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Re: Comics | Ocryx and Joe - O&J PSA- You can Help

jenyum — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 11:41:55 -0700

Maybe I am Queen of the Universe and nobody told me. (I knew it! More »

Re: Comics | Ocryx and Joe - O&J PSA- You can Help

Thorax O'Tool — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:48:51 -0700

I'm pretty sure if you try to take oil right now out of the water, BP will have you arrested for theft. H2O or not, that oil is still worth $70/bbl. More »

Re: Comics | Ocryx and Joe - O&J PSA- You can Help

fredo — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:44:24 -0700

Declare all oil that escapes the well as unclaimed property-thorax Does this require a declaration? What's preventing companies from reclaiming the oil right now? More »

Re: Comics | Ocryx and Joe - O&J PSA- You can Help

Thorax O'Tool — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:17:58 -0700

Declare all oil that escapes the well as unclaimed property. If you can safely and effectively remove it, the oil yours. More »

Re: Comics | Ocryx and Joe - O&J PSA- You can Help

jenyum — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:09:54 -0700

What I would do if I were Queen of the Universe: I would socialize (Yeah, that's right, I said socialize.) the efforts, create an agency with a military/scientific structure (like NASA) to direct the clean up, keep BP on the relief well effort, on a short chain which would be held by a 4 store general with a no-nonsense disposition. While that is going on, the agency would direct the main force of its troops towards a massive boom, collection, and clean up effort, designed to prevent the oil from reaching inland under advice and direction of ecologists. More »

Re: Comics | Ocryx and Joe - O&J PSA- You can Help

NineInchNachos — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:05:57 -0700

mass extinction. we're well on our way! More »

Re: Comics | Ocryx and Joe - O&J PSA- You can Help

fredo — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:43:51 -0700

jen, a sobering point. but I think you are correct. More »

Re: Comics | Ocryx and Joe - O&J PSA- You can Help

jenyum — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:39:26 -0700

The really scary thing is that at this point money can't fix it and neither can perfect political instincts. (Not that the latter has been exercised here) We can't do anything about it so we stand around and point fingers while the ocean dies. More »

Re: Comics | Ocryx and Joe - O&J PSA- You can Help

NineInchNachos — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:36:30 -0700

bah, he'll be fine. More »

Re: Comics | Ocryx and Joe - O&J PSA- You can Help

Thorax O'Tool — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:29:48 -0700

I'll be very surprised if this oil spill doesn't cost Obama the 2012 election. More »

Re: Comics | Ocryx and Joe - O&J PSA- You can Help

NineInchNachos — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:13:03 -0700

Rolling Stone�s Tim Dickinson on the Inside Story of How Obama Let the World�s Most Dangerous Oil Company Get Away with Murder http://www.democracynow.org/2010/6/11/rolling_stones_tim_dickinson_on_the More »

Re: Comics | Ocryx and Joe - O&J PSA- You can Help

fredo — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:21:33 -0700

but the levees and the response to the hurricane WERE factors within our control. In retrospect there were probably things that the White House and FEMA could have done better w/respect to Katrina. More »

Re: Comics | Ocryx and Joe - O&J PSA- You can Help

Thorax O'Tool — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:43:24 -0700

Katrina itself wasn't preventable, but the levees and the response to the hurricane WERE factors within our control. More »

Re: Comics | Ocryx and Joe - O&J PSA- You can Help

NineInchNachos — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:30:28 -0700

give it a rest fredo, you know that's not true. Nobody can prevent BP from doing anything! More »

Re: Comics | Ocryx and Joe - O&J PSA- You can Help

fredo — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:22:58 -0700

Katrina and the Bush response to it devastated areas of the Gulf Coast, especially New Orleans. BP and the Obama response to it is going to finish the deal. More »

Re: Comics | Ocryx and Joe - O&J PSA- You can Help

Thorax O'Tool — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:48:58 -0700

No one is going to pay for that except for the people who live there. Katrina and the Bush response to it devastated areas of the Gulf Coast, especially New Orleans. More »

Re: Comics | Ocryx and Joe - O&J PSA- You can Help

fredo — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:23:13 -0700

Nice job Thorax. What about the declining prosperity of the gulf region in terms of fishing, shrimping, tourism? More »

Re: Comics | Ocryx and Joe - O&J PSA- You can Help

Thorax O'Tool — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:10:49 -0700

BP is the 4th biggest company in the world, and the largest company in the UK. BP accounts for about 1/7th of all dividend payments in the UK. More »

Re: Comics | Ocryx and Joe - O&J PSA- You can Help

fredo — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:42:34 -0700

BP is gonna pay! How much are they going to pay, and what is the proper measure of damages? More »

Re: Comics | Ocryx and Joe - O&J PSA- You can Help

NineInchNachos — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:07:40 -0700

Barack Hussein Obush? More »