Why is Health Care Law feared by Wall Street?

Wellness in the USA is going to be scrutinized.  All forms of wellness are going to be scrutinzed, including, job related wellness.  OSHA's statistics are going to come into focus in a 'real way' to reduce accidents, injuries and all sorts of liability. 

Believe me, when Wall Street opposed the Health Care Law it wasn't simply to continue to exploit Medicare Advantage, it went far futher than that !

...After more than a year of intense debate followed by the passage of the national health-care reform bill in March, many people are anxious to see the landmark law's promised benefits.  (click title to entry - thank you)Fortunately, the wait is over for Alabama's small businesses. At a time when the communities around this state sorely need an economic boost, thousands of Alabama's small businesses are eligible for significant benefits.
For 2010, more than 50,000 Alabama small businesses with fewer than 25 employees are eligible for a tax credit to help pay the cost of providing employee health coverage, and nearly 16,000 of the state's smallest businesses, those with fewer than 10 workers, qualify for the maximum 35 percent credit. The maximum credit for non-profit small businesses, which already receive tax benefits due to their status, is 25 percent.
In all, approximately 88 percent of Alabama's small businesses with fewer than 25 employees are eligible for the credit. These figures are from a report recently released by the consumer health organization Families USA and the small business advocacy group Small Business Majority. Additionally, beginning in 2014, the maximum tax credit will rise to 50 percent for traditional small businesses and 35 percent for small non-profits, further buoying those businesses providing health coverage for their employees....

A Mosque Blooms at Ground Zero

“There should be no mosque near Ground Zero in New York so long as there are no churches or synagogues in Saudi Arabia,” Gingrich writes in a new blog post. “The time for double standards that allow Islamists to behave aggressively toward us while they demand our weakness and submission is over.”

http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2010/07/22/a-terrified-newt-gingrich-urges-america-to-abandon-its-principles/?cxntfid=blogs_jay_bookman_blog


More of the same spewing hate from the Republican Right Wing.  They will do anything to cater to 'any segment' of the electorate ready to believe they will find influence in the voter's booth.

...One of the notable things about the proposed Islamic center near Ground Zero (click title to entry - thank you) is something that has somehow gone largely unnoticed: In the neighborhood where it would sit, the opposition has been minimal. The local community board approved it overwhelmingly, and Ro Sheffe, chair of the board's financial district committee, tells me that "the vast majority of the people who live here are for it."
Why would that be? Partly because the group behind it already has a mosque in the area, which has caused no problems. Partly because New Yorkers are accustomed to religious and cultural diversity. And partly because the building would be open to the public--non-Muslims as well as Muslims.
The plan at this stage is for the prayer space to occupy only one floor of a 13-story building. The rest would house a swimming pool, a concert auditorium, a gymnasium, a child-care facility, a library, a culinary school and a restaurant. Scheffe says it will bear a strong resemblance to Manhattan's 92nd Street Y.
All this is welcome because the area has attracted a lot of new people, tripling the population in just 10 years. Having been a commercial area for centuries, Sheffe says, "It has none of the residential amenities that urban neighborhoods take for granted."...

Still cleaning up the "Brinkmanship" of Bush's "Axis of Evil" Speech.

Now that the allies are conducting war games, the LA Times is stating there are some South Koreans stating the sinking of the ship that was supposed to have prompted this assertion of alliance was misrepresented.  Fine.  Let there be more information coming forth, but, the sinking of that ship is sincerely irrelevant to the War Games currently being engaged. 

The Pacific Alliance has a right to show its strengths and find purpose in that alliance.  North Korea has played brinkmanship long enough with the nations of the Pacific and quite frankly with its own allies in Russia and China.  North Korea has shown little to know trust in any other nation, except, its own demands for weapons beyond what it should have obtained.  The technology North Korea has in relation to nuclear capacity is also related to Khan's escapades.

So, while media sources will try to discredit the USA military once again, there is no reason for it.  The USA has waited long enough to reassure South Korea and Japan of its loyalty.  These 'Games' are long overdue.

A large 4-day exercise involving U.S and South Korea forces is under way in the Sea of Japan.  (click title to entry - thank you)
It comes in response to the sinking of a South Korean warship, the Cheonan, four months ago. An international investigation blamed a North Korean torpedo attack for the incident.
The war games off the east coast of the Korean peninsula were called to send a strong message of deterrence to Pyongyang.
The joint military exercise is known as "Invincible Spirit." And while the forces of the United States and South Korea routinely conduct drills together, this war game is considered unprecedented in scope.
For the first time, the most advanced fighters of the U.S. Air Force are participating. They are the F-22 Raptors. U.S. officials say four of the stealth technology jets are taking part, along with nearly 200 other aircraft....

Character Assassination in a 15 Second News Cycle.

AFTER A REUNION OF MORE THAN 20 YEARS, Roger Spooner and Shirley Sherrod walk up from touring a small cabin Friday after their lunch. In between them in the background is Eloise Spooner.

It was a small miracle for Ms. Sherrod that the farmers she helped so long ago were still around at the age of 87 to tell the story.  I am sure the malicious blogger that tried to exploit 'innocense' considered that potential before he attempted to destroy the focus on the vicious religious bigotry by Sarah Palin only a short time before.

It's all fine and good this is turning out to be an interesting statement on racism in the USA as it exists today and through recent history. 

It is interesting that Ms. Sherrod saw through the problems with survival among the farmers in her community and realized 'socio-economic' dynamics were as much a part of racism and fiscal falure at all levels in the USA.

What is more interesting is that the vicisouness of the Right Wing Media really does pay off because no sooner did Mayor Bloomberg criticize the comments Sarah Palin made regarding a Mosque to be built in New York City did this 'DISTRACTION' manifest 'at all costs' to anything except the dominance of the Tea Party and the Republicans.  Probably in that order.

Basically, Ms. Sherrod needs to write a book.  She is correct.  The President and she come from different worlds.  His 'story' is somewhat different from the story of racism in the Deep South that occurred with her father.  The President's story is more inner city, but, just as victimizing without the violence.  There is no doubt to me President Obama was effected by his race, but, he also overcame it in a way from different than Ms. Sherrod has overcome her confrontation of racism in America.

While the stories of racism are important, this one isn't about racism exactly.  It is about the way the media has attempted to capture the 'escalated' news cycle because of Twitter and Steve Jobs in order to survive and how that 'frantic' pace has become 'the way of life of politics.' 

See, the Right Wing Media can 'get away' with defaming anyone these days so long as they can find a way to CYA and apologize.  They don't suffer consequences when everyone involved can then breath a sigh of relief when 'the truth' is FINALLY known.  What isn't addressed is that there remains 'a shadow myth' within the 'mind think' of the political theater that was 'spun' by 'Rumpelskitskin' Gold through the 'trauma bond' with media clout.

This story about the Spooners and Ms. Sherrod while endearing is not the 'real story,' nor was it the 'tenor' of the 'culture' before the story was released for 'infotainment.'  The story was that the NAACP stated the Tea Party had racist elements and they need to rein in that aspect of their 'focus.' 

Well, guess what?  This story only proves beyond a shadow of a doubt EXACTLY how racist those elements are, Uncle Tom or no Uncle Tom.

It's Sunday Night

"Indifference" by Pearl Jam

I will light the match this mornin', so I won't be alone

Watch as she lies silent, for soon light will be gone
Oh, I will stand arms outstretched, pretend I'm free to roam
Oh, I will make my way, through, one more day in Hell...
How much difference does it make
How much difference does it make, yeah...


I will hold the candle till it burns up my arm
Oh, I'll keep takin' punches until their will grows tired
Oh, I will stare the sun down until my eyes go blind
Hey, I won't change direction, and I won't change my mind
How much difference does it make
Mmm, how much difference does it make...how much difference...


I'll swallow poison, until I grow immune
I will scream my lungs out till it fills this room
How much difference
How much difference
How much difference does it make
How much difference does it make

BMI is a good place to start. It will prove out over time if there are individuals that do not benefit from following their BMI.

Body Mass Index (BMI) is a number calculated from a person's weight and height. BMI provides a reliable indicator of body fatness for most people and is used to screen for weight categories that may lead to health problems....(click title to entry - thank you)

It's Saturday Nigh

I'll cover topics tomorrow night.  I believe CNN has done excellant work regarding the race issue that has resulted this week.  I find Ms. Sherrod's story absolutely incredible.  She is such a wonderful example of the Civil Rights Movement and how it has transended generations of Americans and now it is still alive today though the Right Wing Republicans that will seek ruthlessly to derail a MORAL America.

Until tomorrow.

The USA does not need a 'full' Climate Bill. The Supreme Court has already given brevity to the power of the EPA to regulate.

All the other 'stuff' that was being considered like "Carbon Credits" is not really necessary. I doubt seriously (In its initial form.) Carbon Credits would do anything except increase consumer costs. 

The USA Supreme Court has already provided power to the EPA to regulate Greenhouse Gases.  There is every indiction Secretary Jackson is providing methods to do exactly that.

The other 'fluff' in the bill such as 'Natural Gas Vehicles' is simply to 'stroke the cronies' and there is no reason for it.  Such carbon dioxide emitting vehicles need to be viewed as an emergency measure to alternative types of transportation such as electric cars and mass transit. 

Ethanol is still a viable source of fuel for the USA, but, the 'export' of the ethanol is an issue and grossly limits the 'carbon reduction' character of the fuel.  However, ethanol is far safer than crude and methane. 

Offshore Oil Drilling has to be controlled and ultimately eliminated.  There just isn't any reason for the USA to continue to be this foolish.  We need an economy we can count on and the fisheries are a vital component to that.  If the USA hasn't got an autonomous food source in its fisheries then it is a National Security Issue.  That can't be allowed any longer. 

The USA has to stabilize its economy and expand its tax base so future generations have a strong 'spring board' for their economies.  A wider tax base means the 'average' tax load for every American will be reduced and manageable.

The car emission standards of all the vehicles no matter there energy source has to be raised.  That means even though a Chevy Volt might have a sticker price of $30 thousand or more, it also means the cost of the 'fuel' to power it will be less and the long term value of the electric car will prove to be less after initial investment.

I believe the 'Climate Legislation' as it is known is 'on track' in a way that streamlines the responsiblity for Greenhouse Gases and keeps the cost of government down to enforce the regs.  I think we are doing fine.

On a Global Scale, Carbon Credits and Subsidies to countries that support vast tracks of rainforest and other carbon sinks such as Coral Reefs is still vital to bring Human Induced Global Warming and the Climate Crisis under control.  I also believe the USA has to create 'value' to carbon sinks within the USA.  The National Park Service and The USA Forest Service need a program to 'set aside' Heritage Forests. 

Heritage Forests are those similar to the Redwoods and the Old Growth Forests of the Northwest that harken back to 'the way things were' when the USA was first discovered and settled.  If the Grand Cypresses along the Southeast Coast were left alone, today we would have trees over 2000 to 2500 years old that were vital to steming the carbon dioxide pollution that currently exists.  Imagine having a tree over 2000 years old for your children to see and realize it was there before the time of Jesus Christ.  All that is gone and it is time to establish priorities to return 'Grand Forests' back to the American Landscape.

What is this unemployment mess all about anyway? Right? Basically, the USA has been robbed by Wall Street.

Back in the day when President Clinton was able to garner a surplus to our USA Treasury, we had a service economy.

But, I'd like to go back a litte further to make the point as to how the USA was literally robbed of its jobs and industrial sector by Wall Street.

Everyone has heard of 'the balance of power.'  What about the 'balance of trade?'

I am not discussing the bank bailout, that is simply pure unadulterated expolitation of the American Dream.  Actually, outsourcing lead to the exploitation of the USA's home ownership dilemma.  See, with a service economy, the Wall Street crowd was looking at the 'last run' at the 'profiteering' by Wall Street.  The 'capacity' of Americans to actually save, live and plan for the future was becoming deperately absent in this country's culture.  The history of outsouring goes back decades and I'll use the example of GM and Mexico to illustrate that point, but, it never really became a political issue until 2004 when it was an issue for more and more people under the Bush/Cheney White House. 

Let's start with Nixon and China.  It was a good thing to have diplomatic relations with China and to find ways to encourage a market based economic system with China, but, the way it was done was "W"rong.  I'll get back to that.  First Mexico and GM.

GM's CEO wanted to make more money.  Just that simply.  They had already cheapened the steel metal they were using to make cars and trucks that increased the 'rusting' to the consumer's dismay, so GM had to find another way to make more money and they targeted labor.  At the time GM employees were well paid with significant benefits.  The American Dream.  Work hard, save, buy a home, make the world better for your kids and retire with security for 'The Golden Years.'

That doesn't exist for many, many Americans and the generation that enjoyed that life style never wanted the USA in such economic disrepair for their children.  But, it happened didn't it.  At first it seemed as though it was mostly benign and something that happened to someone else.  But, as time went by and the corporations found out they could 'export' their labor to far, far cheaper labor markets WITHOUT REPERCUSSIONS, the movement of outsourcing grew.  Stockholders were happy. 

The one 'player' in all this that was completely absent was the USA government.

When an American looks at Mexico today, realizing how much of the economy was 'shipped' there, did it matter?  Did it matter that GM outsourced jobs to Mexico?  Did it matter to the Mexicans that now had American jobs?

No, it didn't matter.  GM moved operations to Mexico, not ot improve the poverty of Mexicans, they moved their operations there to improve their bottom line.  That is not only true with GM, but, every other corporation that initally built their empires in the USA, perfected their products and then 'moved on' to 'greener pastures.' 

One might ask, did the lifestyles of anyone along the way improve?  Did the lifestyles of Mexicans improve?  Did the lifestyles of Americans improve? 

Nope.  As a matter of fact, corporations like GM were just about as stupid as they come in 'planning' their market strategies, because, the countries they moved their operations to not only undermined the economies of the country that accepted the manufacturing into their borders, they were also demoralizing the 'buying ability' of the Americans they still 'counted on' to purchase their goods.

Got this, now?

When Nixon went to China to 'encourage' openness and peace, it was a good thing.  When China decided to open its borders to American companies to bring jobs to the people there, it was considered a good thing.  But, what in reality occurred was 'the draining' of 'the market place,' except for the 'cost' of the products that were being sold.  So, now that the manufacturing jobs of the USA were ouitsourced Americans faced the reality of having to maintain two and three jobs to replace the jobs they had before outsourcing.

The economy under H. W. Bush was tanking too.  His son, Neil, needed a 'bailout' in order to keep 'Silverado' afloat.  The USA Economy was already showing signs of collapse during Bush, Sr.'s Presidency.  The jobs that allowed the USA economy to flourish were disappearing and the economic engine the USA was used to started to slow and become sluggish.

President Clinton was elected and he went about stimulating the economy by 'pushing' the USA into the only economic venue it had left since the Capitalists robbed the manufacturing sector out of the country.  Under Clinton, the USA began to have a better 'trade balance' with other countries and the revenues into the Treasury were improving.  Families were still working more jobs, but, there were more jobs to be found.

Oh, yeah, Reaganomics.  There really was 'no such thing.'  What Reagan did was to DEREGULATE all the sectors of the economy, INCLUDING, natural resources.  No one has to be Einstein to do that.  Republicans were favored at the time because they were LOOKING as though the 'economic engine' was escalating in its ability to PROSPER. 

But, to get back to Clinton, what he did was to promote peace, stay out of wars and increase the service industries such as tourism.  Country's with citizens with 'disposable income' were now shopping for a good time in the USA.  Was the Clinton Service Economy 'enough' for the USA?  No.  It was enough while it was at peace, but, to increase major spending of any kind would cause deficit spending and increase the USA Debt.  What occurred as well, was a 'rolling back' of some social programs such as welfare.  It was replaced with 'Welfare to Work.'  Basically, under Clinton the USA was becoming lean and mean.  Its revenues were going up becuase of the increased 'good relations' with other nations, its pursuit of peace and its expenses were going down due to 'trimming' of the social programs. 

What Clinton did do was to return manufacturing to the USA.  It took eight years of 'positive' diplomacy to achieve a growing economy, but, the manufacturing sector was left fallow.  What Clinton was looking at was the 'surplus' and what to do with it to increase the USA economy without impacting burgeoning economies such as China and India.

Then came the year 2000.  The surplus was squandered and the USA was forced into war in a far away country called Afghanistan.  The economy of the USA was no different than under Clinton, except, in 2001 a bill was passed that would begin the exploitation of the 'working poor' that was always hoping to have a home.  The bill was accompanied by a few billion as an incentive for Wall Street to cooperate.  The tale goes on from there and the seven years of 'so called' economic growth in the USA was nothing more than deficit spending.  Why was that so invisible?  Why was the USA economy not really 'changing character' by returning manufacturing, but, appearing to be growing and expanding?  Because the government spending was blamed on two wars, one of which was unnecessary and one that could have been prevented.  "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in USA."  The housing industry was booming on 'faux credit' and a 'burgeoning collapse.'

Nothing had changed in the USA under Bush/Cheney, except, the Republican Raping of the RESIDUAL economic strength of the USA.  All the 'residual' monies of any kind were drained through legislation and/or economic desperation by every company and every Wall Street firm. 

Basically, by January 2009 the USA economy was DOA with two wars to fight and a national debt going through the roof.

The sad truth has resulted in a destroyed economy that provided Wall Street with billions of government money leaving Americans to 'figure it out' and 'remake their economy FROM SCRATCH.'

When President Obama took office he had a huge task in front of him, far worse than anything Former President Clinton had to face.  The USA was 'at peace' under Clinton, it had a good reputation and it was making in roads to a service economy.  The USA that President Obama inherited was simply 'empty' of any potential. 

The wars were really a 'no brainer.'  They were "W," except, for the potential of actually ending the terrorist network that attacked the USA on September 11, 2001.  THAT was something all Americans still wanted to do.  They wanted Bin Laden's head on a stick.  What no one KNEW, except perhaps, some intelligence agencies SOMEWHERE, that the Afghan Government was now in a power sharing agreement with the Taliban and the corruption that accompanied THAT TRUTH was profound.  What had transpired under Bush was complete collapse of the Karzai government except for its figure head Presient.

What the USA needed was a 'new economy' which would deliver jobs back to the people.  So, the NEW President Obama and majority Democratic House and Senate passed a 'Stimulus Bill.'  The Simulus Bill, however, was not to be exclusively a 'job stimulus' bill, it was a 'bailout bill' for most States of the Union.  The States were failing nearly as badly as the country.  So, the Stimulus Bill not only had to build a new economy, it had to bailout States by providing 'projects' to put people back to work.  WHAT WAS COMPLETELY UNEXEPCTED, was the number of jobs SAVED by the Stimulus Bill.  The States were failing so badly, they were about to cut jobs and put people on unemployment.  No one, and I mean no one, knew the very impoverished state of the USA economy when President Obama took office.

Once the Stimulus Bill 'hit' there was still sluggish recovery.  Somehow it didn't make sense still.  What wasn't 'factored' into the equation was the fact that the USA Industrial Sector was still missing in action.  So, when States and Cities began to make changes to a 'Green Economy' the HARDWARE of the Green Economy was being IMPORTED.  So, while the Stimulus was 'delivering' on a Green Economy, the spending was not COMPLETELY giving returns to the USA treasury. 

The equation the Obama White House was a good equation, except, it was not completely a USA equation.  To that end, it added to stability in other countries, but, at the same time any 'service economy' for the USA was mostly minimal.  The GLOBAL BANKING COLLAPSE had devasted every economy on Earth.  Not only that, but, countries that received the outsourced jobs from the USA, like China and India, were still paying 'dirt cheap' wages and the 'goods' were necessary to Americans that now were facing a life receiving unemployment while seeking jobs somewhere, anywhere doing something.

The manufacturing sector of the USA would not yet return.  There are glimmers of hope, such as the new Wind Turbine manufacturing in Michigan.  I believe they have four factories at this point.  BUT, Michigan had learned a hard lesson a long time ago and when the Green Economy began to become a reality about a decade ago, Michigan saw the opportunity and didn't turn from it.

The 'much needed' local economies the USA absolutely needed to return economic strength to its communities and States were slow to return.  Wall Street was not lending monies to small businesses.  The Obama White House had to work with the Small Business Administraiton to beging to provide the necessary loans to help small businesses to bring about stability to cities and States.  All this 'alarming' truth took monies and the USA Treasury would not yet see the likes of a building surplus.

Why the unemployment? 

BECAUSE.

Because if we are to return economic strength to the USA, a surplus to our treasury, we have to LITERALLY build it from the ground up.

Will it happen?

Are we Americans?  There is no such thing as a lazy American, just a determined one.  The Unemployment was the right thing to do and the health care legislation closes the donut hole in two years and begins to build a surplus by eliminating 'privatized' Wall Street Medicare Advantage. 

Does anyone ever believe 'lawyers' would ever set themselves up to be 'caught?'

On January 6, 2005 Colin Newman, an assistant in the White House counsels office, wrote to David Leitch stating, "Karl Rove stopped by to ask you (roughly quoting) 'how we planned to proceed regarding U.S. Attorneys, whether we were going to allow all to stay, request resignations from all and accept only some of them or selectively replace them, etc.'". The email was then forwarded to Kyle Sampson, chief of staff to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

In reply, Kyle Sampson, then Department of Justice counsel to Attorney General John Ashcroft, wrote that it would be "weird to ask them to leave before completing at least a 4-year term", that they "would like to replace 15–20 percent of the current U.S. Attorneys" and that the rest "are doing a great job, are loyal Bushies, etc." The White House at one time suggested that the plan for dismissals came from White House counsel Harriet Miers, who left the White House in January 2007 before the dismissal received public attention.

E-Mails Show Rove's Role in U.S. Attorney Firings


White House Says E-Mails Are Consistent With Its Original Statements on the Controversy

By JAN CRAWFORD GREENBURG

 March 15, 2007

New unreleased e-mails from top administration officials show that the idea of firing all 93 U.S. attorneys was raised by White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove in early January 2005, indicating Rove was more involved in the plan than the White House previously acknowledged. The e-mails also show how Alberto Gonzales discussed the idea of firing the attorneys en masse while he was still White House counsel -- weeks before he was confirmed as attorney general.
The e-mails put Rove at the epicenter of the imbroglio and raise questions about Gonzales' explanations of the matter.

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..."Evidence (click title to entry - thank you) did not demonstrate that any prosecutable criminal offense was committed with regard to the removal of David Iglesias," the Justice Department said in a letter to lawmakers Wednesday. "The investigative team also determined that the evidence did not warrant expanding the scope of the investigation beyond the removal of Iglesias."Prosecutors also said there was insufficient evidence to charge someone with lying to Congress or investigators....


Why do I get the idea that the current Justice Department is playing 'avoidance' politics with the former Bush White House?

The weather at Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska is (Crystal Wind Chime) hideous!

The Ward Hunt Ice Shelf in the Canadian arctic. File photo.


Photograph by: Denis Sarrazin/Center for Northern Studies/Handout/Reuters,


..."Arctic air temperatures were higher than normal, and Arctic sea ice continued to decline at a fast pace" last month, (click title to entry - thank you) the centre said in its July 6 report, adding that June also "saw the return of the Arctic dipole anomaly, an atmospheric pressure pattern that contributed to the record sea ice loss in 2007."...

Local Time: 3:20 PM AKDT (GMT -08)
Lat/Lon: 58.8° N 137.0° W
Elevation :: 33 feet
Temperature :: 57 Fahrenheit
Conditions :: Overcast
Humidity :: 82%
Dew Point :: 52 Fahrenheit
Wind :: 6 mph from the SW
Pressure :: 30.20 inches (Rising)
Visibility :: 10.0 miles
UV :: 2 out of 16
Clouds :: 3400 feet (Above Ground Level)

Ms. Shirley Sherrod has legal recourse against Breitbart and Murdoch and everyone in between.

Ms. Sherrod should be awarded her full retirement and the Agriculture Department needs to provide all benefits to her that would normally be awarded had this not been exploited by the media.  This isn't her issue.  Her record at the Department of Agriculture cannot express a termination that will effect her status in pursuing a productive and secure future.

Shirley Sherrod, the former Georgia State Director of Rural Development for the USDA, resigned on Monday after making racial remarks.

I have never seen such defamation of a person, a woman's character in my life.  What is the Secretary of Agriculture suppose to do?  HOPE the department isn't effected.  It already has been effected.

Ms. Sherrod needs a good civil rights attorney.

The Tea Party is racist.  Look at the religious bigotry leveled by Sarah Palin regarding a Mosque in New York CIty.

Look, a political party that wants to erase 200 years of Civil Rights in this country is definately racist.

They have viciously attacked prominent African Americans since President Obama was inaugurated.  This is no different than the Van Jones issue.  Who runs country?  Rupert Murdoch and their spin machine and those that fall into line to 'make a buck.' 
...Sherrod "kept us out of bankruptcy," said Eloise Spooner, 82. She and her husband Roger Sooner, who own a farm in Iron City, located in southwest Georgia, approached Sherrod in 1986 -- when she worked with the Georgia field office for the Federation of Southern Cooperative/Land Assistance Fund -- seeking assistance....

It is impossible to drill one mile down on a high content methane vat.

The crew of the Deepwater Horizon found pieces of seal because the methane was crystalizing them.  There is a chance the same thing will happen with the relief wells.  With the four risers operating and removing methane from the site where the relief well enters the well casing there is a 'chance' it might work.  There is also a chance it may not and the only option is a subterranian explosion that will seal the well.

This well is a high content methane well and while it spews a large amount at the well head when it is not restrained, that doesn't mean it maintains the same status when the oil and gas are NOT moving.  The only reason the well head doesn't freeze over without containment is because it is flowing to fast at a high pressure to create 'cohesive' ice 'masses,' only 'crystals.

I am dead serious about this.

The flange is leaking because the seal has either contracted due to freezing or crystalized as well. 

The gauge is increasing its reading 'slowly' because the ice is increasing in the 'the stack.' 

The vat is not diminished in its volume or capacity or pressure.  Accurate readings of the vat are inhibited by the methane hydrates.

The risers to the surface can be closed slowly once the relief well is in place and ready to deliver the concrete.  But, until that point the cap has to remain open and removing the methane from the well.  The oil is secondary in concern, it is the methane that has made this well dangerous and continues to do so.

I am very worried. The methane hydrates at the 'flange' IS DEFINATELY a leak of the stack.

It may be that the mechanism that is in place, "the stack," is frozen.  The reason the pressure may not be increasing is because it is frozen. The pressure as it is now might be increasing slowly as the ice inside the well bore increases and does not indicate there is more pressure because of the vat.

The GAUGES measuring the pressure may be 'inhibited' from delivering accuracy due to frozen hydrates.  There is definately a potential for inaccuracy in the readings.

THE VAT IS NOT DIMINISHED IN ITS CAPACITY.  NOT DEPLETED AT ALL.  The oil and gas previous to the closing of the new cap was just as significant as the first day this occurred.  The vat has plenty of pressure in it.  This is about ICE.

The issue is this, the four risers should be open, BUT, very slowly as to not explode the new cap AT THE FLANGE.  If there is a sudden movement of solid (ICE) through 'the stack' it could destroy it and we will be worse off than before.

The new cap has to remain a 'flow' to insure its integrity.  The ships will have to receive the oil to maintain a flow and not pollute the Gulf anymore than it currently has been effective.

There cannot be any further 'waiting' to this issue.  The pressure is a monster and it has its own dynamics.  There is a sea floor 'at risk' and there is a 'worse case' scenario that will yield NO RESOLVE to this disaster.  Considering the 'catastrophic' nature of this potential and 'real' outcome it is not prudent to 'play the odds.'  All and every precaution has to be taken and that cap HAS TO REMAIN functioning.  It has to be the 'vent' to the well when the relief wells are connected to the current well.  We do not need a more unstable sea floor.  We need to maintain the integrity of the well cap and that is not assured at this moment.  Not if there is methane ice (hydrates) at the flange.  If there was methane ice just happening haphazardly around the stack it would make sense the leak of methane was from another source and simply floating in the water and adhering to the stack.  BUT, it is completely obvious that the methane ice is 'at the flange.'  That is DEFINITIVE. 

There CANNOT be any guess work here and if there is an INCREMENTAL 'doubt' about anything there has to be decision making on the side of safety and integrity of the stack.  According to the BP reporting we are about a month away from relief well intervention.  That is where the 'target' is and the stack has to be intact and functioning when that occurs.  There is too much on the line to allow speculation of this well head and the stack.  We have to maintain a flow through the new cap to the risers and to the ships in order to INSURE the best outcome one month from now.

No more speculation.  That cap has to be opened and the flow returned to insure its integrity.   There is absolutely no logic to 'speculation.'  If there is not SOLID facts then the decisions is to return the flow to the cap.  This is NOT good decision making on the part of BP.

If there is any discussion of using a 'warming method' to the stack, it has to be approached with great caution as the stack may be filled with methane, even if that is in the form of hydrates.  This is a monster.  It simply is.

NO SPECULATION.  Either there are solid facts in the decision making process or the well cap remains open and risers carry the oil and methane to the surface.  It is completely imprudent to do anything else.  All surface exposure to the methane has to be taken as well to not repeat the explosion that caused this in the first place. 

Nothing like walking on eggshells now is there?

British Petroleum again evading 'the truth.' Oil Seep found near existing well head.

Matthew Weaver
guardian.co.uk,
Monday 19 July 2010 09.18 BST

...Admiral Thad Allen, who is in charge of the US government's response to the disaster, has written to BP demanding answers to "undetermined anomalies at the well head".
Allen ordered the company to provide a plan for reopening the well by 1am today (BST).
In a letter to the BP managing director, Bob Dudley, he said: "When seeps are detected, you are directed to marshal resources, quickly investigate, and report findings to the government in no more than four hours.
"I direct you to provide me a written procedure for opening the choke valve as quickly as possible without damaging the well should hydrocarbon seepage near the well head be confirmed."
BP has yet to respond to the letter. Shares in the oil company fell more than 5% following today's news after rallying on Friday amid initial reports of the cap's success....

BP needs to cooperate with the demands of the people of the USA, open the well head, begin capturing the oil and gas and continue to drill the relief wells.  It is nearly impossible to stop 8000+ psi.
 
The USA also needs to prepare for the possiblity of closing the well with a subterranian explosion.

I have a mission for USA citizens. Find one kind and good word per day to describe the President.

The difference between this President and the past Republican presidents is that he does NOT CALCULATE his every move 'when with his family' as if it were a POLITICAL EVENT.

He took his family on vacation in Maine.  You'll excuse me but where is there a reason to criticize President OBAMA for going to Maine?  He doesn't own land at Kennybunkport?  Is that the reason?

One might notice, it has been extremely hot in the southern USA and while that seems the quintessential place to promote 'good will' for vacation planning for the country, it is extremely hot in the southern end of the country.

Why is it that President Obama has to sustain a vacation that would be a disaster for his children.  There is nothing like coming home and having the wife and family say, "That was really a lousy time we had." 

President Obama went on a summer vacation with the family.  GET  OVER  IT.

Isn't he great.  He is a great Dad.

Oh, yeah, one other thing. There was a question about the fine BP is to pay.

The President was absolutely correct, it has to be calculated. You know if the media 'doesn't get it,' that isn't the President's fault.  I knew what he was saying as soon as he said it.

It goes like this:

When one looked at the picture of the rupture and the oil and gas spewing from it, one would notice a robotic arm, of sorts.  The arm was holding a device that was emitting 'white smoke' into the oil and gas stream.  No one noticed that?  No one said, "Hey, what is that mess about?"

No?

Where have the powers of observation gone? 

Oh, wait.  Keeping the public 'stupid' is good political philosophy.  That's right.  Manipulation is the key.

Well, this is how the calculation works.

The 'white smoke' was probably sea water being pumped out the 'three' holes.  The RATE of pumping is a KNOWN commodity.  Get it now?

No?

A known rate is measurable.  THAT 'known measurement' is used to gauge the 'stream of flow' surrounding it.  The rate of the oil and gas stream was significant.  It was so significant that it 'snuffed out' the 'KNOWN measurement' on many occassion.

Literally, Dr. Chu's staff could sit down with the video tape and at any given time, calculate the stream of oil and gas from the film while measuring its rate against the 'KNOWN.'

I doubt 'the fine' is first on the minds of people monitoring this event and making decisions.  But, I can understand how the Right Wing Media would consider that paramount to THEIR reality.  It is amazing the arrogance of that media.  This was a lot of hard work and design that went into that MOMENT of 'ending it' and they ask about the fine to BP.  What a bunch of jackasses.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

...BP and government officials decided to extend the integrity testing on the busted well in the Gulf of Mexico for another 24 hours, (click title to entry - thank you) National Incident Commander Thad Allen said Saturday in a statement.

Allen said the government ordered more monitoring of the area while the test continues, including doubling the seismic mapping runs over the well site....

I don't know how accurate this assessment is, but, it seems to me the cap has been influenced by 'submarine' technology.  It reminds me of a bulk head, scaled down,' as if it were torpedo doors of a submarine.

When the 'universal fitting' was placed.  The large brass collar.  I had an overwhelming view of a Navy influence in its design. 

Basically, the 'metal' replaces the two miles of Earth removed to make the hole.  It equalizes the force of the water, which at one mile down is about 2200 PSI, with the force of the oil and methane escaping from the vat.  The 'metal' and its design is the equivalent of the missing Earth. 

See, the oil industry has been focused on 'concrete' compliments of Halliburton to answer all its problems. 

"W"rong.

I hope the tests continue to go well and the best decisions are made. 

All my hopes.