2010, 04:20 PM
 
12,270 posts, read 11,294,122 times
Reputation: 8065

Advertisements

From the Washington Post...The BP oil rig explosion and spill wasn't about anyone purposely trading money for safety, investigators on a special presidential commission said Monday. Spill panel: No evidence of saving $ over safety (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/08/AR2010110805051.html - broken link)

Looky here...maybe Representative Joe Barton was right to apologize.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 11-08-2010, 04:24 PM
 
Location: Sango, TN
24,869 posts, read 24,324,752 times
Reputation: 8672
BULL!

They had a oil recovery plan from Alaska, talking about walrus's in the Gulf of Mexico, from a doctor who was fired from the University where he taught, before he signed off on the study.

Bull crap
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-08-2010, 04:26 PM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
86,052 posts, read 84,253,512 times
Reputation: 27718
And I've got a bridge to sell in Brooklyn or maybe an oceanfront condo in Arizona.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-08-2010, 04:37 PM
 
Location: Tampa Florida
22,229 posts, read 17,807,897 times
Reputation: 4585
The Commission had no power to Subpoena documents, thanks to our favorite Senate filibuster group. So it boiled down he said/he said. It's kind of hard to get evidence that way.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-08-2010, 04:45 PM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
86,052 posts, read 84,253,512 times
Reputation: 27718
Quote:
Originally Posted by florida.bob View Post
The Commission had no power to Subpoena documents, thanks to our favorite Senate filibuster group. So it boiled down he said/he said. It's kind of hard to get evidence that way.
But if the MMS had done their job there would have been all those inspection reports.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-08-2010, 05:20 PM
 
12,270 posts, read 11,294,122 times
Reputation: 8065
Quote:
Originally Posted by Memphis1979 View Post
BULL!
It will be interesting to see how this whole story works itself out. With the well capped and the intense day to day scrutiny by the MSM now diverted by anything else, the fervor of that time is over. Maybe not in the affected areas, but I suspect most people up North haven't given this a second thought since the well was capped.

Cooler heads in DC will be looking this over and figuring how to assess blame...today was a beginning.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-08-2010, 06:21 PM
 
Location: Sango, TN
24,869 posts, read 24,324,752 times
Reputation: 8672
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dockside View Post
It will be interesting to see how this whole story works itself out. With the well capped and the intense day to day scrutiny by the MSM now diverted by anything else, the fervor of that time is over. Maybe not in the affected areas, but I suspect most people up North haven't given this a second thought since the well was capped.

Cooler heads in DC will be looking this over and figuring how to assess blame...today was a beginning.
Well its sure on my mind daily.

I'm about facts and understanding what happened, but a report saying that BP didn't cut corners, when its blatantly obvious just from their recovery plan alone that they did, is bull.

The guys in DC can't figure this out with no subpoena power.

Its going to be whipped under the rug like countless other environmental screw up.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-08-2010, 06:27 PM
 
10,854 posts, read 9,279,215 times
Reputation: 3122
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dockside View Post
From the Washington Post...The BP oil rig explosion and spill wasn't about anyone purposely trading money for safety, investigators on a special presidential commission said Monday. Spill panel: No evidence of saving $ over safety (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/08/AR2010110805051.html - broken link)

Looky here...maybe Representative Joe Barton was right to apologize.
Since the Republican Party blocked subpoena power for the congressional committee investigating this spill we'll never know what REALLY happened.

Yet another example of corporate power dominating government as the expense of justice and the American people’s right to know.



Oil Spill Panel Hamstrung by Lack of Subpoena Power

http://www.sott.net/articles/show/21...te-Republicans
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-08-2010, 06:36 PM
 
69,368 posts, read 63,935,278 times
Reputation: 9383
The left wingers here seem to have information that the committee didnt have. Maybe some of you should call them and provide them with the all important documents which have allowed you to pronounce guilt. Until then, you simply dont know crap as usual...
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-08-2010, 06:46 PM
 
12,270 posts, read 11,294,122 times
Reputation: 8065
Quote:
Originally Posted by JazzyTallGuy View Post
Since the Republican Party blocked subpoena power for the congressional committee investigating this spill we'll never know what REALLY happened.
Who are you kidding? In the fevers of that time Obama could have blasted anything through. Maybe the Democrats don't want the panel to have the subpoena authority. The GOP did offer in that AOL news link you cited...Don Stewart, spokesman for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, countered that an amendment granting subpoena power passed the Senate Energy Committee with Republican support. He also said subpoena power for the commission is included in the alternative version of the energy bill offered by the GOP.

Reflexively blaming the GOP is an easy and thoughtless game.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Politics and Other Controversies

All times are GMT -6.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top