tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972843372998828082.post9121350130162792694..comments2024-02-27T03:44:14.807-06:00Comments on New Orleans Ladder: Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972843372998828082.post-14512152320282996862010-07-19T13:28:54.959-05:002010-07-19T13:28:54.959-05:00I don't know, Mary and Ho, I just don't kn...I don't know, Mary and Ho, I just don't know.<br />I would like to see the American Pie Party formed. At least we could make sure these hoodlums get their Just Desserts --in the face.<br />E Pluribus PiemEditillanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972843372998828082.post-56183968218464752592010-07-19T12:39:48.565-05:002010-07-19T12:39:48.565-05:00Love the letter. Understand the frustration. I rea...Love the letter. Understand the frustration. I read to my husband and he said "Great Letter! Won't do any good." <br /><br />Time for Civil Nonviolent Disobedience. Sounds cheesey I know but we have to start somewhere. Sitting in front of our computers does two things. It makes us fat. And it distills the anger. We get to vent. We need to vent via organized, physical action. It will be dangerous because, as you know, it is fine for the Tea Party to demonstrate. But "lefties"are not allowed. (reference dem and repug conventions) Plus, the MSM won't cover it or will slant the coverage. <br /><br />What are we going to do boys and girls?<br /><br />MaryMarymacnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972843372998828082.post-50022292712800631672010-07-19T09:29:25.320-05:002010-07-19T09:29:25.320-05:00The whole situation surrounding the installation o...The whole situation surrounding the installation of the latest "cap" makes no sense.<br /><br />In an <a href="http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2010/06/10/am.full.intv.roberts.suttles.cnn" rel="nofollow">interview for CNN</a> a month ago, BP chief operations Officer Doug Suttles said quite categorically (at about 8:30 into the video) that they would NOT attempt to stop the oil flow for fear that it would make things worse (specifically, under the sea bed) -- ie, out of concern for the integrity of the well casing.<br /><br />Suttles said that assessment was based on information obtained during the failed top kill attempt.<br /><br />So, here we are a month later with BP and the government doing precisely what Suttles said back then that they would NOT do.<br /><br />And they appear to be keeping the cap on <i>even</i> in the face of what <i>may be</i> warning signs of the very situation that had given BP/Suttles pause about capping the well to begin with (well pressure lower than expected with the cap on and 'seeps" from the seabed) <br /><br />The real concern here is not "who is in charge?" but "what are they basing their decisions on?"<br /><br />What (if anything) has changed since Suttles/BP made their original assessment that led them to rule out a 'cap' like the one they just put on?<br /><br />If the assessment back then was that there were potential problems with the well casing that might lead to failure if the pressure was increased due to capping, why would they nonetheless go ahead and put the cap on? (even for a "test?")<br /><br />Did they somehow get "better" information in the interim that refuted the earlier information obtained during the top kill? (Engineering problems don't normally just fix themselves. ~@:>)<br /><br />Granted, BP's claims are not <i>always</i> the same as reality, but BP has claimed that they now have the surface capability to collect virtually all of the oil coming from the well, so why would they (or the government) take ANY chance of "making the situation worse"? (in the words of Suttles)<br /><br />Who made the latest decision to go ahead with the capping despite the earlier concern?<br /><br />Higher-ups at BP?<br /><br />Obama administration officials?<br /><br />At the very least, the latest decision must have had the OK of the Obama administration.<br /><br />Needless to say, when people make 180 degree "flips" in their stance, one really has to ask "why?" and wonder whether the flip had a valid (scientific/engineering) justification.<br /><br />What IS the justification? for the change?<br /><br />What is the justification for keeping the cap on if there is a chance (possibly even warning signs) that it might make things worse?Horatio Algeranonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12988805467080448954noreply@blogger.com