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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:41 PM Original message |
Fucking Great... BP Leak - If 'Top Hat' Doesn't Work, They're Gonna Try 'Junk Shot' !!! |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. So... damned if you do, damned if you don't? |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. Is BP using some drunken frat party for its think tank? |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Truly High-Tech Shit Huh ??? |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 10:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. so, what is BP paying for old golf balls and tire parts these days? |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 05:38 AM Response to Reply #2 |
31. This Junk Shot 'idea' has the peculiar ring of Republicon Family Values |
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Democrats_win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. LOL! You do know that if they had done the job right in the first place.... |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
4. How long before they ask Sonny Perdue to fly over and lead a Pray to Stop the Oil session? |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
6. The most frightening idea, IMO, is cutting the pipe. |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 10:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. Maybe they need to try a hair plug |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
8. They have no idea how to stop this except two solutions |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 10:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I don't quite grasp how the nuke bomb thing works to stop a leak |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 10:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I'm not sure exactly how it works either |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 10:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Maybe I'm just tired, but it sounds like the ultimate Whack A Mole game |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 10:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Meh |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:11 AM Response to Reply #10 |
33. I wondered that myself, then thought that maybe |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 04:38 AM Response to Reply #8 |
28. I think BP is bailing on the hope of locking it down and secretly moving out. |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
9. The "junk shot" sounds like a huge crapshoot |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 10:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. "Ball shot" didn't have the same ring. |
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The Damned (284 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 05:08 AM Response to Reply #14 |
29. Next up: Cumshot! |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
11. Can't Chuck Norris just kick the thing closed? |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 10:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. We'd Have To Put Him 5,000 Feet Underwater To Find Out... |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 10:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Mebbe we could get Hannity to cover it live? |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 01:10 AM Response to Reply #13 |
26. No, we'd have to put 5,000 ft of water on him. nt |
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Monk06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
19. What could possibly go wrong with that idea ....... |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
20. You would have thought they would have done these studies BEFORE drilling??????? |
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ultracase24 (72 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
21. Kind of like shooting a nerf gun into a full blast firehose |
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CLANG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
22. "the chance that the junk shot would make the situation worse was "really, really remote." |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
23. I'm still wondering why they haven't tried fresh water or liquid nitrogen injection |
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Ex Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 04:00 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. I think the most likely consequence of enough liquid nitrogen to have any effect at all. |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 07:17 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. i've seen those |
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stuball111 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
24. Fact is, they never have "plans"... |
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BrightKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 01:07 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. It is cheaper to operate to failure and deal with it after |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:02 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Well, that is true, IF the bad planners would ever have to assume full $$ responsibility |
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chillspike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 05:29 AM Response to Original message |
30. THIS is the industry that claimed... |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
34. Dog hair is included in that too. |
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