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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 12:24 AM Original message |
Fishermen Report Illness From BP Chemicals |
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gimama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
1. K&R..it will effect EVERY ONE, 1 way or another. |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. yes - and I expect the US GOVT & the president to take full control over this immediately - it's the |
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gimama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 02:08 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Yes! WHY has that NOT happened yet?! |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 03:53 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Because legally, they can't |
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Myrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 08:06 AM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Executive Order? |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
63. Not really... territorial ocean laws trump any corporate law |
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Daemonaquila (413 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 08:27 AM Response to Reply #9 |
26. Oh, sure. Let's stop all the work and start fresh. |
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Yeahyeah (741 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:09 AM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Geepers,I couldn't tell that they were doing all that stuff."Heckuva job,BP!",says Daemonquila. |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:33 AM Response to Reply #26 |
48. What a load of shit. No, let's not remove anyone that knows anything about this. But, by all means |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:05 PM Response to Reply #26 |
64. Wow... be careful with the gigantic straw men there... |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:49 AM Response to Reply #5 |
37. This is not a natural disaster. BP has to pay for the clean-up. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:14 AM Response to Reply #37 |
45. Wasn't it the federal Congress who permitted them to perform such hazardous drilling in the first |
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freebrew (478 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:41 AM Response to Reply #37 |
49. This was no accident... |
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Kermitt Gribble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:49 AM Response to Reply #37 |
51. The US Govt needs to act NOW. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:19 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. If Obama takes charge, then the Republicans will accuse him of interfering |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:07 PM Response to Reply #55 |
65. So Obama must care first about what the GOP thinks or may say about him or his actions |
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Kermitt Gribble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 07:05 PM Response to Reply #55 |
69. Congratulations. That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. |
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lunasun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 08:20 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Even if the gulf was completely filled , a lot of Americans |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:48 AM Response to Reply #69 |
75. +1 |
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felinetta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:29 AM Response to Reply #5 |
41. I emailed the WH 2 days ago and said they better get these workers biohazard gear. BP will not |
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Mark D. (420 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 03:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
59. BP |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
2. BP used the dispersent BANNED in ENGLAND |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. A fact that deserves a thread of it's own. nt |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 07:00 AM Response to Reply #2 |
19. Did our EPA allow that? Where is the gov't? nt |
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Yeahyeah (741 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
30. Seems like an attack on our waters.Is anyone in charge here? |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 09:21 AM Response to Reply #30 |
78. Yes, the international corporatist BigOil machine is in charge |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
33. yes...please start a thread on this! |
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unapatriciated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:44 AM Response to Reply #2 |
50. I saw that too and was disappointed that he didn't name the CEO in question. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
67. Story about banned chemicals was posted in GD-P, and totally ignored |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 09:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
79. no doubt they dumped toxics on their hands that previously, they didn't know how to "disperse" |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
3. One month on and this occurs with those in closest proximity on the open sea. . . |
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thecrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
4. Very clever how BP "hired" the fishermen right off, too. |
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global1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 07:14 AM Response to Reply #4 |
21. Hire Them - Get Them To Use A Dispersant That Could Kill Them....... |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:14 AM Response to Reply #21 |
73. Yes, which is why the new "owner" wasn't allowed to implode the towers |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
6. "the Exxon Valdez Crud," was a real aliment |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 02:04 AM Response to Original message |
8. Riki Ott is doing great work |
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BelgianMadCow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 06:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
85. I read top quality info from her on dispersant / plumes in Belgian press |
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BelgianMadCow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 06:28 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. BEGS the question - and how many has been used? (really, not BPBSfigures) |
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gimama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 02:50 AM Response to Original message |
10. "So Arsenic is now in our food chain, right?" |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 03:32 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. yeah, real freakin great! arsenic in the Gulf! BP needs fined til they fold & the guys that |
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amerfayed (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:17 AM Response to Reply #11 |
46. not just the gulf... |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:10 AM Response to Original message |
13. Do those fishermen have boots? |
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jimlup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:28 AM Response to Original message |
14. Houston we have a problem! |
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Altoid_Cyclist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:55 AM Response to Original message |
15. But BP (Beyond Prosecution) assured us that the spill would only have a minor impact. |
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txwhitedove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:49 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. One U.S . Barrel equals 42 gallons, sooo..... |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
16. How do "they" plan to "clean" an oil slick that's more than 100 miles and several hundred |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 07:07 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. BP Bob sez... |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 06:54 AM Response to Original message |
18. Meanwhile Shell is about to start drilling off Alaska - this admin. doesn't get it yet. nt |
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voteearlyvoteoften (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
22. rec |
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Magleetis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
24. The government and BP |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
25. Someone mentioned the air quality after 9-11 |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
27. Not to defend BP. (I'm not). But this almost certainly refers to the oil itself. |
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Starckers (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:20 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Oil Spill |
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Oilwellian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:52 AM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Brilliant reply-NOT |
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Starckers (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 02:10 PM Response to Reply #38 |
58. Banned in England |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:11 PM Response to Reply #58 |
66. Indeed, the difference being that "banned" has a much stronger connotation than "not approved" |
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Oilwellian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:44 AM Response to Reply #27 |
36. Apparently you missed this paragraph in the article |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:49 AM Response to Reply #36 |
43. I didn't "miss" that at all. I think the reporter screwed it up. |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:44 AM Response to Reply #27 |
42. 'Chemicals used to clean up the spill' Read the article |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 09:25 AM Response to Reply #27 |
80. don't count on it---I don't trust them with their dispersant, & dispersants + oil= DISASTER |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
28. i'm getting more and more pissed |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 12:03 PM Response to Reply #28 |
52. A forceful President could do it |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 12:26 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. well, the president is who i wrote to today. |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
29. Hell these chemicals actually fried the brains of harbor seals and sea otters. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
34. Hitting mercury with a hammer... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
35. Hearings yesterday were discussing some of this . . . but . .. |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 09:27 AM Response to Reply #35 |
81. i won't be surprised if BP got rid of some years-old toxics they had on hand |
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louis-t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
39. The only solace I have right now? |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 09:47 AM Response to Reply #39 |
82. there's a boycott going on, see Facebook here |
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benld74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
40. Shoe Drop Number 3,,, ANOTHER ITEM THEY KNEW ABOUT!!! |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
44. Holy crap..... |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
47. Here's the MSDS for the corexit 9500 |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
54. followup 8 yrs later after Spain had large oil spill...genetic damage too |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
56. In a perfect world... |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
57. Notice something in common? Health insurance industry opposed health care reform, |
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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
60. It will get much much worse. It is gushing out..right now as your read this or ignore this, nt. |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
61. K&R |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
62. Kicked and recommended. |
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sandyj999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
68. What have we (humans) done? :( |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
71. Evidently, EPA approved a dispersant they're now worried about . . . and want BP to . . . |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
72. 1930s Oklahoma Dustbowl mass-migration: REDUX |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
74. they're carcinogenic, too; |
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Dear Maggie (268 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 07:00 AM Response to Original message |
76. What doctors should consider for sick 'gulf oil cleanup' workers |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
77. Why TF did the feds allow use of toxic dispersants on top of the toxic oil spill? |
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Dear Maggie (268 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 10:01 AM Response to Reply #77 |
83. a travesty |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 10:09 AM Response to Reply #83 |
84. Letter from Rep Markey to FDA re: Corexit (toxic dispersant used) |
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Dear Maggie (268 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-06-10 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
87. Worst component of dispersants is Anti-Freeze |
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