Micro managing an emergency is NOT the responsibility of the President of the USA

This is an issue of the Governor of Louisiana.  He has no emergency response in place to act in a manner with the leaders of his communities to make a difference.  This 'frustration' and that of residents such as Mary Matalin and James Carville, with the federal response to the local response effort has to be directed where it belongs and it is on the shoulders of the REPUBLICAN Governor.  Stop gaming this emergency. 

Venice, Louisiana -- Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser on Wednesday blasted the federal government's response to the oil spill that has fouled more than 100 miles of the state's coast, and called for its point man to step aside.

"Thad Allen should resign," Nungesser told CNN, referring to the U.S. Coast Guard admiral who has been leading the government's effort. "He's done absolutely nothing. He's an embarrassment to this country."

Nungesser, who had just completed a tour of the stricken area, bemoaned what he had seen. "The same oil that's been out there two weeks ago is still out there, and nothing is being done," he said. "The marsh is dying. It's dead."...

 There was absolutely nothing in place in Louisiana except a means to bring money to its treasury from the offshore drilling.  I sincerely doubt Jindal EVER gave a thought to any emergency occurring.  His 'tweeter' account is showing him exactly what a lousy Governor he is.  Isn't that too bad.

President Obama never had a, "Good Job, Brownie' day since this started.  I don't believe BP should have been given the lead, but, in reality the USA military had 'no clue' how to handle this and they refused to destroy the oil well.

People are complaining about pelicans eating dead fish as if there is something President Obama is suppose to do with every dead fish.  He didn't do this !  

Let's get one thing straight, this is a REPUBLICAN mess from beginning to end that HAPPENED to arrive during the Obama Presidency.  

TOO BAD.  When are the Republicans going to 'step up' and 'take responsibility' for some of the loosest and lousiest policies in the history of the country?  

Wait, let me guess, Never.  The blame game stated with the hearing of BP, Transocean and Halliburton, but, the political circus with Republicans is just as disgusting.



I do believe Senator Bill Nelson proudly stated, "Florida refused to have off shore drilling this close to its shorelines."  I'll be darn.

The reason President Obama's 'response' is a TARGET is because the Republicans are attempting to divert their idiocy of THIRTY years of loose and fast policy.

I don't want to hear about the cost of this to the people of the region, if the Republicans can run an illegal war with SUBSIDIES of $86 billion to Iraq in cold hard cash on a flight to Baghdad, the people of the USA should receive that and MORE.

The policies of George Walker Bush, Richard Cheney and every indulgent Republican along the way are directly responsible for this entire disaster, no different than the banking collapse.  

Give me a break !

A hotline needs to be established for employees of the petroleum industry.

Sara Stone cries as her husband Stephen Stone, a Transocean, Ltd., employee and survivor of the Deepwater Horizon explosion, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday about the night that led to the BP oil spill. He told the hearing that he went back into his collapsed quarters on the night of the accident for his life jacket, shoes, and wedding ring.

Cliff Owen/AP

At his own professional peril, Mr. Stephen Stone made testimony regarding the dangers on the Deepwater Horizon.

I am quite confident he lost friends from the explosion and fire.  I am also confident his spouse is grateful he is alive.

But, he was there.  He knows the truth as he understands it and working for petroleum companies are inherently dangerous.

No employee of any company should feel as though they are putting their lives on the line in order to make a living.  He made testimony and may very well save countless lives in the future.

A very simple way of 'helping' these people is to establish a hotline that is backed up by inspectors that respond to reports of questionable conditions. The hotline can be anonymous reporting and it can be established for every dangerous job within the USA, including the mining industry.

It is something that can be done now and can start to turn the corner on the dangers as they exist today to make working conditions safer in the future.

Every union involved with these professions should establish their own ways of helping by empowering their workers, but, that should not be a substitute for an employee to directly report any suspicions of dangers that can imperil their lives.  Nor should such reporting be interfered with by unions.  This has to be an autonomous mechanism whereby there is no fear of a paper trail to cause a person their job by reporting what they understand to be dangerous.

No doubt a simple mechanism such as this will save lives and prevent economic losses as well.  When a company 'hums' and their workers are safe, their opportunity to make profits becomes higher and CLEANER.  There should be no company on this planet willing to have a profit line that includes blood money.

The employees should be given reminders of such an opportunity to help themselves by having hotline numbers posted on their job sites and employee reports on working conditions should be a requirement for operation within the USA for these industries.  

OSHA needs to be more 'preventive' in its approach to assessing working conditions by including annual worker assessments from these industries.  In other words, these industries will have to submit workman assessments of their working conditions annually, forcing a bottom up approach to management.  It will improve working conditions and make businesses include same on their agenda of planning and budget.  If these assessments are required by law there can be no retribution for any submission.

I am debating the merits of oil mixed with mud as ? superior ? to simply oil coming out of the rupture.

Not that the priority is to stop it.  I am wondering what the 'consistency' and 'stickiness' and 'viscosity' is like on the surface not that the oil is mixed with mud. 

Reporting from Houma, La. —

Engineers have at least temporarily stopped the flow of oil and gas into the Gulf of Mexico from a gushing BP well, the federal government's top oil-spill commander, U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, said Thursday morning.

The "top kill" effort, launched Wednesday afternoon by industry and government engineers, had pumped enough drilling fluid to block oil and gas spewing from the well, Allen said. The pressure from the well was very low, he said, but persisting. The top kill effort is not complete, officials caution.

Once engineers had reduced the well pressure to zero, they were to begin pumping cement into the hole to entomb the well. To help in that effort, he said, engineers also were pumping some debris into the blowout preventer at the top of the well....

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-oil-spill-top-kill-20100528,0,5782115.story

Arttificial barrier islands can also be removed.

Prudent decision making has to give way to 'emergency' decisions making.  When one sees a train coming, one does not debate the arrival of the train and whether to get out of the way.

In reacting to the emergency all measures should be deployed and not just THE BEST.

There is plenty of the 'emergency' to go around and whether or not there are good ideas that are better than other ideas is IRRELEVANT.

The problem is not the President's problem, the problem belongs to any advisers that are dividing the emergency into 'priorities.'  Every aspect of concern is a priority.  THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS REDUNDANCY.

Minimizing the emergency only LENDS TO ITS INCREASING DANGER.

The wave dynamics and fluid mechanics are beyond the expertise of most all that are being consulted.  How do I know that?  No one predicted the vortexes in the troposphere in October 2002 as the one dynamic that would wildly escalate the warming of Earth.

So everyone needs to GET OUT OF THEIR OWN WAY,   NOW !

There is also no 'funding requirements' that are considered to be minor.  There is no way the USA is going to reep the costs of this emergency and there is no way BP is going to fiscally survive it, so let's get that out of the way.  THERE  is NO BUDGET here.  Emergencies don't have budgets.

Barrier Islands will attract wildlife.  They may even find ways of surviving on artificial barrier islands that can only be imagined.  So they need to be built and everyone needs to stop belly aching about it.

Barrier Islands will also effect tidal surges if there are hurricanes that want to deliver large amounts of oil to the coast.

BUILD THEM.  NOW !!!!!!!!!!!

Barrier Islands also have dynamics.  They 'roll over' and there is no reason to believe that any barrier island that is artificial is any different than any natural barrier island.  IN THAT, is also a precaution.  As the barrier island traps the sludge it will eventually come out the back side of the island.  That has to be monitored over time to remove those contaminated soils as they are exposed.  That is not going to happen this year.  But, it is an aspect that can be realized to make plans for the future.

The coastal lands that should receive some protection from the artificial barrier islands can be monitored for negative impact and adjustments to those islands can be made.  I do believe the Army Corp is sensitive to most civilian observations, concerns and actual experiences.  I don't really see it as an issue.

Drilling relief wells will not resolve this problem.  It will only make it worse, there are very high methane contents in that vat..  There should be no drilling conducted into that vat again, unless there are explosives being set to displace the well head.  Relief wells are for profit, it has nothing to do with stopping the rupture.

President Obama has to make 10% Ethanol mandatory throughout the USA.

I use it anytime I can.  I always get at least 10% higher MPG on 10% ethanol.

Gasoline could go from 10% ethanol up to 20%  

Updated 3/5/2008 11:13 AM

By James R. Healey, USA TODAY

WASHINGTON — Key backers of ethanol fuel are starting a push to double the amount of ethanol commonly blended with gasoline to 20%. The move would boost the market for grain alcohol, while skirting problems and controversy surrounding E85, an 85% ethanol fuel.

Blending ethanol — alcohol typically now made from corn — into gasoline is a way to cut petroleum use. A 10% ethanol blend, called E10, now is standard at many gasoline pumps across the USA. It can be used by virtually all gasoline vehicles, which is not true of the E85 being promoted as a fuel of the future.

Studies by the University of Minnesota and Minnesota State University at Mankato suggest that ordinary vehicles could burn a mix of 20% ethanol, called E20, as routinely and harmlessly as they now burn E10. Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is to announce the study results at a conference here today....

http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/environment/2008-03-04-e20-ethanol-fuel_N.htm


Jan-14-2008 10:30

10% Ethanol Blend Mandated in Oregon Beginning Tuesday

Salem-News.com Business Report

 

As of January 15th, E10 Fuel is Required to be Pumped in Northwest Oregon.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - A new law goes into effect tomorrow in Oregon requiring gasoline retailers to pump a ten-percent ethanol blend. The E10 standard kicks in on January 15 for these counties in northwest Oregon: Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Tillamook, Washington, and Yamhill.

A second group of counties will be rolled in by April 15th: Benton, Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Lane, Lincoln, and Linn Counties. And the rest of the state must meet the standards by September 16, including Baker, Crook, Deschutes, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Hood River, Jefferson, Klamath, Lake, Malheur, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, Wasco, and Wheeler Counties.

Gas stations in the Portland area already pump a ten-percent ethanol blend during the winter months, so some motorists won't notice a difference. "Gasoline blended with ethanol performs in much the same way that regular gasoline does," says Earl Baker, AAA Oregon Approved Auto Repair Coordinator.

"It can be very difficult if not impossible to detect the difference in engine performance when comparing an ethanol blend to regular gas."...

http://www.salem-news.com/articles/january142008/ethanol_11408.php

 

 

The States need to take exceptionally good care of their inland lakes and protect the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway.

Many lakes closed due to low water  (click title to entry - thank you)

Associated Press

2:57 p.m. CDT, May 26, 2010

PARK FALLS, Wis.

Dozens of lakes in northern Wisconsin are inaccessible because of persistent drought conditions.


The state Department of Natural Resources says water levels on inland lakes and rivers in northwestern Wisconsin have been declining since 2003. Drought conditions are the worst they've been in 25 years.


DNR fish biologist Skip Sommerfeldt in Park Falls says lakes are down 4 to 18 inches, compared to last year. And, it's not just a few lakes, it dozens of lakes.


Assistant state climatologist Edward Hopkins tells Wisconsin Public Radio drought cycles commonly happen every three to four years. 

GARMIN INLAND LAKES VISION - USA
Maps on Garmin Vision MicroSD w/ SD Adapter

http://www.gpscentral.ca/maps-charts/inland-lakes-us-vision.html

Minimize to eliminate use of motorized vehicles on lakes. 

Send some of the fishermen from the Gulf Coast to the Mississippi River and harvest the Asian Carp.  Sell it and send it back to Japan if that is the only market for it.  No limit on Asian Carp.  Sell to the Chinese on their fish markets.  They'll love it there.

Last Updated: May 27. 2010 1:00AM

Washington, D.C.

Rogers: Congress must stop Asian carp

U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers

Michigan's waterways -- from the Great Lakes to our rivers, streams and inland lakes -- are facing an invasion.
The very destructive Asian carp is making its way north, coming up the Mississippi River and it is now knocking at the door of the Great Lakes -- or more appropriately at the river lock in Chicago.
With Michigan struggling with major economic issues and unprecedented job losses, you might ask, why should we be paying attention to a fish?

http://www.detnews.com/article/20100527/OPINION01/5270344/1008/OPINION01/Rogers--Congress-must-stop-Asian-carp

Report from Rocky Mountain Climate Organization and National Resource Defense Council

Basically, the Gulf Coast is Lost.

I don't believe any scientist or environmentalist or conservationist has to go very far to prove their case.  The assessments of the Gulf of Mexico aren't really necessary, in my opinion, to prove that this has been a profoundly devastating episode that has consequences that reach all the way to global ocean circulations at multiple depths.

The continuing problem goes far beyond that and is multinational in dimension.

We have one planet for 6.8 billion to live on.  Never, in my wildest imagination did I ever believe an oil rig could have such far reaching environmental consequences.  

When an ecosystem goes down, it is devastating not only to the habitat of that one ecosystem it has impacts on regional and global environmental stability. 


Everyone is waiting for the rupture to stop while seeking to come to terms with its future consequences and trying to MINIMIZE the damage as compared to the Valdez OIL TANKER SPILL.


NOT EVEN CLOSE.  Let's get that straight.  Every scientist from here to heaven is going to have a job for the rest of their lives.  That is how bad this is.


This episode with BP only shows the extremes these companies are pursuing to make profits for their stockholders.  This is a global referendum on oil in any way it is IMAGINED to be obtained.


The Age of Oil is OVER.  Over.  Completely over.  There is no more offshore ANYTHING any more.


We cannot continue to 'mix' oil and water.  It is out of the question.  


The oil that started at one mile down in the Gulf of Mexico is traveling around the world in a global circulation.  


You've got to be joking if you think this is going to end with the closure of a well that BP blew up !

Singapore oil slick closes beach after ship collision

Thursday, 27 May 2010 10:39 UK

The authorities in Singapore have closed beaches on its east coast because of an oil slick from a damaged tanker.

The order affects 7km (4.3 miles) of the coastline.

It has forced the closure of the national sailing centre and a popular area for swimming, cycling and picnicking ahead of school holidays.

The pungent oil spill resulted from a collision on Tuesday between a Malaysian oil tanker and a cargo ship.

Thousands of metres of containment booms were deployed as part of unsuccessful efforts to stop the slick from fouling the coast.

Initial reports after the collision appeared to downplay the risks to Singapore's coastline and major shipping industry, suggesting 2,000 tonnes of oil could leak...

Hey Sarah, "Drill now, drill here"

This Tuesday, May 25, 2010 photo released by Alaska's Division of Spill Prevention and Response shows an oil spill and its containment at a pump station near Fort Greeley, Alaska. The trans-Alaska pipeline remained shut down Wednesday, May 26, 2010 as responders took a cautious approach to cleaning up a crude oil spill confined to lined containment area. Up to several thousand barrels of crude oil spilled flowed Tuesday during a scheduled pipeline shutdown at the pump station about 100 miles south of Fairbanks. (AP Photo/Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. via Alaska Division of Spill Prevention and Response)

DEC tackling spill; pipeline still down 

by Ted Land
Wednesday, May 26, 2010

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The Department of Environmental Conservation says it is responding aggressively to the spill at Pump Station 9.

The Trans-Alaska Pipeline remains shut down.

Alyeska says nearly 70 responders are on scene at the pump station, which is about 100 miles south of Fairbanks.

The power failed yesterday and the pipeline company says several thousand barrels of oil spilled into a gravel containment area.

Alyeska says an impermeable liner prevented any oil from touching the surrounding environment.

The company says it is now taking in roughly 16 percent of the oil it normally would and is storing the crude in tanks upstream from the spill.

Those tanks are expected to fill up in the next day or two.

"We've restored backup power to the pump station and we're working now on our cleanup plan and on the remaining power that's required to start the pumps," Michelle Egan with Alyeska said.

The DEC says cleanup is proceeding as well as can be expected. It is overseeing the cleanup response plan along with federal regulators and Alyeska.

 The leaking storage tank was also the site of a fire three years ago that started when a portable heater was placed too close to it.

Oil industry analyst and critic Richard Fineberg believes cost-cutting measures led to accidents and safety concerns on the pipeline.

"When we look at why these things occur through the years, the root cause is cost-cutting and trying to save money and cut corners, and that's not the way to run a pipeline," Fineberg said.

Alyeska faces fines of more than $500,000 because of the fire. The company is still contesting that case.

Fineberg thinks there should be a citizens' oversight group to look into how the pipeline is being operated.

Contact Ted Land at tland@ktuu.com

http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=12550802

First Subtropical low system off the south east coast of the USA and it isn't even June 1st. This 'drama' in the Gulf has to end. I'll show you how since the military seems to be unable to do so.

 

May 26, 2010

22:40:13z 

UNISYS Water Vapor Satellite of USA

Noted on Southeast Coast the first of the tropical weather we can expect.  The disaster in the Gulf needs a conclusion and the people of the Gulf need the autonomy to run their own strategies if they don't have that authority already.  I find it really difficult to believe the Governors of these states are this completely helpless.  They do have National Guard.  Tell the President to recall them from Iraq if necessary.  Jindal acts like he is helpless.  I don't think so.

Lisa Jackson surrenders to the plutocracy.

Angry with BP's inability (click title to entry - thank you) to find a less toxic dispersant against the gulf oil spill, the federal government will order BP to dramatically scale back its use of surface dispersants, chastising the company for an "insufficient" response to the issue....

BP has stated it can't find large quantities of another chemical dispersant other than Corexit.  Perhaps that is because BP is the only one purchasing a dispersant in large quantities and have large quantities in stock.  So, if they don't place an other somewhere else there will never be a large supply of any other dispersant. 

At this point the chemical additive to the water column needs to stop.  The coastal environment is better off with oil than a mixture of chemicals that have unknown capacity to destroy whatever might remain of the fisheries.

The dispersant is creating a hostile underwater environment for any wildlife, aquatic plants and fish.  The coastal area of the Gulf needs to shut down any fishing as they have no guarantees to the quality of the fish.  I don't care of Florida 'appears' to have been saved from chemical invasion, it hasn't.  The tides that wash up on Florida beaches and the fish and wildlife that frequent its shores have wide ranging swimming patterns.  Just because the fish and wildlife are alive doesn't mean they are chemical or petroleum free.

If I had plans for 'water activities' anywhere along the Gulf, I would cancel them.  There are no guarantees to the safety of the water quality of exposure to low levels of chemicals from moment to moment.

The Plutocratic statement by Jackson that absolutely astounded me was, "We haven't seen any toxicity by these chemicals."

Like where has she been.  Besides the carcasses of fish and wildilfe washing up on shore the workers 'mopping' up the beaches are becoming ill.  I suppose that is all coincidence.  Sure.  George Walker
Bush lives.

It is possible to be ingested by simple exposure of the hands or skin.  Crude oil is a carbon based substance that isn't easily removed from human skin.  There is every possibility Gulf Coast Workers could have ingested the chemicals as a 'residue' ON THEIR HANDS. 

If they are exposed to crude oil, they are also exposed to Corexit.

Continued dumpning of a chemical that chronically dispurses crude oil through the water column will expose all sealife to danger rather than just those at the surface.  There is no prudent use of these dispursants at this point.  The prophilatic use of dispersants on a short term basis assuming the military would have a solution for this disaster was the only reason for its use.  Given the fact the plutocratic dynamics over ride any and all authority of the USA government and its military institutions, there is no reason to continue dumping the chemical to relieve PB of its stockpiles.

Oil cleanup workers report illness



Some fishermen hired by BP to mop up the gulf spill report nausea and breathing troubles after contact with oil and dispersant. A congressman calls for mobile health clinics to treat them....

...The fishermen report severe headaches (central nervous system), dizziness (central nervous system), nausea (gastrointestinal) and difficulty breathing (respiratory)....

Mr. Jackson was exposed to high vapor content that requires a Scott Air Pack and biohazard suit to prevent exposure.  Given the heat at the this time of year, working in a biohazard suit is difficult unless the Airpack also delivers cooled air throughout the suit.

...George Jackson, 53, has been fishing since he was 12 and took a BP cleanup job after the massive oil spill forced the closure of fisheries and left him unemployed. As he was laying containment booms Sunday, he said, a dark substance floating on the water made his eyes burn.



"I ain't never run on anything like this," Jackson said. Within seconds, he said, his head started hurting and he became nauseated....


http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-oil-workers-sick-20100526,0,4604887.story

All the symptoms above are on the list below.

Crude Oil Toxicity Symptoms

...can damage every system in the body:
respiratory
Nervous system, including the brain
liver
reproductive/urogenital system
kidneys
endocrine system
circulatory system
gastrointestinal system
immune system
sensory system
musculoskeletal system
Damaging or altering these systems causes a wide range of diseases and conditions....

MSDS Data Sheet on Crude Oil

http://www.martinmarietta.com/products/MSDS-CrudeOil.pdf

III – HAZARDS IDENTIFICATION

Amber to green to black liquid, depending on source. Crude oil is volatile and flammable, and may cause flash fires. If ingested,



aspiration may occur, causing lung damage or death.


Health Effects: The information below represents an overview of health effects caused by overexposure to one or more


components in Crude Oil. The individual effects are described in Section XI.


Primary route(s) of exposure: Inhalation Skin Ingestion


EYE CONTACT: Contact with eyes may cause mild to severe irritation including stinging, watering, redness, and swelling.


SKIN CONTACT: Mild skin irritation including redness and a burning sensation may follow acute contact. Prolongedcontact may cause dermatitis, folliculitis, or oil acne.



SKIN ABSORPTION: Liquid may be absorbed through the skin in toxic amounts if large amounts of skin are exposed


repeatedly. There have been rare occurrences of precancerous warts on the forearm, back of hands and


scrotum from chronic prolonged contact.


INGESTION: The major threat of ingestion occurs from the aspiration (breathing) of liquid drops into the lungs,


particularly from vomiting. Aspiration may result in chemical pneumonia (fluid in the lungs), severe


lung damage, respiratory failure, and death. Ingestion may cause gastrointestinal disturbances including


irritation, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. In severe cases, tremors, convulsions, loss of consciousness,


coma, respiratory arrest, and death may occur.


INHALATION: May cause respiratory and nasal irritation. Central nervous system effects may include headache,


dizziness, loss of balance and coordination, unconsciousness, coma, respiratory failure, and death.


MEDICAL CONDITIONS AGGRAVATED BY EXPOSURE


Skin disorders, respiratory conditions, liver or kidney dysfunction, male reproductive and peripheral nerve disorders.


EYES: Immediately flush eyes with plenty of clean water for at least 15 minutes, while holding the eyelids open.



Occasionally lift the eyelids to ensure thorough rinsing. Contact a physician if irritation persists or develops


later.


SKIN: Remove contaminated clothing. Wash with soap and water. Contact a physician if irritation persists or develops


later. Thermal burns may require immediate medical attention, depending on severity and area burned.


INGESTION: DO NOT INDUCE VOMITING. Do not give liquids. Obtain immediate medical attention. If vomiting occurs,


lean victim forward to reduce the risk of aspiration.


INHALATION: Remove to fresh air. If victim is not breathing, provide artificial


MSDS Data Sheet for Corexit - considerable data is not reported.  The chemical should be banned for its incomplete information in regard to human exposure.


SKIN CONTACT :



May cause irritation with prolonged contact.


INGESTION :


Not a likely route of exposure. Can cause chemical pneumonia if aspirated into lungs following ingestion.


INHALATION :


Repeated or prolonged exposure may irritate the respiratory tract.


SYMPTOMS OF EXPOSURE :


Acute :


A review of available data does not identify any symptoms from exposure not previously mentioned.


Chronic :


Frequent or prolonged contact with product may defat and dry the skin, leading to discomfort and dermatitis.


AGGRAVATION OF EXISTING CONDITIONS :


Skin contact may aggravate an existing dermatitis condition.

http://lmrk.org/corexit_9500_uscueg.539287.pdf

When on fire it emits SOXs.  Most of the interventions below are not chemical specific, so much as 'general recommendations' for any chemical exposure.

EYE CONTACT :



Immediately flush with plenty of water for at least 15 minutes. If symptoms develop, seek medical advice.


SKIN CONTACT :


Immediately wash with plenty of soap and water. If symptoms develop, seek medical advice.


INGESTION :


Do not induce vomiting: contains petroleum distillates and/or aromatic solvents. If conscious, washout mouth and


give water to drink. Get medical attention.


INHALATION :


Remove to fresh air, treat symptomatically. Get medical attention.


NOTE TO PHYSICIAN :


Based on the individual reactions of the patient, the physician's judgement should be used to control symptoms and clinical condition.

The "Master Tinker" does so with endorsement of the USA miltiary.

Is there anyone in the USA that actually knows what to do with the USA war machine?  It would seem not. It is against the Geneva Convetions to kill civilians.  I want hearings.

In this Sunday, May 16, 2010 photo, Mushtaq Wahab walks through the Shiite cemetery in Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq. The cemetery is a kind of map to Iraq's history, at least that of its majority Shiites. The country's natural disasters, wars and tragedies are etched across the tomb stones that fill every square foot of its dusty, sun-blasted expanse. (AP Photo/ Alaa al-Marjani)

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5goryr21cjhF4_oOGs9lBMipBQiIwD9FTMHO80

BP's CEO visited the beach in the USA and he didn't brign the family or his bathing suit.  From the picture he didn't even know from which direction the oil was coming from.  He might be able to find the oil rupture if he opened eyes and looked at OUR reality.  BP needs to remove itself from the circumstances and admit this is the second time they have been involved in destroying the biotic content in the USA while wiping out fisheries and destroying lives.  The Valdez is the first.  We don't need any Bush 'experts' to continue this charade either. 

Transocean is seeking to drain its treasury in order to move to bankruptcy, rename the company and continue it's environmentally unsound practices. 

I have a better idea.  Transocean can stop their PR campaign with it's stockholders and simply remove itself from the international market place.  I am confident their employees will find work elsewhere.  Making them perform to a standard that actually meets regulations to prevent tragedy in citizen's lives might be a real eyeopener for them.

By Tiernan Ray

Shares of Transocean (RIG), the owner of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico April 20, continue their downward slope today after Senator Ron Wyden (Dem., Oregon) this afternoon sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder requesting that he investigate Transocean’s planned special cash dividend.

Wyden, joined by 17 democratic colleagues, including Pat Leahy of Vermont, and Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, notes the company’s intent to make a special cash distribution of $1 billion in four quarterly installments, announced a little over a week ago.
“We are concerned,” the letter reads, “that such action to quickly move money out of corporate coffers to individual investors may make it more difficult to pursue liability claims against the company. Families of those who died in the disaster, the fishing industry that has been devastated by the oil spill and the governments that have worked full-time to clean up this spill deserve better.”


The letter also notes that Transocean “expects to make a $270 million profit on its insurance policy for the Deepwater Horizon, since the rig was insured for more than it was worth.”

http://blogs.barrons.com/stockstowatchtoday/2010/05/24/transocean-wyden-senators-attack-1b-dividend/

The Iraq War, for the number of civilians dead, never solved anyone's problems.

This undated photo shows Jesse Bernard Johnston III, 26, wearing a Marine dress uniform with ribbons and medals even though records show he never served in the Marine Corps. An Associated Press investigation has found that, despite not having a military background, Johnston was able to join the Army Reserve in February and was given the rank of sergeant. Records show his only military experience was attending part of a 12-week Marine officer candidate course for college students in 2004. Because he didn't complete the course, he didn't become a Marine. The Army is now investigating the circumstances surrounding his enlistment and whether he was able to gain his rank based on a phony Marine record.

Mike Coffman, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, delivered a letter to Gates' office on Monday asking him to address issues raised by an Associated Press story last Friday detailing the case of Jesse Bernard Johnston III.

The AP reported that Johnston, 26, was given the rank of sergeant when he enlisted in the reserves in February despite no military experience other spending six weeks in a 12-week Marine officer candidate course while he was in college in 2004. Because Johnston didn't complete the course, he never became a Marine.

The Army has refused to comment, citing an ongoing investigation.
 Coffman, a Republican who served with the Marines in Iraq and the first Gulf War, wrote that he wants to know whether the Johnston case is an isolated incident or indicative of "a larger systematic failure" in vetting enlistees.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gLL0D4hAoSd5CNr2SIDFmAUa3jAAD9FTEK5O1

The troops aren't coming home fast enough.

With a worsening circumstance in the Gulf of Mexico, it is far more prudent to bring the cost of military deployments down. 

Bring the troops home now !

...It's official. The Pentagon says there are now more U.S. troops in Afghanistan (94,000) than in Iraq (92,000), reports CBS News national security correspondent David Martin.

 This day has been coming ever since the Obama administration began the strategic shift from Iraq as the primary theater of war to Afghanistan.
For years, operations in Afghanistan were hamstrung by a shortage of troops and equipment. Officially, Afghanistan was called an "economy of force" operation. In reality that meant it got what was left after all the troop and equipment requires...
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-20005778-503543.html


The joke that was Halliburton only made our troops more unsafe and the Iraqi people never welcomed it.

BAGHDAD, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Two assassinators of a newly- elected member of parliament were captured Monday in northern Iraq shortly after they fled the scene, a local police source said.

Two killers were captured in the northern city of Mosul, the third killer escaped, but was wounded by police, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

A car loaded with explosives which is used in the assassination was also seized by security forces, the source added.

Bashar Al-Ouqeidi, a newly-elected member of parliament from the cross-sectarian bloc Iraqia List, led by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, was killed by unidentified gunmen in front of his house on Monday evening.

 The Iraqia List won the most 91 seats in the March 7 parliamentary elections, only 2 seats more than the State of Law alliance led by incumbent Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, but it is not clear yet whether the loss of one elected member can be replaced by others of Iraqia List.

The results of the March 7 election have not yet been officially certified. No electoral bloc got enough seats to form a government on its own.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-05/25/c_13313152.htm


US soldier dies in northern Iraq

(AP) – 11 hours ago
BAGHDAD — The U.S. military says an American soldier has died in northern Iraq.

A statement by the military says the Joint Base Balad soldier was killed while conducting operations on Monday.

The incident is under investigation and no details were given.

The name of the deceased soldier is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

The death raises to at least 4,400 the number of U.S. military personnel who have died in Iraq since the war began in March 2003. That's according to an Associated Press count.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gQNZ-iDlwjFMX9HrXgX7-7y-RuGQD9FTBMGG0

Let me see if I get this right. The greatest military in the world can't close a simple 'drill hole' one mile down without the assistance of the Plutocracy.

Well, we better be sure the Dow never falls.

What a crock of shit !

So, the combined wisdom of the Joint Chiefs, MIT, FIT and Raytheon Corporation can't find a way to CLOSE THE HOLE. 

Well, boys and girls that is a military we can count on? 

No.  That is not a military we can count on.

The USA military actually has NO MEANS to deal with complete and absolute sabotage of the economy of the Gulf of Mexico.

I think we have a problem.  A very, very big problem.  A problem that is bigger than BPs idiocy.

BP faces criticism over the chemicals it is using to disperse the oil slick. Photograph: Stephane Jourdain/AFP/Getty Images

BP may face criticism, but, the USA military is about to be ridiculed as it never has been ridiculed before.

..."I am recommending as strongly as we can that we absolutely minimise the use of dispersants and that we monitor as rigorously as we can," she told a conference call with reporters touring Louisiana marshes contaminated by the oil. She said she thought BP would be able to cut its use of chemicals to break up the spill by half or even 75% by injecting smaller quantities underwater....

The Secretary of the EPA has ORDERED British Petroleum to stop using disperants that are dangerous to the waters of the Gulf of Mexcio and all the USA mitilary can do is 'shrug its shoulders?'

Really?

I want the resignation of Secretary Gates and I want the troops home from Iraq and Afghanistan immediately.  I want the military budget slashed because they aren't worth the money we pay for them !

That is only the beginning.

No Cabinet Secretary should be saying PRETTY PLEASE to any DAMN Wall Street Jackass and if this continues there needs to be some real downsizing of the military by dismissing the Joint Chiefs, Secretary Gates and any other asshole that is standing in the way of a resolve to this issue.

I mean when one takes a look at the perform of the USA miltiary since the Iraq invasion one has to ask whom are they working for Osama bin Laden?

An illegal war into Iraq, the USA is now in partnership with every damn Afghan rebel that grows poppies and our sons and daughters have to put up with failed economy inherited from Bush and Cheney only to face more economic deterioration due to the lax regulatory capacity of the USA in regard to an out of control Petroleum industry?

I want an investigation, regulation and oversight like the USA military has never seen and I want 'butts.'   A lot of butts from the point where any miltiary policy became ADVERSE to the outcome of this country.

As of today, the USA miltiary has couped the Obama Administration and is dangerously close to destroying our democracy.

I want resignations and I want them now, if they aren't forthcoming I want every damn jackass between here and hell removed from their commission without the benefit of a MILITARY TRIBUNAL and refused any and all benefits that are afforded officers at retirement.

End of Discussion !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You can take that to the bank !

CNN captures the destruction of the Gulf Waters (click title to entry - thank you)

Wind power fails no more than 2% of the time and the power grid makes up for that.  There is no reason not to power the USA with completely benign power.



I don't recognize any viable answer by the Petroleum Industry in this investigation report.  The emulsifier is everywhere carrying oil with it.  There is a huge destruction of viable life in the Gulf yet to be realized. 

The oil is toxic.  We know it is toxic.  There is no way any tourism can occur in those waters and it keeps spreading.

The fisheries are contmainated and those fish cannot be relied on for a food source.  The FDA is going to have to test any fish that comes out of those waters to determine the level of toxicity in their meat.  The toxins will build up over time.  The fish being harvested out of the Gulf now have minimal exposure to these toxins, but, no different than the Great Lakes, the fish being hatched (if any) will absorb more and more toxins than their parents.

The Gulf is a toxic waste pool dedicated to harvesting petroleum.  The Petroleum Industry could not care about any of it. 

It is one thing to clean up a contained spill of oil.  It is quite something else to 'live with' floating chemicals that never end.

I have a solution. 

We do not need 'too big to fail' in any industry. 

Independent, small businesses don't do this.  Large corporate entities that have too much distance from product to consumer do this.  Large corporations are too depersonalized from 'real values' to allow them to continue.

How many small, responsible rig operators would exist if corporate petroleum companies were banned from engaging any drilling process ever again off the USA shorelines?  And if they didn't exist, what have we really lost?  Nothing. 

Put, them out of business and stop pandering to an industry that doesn't care about life so much as profits.  Wind, solar and electric vehicles.

We can start by boycotting BP.  Stop their illegitmate practices. 

Incredible dedication to their viewers.  Thank you, CNN.  I learned all I needed to know.

No, no, no, no, no. There is PLENTY of blame to go around, especially, to Republicans. Louisiana has always put Wall Street first and citizens last. This should not be a surprise to Jindal.

The tragedy that has now destroyed the Gulf Coastline and entered the global circulation is very clear.

The Republicans, under George Walker Bush, departed from recognizing Human Induced Global Warming as a reality, never developed alternative energies ENOUGH to replace oil and gas, threw abandon to the regulation of the Petroleum Industry, sold oil and gas rights to the Petroleum companies BEFORE they ever researched their technology at one mile down.

This is NOT about any response in an ocean of water that is too turbulent to control, this IS however, about the policies of Republcian legislators at all levels including State govenrments that don't care about the Small Business Owner of a fishery and lends only LOYALTY to the Wall Street polluters that don't care about anything except their profits.

This cataclysmic event didn't happen since January 20th of 2009.  It was a disaster waiting to happen no different than the indulgences of the Republicans of the Wall Street Banks, since the years of Bush and Cheney.  Those leases were sold before 2009.

The only thing that is going to end this, is a set of torpedo strikes to close the rupture.

The Republicans have held a majority for far too long and all these problems are a DIRECT result of their polices.  Direct result. 

If Jindal wants to blame anyone, he can start by looking straight at his favorate mirror and realize he never had enough concern to even EXPLORE the potential for this to happen.  He is directly to blame along with a host of others.  The well being of the people of Louisiana should be his primary concern, not the bottom line of the Petroleum Industry.  He has destroyed his tax base both from fisheries and oil.  He did.  He, the Republican Governor that never cared to realize this potential is responsible.  It is time for them all to say so. 

End of discussion.

Release date: 06 June 2007 \

OUSTON, TX BP Exploration & Production Inc. (NYSE: BP) announced today a hydrocarbon discovery in an exploration well that tested its Isabela prospect in the Gulf of Mexico. The well is located on Mississippi Canyon Block 562 in approximately 6,500 feet of water, about 150 miles southeast of New Orleans. Isabela was drilled to a total depth of approximately 19,100 feet into Miocene era sands.

“Isabela is an excellent addition to our portfolio of discoveries in the Gulf of Mexico” said Dave Rainey, BP’s Vice President of Gulf of Mexico Exploration. “It will likely be tied back to our Na Kika production platform, helping to maximize the value of that infrastructure.”

The well is operated by BP Exploration & Production Inc. with a 67% working interest and is co-owned by Noble Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NBL) with a 33% working interest. The lease was acquired at federal OCS Lease Sale 169 in March, 1998....

http://www.bp.com/genericarticle.do?categoryId=2012968&contentId=7034320


Tweets.  Jindal's answer to preparedness is 'tweets.'

Louisiana State Preparedness Office Reaches Out & Thanks Its Oil Spill Response ‘Tweeps’
May 11th, 2010
I just wanted to mention something quickly, which I thought was a nice – albeit small – touch. The Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness has a Twitter feed @GOHSEP which has been very active during the oil spill response. It has been distributing a lot of spill-related information for the public, and has asked its ‘tweeps’ to retweet their announcements. What I found striking is that GOHSEP has been thanking each person who did so by mentioning their Twitter name on its feed....


http://incaseofemergencyblog.com/2010/05/11/louisiana-state-preparedness-office-reaches-out-thanks-its-oil-spill-response-tweeps/
 

It is at least the equivalent of having Reilly on a commission to bring about insight, preparedness and justice.
 
A joke. 

The response by industry and government alike has been a joke on all levels.

The marine mammals have come to terms with the fact they can't swim through the Gulf and survive, so they are beaching exhausted. Very smart mammals.

A beached sperm whale lies in the surf near Port Aransas, Texas, on the U.S. Gulf Coast in 2008.

I am sure they figure they are at least alive and hoping some human will help them stay that way.  Can't even consider pushing them back into the Gulf Waters, now can you?  The only option is to transport them to the Atlantic side of Florida in hopes they will find their way out to sea.

...Right now between 1,400 and 1,660 sperm whales live year-round in the Gulf of Mexico, making up a distinct population from other Atlantic Ocean groups, in which males make yearly migrations....

David Janka of the conservation group WWF shows off an oil-stained glove after reaching into a hole on Eleanor Island in Alaska's Prince William Sound on February 6, 2009.


http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/03/photogalleries/exxon-valdez-anniversary/index.html
 
 
Dead Gulf Sperm Whales Hard to Tally
Some experts worry that the Gulf oil spill could be as damaging to sperm whales as the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill was to killer whales in Alaska's Prince William Sound....

Well, you know they are headed for extinction anyway, so why bother.  With BP, Transocean and Halliburton helping they can be pushed over the edge easier.  Drill here, Drill now.  Is the second BP hole nearly ready, because, I am expecting the methane to blow sky high like the first one and we'll have two human induced oil seeps instead of one.

...Even now, that killer whale population has yet to recover and will likely go extinct in a few decades, Matkin said....

The States and Federal Government have no control over BP? I know why not appoint a commission with Bush Oil Czar on it?

Terrance Castle of Houma, La., wipes off sweat while cleaning up the oil on a beach near ElmerÂ’s Island, La. BP hired workers to clean beaches in southern Louisiana, where oil is 2 inches thick in some places. (Carolyn Cole, Los Angeles Times / May 22, 2010)


...Reporting from Los Angeles (click title to entry - thank you) and Elmer’sBP has rebuffed demands from government officials and environmentalists to use a less-toxic dispersant to break up the oil from its massive offshore spill, saying that the chemical product it is now using continues to be "the best option for subsea application."...


The state governments and EPA Secretary Lisa Jackson have lost all authority to stop the plutocracy of Wall Street.  Polluting the USA waters and coastal communities is now licensed.

 
...US President Barack Obama has named the men charged with investigating the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Former Florida senator Bob Graham and former Environmental Protection Agency administrator William K Reilly will lead the presidential commission panel.
Graham, a Democrat, is a former Florida governor and senator Reilly ran the EPA under Republican president George W Bush. His tenure included the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska....

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-oil-spill-20100523,0,907236.story

"Morning Papers" - Its Origins

The Rooster

"Okeydoke"

I'll be back later, but, here is a puzzle.

Which is the Democrat and which is the Republican ?