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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:00 AM Original message |
White House Allowed BP to Keep Video of Gushing Pipe from Public for Three Weeks |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
1. guess the oil barons are steady standing on White House necks |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
2. Well, now, that's a surprise! |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. yeah, the transparency is making me swoon. |
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robinblue (385 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 07:04 AM Response to Reply #3 |
61. LOL |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
4. and the beat goes on.... |
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Nite Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
5. Change we can't believe in. |
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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
6. We are not intelligent enough to understand this five-dimensional chess game |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
7. Government of, by, and for The Corporation |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 09:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
30. Nations? What is the 'nations' of which you speak? |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 12:59 AM Response to Reply #7 |
46. +1000 |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
8. It's things like this that really, really |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:19 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. why would you miss Bush? lots of the same policies are in place |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:31 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I'm delighted |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:35 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. the old canard |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 12:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
83. with you there |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 06:47 AM Response to Reply #8 |
55. I guess you don't really have anything to say, then |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
9. It really does make some sense, |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:35 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. W? Is that you? |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:39 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Nope. It's me, a liberal Democrat. |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:56 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Sorry, but the 'not the time to point fingers and assign blame' is pure Obama admin. |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 06:42 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. That's exactly what I was saying. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 07:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. "some people" |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
11. delete, because ahh fuck it. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
14. "hide its video feed of a gushing oil pipe in the Gulf of Mexico from the public for three weeks" |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:41 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Nonsense is right. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 06:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Says everything about that person and |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 12:26 AM Response to Reply #14 |
45. John Solomon told Brian Ross that the tape was |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 07:28 AM Response to Reply #14 |
66. what is "nonsense" about it? |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
18. K&R and told experts not to come |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
19. BP Releases Oil Spill Video After Pressure From White House and Media |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 06:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Oh, no the fuck wonder..it's freakin' liar dog lake. |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 06:54 AM Response to Reply #24 |
57. "liar"? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 07:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Evidently the "pressure" to release was May 12, how does that contradict the original story? |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 09:28 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Why because the blog entry is from the 12th ? |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 07:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. You mean fdl is full of shit? |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 07:14 AM Response to Reply #27 |
63. the WH did nothing for 23 days except "refer reporters to BP" |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 07:53 AM Response to Reply #27 |
70. #19 links to ABC, not FDL. |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 09:24 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. Sigh and so another hit piece is posted at DU and people buy into it |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:15 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Please note- it's the same small number of DU'ers who do this. Time and time again. |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 02:00 AM Response to Reply #34 |
53. Abso-damned-lutely. But apprently, none of us are supposed to notice. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 06:34 AM Response to Reply #34 |
54. This is growing really tiring |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 07:00 AM Response to Reply #34 |
59. I notice you haven't offered any evidence to refute the facts in the article |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 07:08 AM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Have you learned to expect anything different |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 07:22 AM Response to Reply #62 |
64. ... |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 07:30 AM Response to Reply #64 |
67. Yep |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 01:12 AM Response to Reply #32 |
50. the blog post at the link does not contradict the OP at all... |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 06:58 AM Response to Reply #32 |
58. a "hit piece"--as though somebody's ONLY goal is just to dig dirt for no reason |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 08:20 AM Response to Reply #32 |
72. Ahhh, the Ministry of Truth has spoken |
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BakedAtAMileHigh (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 08:32 AM Response to Reply #72 |
74. I've heard that choco-rations are increasing as well! |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 08:40 AM Response to Reply #72 |
75. LOL... Yep... |
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BakedAtAMileHigh (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 08:29 AM Response to Reply #32 |
73. sigh - some people toe the party line no matter what the truth |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 01:00 AM Response to Reply #19 |
47. straight from a WH talking point |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 01:59 AM Response to Reply #19 |
52. Thank you. The determination by some folks to continuously portray this President as a failure |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 01:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
86. 23 days after the fact. And what excuse was there for keeping the footage |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
20. why doesn't abc's brian ross investigate cheney's role in fucking up the gulf? |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
28. Oil is good for fish. Relax |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 06:50 AM Response to Reply #28 |
56. Spot on |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
29. We know the petroleum mafia owned at least three of the last five Presidents. |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
31. Nothing changes |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
35. KFMBBI |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
36. White House Allowed BP to Keep Video of Gushing Pipe from Public for Three Weeks |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:29 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. The behavior is starting to come to a point |
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LARED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:29 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Strange language |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:29 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. It certainly has the power to seize the tapes as part of the ongoing investigation and release them |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:29 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. BP Releases Oil Spill Video After Pressure From White House and Media |
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jezebel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:29 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. No it's not funny, it's pitiful. nt |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:29 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Unbelievable. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:29 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. dupe |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:29 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. Perception Management |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
48. they may as well just weave a giant rug and sweep all the oil under it |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
49. Transparency You Can Believe In |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
51. could be 60,000 barrels a day |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 07:03 AM Response to Original message |
60. remember that whopper about "no lobbyists would be employed by this admin"? |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 08:51 AM Response to Reply #60 |
76. You don't need lobbyists when it is a government of, and by, the industry |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
65. maybe they were trying to protect local business owners? |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 07:38 AM Response to Reply #65 |
68. That is kind of silly |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
69. This is 'transparency?' |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
71. Protect the industry at all cost, and Obama's offshore drilling policy |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
77. What makes this video more damning than anything else we've seen? |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 11:20 AM Response to Reply #77 |
78. if you've read the news, scientists do have ways to estimate the flow |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 11:26 AM Response to Reply #78 |
79. I read the news |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
80. Original Headline: "BP Releases Oil Spill Video After Pressure From White House and Media" |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 11:47 AM Response to Reply #80 |
81. that link does not contradict the OP at all; |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 11:54 AM Response to Reply #81 |
82. Actually, it does quite well. The original story reported by ABC says the WH pressured BP |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
84. Then there ws this |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 01:42 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. as if the WH was powerless to get the video! do you realize what you're saying? |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 08:44 PM Response to Reply #85 |
88. previous admins |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
87. Obama "angry"? |
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