I wonder what we are seeing in that leak cam? Is it a light crude , heavy crude, how much of it is the gases that come out with the oil. I guessing BP knows what all these were before they decided to make it a production well so are there estimates the ones to trust.

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The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.

Thomas Jefferson

Looks like plan B, or is it C? with sawing off the pipe didn't work. The saw got stuck before it cut through the pipe.

BP reported 20 BILLION in profits for the 1st quarter of 2010. Looks like they can afford to clean up the mess.

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I'm no expert but build a super massive containment dome, one much bigger than they build before and siphon the oil.

This leak is devastating and we are yet to see the full consequences.

Yeah...I'm hearing all kinds of threats of civil and criminal charges against BP, but I'm guessing that it's gonna take a lot more engineering to get to the real root of this problem.

Bluefin tuna — so desired by sushi devotees that a single giant fish fetches thousands of dollars — are believed to spawn off the United States only in the Gulf and mostly during April and May. This year, both coincided with the worst oil spill in the nation’s history.

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Just Obama talking tough, he thinks he's Wen Jiabao. There will be fines and civil actions.

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The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.

Thomas Jefferson

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/201 ... imina.html

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Being able to play and enjoy music is a gift that's often taken for granted.

Don't leave home without it!

LOL, my dad is a retired navy saturation diver and the deepest he has gone is 1,00 feet, and saturation divers dive the deepest.

the max scuba divers can go is around 700 feet if they are really good and have the right equipment.

i live in Pensacola, Florida and they say the oil will hit here today or tomorrow.
we wont be able to use our boat all summer, my dad is pissed.

Pelosi would make a good plug for it. Just Sayin............. Mike

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if there is enough room maybe biden and obama too

Wait until you go to buy fresh seafood.

Without turning this into a political issue, yes, the President and Rep Markey are threatening legal action, but wouldn't anyone in their positions?

The bottom line is a two way street now -

- Fixing the leak and the cleanup

- Filing charges against BP to pay for this.

And sure...many more questions like will the 'out-of-work' fishermen be reimbursed for their losses...and many more people from actors to scientists to home inventors calling BP with ideas/solutions to fix the problem.

You've probably seen many of them on YouTube?

I just watched a newscast showing a team out off 7 miles past Pensacola with nets that were lifting heavy globs of oil to show the effect that this could mean when it does make landfall.

Latest Bloomberg news mentions that this could conceivably last
until Christmas!!!

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-0 ... nario.html

The bottom line is to get this leak fixed and the cleanup done asap...whether that happens or not will affect almost everyone in the world in some form or another.

Let's hope that BP is listening to the many suggestions pouring in
and maybe...just maybe...one of them will work!

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Being able to play and enjoy music is a gift that's often taken for granted.

Don't leave home without it!

I lived on NAS Pensacola for about 9 months some years back while I was at tech school. Beautiful beaches and area you have around there. Shame to see it destroyed by the oil. I need to make another trip down there, have some friends that moved down about an hour away, towards Mobile.

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CNN reporter John Roberts suggested last week, “Drill a hole, drop a nuke in, and seal up the well.’’

I don't think the US likes that idea.

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I would think just concussion of one being detonated off the ocean floor would cave it in on itself. The U.S. had a 51 pound anti personnel Nuke (MK54) in the inventory for a long time, I'm sure there is a few still around. It was a variable yield weapon from 10 ton yield up.

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Thomas Jefferson

There's a lot of political angst here ...

just thought i'd lighten it up a bit... Its a little outdated because it was for the election time but its still fun.

Enjoy!



http://www.atom.com/fun_games/kung_fu_election/


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