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Nelson and Sens. Frank R. Lautenberg and Robert Menendez, both Democrats of New Jersey, also introduced legislation expanding oil companies' liability in a spill from $75 million to $10 billion. At one point Nelson even urged the president to engage the Department of Defense in the crisis. But for Nelson, the spill is more than a crisis of political convenience. For decades he has ardently opposed offshore drilling near Florida, even when polling numbers indicated his position might be unpopular. He helped write the federal law that keeps rigs at least 125 miles from Florida's Gulf Coast. In 2008 he introduced unsuccessful legislation imposing new ethics and disclosure guidelines on the Minerals Management Service, which regulates oil drilling.Obama don't need anybody. If he had, thing won't be this dicy going into November...When BP spill made headlines after millions of gallons of crude gushed into Ocean, World governments and experts offered help and Obama turn them all down. He wants world to know that he, Obama is in total control of BP oil spills...His actions in the days followed are arrogant and immature and totally irresponsible.
If Democrats lose big this November, the fault rests squarely on the shoulders of Obama. He lack experience to manage national crisis, He is arrogant, incompetent and very stubborn to boot!!!
I have an idea on how to stop the oil leaking from the well in the Gulf of Mexico. Weld on a flange to a joint of pipe the same size as pipe that is leaking.Then install a valve above the flange. Now you have a joint of pipe,with a valve and a flange on the bottom. Leaving the valve open,lower the pipe down to where an existing flange is shown. Attach the flanges together securely. The oil is now flowing up through the new pipe. Now close the valve!!!!!
June 18 2010 at 8:56 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyUntil Republicans admit to their many falures with respect to economic and environmental issues, nothing will be changing. The first thing a recovering alcoholic has to do is admit that he's an alcoholic. The GOP must quit using deceit, innuendo and propaganda to try and win elections. They're in a vicious cycle - creating new lies to cover up the old ones.
June 18 2010 at 2:19 PM Report abuse Permalink +3 rate up rate down Replyyeah, yeah, Nelson calling for president to demonstrate leadership (finally) and accountability of BP, which had Already agreed to pay damages Before the "shakedown" of the 20 billion for the dem-controlled "escrow account".
Hey Bill, it was a done deal from the beginning, and the Gulf States Should have taken charge & protected themselves, instead of whining "Obama won't let us".. But meanwhile we realize that politicians like Nelson still have to get in their face-time & their dem talking points..
This is all well and good, but it doesn't negate the fact Bill Nelson voted for and supported ObamaCare.
Note: Wind turbine are outlawed in Florida.
What's up with that Senator?
Question: Senator, way are you and others in Florida denying alterntive energy to million of Floridians with the natural wind power to produce clean energy right here at home.
I urged him with many letters to oppose ObamaCare as did the majority of citizens in Florida and all we got for our efforts were letters from his office for total support of ObamaCare.
This man is still a progreesive leftist in BO's pocket.
Don't be misled by this one article.
Ok so we stop drilling in the Gulf. Are you ready for the great damage it would cause. A depression so deep that it will turn this country and other into a war zone of survival of the most armed.
Try going into rehab and see what happens when you quit cold turkey.
we cant stop drilling until we decrease over all consumption and we need to start decreasing oil consumption now
June 18 2010 at 11:36 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI was born in Miami too. Unless you have visited Florida you would not know what a perfect place it is. I don't oppose offshore drilling, I oppose offshore spilling. Any technology can be updated. Those rigs need to be made safer & esthetically appealing (not an ugly conflagration of collaginous superfluity)....Al-
June 18 2010 at 9:57 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHeard Geraldo bashing BP this morning. Odd how he differentiates between the horror of Katrina, and the current catastrophe. One was all the fault of GWB, the other all the fault of BP. Cool the way he can sort out the good guys from the bad...........no blame for the La Gov/Nagin, for their delay in requesting Fed assistance........no blame for MMS failure to do their jobs, and for the diddling of the Obama administration. Cool, Geraldo.
June 18 2010 at 8:36 AM Report abuse Permalink +6 rate up rate down Replyone way to differentiate is that 1500 Americans died due to Katrina most with in 24-48 hours of when the hurricane hit
June 18 2010 at 9:51 AM Report abuse Permalink -1 rate up rate down ReplyWell, Nelson makes some good points....but we have to stop the leak....now.
I would like to see a "joint" task force of several of the large oil companies with off shore expretise work together on a method of capping or at least stopping the excessive flow so that 99-100 percent of the oil goes up the casing(pipe) to tankers. Then at least part of this oil should go into the strategic reserve salt caverns to bring the reserve up to 100%. I cant believe that is not being done..vs. burning off this finite resource. Then, a task force of 50-100 boats with Kevin Costner's new purification system should start sweeping the Gulf to clean up the oil. I can visualize this task force with even more boats added, sweeping the Gulf for several years as more and more of the oil comes to the surface.
We need to plug every oil well right now for the good of the country. We also should ground every commercial jet, because people could die and they pollute. Stop all cars and trucks from spewing hydrocarbons and quit driving. We should all walk around with beanies on with windmills out of the top to power our i-pads while wearing birkenstocks and quit showering. Yes, this is the progressive way.
June 17 2010 at 10:58 PM Report abuse Permalink +15 rate up rate down ReplyFollow Politics Daily
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