Comments on: The Troubled Waters Of "Deepwater"

Congressman: The Country Is Less Safe Than Before $24 Billion Refurbishment

[ead1111]

Why doesnt the Navy give decommissioned ships to the Coast Guard????? Helloooooooo! If the ship is good enough to fight Iraqis today, then they can fight drug runners for the next 25 years!

[htc0]

Fortunately the Coast Guard can always wade to shore, if their ships fail.

[jetranger7]

SOUNDS JUST LIKE THE REGAN / BUSH ERA, OF THE 80s,,, FRAUD, WASTE AND ABUSE OF US GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND LOTS OF LIES AND EXCUSES !!! ALSO THE LACK OF US GOVERNEMENT OVER SIGHT OF TAX PAYER MONEY, LIKE THE GAO. BUT AS LONG AS WE HAVE CORRUPT POLITICIANS THAT ARE AS ARROGRANT AND DISPICABLE AS BUSH /CHENEY IN OFFICE THIS IS WHAT YOU'LL BE FACED WITH, FRAUD, WASTE AND ABUSE BY GOVT. OFFICIALS AND MORE FRAUD FOLLOWED BY MORE LIES AND RHETORIC, COVER UPS SCHEMES TO COMMIT COVER UPS,,, TIME FOR IMPEACHMENT !!!!!!!!

[wilfredgueri]

I do not believe that CBS would prevent the presentation of a coherent discussion, your restrictions are an insult to all of us.

These are the links to News articles referenced.


Transcript (CNN)
http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0305/25/sun.05.html

News coverage of "Norway" May 25, 2003
http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=may+25 2003 norway&sa=N&cid=8603442264145938

News of "Al Qaeda, Norway"
http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=al qaeda norway

Transcript of Al Qaeda tape (CNN)
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/05/21/aljazeera.tape/index.html

BLUE LADY: http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22blue lady%22&btnG=Search Archives

correlational search is flooded with irrelevant posts by IBB.GOV?

http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=al qaeda norway ss

[wilfredgueri]

1500chr is an insult to my presentation.

It should be important to note that there are many other additional concerns with the DHS and CoastGuard.
-- MARAD RESERVE FLEET, also known as the "Ghost Fleet", .. still exist at least 130 vessels with CONGRESSIONAL MANDATE for DISPOSAL no later than Sep of 2006.

..risks outside .., but what comes of a giant vessel easily "getting loose" and drifting downstream in San Fran. Bay, Jamestown, or Galveston?

--? the true history of the SS NORWAY (Prev. SS France and now SS BLUE LADY ) which had a "Boiler Explosion" in port of Miami on May 25th, 2003.
.. TSA investigation, .. along with Coast Guard and a plethora of other parties.

.. public release by AlQaeda exactly 2wksprior and broadcast17th of May that year onward quoted: "To Raise/Singe the floor right out from under their feet, the political and corporate interests of the United States and Norway."

..this caused extreme scares .. country of Norway, .. closure of US embassy and consulate facilities, and a global curiosity.

Feel free to examine these links to news articles of the time period:

moved to http://remedials.org/sunklinks.html

-Wilfred L. Guerin
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[jocoastie]

It sure seems easy for some people to bad mouth the Coast Guard for how they are managing the Deepwater project. It seems like just yesterday the Coast Guard was praised for the work they did during Katrina. Now I do realize that Deepwater and Katrina are apples and oranges but the fact still remains that we (the Coast Guard) have been and will always do more with less. I just wish one-sided stories like this would take a little time to also point out how well the Coast Guard is doing regardless of it's shortcomings.

Joecoastie sends.

[imzdave]

For the Coast Guard to justify spending they have to produce results, so they have now effected a set of rules that will create bad guys where there were none before, called "Transportation Workers Identification Credential" or TWIC. Every worker or potential worker aboard a U.S.flag vessel, will be subject to disqualification for employment if he has any history of criminal activity and convicition, even if he has served time and paid his debt to society. Some disqualifying factors are robery,rape,fraud,and dishonesty. Only with an appeal through the Coast Guard system can a person get a waiver to work once he is rejected. Of course every rejection will be one more justification that the system worked. The most onerous part of this plan is that it only applies to U.S.citizens. Foriegn vessels and crew, the same guys who brought us 9/11, are exempt. And who runs this massive program estimated to affect over 1.5 million persons and cost each worker $150 per card? Lockheed, who gave us Deepwater. It has been stated the program will move into trucking, rail, airline, bus, and taxicab industries after being perfected. More dollars. Remember it is a "Transportation Workers Identification Credential". A movement toward a national ID card, using a profiling system that infringes on our rights to free choice of employment, and access to private property all to identify some ex cons and justify spending. It doesn't catch the first terrorist.

[j_flood]

I used to work for a government contractor in the 80s, a 'beltway bandit' as we jokingly referred to ourselves. During my 10 years there were endless provisions put in place or changed or improved to prevent contractor over-spending or other types of negligence. Remember $600 dollar toilet seats? Here we are 20 years later and once again the system has let us down again. No one will be sent to jail for malfeasance, or criminal waste of resources. Again, there will be 'new and improved' safeguards put in place to solve this matter. And, 20 years from now we'll be 'shocked' to learn of another mess. Will we ever learn?

[gvreeland1]

I read your synopsis of the Coast Guard problem. I do agree with you that it is a problem. My immediate question is, did the contractors get paid for the shoddy work? I know in private enterprise that contractors that are licensed to do business must put up a bond with the state licensing board in order to ensure that the work they do is fair and equitable. They also must guarantee their work. It is hard to fathom that the Federal Government would not require at least the same. It happens all the time that we have contractors doing work for the federal, state or local gov%u2019ts where the work done is far below the standard required in private world and costs 12 times as much with no retribution when the work is done substandardly or costs 5 to 10 times the original estimate. If the federal government deducted from the amount paid an amount for shoddy work, I am sure the contractors would be more careful to make sure the work is done properly. I remember a few years ago i saw on the news about a B-2 bomber that was just flying and the wings fell off. The immediate question was,, we the taxpayers just paid several BILLION dollars for an airplane that when flown in a regular manner, the wings fall off.. No one got penalized but the taxpayers. I also thought that if they took that several BILLION dollars they just flushed down the preverbal toilet and put it in a special education fund,, nearly every child in this country could go to college for free
Gary Vreeland, 410 707 1104