Hurricane Ike destroys oil platforms in Gulf of Mexico.
Hurricane Ike destroys oil platforms in Gulf of Mexico.
Hurricane Ike “appears to have destroyed a number of oil production platforms and damaged some of the pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico, federal officials said Sunday.” Lars Herbst, regional director for the Minerals Management Service, said at least 10 production platforms have been destroyed by the storm, and possibly many more. Herbst said, “It’s too early to say if [the impact of Ike is] close to Katrina- and Rita-type damage.” In his advocacy for more offshore oil drilling, John McCain has falsely claimed Hurricanes Katrina and Rita did not “cause significant spillage” and that the platforms “very successfully” survived the impact of the storms. In fact, as the Wonk Room’s Brad Johnson has demonstrated, those hurricanes caused hundreds of oil spills resulting in significant environmental damage.
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What a surprise! McCain lied? Say it ain’t so. . .I know. I’ll act like a republican and not care.
September 14th, 2008 at 8:15 pmYes, and while Sean Hannity talked about the sad economic sacks of the liberal media, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch are no more. Lehman is declaring bankruptcy, while Merrill is being acquired by Bank of America.
September 14th, 2008 at 8:18 pmThey are not destroyed; they are the latest generation of submersible oil derricks. Please, we know what we are doing, trust us.
September 14th, 2008 at 8:19 pm“Hurricane Ike destroys oil platforms in Gulf of Mexico.”
– - Foolproof for getting the oil back to $125+ per barrel. Excuse me while I go fill the cars….
September 14th, 2008 at 8:28 pmThere be glossing over and more Big Lies coming soon!
September 14th, 2008 at 8:36 pmTwin terrors..old man McCANE and his McCANE! The original McCANE Mutiny.
September 14th, 2008 at 8:39 pmMy heart goes out to the people who were affected by this latest devistation.
Having said that, I’m only sorry McStain’s photo op wasn’t this weekend.
By next week, McStain/Palin will be declaring that all is well. That is, Big Oil’s profits will again be record as the gas prices go back up. We saw a $.30/gallon increase in one day here.
PEACE
September 14th, 2008 at 8:43 pmohn Kerry Says:
God! MORE LIB BULLSHIT!
Why don’t you all just GIVE UP!
why don’t you get
an umbrella?
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September 14th, 2008 at 8:52 pmstateofthedivision Says:
Yes, and while Sean Hannity talked about the sad economic sacks of the liberal media, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch are no more. Lehman is declaring bankruptcy, while Merrill is being acquired by Bank of America.
I have often wondered if, most likely when if we continue in the repuke direction, the day comes and we see
This would b e a nice ad.
Some of these seniors need to wake up and begin voting in their best interest, not against skin color or the interest of embryos.
September 14th, 2008 at 8:54 pmHow will the republicans spin this? They’ll say this demonstrates the need to drill in ANWR.
September 14th, 2008 at 8:55 pmHi John Kerry:
September 14th, 2008 at 8:57 pmTonight I can offer several dozen peel and eat shrimp, although I sort of laid the “OldBay” knockoff right to them and my cocktail sauce tends to have more horseradish than most but still, I’d be happy to pour you a decent white burgandgy or better yet a cold pale ale. Mi casa is su casa there John…
Those Repubs chanting “Drill, drill, drill,” look pretty stupid now, but they won’t recognize that. And McCain/Palin–?? Stop lying about the damage from hurricanes. The media is finally realizing how many lies & smears you spew out. Lie yet again & you will be noticed.
September 14th, 2008 at 9:04 pmAlternative energy options is the only way to go, but McCain/Palin live in the past & want the dependency on oil to continue so they & their greedy friends can rake in the money & give them kickbacks, while the rest of us struggle to make ends meet. It’s the Republican way. Out of touch? Absolutely.
It is getting ugly… I found my remaining Obama yard sign in a heap at the front door. This is a total of 6 signs now destroyed.
I need to order Obama with Biden anyway.
Tip: when placing these signs in the yard, they last longer if staking them down with many strings of hard to see copper wire.
September 14th, 2008 at 9:05 pmdasm Says:
Those Repubs chanting “Drill, drill, drill,” look pretty stupid now, but they won’t recognize that.
For sure, they will never admit it.
September 14th, 2008 at 9:07 pmhad enough Says:
It is getting ugly… I found my remaining Obama yard sign in a heap at the front door. This is a total of 6 signs now destroyed.
That’s because the only thing Repubs know is to be destructive. Nothing positive, just destroy, and attack people personally with lies & smears. A despicable lot.
September 14th, 2008 at 9:08 pmMaybe if you put some refineries and platforms in other places one storm wouldn’t shut down so much production. But then you would have to do your share. You don’t mind spending the federal revenue from those platforms. Pelosi is trying to save her majority with a bill opening up most states out to 50 miles, I think we should say no and let the ban lapse, open it all up. Pelosi thinks it’s right to take all the revenue from the states, so she and her party can use it for pie in the sky renuable research, how about building some nuke plants we know that works. Wind power anyone? ANWR doesn’t have hurricanes, lets drill there. Like i said, enjoy your $6 a gallon gas this week, thank your local democrat…lol.
September 14th, 2008 at 9:09 pmMaybe if the U.S. were not so addicted to oil the hurricanes would not be as destructive and there would not be as many platforms to destroy. Leave it to a reich winger to only see oil as the future. How narrow minded of them.
September 14th, 2008 at 9:12 pmLet’s see,
McCain says the economy is just fine (as I watch my IRA disintegrate).
McCain says drill in the Gulf for more oil because hurricanes won’t be a problem (as I just paid $4.15/gal for gas with the promise that tomorrow it will be even more).
Tell me more, McCain — what do your friends in oil and finance have to say that will make me believe that anything is going to improve in the near future.
September 14th, 2008 at 9:13 pmNo, on second thought, why don’t you just dry up and go away, and take that liptick wearing pig with you.
Rove: McCain went ‘too far’ in ads
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/14/campaign.wrap/index.html
September 14th, 2008 at 9:18 pmJohn Kerry Says:
God! MORE LIB BULLSHIT!
Why don’t you all just GIVE UP!
JK is one of those whiners phil gramm was talking about.
September 14th, 2008 at 9:21 pmWho would have guessed???Oh my goodness, I’m startled!We are in SERIOUS doo doo in this country. It’s been neglected for 8 long years…Bush thought he had a credit card to do whatever…what did he call it? Lots of “political capital” to spend!? Our water…including the drinking water that the pharmacuticals dumped drug waste into, the oceans, reefs, wildlife…it’s all a balance, and it’s so out of kilter it isn’t even funny. These morons want immediate gratification…work at fixing something? Hell no!What’s in it for me? That’s the mentality, and it’s sickening.We don’t need more oil wells to make them richer…we need alternatives to make US stronger.Perfect ad for Obama…right here in the Gulf Of Mexico:)McCain needs to retire in Sedona.
September 14th, 2008 at 9:22 pmFor almost eight years the actions of bushco have been declared as an indication of insanity in that their primary theory was to expect different results from a repeated action. There could be no clearer indication that the McCain/Palin (I am serious here so I won’t screw with their names) combination carries on the same tradition. They plan the same action yet expect different results. Why, given the fact that every hurricane/storm in the Gulf of Mexico will destroy a number of oil platforms would any sane individual claim that drilling more wells will reduce the damage done by the storms? In particular when those storms themselves are caused by the residue of those very wells of which McInsane et al propose to drill more. History and logic dictate that the more wells, the more oil burned, the more CO2 emissions, the more global warming, the more storms, the more damage to the wells. A never ending cycle until the well drillers are caught up in the storms and there are no more people, no wells, no oil, no emissions, no global warming, no storms and the second Adam and Eve (or Bruce as the case may be) can start the cycle all over again. Same actions=same results.
September 14th, 2008 at 9:26 pmHi Copano_Texian
September 14th, 2008 at 9:29 pmDon’t you ever think we should make better use of all that land which is currently being tied up by golf courses?
desertflower1 Says: “McCain needs to retire in Sedona.”
Desert,
I used to like you! Sedona is too nice a place and too close to home. Please let the horny bastard retire in Wasilla, Alaska. I would love to see Cindy tear a new one for flailin Palin.
September 14th, 2008 at 9:32 pmmaybe you fill your cars up with “hope” and “change” that stuff is cheap. You Messiah can conjure it from thin air…lol.By the way the info from “the Wonk room” on the 2005 spills, that is nothing, you lumped all products together to get what, a drop in the bucket of what was produced. Alot of those products are going to evaporate quickly off the surface without hurting a thing. Walk to work for the rest of your life, turn off you computer and the power to your house or shut up about the energy problem if your party and or state doesn’t want to do all it can to help. The only states doing all they can are the few gulf states. Where does your fuel come from?
September 14th, 2008 at 9:33 pmThe trolls are getting desperate. Silly trolls.
September 14th, 2008 at 9:35 pmdbadass, your hospitality toward our trolls fills me with pride as a progressive.
God bless you.
And Coprophiliac_Texian… please try to make a little sense, okay? It makes the conversation a little more interesting.
September 14th, 2008 at 9:37 pmIf we could nationalize our oil, that would be one thing. But to hear these idiot repuke chant drill! drill! drill! is so unbearably stupid. Don’t these fools know if we drill drill drill here this would merely add to the worlds supply and give US very little relief? Maybe I am wrong, but it seems to me the Oil Giants would be the ones to gain while screwing US.
September 14th, 2008 at 9:38 pmCopano_Texian Says: “Where does your fuel come from?”
It sure as hell won’t be coming from those wells in your gulf that were blown to hell by your storms. You are one of those fools who periodically beat yourself on the head with a hammer because it feels so good when you stop. Please shut your bathroom door the next time you get the urge to masturbate in public.
September 14th, 2008 at 9:41 pmOh, my mistake, Corprophiliac One… I just reread your comment from 9.33 and I realized that your point was, “sure McCain lied. But the damage wasn’t that big a deal. So it’s a wash.”
I’m afraid that kind of logic doesn’t wash around here.
Jeez, it’s been a bad week for the “Drill Here, Drill Now” crowd, huh? First the Denver office of the Mineral Management Services gives that phrase a whole new meaning, and now Ike comes along to demonstrate the natural risks posed to offshore drilling.
Gotta feel sorry for those guys.
September 14th, 2008 at 9:41 pmFrom the Energy Information Administration (EIA), a United States government agency, states drilling “would not have a significant impact on domestic crude oil and natural gas production or prices before 2030”.
Another troll bites the dust.
September 14th, 2008 at 9:42 pmMartha Vinyard?
September 14th, 2008 at 9:45 pmsweet jesus, tex… that there last post was doozy.
September 14th, 2008 at 9:45 pmI wonder why the trolls, who seem to have the power to ignore objective reality in the service of their message, don’t use that power for other, more enjoyable purposes. For instance, maybe insisting that Jessica Biel is fighting with Jessica Alba for their affections.
Wouldn’t that kind of lie be more fun to defend, Coprophiliac_One?
September 14th, 2008 at 9:46 pmCopano_Texian Says:
mostly redstates carry the load for you who “don’t want it in my backyard!”
Why do so many blue states carry the tax load that redstates are unable or unwilling to take?
September 14th, 2008 at 9:46 pmCopano_Texian Says:
mostly redstates carry the load for you who “don’t want it in my backyard!”
Got solar panels on your roof?
September 14th, 2008 at 9:51 pmI am plenty open minded but as to you carrying your load anywhere near my backyard… Well I think we should just be friends for now…
September 14th, 2008 at 9:51 pmI take a plane to Starbucks you whiney little b*stard.
September 14th, 2008 at 9:52 pmCopano_Texian will be gone soon. He must be close to the number of McCain points to get himself that Big Mac (R) he is drooling for.
September 14th, 2008 at 9:53 pmCopano_Texian:
September 14th, 2008 at 9:54 pmYou forgot to explain why you hate the tree hugging prius driving birkenstock wearing, dave matthews listening liberals who care about your air and water quality as well as your labor conditions.
reminder:
Tomorrow, on the Ed Schultz Show, the entire 3 hours will be on the town hall meeting he did in Alaska yesterday.
I am very curious how many frenzied religious rapture ready, or greedy wealthy paranoid righties stacked this meeting. I believe the tickets were sold on a first come basis.
September 14th, 2008 at 9:55 pmlooks like Mother Nature took her own vote ahead of Pelosi’s vichy dem Congress on the new republican mantra of “drill, drill, drill” and Mother Nature unequivocally voted: Nay!
September 14th, 2008 at 10:00 pmCorprophiliac_Texian, I’m curious; when you accuse blue states of not wanting to “carry the load”, are you implying tat blue states possess significant reserves of crude oil and natural gas, but they decline to extract them?
It kinda sounds like you’re saying that.
I must say I do admire the breadth of your liberal stereotypes, though. Very comprehensive.
September 14th, 2008 at 10:01 pmmy latte drinking kid kicked the shit and bled your lame ass gun toting troglydyte malechild spawn seems like a bumper sticker phrase. Still you’d have to follow it up with… and she eats arugala…
September 14th, 2008 at 10:02 pmCopano_Texian Says something moronic:
A gallon of gas when Bush took office, $1.46, so please STFU and stop embarrassing yourself…more
September 14th, 2008 at 10:02 pmAhhh that sweet smell of VICTORY! $3.89! Where abouts do you reside, Tex. I’m currently enjoying a night-cap w/ Jane in the three season porch. She’s interested in the possibility of purchasing property in close proximity to a most welcoming neighbor such as yourself.
do tell, silly… although I feel as though I should warn you, she’s packin’ windmills and she’s not sceerd of usin’ ‘em.
September 14th, 2008 at 10:07 pmWow, just stopped in and I see this latest troll. Too funny.
These trolls DO serve a few purposes
#1 – They demonstrate to the many lurkers that read this blog just how silly and shallow the point of view of right wingers is.
#2 – They challenge us to defend our point of view with research and facts and give us practice debating with lother low information voters.
#3 – They provide endless entertainment for those of us that are amused by the Jerry Springer level style of argumentation.
September 14th, 2008 at 10:10 pmLook at this list Texan retard, of the top 17 states who suck at the teat of the fedearal government, 16 voted for Bush in 2004. Red States you moron. So us “latte sipping liberals” are supporting YOU, so how does it feel being my B!tch??
http://www.taxfoundation.org/files/fedspend_per_taxesbystate-20071009.pdf
September 14th, 2008 at 10:12 pmCowards like this texian kid are always going to support the authoritarian ‘daddy’ type that first terrorizes them with tales of bogeymen and then convinces them that they’re only path to salvation is through the king.
Typical Republican Cowards.
September 14th, 2008 at 10:14 pmerr, theyre = their,
September 14th, 2008 at 10:14 pmits late, gnite
All good points, Ranting Tommy. The trolls do serve a purpose here; aside from earning McPoints toward a McCain beer cozy, that is.
September 14th, 2008 at 10:15 pmObviously Copano_Texian does not live around Houston where gas prices are pushing $6 per gallon.
September 14th, 2008 at 10:17 pmI detect a strong piss smell coming from the short & warty one…
September 14th, 2008 at 10:23 pmCopano_Texian, as a resident of Texas, I’d love to know which city/town is your home.
I hope Ike caused you no harm.
September 14th, 2008 at 10:25 pmI usually drink americanos, the whole milk in the lattes gives me gas.
September 14th, 2008 at 10:27 pmCopano_Texian’s
17 year daughter is
pregnant and proud
of it.
@
time for unwed teenage
mother earmarks.
#
congrats, inbred.
*
thank you.
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September 14th, 2008 at 10:29 pmCopano Texian, Bush and the Republican Congress passed an Energy Bill in 2005. Here’s what George W. said:
“This bill launches an energy strategy for the 21st century….This bill is not going to solve our energy challenges overnight. Most of the serious problems, such as high gasoline costs, or the rising dependence on foreign oil, have developed over decades. It’s going to take years of focused effort to alleviate those problems. But in about two minutes, we’re going to have a strategy that will help us do that.”
If three years later, it is yet to have an impact, then why would any current bill make a difference? I live in Texas and my gas has been as high as $4.10 in July. Right now it’s $3.82.
September 14th, 2008 at 10:30 pmHmmm, from the here and gone again action I wonder if Copano_Texian in this thread is USpace in the Palin Earmark Queen thread? Wow, going for extra McCain points.
September 14th, 2008 at 10:30 pmhad enough, re the yard signs.
Tape several razor blades to the bottom.
September 14th, 2008 at 10:42 pmnow my posts are being flagged and awaiting “moderation” time to purge to who disagree. Free speech for me and not for thee, we know how you libs work, just like on campus. Don’t worry I’ll be back another day. Ike missed us by 200 miles, thanks for asking we didn’t even get rain, but the nannies put out a maditory evacuation with the storm 900 miles out. Remeber the boy who cried wolf, thats why so many stayed in Galseston during Ike, because of Rita. To the guy pointing to welfare numbers, that’s because of illegals buddy, you know, the democrat base, why else are you against ID checks at the polls. Why else doesn’t one party want to enforce immigration law. Blame your own party on that one to. Adios.
September 14th, 2008 at 10:42 pmBye bye now. Don’t forget the meds.
September 14th, 2008 at 10:45 pmCopano_Texian Says: . . . but the nannies put out a maditory evacuation with the storm 900 miles out. Remeber the boy who cried wolf, thats why so many stayed in Galseston during Ike, because of Rita
Well, if our Republican Governor Rick Perry hadn’t been so forceful in issuing evacuations, imagine how much more difficult the situation would be — and we’d be facing lots more grief over shoulda/woulda/coulda’s.
It’s amazing — given the level of destruction in Galveston and Houston — that the known death toll is so low. Clearly, each of those lost lives is precious, but it could’ve been much worse.
Let’s not blame the shot-callers for their logical response, based on weather services and history.
September 14th, 2008 at 10:50 pmVery good, Coprophiliac!
Let’s count the stereotypes you were able to fit into that impressive rant:
“censorship”
“egghead elitists”
“Illegal immigrants”
“voter fraud”
Impressive indeed. Unfortunately, we’re going to have to dock you several points for ten grammatical or spelling errors, including two run-on sentences.
Also, the judges inform me that your “censorship” talking point may not count toward your score, since the post in which you alleged censorship seems to have actually appeared, thus it wasn’t censored.
Sorry about that. It’s one of the hazards of working in the reality-based world, really. I’ll bet you’re glad you don’t have to spend most of your time there, huh?
September 14th, 2008 at 10:53 pm“The moron continues digging:
To the guy pointing to welfare numbers, that’s because of illegals buddy, you know, the democrat base.”
States like West Virginia, Alaska, North Dakota….such large immigrant populations?? God you combine utter stupidty, racism, cowardice, (latte sipping liberals in NYC and Washington DC were attacked, no one wants to attack your trailer park, so take off the diaper), and true psychosis. The fact that a coward like you has the same vote as me in this coubntry really bothers me. You are a scumbag, nothing more. I am sick of supporting trash like you, gutter racist white trash.
September 14th, 2008 at 10:55 pmOh, Patty, that’s sweet that you think logic matters to a troll. Nope, if a troll thinks he sees an opportunity to tag a liberal for some “nanny-state” transgression, he’s just gonna go ahead and do it. Even if the illusory “transgression” is actually a sound decision based on the public good, and EVEN if the decision-maker is a right-wing Republican.
Doesn’t matter. The McCain ‘08 points are still good for a sweet mouse pad.
September 14th, 2008 at 10:57 pmOur son called this evening about power outages after Ike, he works for one of the big power supply companies in that area. His called stated ” Notable restorations include hospitals, sewage treatment plants, water treatment plants, a refinery and numerous business and residential customers had restored power”. The point I’m making, will Big Oil Companies tell us that refinery are still down and not working, so to drive up prices like we have seen already.
September 14th, 2008 at 10:58 pmI am disappointed in Obama as I have not seen the energy I expected in fighting for the dems.
I want to see ads as:
September 14th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
And it’s that rare combination of attributes that has allowed the Coprohiliac_Texian to rocket to the top of the weekend troll charts. All trolls have at least one of the qualities you mentioned, most have several. But few have all four, and in the abundance that Coprophiliac displays.
September 14th, 2008 at 11:00 pmCopano Texian sounds like so many of the other folks I met in that neck of the woods in Texas. Copano Bay is near Corpus Christi Texas, the 275,000 person town that kindly refines all our oil. I get a kick out of the notion that the oil companies and somehow by extension the GUlf States, are magnanimously providing oil to the rest of us. Last I checked, those companies were making a ton of money helping us out so kindly.
September 14th, 2008 at 11:01 pmGo ahead and flag me, refute anything I said that was incorrect or not true. Your racism, your cowardice, your stupidity? Refute away moron.
Sorry, your trailer is actually a doublewide, my apologies then.
September 14th, 2008 at 11:01 pm‘I am disappointed in Obama as I have not seen the energy I expected in fighting for the dems.”
Now that we have put the troll to bed, I agree. This is looking like 2004 all over again. The fact is that the stupidity, racism, superstitions, and general ability to vote against their own interests of much of the US electorate makes it hard for democrats to win, add in election fraud, the deck is stacked. But this is still the election we can and should win, and Obama needs to do more, he needs to attack, he needs to bring the fight to McCain and the wolf killer in a dress. But so far he has proven ineffective, and it depresses me, angers me, and upsets me greatly. Hopefully, we will be a change soon, as in tomorrow.
The fact that this election is even close after 8 years of this nightmare of Bush makes me really question the future of this country.
September 14th, 2008 at 11:08 pm#
RUCerious Says:
had enough, re the yard signs.
Tape several razor blades to the bottom.
September 14th, 2008 at 10:42 pm
lol…. could – but they are only yard signs. Would love to catch one in the act though.
September 14th, 2008 at 11:11 pmnot a surprise… maybe even planned… go figure though…
Bush’s Overseas Policies Begin Resembling Obama’s
By Dan Eggen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, September 15, 2008; Page A02
Barack Obama contends that a John McCain presidency would amount to little more than President Bush’s third term. But as it turns out, an Obama presidency might look a bit like Bush’s second.
On a range of major foreign policy issues over the past year, Bush has pursued strategies and actions very much along the lines of what Sen. Obama has advocated during his presidential race, according to the Illinois Democrat’s campaign and many diplomatic and security experts.
[...]
September 14th, 2008 at 11:12 pmhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/14/AR2008091401973.html
RUCerious Says:
had enough, re the yard signs.
Tape several razor blades to the bottom.
jeez, that’s really harsh… hope you’re kidding…
but i DID cover mine with vaseline last time.
it worked… also allowed the spray paint to be wiped off…
serious local-yokals here…
September 14th, 2008 at 11:30 pm#RantingTommy Says:
Cowards like this texian kid are always going to support the authoritarian ‘daddy’ type that first terrorizes them with tales of bogeymen and then convinces them that they’re only path to salvation is through the king.
You’re close Tommy. But the real problem with people like this troll is that they have so little sense of self and ego strength. So they look to the authoritarians in their life to define the world for them. John Dean’s Conservatives Without Conscience explains it well.
September 14th, 2008 at 11:37 pmHOUSTON – Hundreds of first responders at two staging areas in Texas for Hurricane Ike have run out of food and water.
Congressman John Culberson said Sunday that 300 National Guardsmen, state troopers and other emergency workers are going hungry at a high-school football stadium — and at another staging area on Houston’s west side.
Culberson blamed FEMA for the gaffe and says he tried to contact Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, who is touring flood-stricken areas of Texas.
September 15th, 2008 at 12:06 amralph the wonder llama says: . . . Oh, Patty, that’s sweet that you think logic matters to a troll. Nope, if a troll thinks he sees an opportunity to tag a liberal for some “nanny-state” transgression, he’s just gonna go ahead and do it. Even if the illusory “transgression” is actually a sound decision based on the public good, and EVEN if the decision-maker is a right-wing Republican.
Doesn’t matter. The McCain ‘08 points are still good for a sweet mouse pad
oooh! ooooh! I wanna sweet mouse pad, too! Do I have to dumb down to the Sarah Palin level to earn one???
1. I grew up in Houston, so I’m a rocket scientist;
2. I was on my sons’ school board (which is practically like a mayor), so my next step is governor;
3. I think fossils are just really interesting rocks that the dinosaurs stepped on — ohhhh, let’s say, 7,500 years ago;
4. I think that public policy doesn’t affect private lives or individuals, just great big groups of people we don’t much care for anyhow.
… how’d I do?
September 15th, 2008 at 12:08 amObama is running cutting ads but they play primarily in battleground states.
September 15th, 2008 at 12:09 amI do enjoy trolls melting down and arguing with themselves. Especially when they whine about moderation because they type the “forbidden word”. Stupid, useless, creatures.
G’night good people.
September 15th, 2008 at 12:09 amYou too trolls.
Copano_Texian’s world…
$4.50 gas under a GOP Congress! GREAT THING!
September 15th, 2008 at 12:15 am$3.89 gas right now with the GOP in the minority: heaven help us, we’re all going to die!
Even Acts of God as hurricanes are called are liberally biased… That’s why a conservative cannot believe his lying eyes when presented with evidence of massive oil spills after Katrina, because McCain and his crew said none happened…
September 15th, 2008 at 12:22 amOT, but what the hell.
Prepare to watch your 401k shed another 3 – 5% tomorrow
Street scrambles as Lehman deal collapses
September 15th, 2008 at 12:27 amIndustry emerging transformed after frantic weekend of crisis management
Ike was only a category 2 storm so the damage should have been less unless it happened to directly hit a concentration of oil platforms. Katrina weakened to a category 4 storm just before making landfall but should have hit some platforms as a category 5 storm. Rita didn’t have quite the punch of Katrina as it neared the US.
Frankly, it is probably too early to make any kind of serious assessment. Let’s hope it isn’t quite as bad as this implies.
September 15th, 2008 at 12:27 amCopano_Texian Says:
Who cares what you say. You are nothing but an ignorant rightwing shill without a single functioning brain cell. Nothing where a brain ought to be but a taperecorder to regurgitate all the rightwing BS you have been told to believe. Your moronic nonsense isnt worth the waste of life it takes to read
September 15th, 2008 at 12:41 amCopano_Texian Says:
You are a moron with nothing but talking points long ago shown to be ignorant BS. Beg, borrow or steal a couple of functioning braincells until then go pour yourself a nice host steaming cup of STFU
September 15th, 2008 at 12:43 amRantingTommy Says:
Wow, just stopped in and I see this latest troll. Too funny.
These trolls DO serve a few purposes
#1 – They demonstrate to the many lurkers that read this blog just how silly and shallow the point of view of right wingers is.
#2 – They challenge us to defend our point of view with research and facts and give us practice debating with lother low information voters.
#3 – They provide endless entertainment for those of us that are amused by the Jerry Springer level style of argumentation.
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Not to mention the free clown show.
September 15th, 2008 at 12:45 amCopano_Texian Says:
“Galseston” ?
and you claim
you’re from texas?
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thank you.
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September 15th, 2008 at 12:48 amCopano_Texian Says:
now my posts are being flagged and awaiting “moderation” time to purge to who disagree. Free speech for me and not for thee,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
What is it about you incredibly ignorant wingnuts that you think free speech means you have to have a podium all to yourself to spread your ignorant propaganda without anyone having the right to respond and point out for instance just how stupid you are. Did you think free speech ONLY applied to rightwing morons? That it doesnt also apply to us criticising your ignorance? Why do you idiots even TALK about free speech when its obvious you have no conception whatsoever what it is? Oh thats righ to you free speech just like everything else is whateve Rush Limbaugh TELLS you it is. You are too stupid to be posting. All you do is embarass yourself and proudly parade your ignorance.
September 15th, 2008 at 12:50 amCopano_Texian Says:
i can flag for term violations as well enjoy leftists, i know your game, i used to be one, i grew up what about you?
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No you didnt grow up you just got stupider. While I admit that coming from an already impressive level of stupidity that was an accomplishment but becoming assimilated into the Limborg hivemind is NOT growing up. I also dont believe you were ever bright enough to be a lefty. You are just to ignorant. You have the IQ of grout fungus. That really isnt consistant with being a lefty. I know you are jealous but work hard. One day you may at least RECOGNIZE higher brain function though sadly it will always be far beyond your ability to perform
September 15th, 2008 at 12:56 amCan someone please provide a translator? My Trollese is a little rusty and I haven’t understood a word they said.
September 15th, 2008 at 1:42 amI was a marine that fought in viet nam. Having said that, I’d like someone to describe what a hero is. My confusion comes from the medias no balls having clowns that they are, have create John McCain the hero. As a marine the first thing they teach us is to avoid capture, and if chance and fate may heve it and you are captured there are some rules. What happened to the hero’s of our wars that gave name,rank, and serial number to the enemy, not a football teams roster. I wasn’t taught the football team tactic in pow training. Must be the sniviling navy training. Now in fairness John was tortured but lets not forget John’s own words,”they finally broke me”. That means I spilled my guts, to the enemy. Endangered other missions, etc… Hero, grow a pair media.
September 15th, 2008 at 5:00 amGeorge Bush don’t care about Texan people.
September 15th, 2008 at 7:48 am“Hurricane Ike destroys oil platforms in Gulf of Mexico.”
Yet oil drops in price AGAIN.
If you still think that prices are determined by supply and demand, I’ve got a political party that needs help this election season, and the dumber you are, the better off they’ll be…
September 15th, 2008 at 9:49 amIdyll Says:
Can someone please provide a translator? My Trollese is a little rusty and I haven’t understood a word they said.
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I’m out of practice, but here goes: “Gabba-gabba hey… gabba-gabba hey…” said the monkey to the chimp.
September 15th, 2008 at 10:01 amHurricane Ike “appears to have destroyed a number of oil production platforms and damaged some of the pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico, federal officials said Sunday.”
So let’s build more oil rigs in hurricane prone areas so we can reduce the price of gas a few pennies ten years from now.
Republican logic at its finest.
http://progressiveworldreview.com
September 15th, 2008 at 11:16 amI can’t believe you guys are making this a political event. What about trying to help instead of hinder?
September 15th, 2008 at 7:00 pmEugeneDebs Says:
No you didnt grow up you just got stupider.
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lol…Stupider. That’s quite the strategery you used there.
September 15th, 2008 at 7:13 pmto all you youngsters I barely caught this in the news. It was on the back pages of my newspapers. o one is commenting on this. In fact I heard they are voting to drill off shore of florida. So many americans don’t care about issues and frankly don’t care that the republicans lie all the time. The die hard republicans would rather be dead then believe a democrat. They’ve been in denial for years and that’s because they are sitting on the nice end of the street. Why would they change. The oil spills out in the gulf don’t sit in their back yard. I hope all the youg folks get out and vote for Obama or else the republicans will be calling back the draft to protect their ever dwindling oil fields. Republicans like things the same cause they are sitting pretty. It’s us uppity democrats that are looking forward and want to change things. The stock market is in deeper poop then we can imagine. Wonder who may eventually own us.
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Where are the oil spills?? Where is the beach damage that the spills caused?? I work in the oil fields in the Gulf of Mexico and have not seen nor heard of one spill caused from Katrina, Rita or Ike. Yes some platforms were damaged and most if not all have been repaired. Such damage and bent ladders as stairways was the majority of the damage.
As for the cost of gasoline and oil, you might check the futures markets to find out why it went so high. Before the storms. As you may have also noticed since the storm it has come back down.
http://useconomy.about.com/od/commoditiesmarketfaq/p/high_gas_prices.htm
“What Is the Biggest Factor in High Oil Prices?:
Like most of the things you buy, oil prices are affected by supply and demand. However, oil prices are also affected by oil price futures, which are traded on the commodities futures exchange. These prices fluctuate daily, depending on what investors think the price of oil will be in the future.
Lately, commodities traders have been driving up the price of oil, even though supply has increased and demand has fallen. The EIA pins part of the blame on volatility in Venezuela and Nigeria. It also cites an increased flow of investment money into commodities markets. In other words, money that used to be invested in real estate or the global stock markets is now being invested in oil futures. (Source: EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook)”
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