The End Result of "Drill Baby Drill"

Calling Sarah Palin (4.00 / 1)

She, along with all her wild eyed supporters need to get down there with her bendy straws and suck baby suck 'till all the oil is cleaned up.

Any word on Gingrich yet and his ridiculous Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less campaign.

I'm not sure who sounds more silly.  Those two bozo's or the API adds on the tube every evening claiming underwater exploration is so clean with little fishies swimming everywhere.

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by: mikefromArlington @ Fri Apr 30, 2010 at 14:48:53 PM UTC

Suck baby, Suck? (0.00 / 0)

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by: mikefromArlington @ Fri Apr 30, 2010 at 14:52:38 PM UTC

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Where is Jack on this ? (0.00 / 0)

We could always count on him to find a way to defend the indefensible. Perhaps he is only waiting for the RNC or American Enterprise Institute boys to send him the regular talking points!

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by: TomPaine @ Fri Apr 30, 2010 at 15:14:36 PM UTC

He's busy spewing nonsense (0.00 / 0)

in another thread.  Did you really think he'd miss an opportunity to troll?

Follow me on Twitter.

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by: lowkell @ Fri Apr 30, 2010 at 15:21:29 PM UTC

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No doubt (0.00 / 0)

the AEI will issue talking points shortly. Maybe they are on a field trip to Alaska to check out how well Exxon cleaned up the Exxon Valdez oil spill, plus how the local Eskimo's hunting and fishing lifestyle was not changed there one bit, and the waters and coastline are as pristine as in the Pleistocene; so they can tell us pompously not to "over-react." (probable quote: "Who could have foreseen this?") Yeah, that's it.

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by: Teddy Goodson @ Fri Apr 30, 2010 at 15:23:21 PM UTC

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I can't be everywhere... (0.00 / 1)

...to correct you!

What would you have us do, Tom, shut down all domestic oil production today, and halt all imports?

Shall we just shut down the entire US economy?

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by: jack @ Fri Apr 30, 2010 at 15:29:57 PM UTC

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Time for a graphic (0.00 / 0)

Follow me on Twitter.

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by: lowkell @ Fri Apr 30, 2010 at 15:42:56 PM UTC

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Good resemblance, correct? (0.00 / 0)

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by: Teddy Goodson @ Fri Apr 30, 2010 at 16:08:12 PM UTC

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Tom made no argument... (0.00 / 0)

...except "drilling bad!"

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by: jack @ Fri Apr 30, 2010 at 16:15:39 PM UTC

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Jack: (0.00 / 0)

Being right only half the time is not a good record, even for an AEI troll; Clearly I made an "observation", not an "argument" about your absence on this issue. I did not know that you had banned "observations" on this blog. Additional, I made no comment about either drilling or drilling being bad.

Perhaps you were reading someone else's mind (like Chris Horners' mind over at AEI or that of Sarah Palin) or anticipating your next strawman argument.    

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by: TomPaine @ Fri Apr 30, 2010 at 20:34:35 PM UTC

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Jack: Quite testy aren't you? (0.00 / 0)

How do you expect me to render an opinion on this subject  unless I first get the real "facts of the matter" from you?

Who else would provide all the strawman arguments that we have all come to rely on from you?  

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by: TomPaine @ Sat May 01, 2010 at 02:15:52 AM UTC

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Jack: (0.00 / 0)

I don't make comments on important subjects until I hear from you; then I know what the correct position should be!  

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by: TomPaine @ Sat May 01, 2010 at 02:20:14 AM UTC

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Prudence and forethought (4.00 / 1)

are not Republican strong points (witness Iraq, 2d invasion of, as another example).

I am sure everyone here understands how the entire modern world economy is based on petroleum, and that any transition from such total dependence is going to be a difficult process, and take time. That problem is not the question being addressed here, as the author of this diary explained.

I regret to say that here today our resident Republican, jack, is, well, over-reacting in a desperate attempt to make some sort of snark responce to what is a very reasonable response to what, under the circumstances, is an outrageous situation, an event which was indeed foreseeable, and one which, at least so far, appears to have resulted from some sloppy safety enforcement by the oil company.

What we have now is both a probable ecological and environmental disaster and a huge cost of cleanup which will be born largely by the government.

OMG!!! Socialism! That interfering government, whose safety regulations were apparently ignored, is now using taxpayer-funded Coast Guard etc. to work on the spill. The oil company took great private risks to make great profits, but when the meltdown (or spewing out of a mess) resulted, most of the repair costs became the public's problem. Where have I heard this before: Private risk benefits, that is, profits, but socialization of cleanup costs, that is losses.

PS: Whatever the oil company contributes to the cleanup, you can bet much of it will never be spent, and what does show up will never come close to covering the true costs. The damaged area's ecosystems and lives will never be made whole. No matter how important oil is, the growing cost of this continual ruination of the only planet we've got has to outweigh the cost-benefits of continuing on our present path.  

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by: Teddy Goodson @ Fri Apr 30, 2010 at 16:36:23 PM UTC

Then what problem IS being addressed here? (1.00 / 1)

I am sure everyone here understands how the entire modern world economy is based on petroleum, and that any transition from such total dependence is going to be a difficult process, and take time. That problem is not the question being addressed here, as the author of this diary explained.

What has the author said, except "f*** you Sarah Palin"?

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by: jack @ Fri Apr 30, 2010 at 16:48:01 PM UTC

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Jack: No thanks! (0.00 / 0)

Sarah does not appeal to me!

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by: TomPaine @ Sat May 01, 2010 at 02:17:45 AM UTC

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i hate being prooved right (0.00 / 0)

But I outlined this scenario 20 years ago!

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by: pvogel @ Fri Apr 30, 2010 at 17:24:18 PM UTC

Which scenario would that be? n/t (0.00 / 0)

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by: jack @ Fri Apr 30, 2010 at 18:32:40 PM UTC

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Answer (0.00 / 0)

Such adolescent mouthiness is now worth only a yawn. Goodbye.

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by: Teddy Goodson @ Sat May 01, 2010 at 01:20:47 AM UTC

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