Rachel Maddow showed ineffective oil barriers put up by BP...by the miles...its obvious them cheap

[opihimoimoi]

band aids ain't working

WTF

They went cheap

Or, they went cheap intentionally.

Its so obvious them BP dudes got the cheapest on the market...barriers made for protected waters...up to 4 inches

of waves..not the 2 feet above sea level and 3 feet under water model....what? its not AVAILABLE???? OMG

[Scuba]

1. It was obvious from the beginning...

...that the booms were nothing more than window dressing to make it appear BP had taken steps to protect the environment. These things look like kids 'water wings' and are no more effective.

[opihimoimoi]

4. Amazing disregard of the environment and human society...the BPers are selfish arrogant profit

meisters...

[truedelphi]

2. If you have a moment, watch the video in my sig line,

That woman lays it all out - how IF it was done correctly, every single drop of oil could be contained.

But like you say, the BP "solution" was to use the flimsiest of the Booming material, and as Rachel pointed out tonight, those booms are not checked on by workers according to a schedule. So the smallest of waves allows the oil to penetrate the barriers.

[opihimoimoi]

3. Thisa is a case of Capitalism gone CHEAP for more profits less safety.....dispicable on BPs part

Fucking answer in booming 101 is awesome....lol

[truedelphi]

8. She is my new hero.

Shame that she has to remain "anonymous"

[opihimoimoi]

14. Mine too...its awesome

[cwydro]

5. k and r

[Mari333]

6. thank god someone is reporting it

its as tho they sent some BP underling to K mart and had him fill up a couple carts with Booms that were 20 percent off the price .

yes, thats how important the Ocean is to these creeps. not important at all.

[opihimoimoi]

7. Hey There Ole Timer::: LTNS,,,,,Rachel is doing it right...them BPers think like the nerd/geeks of

the worse kind...self interest and self centered....bad traits for Humans

as a result, we get cheap answers to the whole shebang


cheap BOP...cheap cement....cheap boomers, cheap concepts, and cheap attitude....

peace :o)

[blindpig]

9. They. Don't. Care. About. The Environment.

They only care about profits. Allowing BP to be in charge has allowed them to conduct this whole affair as an exercise in PR and liability control instead of what it is, ecocide and human tragedy.

Oh well, that's Capitalism for ya.

[Cal Carpenter]

11. Ain't that the truth

Of course it's inevitable right now to be pissed about BP and focusing on BP but it isn't as though they are exceptionally greedy or reckless in any way. It could have been one of a dozen corporations - it is the economic system itself that leads to this disaster. And it will lead to the next disaster as long as we rely on 'regulation' to save us. Cuz it doesn't work. And anytime it does work, it won't last. Count on it.

[upi402]

10. Maddow exposes the charades going on

every night.
:patriot:
Now MSNBC needs to replace the mid day news babes with Amy Goodman. Then they kick ass.

[opihimoimoi]

15. Maddow not letting them off the hook....she is tenacious....

[DirkGently]

12. The fruits of the unfettered free market

Protecting the environment isn't profitable, therefore corporations do it exactly to the degree they are forced to do it. Which, apparently, is pretty close to zero.

[opihimoimoi]

13. Howe Crude and Rude of them,,,they are all ZEROS....forget heros

[FLPanhandle]

16. and yet people still claim this administration is "in charge"

and doing everything possible.

I guess that means all this was approved by our government.