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Obama's Handling of the Oil Spill

June 4, 2010 2:57 PM

Katie Couric and CBS News Radio White House correspondent Mark Knoller discuss the Obama administration's handling of the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.

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by oilpitcleaner June 18, 2010 5:07 PM EDT
Let me use 2 tankers and 20 small boats equiped with cranes . . .. if my team collects more crude from open waters . . .. then let me have full control of the BP personnel at the well location for 48 hours

I GUARANTEE THE WELL WON'T LEAK ANOTHER DROP, AND BP WILL BE ABLE TO USE IT IN THE FUTURE.

AND I HAVE THE TANKERS AND SMALL BOATS CLEAN UP ALL OF THE CRUDE IN OPEN WATERS BEFORE THE SUMMER ENDS. 415 410 6265
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by johnmotley June 12, 2010 7:56 PM EDT
For the life of me, I just don't understand. Why haven't they thought about either blowing the well up, or imploding it so the rubble will fill it up? The only reason I can think of, is that they would rather polute the gulf than lose the well!
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by charmed1967 June 10, 2010 1:47 PM EDT
So where are all the "Save the Gulf" concerts? Where are the T.V. Benefits with celebrities and musicians giving heart felt speeches on the poor fisherman, wildlife, beaches, loss of income and sabotaged gulf economy? I find it rather strange how these people (including our own government) are so quick to help Haiti and other countries...but sit on their butts for this one. Just the facts.
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by stevemarquis June 7, 2010 7:20 PM EDT
Why is Louisianna paying millions of un-employed to sit at their TV's, but doesn't have enough workers to clean the endangered brown pelicans? Or, we see abandoned beaches with oil with no one picking up the oil? Or, we see broken oil booms with no one there to supervise the oil boom? Seems that LA could get more for its un-employment dollars, if they employed some of the un-employed and put them to work on the front lines.
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by moosegil June 6, 2010 12:50 PM EDT
Please help get the word out...OSE II has been covered by our local [WAFB-Baton Rouge(CBS) & ABC26-New Orleans] news as a safe alternative to toxic oil dispersant being used in the gulf. It was approved by the EPA in 1996. BP has used it in Europe and all 5 branches of the US MILITARY use it. Our State and Parish officials (WHO KNOW OSE II WORKS)say their hands are tied when it comes to telling BP what to do because of the huge oil revenues our state receives!
PEOPLE DOWN HERE KNOW ABOUT OSE II they use it in the plants and at the railroad!!!
OSE'S listing on the EPA's Official Nat. Oil Spill Contingency Plan:
http://www.epa.gov/oem/content/ncp/products/oseater.htm
http://www.osei.us/videos12.php

VIDEO PROOF OF OSE WORKING IN HOUMA, LA A FEW DAYS AGO
http://www.osei.us/videos12.php
EPA NEW NATIONAL CONTINGENCY PLAN MAY 2010
OSE II IS ON PG 13. THEY HAVE A DISTRIBUTOR IN DENHAM SPRINGS, LA READY TO GO
http://www.epa.gov/emergencies/docs/oil/ncp/schedule.pdf

INFO ON COREXIT DISPERSANT being used in the Gulf:
http://www.osei.us/Tech%20Manual/OSEII_Competition-%20dispersant.pdf
IT IS SO TOXIC IT IS ILLEGAL IN EUROPE. OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS DOWN THERE TRYING TO SAVE OUR WETLANDS AND THEIR LIVELIHOODS ARE BEING EXPOSED TO THIS ON A DAILY BASIS
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by lakeworthtextom June 5, 2010 9:38 PM EDT
I cannot see our government leaving this horible mistake in the hands of the people that caused it !!! Is our government so backward that it cannot stop this gusher if it really wanted to? Is this really all about money? If they do not take control,then we the people of the United States should demand it!!!
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by Birdman333 June 4, 2010 7:11 PM EDT
There are plenty of pictures and footage of the oiled birds in the Gulf, but this is just the tip of the iceberg. At this time of year, most of the birds have migrated North, some as far as the Arctic Circle. By end of summer, they will all be headed back to the Gulf for the winter. Heading right back into the oil disaster. One of these birds will be the Ruby Throated Hummingbird. This tiny defenseless bird now faces extinction because of it's migration route, which does not stop at the edge of the water in the Gulf. Weighing only a few grams, they are the worlds smallest bird, but they also have the worlds most amazing migration route. They fly over the Gulf of Mexico in 20 to 24 hour flights from the Southern states to the Yucatan in Mexico. A one way flight of 600+ miles and they do it in one flight just a few feet off the water. Further, they make this flight twice a year.

I fear that this summer is the last time we will see these little jewels and the world will be a much poorer place when they are gone. Cause they surly can not survive one trip over oil covered waters, let alone two. I would appreciate it if you could spread the word of their passing, cause their passing is fore-ordained by BP.
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