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I see you are still confused. When the spill intitially happens it is the company's responsibility, but once it endangers the coast lines of several states, it's a different story.
I see you don't remember the mayor saying he didn't need help because he was going to dispatch the busses to start evacuating people, but when he finally got around to it, they were all under water, then he realized things were out of control and asked for help. That is a completely different subject though.
In the words of my friends in Missouri,
Show me.
I know that once it starts to threaten our homeland, that the military steps in, thats exactly what they are doing. However, its also BP's job to fit the bill for all recovery efforts that we do.
Americans aren't going to really care that an area that has one fourth of the country's wetlands is compromised by this disaster-they will still want to be able to drive two blocks in their cars to the local mall to shop-drilling will go on- the Exxon Valdez disaster didn't change any attitudes- Americans will not learn to live without oil until it is all sucked out of the ground- no matter what the cost to the earth-
I have no car by the way- I ride my bicycle or take the bus-and if it were up to me- Marijuana would be legal so we could use hemp all to replace a lot of petroleum uses in manufacturing-
I assume you live in an urban neighborhood? Unfortunately, some of us do not have the option to walk or bide anywhere. I don't even live in a neighborhood; it's just a street. Once you leave my street, you can go left or right: both lead you to major highways. Along the highway is just strip malls and they're all a few miles apart. So unfortunately, walking or riding a bike is just too dangerous plus a lot of the stores are miles away.
In August, I am moving to a more urban area where I can walk/ride bike everywhere. I do think more should be done to encourage less car driving in areas where it is possible to walk/bike ride but that's really hard to do in the 'burbs.
There's a difference between a "natural disaster" and the effects they have, and a man-made disaster, which is a corporate responsibility to clean up.
But wait, I thought the disaster after hurricane Katrina was man made because Bush and Cheney went diving into that flood water and blew up those levees?
Obama should worry less about who's to pay for the abatement and do whatever has to be done to mitigate the damage. Also the politics of drilling can wait. Do what needs to be done now.
He is throwing everything we can at it.
Its called mutli-tasking. Maybe you've heard of it?
The President is doing exactly what he should be doing.
I know that once it starts to threaten our homeland, that the military steps in, thats exactly what they are doing. However, its also BP's job to fit the bill for all recovery efforts that we do.
BP is financially responsible for the entire tab. The federal government can step in and act as it sees fit.
That's in Morgan City, not in the Gulf. It looks like they were moving the rig and nothing is leaking, hell there's nothing to leak except diesel fuel which isn't leaking either.
That's in Morgan City, not in the Gulf. It looks like they were moving the rig and nothing is leaking, hell there's nothing to leak except diesel fuel which isn't leaking either.
Close enough.
Still, I've been hearing people say "These things don't happen that often" for the last week. Well, something happened again, in less than a week.
I was referring to the "Ray Nagun didn't ask for help" thing.
Yeah, I know that BP is responsible for the entire tab. Not arguing that at all.
RWers will always seek to deflect and change the subject.
At least we've heard the last of drilling off our beaches for a while. Virginia Governor McDonald looks like the industry stooge.
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ANOTHER oil rig overturns in Gulf
It looks like they were moving the rig and nothing is leaking, hell there's nothing to leak except diesel fuel which isn't leaking either.
