I think we should go with accomplished geologist and well-known petroleum engineer Sarah Palin's take on the matter

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DistendedPendulusFrenulum: I think we should go with accomplished geologist and well-known petroleum engineer Sarah Palin's take on the matter

Why hell, I'm sure it won't be long before one shows up to this very thread. I'm sure they'll get a kick out of the replies.

Smart man.

I'm no fan of him when he starts running his mouth, but he's probably right.

"Dispersed" isn't the same as "gone." In fact it's probably worse than it still being visibly there.

coco ebert: Why should we trust anything the government or BP says when they've blocked access to reporters from day one citing "security"? I have zero confidence in their truth-telling capabilities.

No truth handler teller you! Bah! I deride your truth handling telling abilities!

Hey, even a broken clock is right twice a day...

And considering he's not the only one saying this, but some actual scientists as well...

Despite Mr. Lee being a douchebomb, I tend to agree with him. I haven't been with 1000 miles of the Gulf since the spill, but it just seems more logical to assume that the shiat didn't just "disappear".

Think I'm going with Drew on this one. We need a really big hurricane to whip that shiat up and then set it on fire. Cause a freaking fire hurricane would really be cool.

And noted marine biologist, I might add.

Obama doesn't care about white people.

The man has a point. Spilled oil = destruction of sea shore and people's livelihoods. 90% of the citizens affected by the spill are African-American. The government has little vested interest in recovering the area, populated mainly by poor blacks, so they will claim the cleanup is done, when it is not. This achieves the two goals of assisting corporate America in returning to profit-making business, and eliminating small, minority owned businesses in the area. Meanwhile the damage goes on, and nobody can go back to live in the toxic areas, or start fishing again. But permits will be allowed for whites to move in with expensive new condos and resorts, on the "contaminated" shore but safely isolated from the toxins. It's Hurricane Katrina all over again, and the Gulf Coast is Jefferson Parish all over again.

Nick Nostril: Despite Mr. Lee being a douchebomb, I tend to agree with him. I haven't been with 1000 miles of the Gulf since the spill, but it just seems more logical to assume that the shiat didn't just "disappear".

Well, a bunch of it evaporated so we can't see it so it disappeared.

And damn that Spike TV using his name!

The government will always lie. Always.

coco ebert: Why should we trust anything the government or BP says when they've blocked access to reporters from day one citing "security"? I have zero confidence in their truth-telling capabilities.


I have a couple opinions on that.

I understand freedom of the press, but at the same time I don't think we needed hundreds of reporters flooding into a disaster that is already full of ships trying to work to prevent it.

I would like to know for how many years we can expect to be eating either the oil or the dispersant corexit.

A month back we heard about the underwater plumes -- I haven't heard any followup recently, nor about the fate of the oil/corexit lying on the ocean floor or in the water column.

Your messiah's TOP MEN are telling you that the oil is gone, therefore THE OIL IS GONE!

The messiah would not lie to us.

TOP MEN!

MemeSlave: Obama doesn't care about white people.

I don't care about white people either.

/white

MemeSlave: Obama doesn't care about white people squids.

I'm not a big fan of Spike Lee, but I have to agree with him on this one.

Gee, I hope being a geologist/petroleum engineer and having the same namesake as a showbiz personality does not undermine his credibility.

Would you let world renown brain surgeon Lindsy Lohan remove a tumor from your skull?

Spike Lee is a racist. He can never agree with "The Man" because that would make him "acting white".

Hey, he was right when he said "I hate Whitey", so he must be right about this too.

Hey Submittard, he didn't call it "bullshiat", he called it a "lie".

Pick: Gee, I hope being a geologist/petroleum engineer and having the same namesake as a showbiz personality does not undermine his credibility.

Would you let world renown brain surgeon Lindsy Lohan remove a tumor from your skull?

when you find one of wither let us know

It's true, the oil is pretty much gone and there isn't much life in the gulf anyway, just like ANWR.

Spike has used up way more than 15 minutes. Please media put these people "to bed" and just run a test pattern.

DistendedPendulusFrenulum: I think we should go with accomplished geologist and well-known petroleum engineer Sarah Palin's take on the matter

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You're right, It makes us feel better to criticize the cracker.

TheSilverOne: I'm no fan of him when he starts running his mouth, but he's probably right.

"Dispersed" isn't the same as "gone." In fact it's probably worse than it still being visibly there.

how is it worse?

Maybe there wasn't actually a million gallons a day pouring out of the well.

SouthernManDunWrong: TheSilverOne: I'm no fan of him when he starts running his mouth, but he's probably right.

"Dispersed" isn't the same as "gone." In fact it's probably worse than it still being visibly there.

how is it worse?

It's harder to clean and that Corexit is nasty shiat they shouldn't have been allowed to use in the first place.

coco ebert: Why should we trust anything the government or BP says when they've blocked access to reporters from day one citing "security"? I have zero confidence in their truth-telling capabilities.

The only problem is we'd have to have confidence in the truth-telling abilities of reporters. Sorry, but I don't look to reporters for my daily dose of honesty and integrity.

So Spike Lee is telling us that we can't trust Obama, a black man?

WTF?

/It's the 7th sign

SouthernManDunWrong: TheSilverOne: I'm no fan of him when he starts running his mouth, but he's probably right.

"Dispersed" isn't the same as "gone." In fact it's probably worse than it still being visibly there.

how is it worse?

The truth is, no one yet knows if it is worse or not. It's probably better that the oil was dispersed beneath the surface.
We do not know what the toxic properties of the dispersant will do, and we do not know what intermediate compounds it will break down to as it degrades.

It will be years before we have an accounting of all that.

Thus, we don't know. That means I don't know, and you don't know either.

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I have it on good authority that petroleum is made of dead dinasours which never existed so no reason to panic.

The solution to pollution is dilution.

Diluting something doesn't get much bigger than the oceans. Nature made the oil, it can un-make it. We just have to realize that it may not be on our time schedule.

/life moves on

He may not know much about geology and petroleum, but he sure knows something about the US government.

This isn't something you can hide evidence of ( like the moon landing ). The Gulf is a big place and all sorts of scientists can research the effects of the oil spill and predict the consequences. The liberal secular homoagenda conspiracy can't control them all. And that puts restrictions on how far the capitalists can go with their plan to destroy small businesses in the area and place stricter police controls on the population.

TheBunnyhat: coco ebert: Why should we trust anything the government or BP says when they've blocked access to reporters from day one citing "security"? I have zero confidence in their truth-telling capabilities.


I have a couple opinions on that.

I understand freedom of the press, but at the same time I don't think we needed hundreds of reporters flooding into a disaster that is already full of ships trying to work to prevent it.

There are embedded reporters all through US warzones and they can't allow reporters on a beach because its unsafe. Rubbish. It's not safety, but information they want to control.

Link (new window)

This blow out lasted about ten months before it was "considered" capped.

subby, why is there no assclown tag?

Subby is being sarcastic regarding an unqualified person disputing the scientific consensus?

Where the hell are you during all the climate change threads, subby?

No Such Agency: The man has a point. Spilled oil = destruction of sea shore and people's livelihoods. 90% of the citizens affected by the spill are African-American. The government has little vested interest in recovering the area, populated mainly by poor blacks, so they will claim the cleanup is done, when it is not. This achieves the two goals of assisting corporate America in returning to profit-making business, and eliminating small, minority owned businesses in the area. Meanwhile the damage goes on, and nobody can go back to live in the toxic areas, or start fishing again. But permits will be allowed for whites to move in with expensive new condos and resorts, on the "contaminated" shore but safely isolated from the toxins. It's Hurricane Katrina all over again, and the Gulf Coast is Jefferson Parish all over again.

Holy moly. 90% of the people on the gulf coast are BLACK? And most of the businesses are "minority owned"? Whose ass did you pull those statistics out of?
Because blacks are only about 25% of the population down here, if that.

DistendedPendulusFrenulum: SouthernManDunWrong: TheSilverOne: I'm no fan of him when he starts running his mouth, but he's probably right.

"Dispersed" isn't the same as "gone." In fact it's probably worse than it still being visibly there.

how is it worse?

The truth is, no one yet knows if it is worse or not. It's probably better that the oil was dispersed beneath the surface.
We do not know what the toxic properties of the dispersant will do, and we do not know what intermediate compounds it will break down to as it degrades.

It will be years before we have an accounting of all that.

Thus, we don't know. That means I don't know, and you don't know either.

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the dispersent is comprised of solvent (a petroleum product), detergent (think soap) and other chemicals (acidic salt). It is lighter than water and would float if released in the water.

Oil is also comprised of petroleum and is lighter than water. Mixing the two together makes it sink to the bottom (as implied by others). where is the science.

http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/posted/2931/Corexit_EC9500A_MSDS.539287 . pdf

http://www.iosc.org/papers/00020.pdf

If you have other information than Daily Kooks, please let me know. Every source I have heard states the stuff is not toxic.

Subby is clearly a racist, most likely Italian. Spike Lee's just tryin' to do the right thing and fight the powers that be.