Jindal Waiting for Fed Approval To Build Berms. Obama Votes "Present"

[wa3zrm]

Jindal Still Waiting for Fed Approval To Build Berms. Obama Votes "Present"
Posted on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 2:40:46 PM

Jindal requested approval 3 weeks ago and still has not received approval. Obama's indecision has wasted WEEKS to build sand berms that can keep oil out of many wetlands. From AP 3 hours ago: "Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, a Republican, has taken swipes at BP and other oil companies involved in the disaster as well as the federal government. Jindal said he was going to call out members of the Louisiana National Guard to join state wildlife and fisheries agents to supplement a federal response he called inadequate. In particular, Jindal assailed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for failing to sign off on a plan to build a chain of protective sand barriers — or berms — off the coast to help block the oil. "We are not waiting for them. We are going to build it" ourselves, Jindal said. U.S. officials say the Corps is nearing a final decision."

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[danielan]

Obama Votes "Present"

? I think he got elected to the presidency. He's not voting "present" anymore.

[sgreger1]

? I think he got elected to the presidency. He's not voting "present" anymore.

Yah wtf, how could he vote "present"?

[tom502]

He does what he wants.

[Jwalker]

Fact: The oil rig is STILL! leaking. This is what's wrong with america we have to wait for the federal government to do something. With Exxon Valdez they at least sealed the leak.

[sgreger1]

Fact: The oil rig is STILL! leaking. This is what's wrong with america we have to wait for the federal government to do something. With Exxon Valdez they at least sealed the leak.

The problem is that this leak is at 5k feet which makes it very hard to plug. The real error here is that there is a $75 million cap on damages for BP and that won't cover the cost of this. Congress is trying to add crazy new taxes to oil in order to recoup what the feds will inevitably end up spending to clean this up. What happened to "the us taxpayer won't pay a single dollar for this spill" do Americans not buy gas?

[danielan]

The real error here is that there is a $75 million cap on damages for BP and that won't cover the cost of this.

BP leadership has already publically and loudly stated numerous times that they will not limit themselves to this cap. All the BS you are hearing about in the press about needing new taxes, etc is IMO basically anti-corporate nonsense that plays well to the left. The cap should probably be raised though - maybe tied to inflation and based on the size of the spill. Not too long ago $75M was a lot of money...

[sgreger1]

BP leadership has already publically and loudly stated numerous times that they will not limit themselves to this cap. All the BS you are hearing about in the press about needing new taxes, etc is IMO basically anti-corporate nonsense that plays well to the left. The cap should probably be raised though - maybe tied to inflation and based on the size of the spill. Not too long ago $75M was a lot of money...

Well BP can say what it wants, but I just don't see how they could follow through without going bankrupt. If they were to actually pay the true cost of cleaning this up, plus damages to all the parties affected, theres no way they would be able pay for it. They will likely just side with the dems and support raising the cap to 10 billion and then just paying that. This way they look like the good guys in a way.


We will see in the end. I would rather see BP pay for this than see us use federal money to fix it but I don't see that happening. I agree there is a big anti-corporate sentiment to this whole thing, but I think it was orchestrated that way. Obama is in their pockets anyhow, he will find a way to make this come out in their favor.

[Premium Parrots]

This issue is just so sad. The loss of wildlife and property and the mass polluting of the ocean is overwhelming to me. If this were the only problem the US was facing it might not be so troublesome. But at this point I am so disappointed in our government and its actions [or inactions, depending] on every issue. I find it hard to be optimistic about anything anymore. IMO, this country has never been so f**ked up. And there is no sign that it will get better. Get ready for unrest from the citizens. Its going to be a long summer. I hope we all survive.

[Jwalker]

"The problem is that this leak is at 5k feet which makes it very hard to plug."
True there's not much experience with spills this deep. I'm not sure how normal leaks are dealt with. Maybe it's like coal fires where you just can't do anything until there's no pressure.

"Well BP can say what it wants, but I just don't see how they could follow through without going bankrupt. If they were to actually pay the true cost of cleaning this up, plus damages to all the parties affected, theres no way they would be able pay for it."

How expensive is it? BP made 6 billion in profits and might choose to pay some up front and a couple billion a year for ten years or something like that. I can understand not wanting to pay some arbitrary billion dollars for the ecosystem damage. Aren't the costs clean up, compensation for fishing loss, tourism, and ecosystem damage. They should figure out how to contain it since once the oil hits the wetlands they're F***ed for a long time since oil disperses pretty slowly from inland.

Shouldn't Transocean also be fined too since they were running the drill?