I saw this-


BP has not capped the well because they are terrified of a problem they have not yet discussed in public. Namely that the rig explosion cracked and damaged the sea floor around the well head, and that besides the broken pipe there are other, more fragile leaks of oil coming up from the sea floor itself. This is why they are so cagey with information, and why they are keeping everyone not directly involved with the repair out of the area.

They have not capped the well because they are afraid if that if they totally capped the pipe closed, the pressure would back up into the damaged well bore and cause a blow out of the damaged sea floor around the well head.

This would be a much much MUCH bigger disaster than what is happening now; with little or no hope of us being able to control it. They are purposely letting the leak run in order to keep the pressure low in the well and minimize any further pressure damage to the well bore. A 20 inch pipe leaking into a containment cap is much better than a 75 foot wide crack or hole in the sea floor rocketing an enormous unstoppable geyser of oil into the Gulf. If that happens, it's goodbye Charlie. The Gulf would be overwhelmed in a short period. They have to do this, no matter how frustrating it is. This is also why they are capping it in increments, so they can carefully observe what each change in well pressure does to the damaged area. This is why it was unacceptable when the first cap iced over, because it was blocking the oil flow, and again the pressure would back up into the well and might cause a catastrophic sea floor blow out.

When viewed in this context, what they are doing makes sense. They are trying their best to avoid the worst case scenario, and it definitely can get worse than what is happening now. They are not letting the pipe leak just for their health or negligence, or for financial gain.

Barack Obama did not cause this, and he is trying as much as possible to stay out of their way so that they can think and work without government hassle in order to try and get this extremely dangerous situation under control. The US government is not an oil company and does not have the expertise to handle this, although it's obvious BP doesn't really have it either.

There is a distinct possibility that if the government shoved their hand in there to get things going, it would end up making it far worse. What is happening now is a disaster. If the sea floor blew out at 5,000 feet, it would be a holocaust.

they wont just come out and say it because it would cause a panic...

Some Guy wrote on Jun 28^th, 2010 at 6:51am:


I'm no expert on this, but I see a problem with this theory.

First off, the explosion and resulting fire caused the rig to sink and that's what damaged the pipe from the sea floor.
The pipe was damaged when it seperated from the rig several hours after the explosion.

It's also my understanding that this oil field lies several hundred, perhaps thousands of feet below the sea floor.

I can imagine the weight of a sinking rig pulling on that pipe and the resulting damage to the immediate area on the sea floor, but to think that it could cause damage several hundred or thousand feet below the sea floor in a way this article describes seems a bit outlandish.

I'd like to know who wrote & published this article.  

i found this...

http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2010/06/guest-post-bp-official-admits-to-damage-b...

I read that blog... it would explain why just pinching and sealing the pipe didn't work... imagine a garden hose, with lots of holes, you turn on the hose, you don't see alot of the holes, you stop the flow at the end of the hose, and water comes out all over... Let's remember, how much BP lied from the begining, they need to make arrests starting with Hayward.

Hey! We get a visit from our Vice President today!

I wonder who he is going to call a "smart ass" today? Better not let him get close to Billy Nungesser!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRUj7fDohdo

Edith Grove wrote on Jun 28^th, 2010 at 6:50pm:


Type in asshole and he should pop up as well..........

gimmekeef wrote on Jun 29^th, 2010 at 7:01am:

postin above the rim

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Jun 29^th, 2010 at 1:39pm:

How has GW been insensitive in this issue SCL?  Me thinks you have a touch of "Blame Bush" syndrome which is
so associated with the present administration.  I would find the definition to fit this administration more.
After all, it's been over 70 days the poor people of the gulf have been held hostage by President Inaction, The
Observer in Chief.  This debacle will sink the ever cautious lawyer president quicker than Monica went down on Clinton.
I always like to think the glass is 1/2 full, there's still time for him to rescue this, however, with each passing day of in-action,
it gets tougher.

This is some of the saddest shit i have heard yet about this mess:

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/06/23/bp-burning-sea-turtles-alive-says-gulf...

I saw this shit, it just keeps getting stranger.


Gulf state emergency preparedness agencies confirm mass evacuation plans
Wayne Madsen Report – June 28, 2010

A well-placed source in California told WMR that the California Emergency Management Agency (CEMA) has been briefed by its counterpart agencies in the Gulf coast states that there are plans to conduct a mass evacuation of millions of Gulf coast residents due to the catastrophic environmental and public health effects of the BP oil disaster.

CEMA officials have been briefed on the planned evacuations by counterparts in the Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, the Alabama Emergency Management Agency, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, and the Florida Division of Emergency Management.

The Gulf states’ emergency planners stressed to their California counterparts that they are dealing with a disaster of unprecedented proportions and that contingency plans are being constantly updated and revised on ways to deal with the transformation of the Gulf of Mexico into a deadly “toxic soup” of oil and Corexit 9500 oil dispersants and the atmosphere into a dangerous mixture of hydrocarbon gases.

CEMA was briefed on the impending mass evacuation since California would be expected to absorb a large number of evacuees from the Gulf states . CEMA officials did not say how the state of California , which is virtually bankrupt, would pay for the influx of hundreds of thousands and perhaps greater numbers of evacuees from the Gulf coastal region.

Here is a taste of one future presidential candidate in action.

Following in others' grand tradition of demonstrating gaps in knowledge while addressing a university, Sarah Palin told a crowd at a fundraiser at California State University in Stanislaus last weekend that Ronald Reagan, personal hero and inspiration, was a California college graduate. She told the cheering crowd: "This is Reagan country, and perhaps it was destiny that the man who went to California's Eureka College would become so woven within and interlinked to the Golden State."

There's just one problem here: Reagan went to Eureka College in Illinois from 1928 to 1932, the Alaska Dispatch reports. He didn't move to California until five years after his graduation. There's no Eureka College in California (though there's a town of Eureka that has a College of the Redwoods nearby).

Immediately after her speech, a live microphone caught voices in the press area trashing the former Alaska governor, Mediate reported. "The dumbness doesn’t just come from soundbites," one complained. The Fox affiliate owned the microphone but says their reporters did not make the comments.

Meanwhile, the Associated Press reports on a more serious recent mistake of Palin's political organization. Administrators for her legal defense fund accidentally sent out a rough draft of an email to thousands of supporters that falsely claimed she faced "millions of dollars" in legal fees because of "frivolous" ethics suits against her. The corrected version of the email said the fees numbered in the hundreds of thousands, not millions.



Critics say several more claims in the email were not true. The email said 26 of 27 ethics violations against Palin were dismissed outright, which is false: Three moved into the investigative phase. One inquiry resulted in a cash settlement; another found that ethics had been abridged but declined to recommend legal proceedings because the charge involved the dismissal of the head of the Alaska state trooper force, who was an at-will employee of the governor.

The email also alleged that the Democratic National Committee created a website whose goal is to keep Palin out of public office — a charge that the organization says is untrue.

Last week, the earlier incarnation of Palin's defense fund was ruled illegal because it used the word "official." The decision forced the fund's administrators to pay back the $400,000 in donations they raised, and to launch the newer version of the fund.

Drill baby drill

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Jun 29^th, 2010 at 10:49pm:



Keith Richards!!!