Oil Disaster in the Gulf

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Originally Posted by swoop

Now according to the usa today the whole cleanup has had no long term effects on the spill and are seeking other measures to mget things under control.A waste of time and money not to mention the loss of life to the minrine life affected.The bouys just aren't doing what they had hoped thet'd do.

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Funny.
More reliable sources(Even the national Enquirer is more reliable than USA Today) have pointed out how the dispersant have worked. especially the dispersant being used by an ROV at the point of the leak

Last week it was suppose to have been covering the shoreline from Louisiana to Florida. As of today it has barely touched land.

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Originally Posted by anthonyvop

Funny.
More reliable sources(Even the national Enquirer is more reliable than USA Today)

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I realize that being on the road all the time one doesn't get to a newsstand much.So this is the the I read. besides other than late games the sports and puzzels are always there.I have my laptop for anything I really am interested in checking out.

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Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa

Hyperbole..and BS.

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Prove it. Just claiming it means nothing.

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Originally Posted by Easy Drifter

Remember I started the thread before Obama had done anything. My main point was he was getting an easy ride from the media.... He is now acting and he is getting blasted for being slow off the mark.
... Hopefully Obama can ensure that happens.

I wish I had never started this thread!

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No, it is indeed good that you started this thread, if you didn't, someone else would have, possibly with more agenda-biased diatribe.

And yes, I think Obama was let off easy from the mainstream media, with exception to Bill Maher (as Mark In Oshawa pointed out). Sooner or later folks, particularly Hollyweird types and Left-friendly media are going to have to accept the fact that Obama doesn't walk on water, much less oil for that matter.

Bush wasn't without flaws either during his tenure, nevertheless the press could do itself a favor and not get caught up on one-sided issues so much that they alienate the public's respect as a result.

Anyways, as I believe ioan mentioned earlier, it is a environmental/ecological disaster with ramifications to come. If anyone doubts that then I would suggest that they follow up on how folks in Alaska were affected by the Exxon-Valdez disaster. Yes, some natural wildlife has returned, but others have vanished from the area since then.

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Originally Posted by ioan

History says that humanity can't learn from it.

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Exactly. Human nature is too predictable with its' flaws.

As indicated by BP's history:

http://www.propublica.org/article/bp...-to-gulf-spill

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Originally Posted by ioan

Prove it. Just claiming it means nothing.

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You prove it.. you made the ridiculous assertion. You assert that Big Business could destroy the world 8 times over. I can prove nukes can do so....I think only an idiot would deny that, but I am waiting to see how General Motors, Airbus Industrie and Tata are going to make the world a barren wasteland in the next 10 years...

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Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa

You prove it.. you made the ridiculous assertion. You assert that Big Business could destroy the world 8 times over. I can prove nukes can do so....I think only an idiot would deny that, but I am waiting to see how General Motors, Airbus Industrie and Tata are going to make the world a barren wasteland in the next 10 years...

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First of all I said it can do it more than a dozen of time, not eight times and it was a hyperbole as you yourself mentioned, so I am having a hard time to understand how you can prove a hyperbole right or wrong given that it is a figure of style, that's why I asked you to prove it. And if you don't believe that big business are destroying life on Earth than you needn't look further than the Gulf of Mexico.