Oil pipeline leak pollutes major Michigan river

"I WILL HEAL THE PLANET"
-Broke Obama

"Offshore Oil Drilling is Safe."
- Broke Obama April 2, 2010

K Street Lobbyist go to the defense of (D) Charlie Rangel

By: Timothy P. Carney
Examiner Columnist
July 28, 2010

Every person accused of a crime or an ethics violation deserves a competent defense. Charlie Rangel's legal defense, fittingly, comes from K Street.

Two of the three firms providing legal counsel to Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., in his pending ethics cases are lobbying firms. In fact, one firm, Oldaker, Belair & Wittie, conducts much of Rangel's political fundraising, while operating four different lobby shops.

But who's ultimately paying Rangel's legal bills? Mostly corporate and union political action committees along with individual lobbyists. Over the past six months, PACs and lobbyists have accounted for a majority of the money Rangel's campaign has raised this year, not counting transfers from Rangel's other fundraising operations (more on them below).

In turn, Rangel funnels his campaign cash into his legal defense. In 2009, three-fourths of Rangel's $2.16 million in campaign spending went to legal fees. The House Ethics Committee allows campaign funds for legal fees that are not "primarily personal in nature, such as a matrimonial action, or could result in a direct personal benefit for the Member." Otherwise, legal fees are a legitimate use of campaign cash because "the protection of a Member's presumption of innocence in such actions is a valid political purpose," the guidelines state.

That means any politically savvy donor who cut a check in 2010 to Rangel's reelection knew the donation was, in part, a contribution to Rangel's legal defense -- indeed, in the first two quarters of 2010, Rangel's campaign spent $655,232, with $230,749 (35 percent) going to legal fees. Zuckerman Spaeder LLP got biggest haul of Rangel cash --$182,000. The firm had lobbying clients including one top drugmaker until last year, when the K Street legal shop de-registered as lobbyist.

Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/K-...

Drill, baby, drill ... spill, baby, spill

The laughing liberal wrote:

"I WILL HEAL THE PLANET"
-Broke Obama

"DRILL BABY DRILL"
Entire republican party.

"Swill baby swill."
Entire Gulf coast region.

The laughing liberal wrote:

K Street Lobbyist go to the defense of (D) Charlie Rangel
By: Timothy P. Carney
Examiner Columnist
July 28, 2010
Every person accused of a crime or an ethics violation deserves a competent defense. Charlie Rangel's legal defense, fittingly, comes from K Street.
Two of the three firms providing legal counsel to Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., in his pending ethics cases are lobbying firms. In fact, one firm, Oldaker, Belair & Wittie, conducts much of Rangel's political fundraising, while operating four different lobby shops.
But who's ultimately paying Rangel's legal bills? Mostly corporate and union political action committees along with individual lobbyists. Over the past six months, PACs and lobbyists have accounted for a majority of the money Rangel's campaign has raised this year, not counting transfers from Rangel's other fundraising operations (more on them below).
In turn, Rangel funnels his campaign cash into his legal defense. In 2009, three-fourths of Rangel's $2.16 million in campaign spending went to legal fees. The House Ethics Committee allows campaign funds for legal fees that are not "primarily personal in nature, such as a matrimonial action, or could result in a direct personal benefit for the Member." Otherwise, legal fees are a legitimate use of campaign cash because "the protection of a Member's presumption of innocence in such actions is a valid political purpose," the guidelines state.
That means any politically savvy donor who cut a check in 2010 to Rangel's reelection knew the donation was, in part, a contribution to Rangel's legal defense -- indeed, in the first two quarters of 2010, Rangel's campaign spent $655,232, with $230,749 (35 percent) going to legal fees. Zuckerman Spaeder LLP got biggest haul of Rangel cash --$182,000. The firm had lobbying clients including one top drugmaker until last year, when the K Street legal shop de-registered as lobbyist.
Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/K-...

FOCUS Laughing Lunatic.

This thread is about the oil spill in Michagan, YES Michigan.
You can propagandize somewhere else about your Grand Oil Party.

FOCUS
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Responsibility wrote:

Drill, baby, drill ... spill, baby, spill

Uh-OH! The Oil Spill may be the Governments Fault - BP may be able to recover most of $20 Billion

Haphazard Firefighting Might Have Sunk BP Oil Rig

By Aaron Mehta and John Solomon
July 27, 2010

The Coast Guard has gathered evidence it failed to follow its own firefighting policy during the Deepwater Horizon disaster and is investigating whether the chaotic spraying of tons of salt water by private boats contributed to sinking the ill-fated oil rig, according to interviews and documents.

Coast Guard officials told the Center for Public Integrity that the service does not have the expertise to fight an oil rig fire and that its response to the April 20 explosion may have broken the service’s own rules by failing to ensure a firefighting expert supervised the half-dozen private boats that answered the Deepwater Horizon’s distress call to fight the blaze.

An official maritime investigation led by Coast Guard Capt. Hung M. Nguyen in New Orleans is examining whether the salt water that was sprayed across the burning platform overran the ballast system that kept the rig upright, changing its weight distribution, and causing it to list.

“The joint investigation is absolutely looking into that, and whether it contributed to the sinking,” Capt. Ronald A. LaBrec, the Coast Guard’s chief spokesman, told the Center.

The joint investigation by the Coast Guard and the Interior Department is one of 10 formal inquiries since the offshore oil well blew out, killing 11 workers and unleashing millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico in the worst spill in U.S. history. The disaster entered its 100th day on Wednesday.

While investigators have zeroed in on a series of missteps and ignored safety warnings aboard the rig that preceded the fiery explosion April 20, the question of what caused the platform to collapse into the Gulf two days later remains unanswered and could prove vital to ongoing legal proceedings and congressional investigations.

That is because the riser pipe from which the majority of BP’s oil spewed did not start leaking until after the rig sank. Experts and some lawsuits have openly tied the sinking of the drilling vessel to the severity of the leak.

http://www.publicintegrity.org/articles/entry...

If BP or ANYONE proves the Coast Guard is responsible for Sinking the Rig with Salt Water, BP will be getting most of that $20 Billion Back.

x0x0x wrote:

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FOCUS Laughing Lunatic.
This thread is about the oil spill in Michagan, YES Michigan.
You can propagandize somewhere else about your Grand Oil Party.
FOCUS
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How will Obama screw up Michigan?

x0x0x wrote:

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"DRILL BABY DRILL"
Entire republican party.

"Offshore Oil Drill is Safe"
-Broke Obama

Bill Clinton: Voting For Obama Is 'Rolling The Dice'

12-15-07
Theatlantic.com :

In a hard-changing interview with Charlie Rose tonight, Bill Clinton said Americans who are prepared to choose someone with less experience, are prepared to "roll the dice" about the future of America. "It's less predictable, isn't it? When is the last time we elected a president based on one year of service before he's running?"

"What do you want to do -- whether you think it matters that, I mean, in theory, no experience matters," Clinton said. "In theory, we could find someone who is a gifted television commentators and let them run. They'd have only one year less experience in national politics..."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/12/15/bill...

x0x0x wrote:

"Swill baby swill."
Entire Gulf coast region.

"Anyone that thinks Offshore Oil Drilling isn't an Important part of our Energy policy is living in fantasy land."
- Obama admin

Responsibility wrote:

Drill, baby, drill ... spill, baby, spill

MSNBC Trashes Obama's Address: Compared To Carter, "I Don't Sense Executive Command"

June 15, 2010

Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann and Howard Fineman react to President Obama's Oval Office Address on the oil spill. Here are the highlights of what the trio said:

Olbermann: "It was a great speech if you were on another planet for the last 57 days."

Matthews compared Obama to Carter.

Olbermann: "Nothing specific at all was said."

Matthews: "No direction."

Howard Fineman: "He wasn't specific enough."

Olbermann: "I don't think he aimed low, I don't think he aimed at all. It's startling."

Howard Fineman: Obama should be acting like a "commander-in-chief. "

Matthews: Ludicrous that he keeps saying [Secretary of Energy] Chu has a Nobel prize. "I'll barf if he does it one more time."

Matthews: "A lot of meritocracy, a lot of blue ribbon talk."

Matthews: "I don't sense executive command."

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/0...

x0x0x wrote:

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"DRILL BABY DRILL"
Entire republican party.

So Why the Big Drilling Expansion?
Pundits and commentators are scrambling to rationalize Obama's move: some say it's a political olive branch to conservatives, some say it's intended to help persuade moderates to consider comprehensive energy reform. Bradford Plumer notes at the Vine that it may be a preemptive measure to quell public furor when gas prices rise above $3 this summer, as they're expected to do.

The move is certainly political--as noted just about everywhere, most of the oil won't be available for 10-12 years, and some of it likely never at all. And there's only 120 million barrels estimated to be found off the coast of Virginia--hardly enough to even put a dent in US dependence on foreign oil.

What Would Candidate Obama Say?
Finally, I have to note this: Guess who opposed offshore drilling just two years ago? Guess who said this about McCain's proposal to open up offshore drilling during the 2008 election campaign: "It would have long term consequences for our coastlines, but no short term benefits, because it would take at least 10 years to get any oil. Well the politics may have changed, but the facts haven't."

The laughing liberal wrote:

<quoted text>So Why the Big Drilling Expansion?
Pundits and commentators are scrambling to rationalize Obama's move: some say it's a political olive branch to conservatives, some say it's intended to help persuade moderates to consider comprehensive energy reform. Bradford Plumer notes at the Vine that it may be a preemptive measure to quell public furor when gas prices rise above $3 this summer, as they're expected to do.
The move is certainly political--as noted just about everywhere, most of the oil won't be available for 10-12 years, and some of it likely never at all. And there's only 120 million barrels estimated to be found off the coast of Virginia--hardly enough to even put a dent in US dependence on foreign oil.
What Would Candidate Obama Say?
Finally, I have to note this: Guess who opposed offshore drilling just two years ago? Guess who said this about McCain's proposal to open up offshore drilling during the 2008 election campaign: "It would have long term consequences for our coastlines, but no short term benefits, because it would take at least 10 years to get any oil. Well the politics may have changed, but the facts haven't."

I realize that as an AVID republitard, LL, you never witnessed a President "REACH ACROSS THE AISLE".

Obama did it from day one and all he gets is slapped on the hand.
He wanted alternative energy. Grand Oil party said NO
He wanted more oversight over Wall st. Grand Oil Party said NO
He wanted Healthcare for all. Grand oil Party said NO
He caved and said let's drill. Grand oil Party said YES.
Bet they wished they'd stuck to NO.

The party of no-Priceless.

Just another example of right wing corporate fascism run amok.

And it happened in the most right wing part of Michigan, LOL!!!

The DeVos corporate fascists, bred of right wing Dutch Reform lunatics love to let the polluting corrupt corporations have their way, and it's great these spills are happening to further put a nail in the coffin of unregulated, monopolistic corporate control of our nation.

Too bad the environment has to suffer at all, but until the finger of blame and restitution is pointed in the face of the corporate welfare fascists, then we were doomed anyway.

How much longer before we stop buying all products sold by giant wealthy corporations? Hopefully soon-
No clearer message than hitting them where it hurts the most.

The laughing liberal wrote:

"I WILL HEAL THE PLANET"
-Broke Obama

"The planet will heal itself

Signed, Republicans, Teabaggers"

Caribou Barbie wrote:

Just another example of right wing corporate fascism run amok.
And it happened in the most right wing part of Michigan, LOL!!!
The DeVos corporate fascists, bred of right wing Dutch Reform lunatics love to let the polluting corrupt corporations have their way, and it's great these spills are happening to further put a nail in the coffin of unregulated, monopolistic corporate control of our nation.
Too bad the environment has to suffer at all, but until the finger of blame and restitution is pointed in the face of the corporate welfare fascists, then we were doomed anyway.
How much longer before we stop buying all products sold by giant wealthy corporations? Hopefully soon-
No clearer message than hitting them where it hurts the most.

It's truly ironic, the "Texas" of Michigan. I wonder if the Michigan Militias will put down their guns and help in the clean up. I doubt it.

Don't let the facts stand in the way of your politics. Obama is blamed for everything the Bush administation already had in motion. At no time in my life have I ever seen so many lies and so much deliberate deception of the masses and the tea party idiots eat it up.

The laughing liberal wrote:

"Offshore Oil Drilling is Safe."
- Broke Obama April 2, 2010

Hey dipsh*t! Your post is stupid for 2 reasons. First, when you attribute a quote to someone it really should be verbatim what they said. I know dishonesty and general hackery is how you role, but c'mon. Have a least a modicum of integrity and decency.

Second, read the articles and get the facts before you opine on a subject and then stick to that subject. I know you regularly spam threads with off-topic crap, but as others of told you, FOCUS. The Michigan oil spill has nothing to do with offshore drilling. It came from a decades old pipeline that wasn't properly maintained by the owner.

You are a straight-up idiot whose life seems to be defined by a delusional and unhinged hatred towards President Obama to the point that you spend all day every day posting tripe. Pathetic.

The laughing liberal wrote:

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Uh-OH! The Oil Spill may be the Governments Fault - BP may be able to recover most of $20 Billion
If BP or ANYONE proves the Coast Guard is responsible for Sinking the Rig with Salt Water, BP will be getting most of that $20 Billion Back.

And, of course, you would just love that. Side with the consistently negilgent oil company against your own country and fellow citizens. Classy.

Keep it up and you may well be receiving an offer from a certain someone with a beard sitting in a cave.