Comments on: Conservatives Echo McCain’s False Claim That Katrina Caused No Oil Spill Damage

By: fedupinflorida

fedupinflorida — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 05:17:49 +0000

I grew up in Louisiana and remember having to bring a gallon of gas with us to Grand Isle when we went swimming to get the tar off of us from the offshore rigs. Now I live on the East coast of Florida and have seen actual blue water for the first time in my life. It scares the hell out of me to think it could happen here if the RepubliCONs have their way and “drill, baby, drill” here.

By: eve

eve — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:18:44 +0000

I believe there were likely significant offshore spills, but am having trouble verifying what is posted about the offshore spills reported in Wonk Room.

For instance:

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Caused Six Offshore Spills Of 42,000 Gallons Or Greater. The largest of these was 152,250 gallons, well over the 100,000 gallon threshhold considered a “major spill.” [MMS, 5/1/06]

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Caused 124 Offshore Spills For A Total Of 743,700 Gallons. 554,400 gallons were crude oil and condensate from platforms, rigs and pipelines, and 189,000 gallons were refined products from platforms and rigs. [MMS, 1/22/07]

I went to the link for MMS regarding both of these statements. The document dated 5/01/2006 doesn’t say anything like this. I searched and searched in the document dated 1/22/07 and could find nothing about 743,700 Gallons.

Something is not right.

If someone else has looked at these sources and found the info, I would appreciate some help here. Or if you know of another source.

By: monstersound

monstersound — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 06:46:11 +0000

Conservatives are feasting over Newt’s ‘Drill Here, Drill Now’ Movement, on Youtube. Don’t try to point out some facts, that just triggers their attack reflex. sad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXAFY9d_MpU

By: ucsbclassics53

ucsbclassics53 — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:12:57 +0000

Just because it was SPREAD out does not mean that it was any less of an environmental disaster…

By: Keith H.

Keith H. — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:11:01 +0000

Dude looks older every time I see him.

By: christopher wiwi

christopher wiwi — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:51:44 +0000

How come the MSM did not let the public know about this one teensy weensy little factoid??????????

By: christopher wiwi

christopher wiwi — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:50:16 +0000

AH, the NOBLE LIE at it`s best(worst).To think that no significant BIG OIL spilled is mind numbing at best.”If you keep telling a lie long enough you will believe it`s the truth”.As far as I`m concerned old man Johnny is “a lying sack of of dirty rotten stinking CRAP”.

By: Zooey

Zooey — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:23:02 +0000

Tracy5 Says:
“Some have even compared the total amount of oil released — estimated at 9 million gallons — to the tragedy of Exxon Valdez.”
June 19th, 2008 at 11:52 pm

Thanks Tracy, you dumb shit. Do you even read what you post?

By: dporter

dporter — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:57:34 +0000

What the hell is wrong with George Will these days? First the remarks about China drilling off Cuba, now this? He is really going out of his way to propagate these lies!

http://thelieshavenotimproved.blogspot.com/

By: misshusseinmolly

misshusseinmolly — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:06:42 +0000

Hey, they needed a new lie now that they can’t use the one about the Chinese drilling for oil off Cuba and Florida anymore.

By: celtic cynic

celtic cynic — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:55:23 +0000

Looks like the GOP echo-chamber is in full throttle.

By: cosette

cosette — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:49:29 +0000

Charles Boustany (LA-07) was on Washington Journal on C-span this morning spreading this lie as well.
The interviewer (Susan) didn’t question his assertion that there were no spills in the Gulf after Katrina and Rita.
As the Congressman from Lake Charles, Lafayette and two counties bordering the Gulf, he should know better.
Maybe I’m asking too much from a Republican.

By: Cats r Flyfishn

Cats r Flyfishn — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:44:38 +0000

How do you know a Conservative is lying? They open up their mouths and their lips and jaws start moving and the lies start spilling out.

By: Progressive101

Progressive101 — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:40:41 +0000

Here is a quote from the Minerals Management Service report that assessed the damage from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (link in article above):

“As a result of both storms, 124 spills were reported with
a total volume of roughly 17,700 barrels of total petroleum products,”

By: joe cantwell

joe cantwell — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:23:08 +0000

in addition the chinese are drilling for oil off the coast of florida.

“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.”
– Joseph Goebbels

By: Witch1

Witch1 — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:15:55 +0000

I’ve had enough….With the exception of a few all polatician’s are worse than whore’s…At least a whore is honest, sex for money..This bunch on both side’s of the isle is as palouted as the scum in a septic tank….Lie’s and selling out our country for power…What this country need’s is a good old fashioned revolution..Blessings

By: Namtillaku

Namtillaku — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:15:38 +0000

Kira Says;

Who needs to hear every minute detail of the Hillary vs Obama campaign or the orgy-fest over russert ???

And to this day, neither Faux, MSNBC, or CNN have said word one about their part in the pentagon propaganda program. It’s not hard to understand why, but it just goes to show you that the media/government/corporation only want the public to hear what they decide.

By: k

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:13:48 +0000

we have always been at war with eurasia

By: Badmoodman

Badmoodman — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:06:59 +0000

It also wreaked environmental havock

– - Ahem, havoc.

By: madmax

madmax — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:57:32 +0000

moondancer Said:

If the average citizen is stupid enough to buy this, then they deserve the consequences.
We’ve paid the price of the stupidness of ~half the voting public for 7.5 years (if not over the past 30 years). Don’t count on it changing anytime soon.