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Obama's slick?
Uh-huh.
Tell me, Mr. "Very Conservative", why would the profits from that rig have belonged to BP, but somehow the losses belong to the government?
Because, Miss/Mrs./Ms. "Slightly Liberal", it's the government's job to look out for the, "general welfare", of the American people.
I thought the General Welfare clause was meaningless bunk used by liberals to justify unconstitutional welfare programs? Or is that not a problem when you want them to dish out corporate welfare?
BP caused the mess, it's BP's problem. The risk was taken in the name of private profit, and that's fine. But then the losses are also private responsibility. You can't have it both ways.
Actually, it doesn't add up to the misinterpretation that Liberals lend to it. Ripping off the working class to make sure the welfare class has health insurance doesn't fall under, "general welfare". Deploying the might of the American government and all the expertise that comes with it, to prevent hundreds of thousands of jobs from being destroyed, does fall under, "general welfare".
So, since this was in the name of private profit, the government should sit back and allow Americans to ****ed over however? IOW, if there's a poltical profit in it for the Leftists, then that's what the government should do. New Orleans was built in the name of private profit. Did you possess that attitude when Katrina made landfall? Or, was there too much political capital in saying that the government should have been johnny-on-the-spot 15 minutes after the storm made landfall?
The oil patch is too big to fail.
So in other words, it's in the general welfare to lay the responsibility for corporate failure at government's doorstep.
Interesting second sentence though. What expertise in oil drilling and cleanup does the government have that a global oil company does not? Either government is more of an expert in BP's own field than BP is, or it is incompetent. Again, you can't have it both ways.
Which private entity produced Katrina for profit and therefore owns responsibility for the losses associated with it?
I'm only responding to your posts, sir. Not complaining about the lack of intelligent content of your posts.
I thought the General Welfare clause was meaningless bunk used by liberals to justify unconstitutional welfare programs? Or is that not a problem when you want them to dish out corporate welfare?
BP caused the mess, it's BP's problem. The risk was taken in the name of private profit, and that's fine. But then the losses are also private responsibility. You can't have it both ways.
Thread: BP Engineer Called Doomed Rig a 'Nightmare Well'
Maybe we could try sealing up the leak with your buttplug. :lamo Course that would cause another leak.
It sure is. And in that case, eff the gulf coast. I want a refund check for all that money that went into the 1994 contigency plan, and all the money spent on the coast guard to prep them for oil mitigation and cleanup.
We can just tell the gulf states, sorry, bp's doing what they can.
How "progressive".... :roll:
Yes, you are responding to me by going off topic and ranting about things that have nothing to do with this thread by ranting about the government's response to the spill, not what may have been contributing factors to the spill itself.
I will decline further response unless you can actually address what I wrote and not evade it and find a way to attack the government in an unrelated manner.
I gotta better idea. How 'bout you explain how they inserted three cement plugs inside the production string? Hmmm?
How do you know I'm wrong? From your extensive experience in the oilfield? I'm a third generation oilfield hand. What the hell could I possibly know? Right? If you worked on a rig, you would still be looking for the keys to the v-door. :rofl
Care to tell us what the centralizers had to do with it?
This is a centralizer. Since, I doubt you know.
A potential massive spill that covers much of the gulf perhaps.
I gotta better idea. How 'bout you explain how they inserted three cement plugs inside the production string? Hmmm?
How do you know I'm wrong? From your extensive experience in the oilfield? I'm a third generation oilfield hand. What the hell could I possibly know? Right? If you worked on a rig, you would still be looking for the keys to the v-door.
No. You've already proven that, when it's obvious you don't know what you're talking about and are proven wrong, you are not able to admit it. Why should I educate you even more?Care to tell us what the centralizers had to do with it?
You don't think they put 3 cement plugs in the well? :roll:
Your family might know what is going on but, you sure don't. If you actually do, you have a major problem expressing yourself with your posts. I used your own diagram to prove you were wrong and I'm not going to engage you in any side issue until I see you write "UNCLE".
No. You've already proven that, when it's obvious you don't know what you're talking about and are proven wrong, you are not able to admit it. Why should I educate you even more?
Prove it.
Not only did I already prove it but...
... your own posted diagram proved it. :doh
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