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Old 04-30-2010, 04:59 PM
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You know what's kinda BS? No one is covering this. "The liberal media" isn't touching it. No "special reports" on the cost of our oil addiction. All the yelling about bias has made them so scared to raise anything that anyone might consider a liberal issue we get no word on this. The right-wing completely controls the media.
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So now it's MY fault????

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Old 04-30-2010, 08:58 PM
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Whaassup Chas. Guilty conscience or something? The cartoon was posted in response to Eddie's comment about media coverage of the oil spill. I guess you're right that the point of the cartoon is that this type of effort to dill oil would not be necessary unless we consumers had such a voracious appetite for fuel. I don't think it points the finger at you. We've discussed before the difference between the having a working truck that consumes a larger amount of fuel, and commuting in a gas hog that hasn't had a payload bigger than a few sacks of groceries.

I do think that the event creates an opportunity for discussion whether greater emphasis should be spent on conservation than on finding other sources to feed the beast.

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Old 04-30-2010, 11:39 PM
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So, what's a right wing windbag to do?

I'm sure they are working on an angle, it won't be long. And it will be rediculous.
They've got one. Boss Limbaugh has decided that the whole thing was caused by an "eco-terrorist" attack on the platform. I mean, after all, it did happen on Earth Day!

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Old 05-01-2010, 07:50 AM
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Whaassup Chas. Guilty conscience or something? The cartoon was posted in response to Eddie's comment about media coverage of the oil spill. I guess you're right that the point of the cartoon is that this type of effort to dill oil would not be necessary unless we consumers had such a voracious appetite for fuel. I don't think it points the finger at you. We've discussed before the difference between the having a working truck that consumes a larger amount of fuel, and commuting in a gas hog that hasn't had a payload bigger than a few sacks of groceries.

I do think that the event creates an opportunity for discussion whether greater emphasis should be spent on conservation than on finding other sources to feed the beast.

Regards,

D-Ray
That's it I'm on a guilt trip.

Actually, it was a poor stab at humor on my part. I've been mentally exhausted for the last three weeks and have been way off of my game.

Actually, I'm a fan of sensible green energy. By sensible, I mean affordable. Make it cost effective, and I'll be the greenest SOB on the planet.

Anyway, it's time for me to go to work.

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There have been worse oil spills.http://www.politicalchat.org/images/editor/color.gif

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Hi,

There have been worse oil spills


How do you know? Last I read it was still going on.
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Old 05-03-2010, 09:55 AM
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Something is seriously wrong at BP, they seem to stumble from one disaster to another. Maybe the reason that the submersible can't shut off the blowout preventer valve is because there isn't one. They sometimes leave them off because they run about $500,000.
Well, one way or another, turns out you were right.

http://www.examiner.com/x-38220-Orla...nted-oil-spill

$500,000 device may have prevented oil spill.
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Old 05-03-2010, 09:56 AM
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There have been worse oil spills.

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Listening to the radio this morning, horribly, I'm affraid you'll ultimately be wrong about this.
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