Cries of Betrayal, Calls to Organize as Obama Approves Arctic Drilling

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36. A Stand By ship capable of "capping all leaks" does not exist.

The MOST any "Stand-By Ship" could have done in the BP Gulf disaster would be to remove the crew.
This is pure BS.

I spent many of my early years as a specialist Directional Drilling & Well Bore Survey in the oilfield.
I KNOW how it works.
This "Stand-By ship is nothing but political Window Dressing.

From shallow Blow Outs to deep water blowouts (like BP) to pipeline leaks,
there is NO "One Ship" solution to all of these,
and there was no "One Ship" magic solution to the BP disaster,
or they WOULD have used it.

Emergency ships for the BP disaster were On-Site within 24 hours (some within 4 hours) at the BP disaster.
Do you have ANY idea how long it would take for these ships to reach the Arctic?

Obama's decision to Open the Arctic for exploitation by the Oil Corporations is reckless,
and irresponsible for someone claiming to be "concerned" about pollution and Climate Change.

Wasn't Drill, Baby, Drill the campaign slogan for the Republicans in 2008?
Looks like we got a Drill, Baby, Drill President anyway.

Did we ever have a choice?
Will we have a choice in 2016?
...only if we can get Bernie elected.