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Not Again: Another Oil Spill Reported Near BP Explosion Site in Gulf

The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating what seems to be an oil spill just 20 miles north of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, which is where the BP spill occurred. The leaky rig may be the Matterhorn SeaStar, owned by W&T Offshore, Inc. The slick is said to be 30 miles off the coast of Louisiana.

Not Again: Another Oil Spill Reported Near BP Explosion Site in Gulf

According to reports, two callers contacted the National Response Center on Friday, reporting that they had seen an oil slick in the water:

A helicopter crew and pollution investigators have been dispatched to Main Pass Block 41 in response to two calls to the National Response Center, the federal point of contact for reporting oil and chemical spills, said Paul Barnard, an operations controller for Coast Guard Sector New Orleans.

The first caller, around 11 a.m., described a sheen of about a half-mile long and a half-mile wide, he said.

About two hours later, another caller reported a much larger sheen — about 100 miles long — originating in the same area and spreading west to Cocodrie on Terrebonne Bay, Barnard said.

“We haven’t been able to verify that, and it would be very unlikely for an individual to be able to observe a 100-mile long sheen,” he said, adding inspection teams were en route around 3 p.m. to the site.

The Huffington Post is reporting that “the slick was sighted by a helicopter pilot on Friday and is about 100 miles long. A fishing boat captain said he went through the slick yesterday and it was strong enough to make his eyes burn.”

The AP is reporting today that the Coast Guard is investigating whether the material seen in the water is actually oil: “officials are collecting samples to determine what it is.”

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  • tranymike
    Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:37am

    looks like we got are own oil world and lots of if we won’t be needing yours sorry being them all home get that oil out of the water i got to fill my tank up

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  • ComeAndTakeThis
    Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:34am

    The pen and women that drill for the life blood of the worlds economy are professionals that make every effort to find and deliver a product found on the most hostile environments in the world. The expectation that this can be done without a failure from time to time is a chids dream at best. I worked on a well in the gulf a 5 years and had to assit in the creation of a device to cut 3 1/2 inch pipe at 25000 ft. The pressure was over 20,000PSI the temp was above 450 degrees and there was natural CO2 in the well that when in contact with water creates carbolic acid. Amazingly we acomplished the task. There is no industry that does not have failures and the millions of hours with out large failures in oil and gas exploration are many and the failures few. This is a testement to the determination and dedication of the workers in the industry from the Rough Neck‘s to The CEO’s.

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    • Geopatriot
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 11:31am

      You’re absolutely right in your comments and the industry should be commended! I find it hard to understand how it is that the oil industry was doing what they do best for so long; suddenly has accidents. Especially when an Administration that wants to run away from oil takes, over and wants to raise the cost to make it unpopular. Also, let me point out, they are beating up the Gulf to make the people of the coast hate oil too! It’s all too convienient for my liking.

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  • The Toad
    Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:32am

    Just what we need another oil spill and Obama getting us in another war! You liberals don’t talk about Bush your boy is just as bad if not worse!!

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  • TommyGunn
    Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:31am

    This may be a conspiracy but is this possibly being done by sabotage to destroy our economy and finally put us under.

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  • Mike Whittington
    Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:30am

    Here we go again. This is going to be amazing if it is large. No nukes, no oil, no coal.
    What do you see ahead?
    http://www.ISeeDanger.com

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  • Geopatriot
    Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:30am

    I woner if anyone is looking into the possibilities of some “Radical Environmental Group” is reesponsible for these unexplained leaks? Can anyone explain why the original BP oil spill accident was never really investigated yet? Is there a plot????? Where is the President right now???? In Brazil, where he has pumped our tax dollars for what????

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  • USA4EVER
    Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:29am

    I didn’t Vote for BHO nor will I Vote for the Wanna Be Dictator…..Can’t wait for 2012….Accidents happen. Drill baby Drill USA….Were’s all the previous oil that what spilled? On the bottom? Cleaned up? Havn’t heard for sure?????????THings that make you go Mmmmmmmmmmmm!

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  • MontanaRob
    Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:29am

    The AP is reporting today that the Coast Guard is investigating whether the material seen in the water is actually oil: “officials are collecting samples to determine what it is.”

    Let’s give this a day or 2 to develope first, but if true we are in deep crude again!

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  • Room 101
    Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:28am

    curious timing, with recent demands for domestic oil production…

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  • BBReggie
    Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:28am

    We need directions on how to invest in coal. The Big O will shut down all other sources of power.

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    • QuietRiot
      Posted on March 21, 2011 at 4:02am

      THE EPA has already started limiting coal , About a month ago they closed an open mine that shaves off the top of a mountain due to dust fall out into the woods and local streams. The safest way to do it yet we cant get good stuff dug underground either.

      WSJ ‎Mar 13, 2011‎
      The EPA has said tightening the standard would save thousands of lives and is “long overdue.” The pending EPA proposal to limit mercury emissions stems from a long-running struggle between public-health groups and America’s coal industry. …

      Google :epa limits use of mercury in the news section ….

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  • I SPY
    Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:27am

    If this is true, this time it has to be deliberate. Terrorists or Obama Administration… choose your culprit.

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  • ireport uderide
    Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:26am

    Buy Kleenex Stock. Shepard Smith will be crying buckets when he hears about this.

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  • satotbs
    Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:26am

    Thank goodness it‘s not one of George Soros’ financed Petrobras rigs. That might ruin the first families’ trip to Rio.

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  • psycodad36
    Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:26am

    more than likely built up pressure from not allowing drilling rigs to reduce the naturally occuring build up.must tap those fields to help protect the environment,and supply us with our energy needs

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  • tkelly33
    Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:25am

    Ohhh, news from the HuffPo. What a crock. I’ll believe it when there are actual documented facts, not the rantings and ravings of a pack of certified lunatics and idiots.

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    • bobodu
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 11:16am

      “not the rantings and ravings of a pack of certified lunatics and idiots.”

      Like from Beck and His followers?

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    • drumsalot5
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 11:57am

      @bobodu – You mean the people who are constantly told to check their facts and do their own research to back up the findings of Beck and the people he presents? The same people who are constantly fact-checking Huffpo, MSNBC, CNN, and finding “facts” molded to spin a story to fit a liberal agenda?

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  • JoeBtfsplk
    Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:23am

    Who pulled the plug? Sabotage? Or was G. Soros out snorkeling in the Gulf this AM?

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  • texasfarmer
    Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:22am

    Ban oil drilling, close nuclear plants. One hell of a energy policy. Hope you enjoy your electric car.

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    • Evileye
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:27am

      Also ban coal.
      Ban Berry the Fairy Obumbler

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    • aragona
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:27am

      Electric car? Bicycle or walking shoes.

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    • JROCKER
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:29am

      The real problem is that even with electric cars we still need fuel or hydropower or some other force to produce electricity. They just don’t get it Joe!

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    • independentvoteril
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:45am

      No they WON’T be able to enjoy their electric car.. since the EPA is going after MERCURY which the coal companies emit .. the FINES and REGULATIONS will be MASSIVE.. making the cost of ELECTRIC necessarily skyrocket..making OIL a bargain.. I do have one question.. why when COAL companies emit mercury it’s BAD but the SAME government wants us to use light bulbs which have so much MERCURY we have to leave the room if they break?? and what are the effects of Mercury leaking from said bulbs when heated for any length of time in ones home?? How much higher is it say in the winter when homes are pretty much sealed up?? Answers to these questions will not surface for YEARS after the effects have caused much damage to the health of many..I had the new light bulbs everywhere in my house trying to save money.. ( I am all for saving money).. however we noticed a INCREASE of our skin seemingly burning and itching.. we backtracked to find what was different.. when we changed the light bulbs BACK to the old kind the burning and itching disappeared.. the same thing where I worked.. I would itch and burn all day under florescent lights.. it would stop in the evening when I wasn’t sitting under the lights..

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    • texasfarmer
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 11:41am

      What the dim bulbs don’t get is without electric power plants their precious electric cars will be plant pots.

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    • drumsalot5
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 11:50am

      The only electric car I’ll be using is the driven around the back yard with a radio transmitter. . .

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    • Liberty7
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 12:00pm

      The only electric car I will ever drive is a golf cart in search on my golf ball after another errant shot…..

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on March 21, 2011 at 1:02am

      texasfarmer
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:22am
      Ban oil drilling, close nuclear plants. One hell of a energy policy. Hope you enjoy your electric car
      ****************************
      Anyone thought of energy from BEANS, my big brother used to sing it’s praises often in childhood: “Beans, beans, the musical fruit, the more, …..” All we have to do is fugure how to bottle and burn it. No fear of drilling accidents, help the farmers, keep politicians out of “fly-over country”! Sounds like a plan to me!

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  • KEA
    Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:22am

    I want to know why the picture used in this report is NOT a factual representation of the event. The picture shows a beach with waves yet the report states the slick was 30 miles off the coast!

    BAD JOURNALISM IN THIS CASE!

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    • Dandylyon
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:29am

      Good point! bet no one answers it.

      Most all are worryed about the price of fuel…………….me,me,I.

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    • AzDebi
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:58am

      Great observation!

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    • sleazyhippo
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 11:37am

      The Ultimate Purpose of these sites is to drum up business, and unfortunately they are too impatient here. Other sites develop trust with facts, this site drums up business with scary Headlines and Photos that do not support the article. The article is an investigation into a slick… not “Another Oil Spill Reported” which would indicate that a drilling platform had released a report. NOT SO!
      If you read the last part of the article, it says that the “reportedly noxious slick” may not even be oil!

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    • GrannyATL
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 11:59am

      KEA, good catch. Not bad journalism, but typical sensationalism at work. When you click on the photo it only says “oil slick.“ It seems a generic photo was used to hype the ”severity” of the situation.

      The Blaze should know better.

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    • pattybbb1
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 2:17pm

      yes, accurate pics should be used. Just like with Hurricane Katrina. MSM kept talking about New Orleans devistation while showing pics from Mississippi coast. Trypical. You can get good news from http://www.floridaoilspilllaw.com .

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  • Stoic one
    Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:22am

    I can hear him now……no more oil!! BAD>>>BAD…..OIL

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    • CatB
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 12:57pm

      Now they should start drilling on GOVERNMENT land that they bought up to keep out oil drilling .. NOW IS THE TIME! New technology allows for getting oil from numerous directions from just one well … the enviroment will not be harmed and any “problem” would be easier to take care of.

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  • Real True American
    Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:21am

    Bush’s fault again!!

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  • Strife
    Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:21am

    You’ve got to be kidding me… Now Obama’s going to completely destroy our economy and shut down all oil drilling…

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    • teachermitch32
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 11:42am

      And nuclear….. I‘ve been stocking up on duracells from COSTCO for awhile but I don’t think they will do much for me. Maybe one of those hand crank radios??? I’m screwed.

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    • dmforman
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 12:05pm

      Nuclear and oil are definitely done in the US. Sad, but true. We will be going backwards in our technology and way of life.

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    • CatB
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 12:43pm

      Sounds like the “PLAN” to me! Obama hates America and Americans .. he has proven over and over he cares nothing but his and SOROS (I will say it) agenda. God Bless and SAVE America from these MARXISTS.

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  • Mettag
    Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:21am

    This is why we need nuclear power. A oil spill is more likely then a meltdown

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    • Flyboy
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:31am

      You do realize the difference between nuclear power and fossil fuel, dont you?

      You gonna burn some of that “nuclear power” in your car? Gimme a break.

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    • Rick Steele
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:39am

      Yes, Flyboy, I’ll be burning that “Nuclear Power” in my electric Car!

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    • bobodu
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 11:01am

      Also, you can produce hydrogen…..

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    • J.C. McGlynn
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 11:06am

      Neither. We’re gonna be forced to go solar.

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    • Flyboy
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 11:08am

      @Rick….well, good luck with that and congratulations on being one of the 300 who bought the HYBRID Volt!

      Now, get in the RH lane and turn your flashers on because you’re only going to go 40 miles at 40 MPH without filling that tank up with evil fuel…and I‘m going to run your ass over if you can’t keep up and will not stop to help you into town so you can plug back in at Uncle Georgie’s/GE “power station”.

      Pack a lunch.

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    • Non-sequitur
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 11:46am

      “Now, get in the RH lane and turn your flashers on because you’re only going to go 40 miles at 40 MPH without filling that tank up with evil fuel…and I‘m going to run your ass over if you can’t keep up and will not stop to help you into town so you can plug back in at Uncle Georgie’s/GE “power station”.”

      Well, low max speeds are the fault of lousy american engineering. The germans are getting it: 113 HP, 86mph with their electric car. It’s a first step.

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    • KickDemOut
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 11:49am

      Actually, the Chevy Volt is a mini coal-fired power plant.

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 1:20pm

      @Flyboy

      Too funny.
      The greenies will never see the reality that stares them in face.

      Anyone who voted democrap should be mandated to buy a Volt. (WITHOUT A GOV GIVE BACK)

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    • Tnredneck
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 4:25pm

      Very true but both will be under attack by this administation. By the way, just got back from destin not to far from the bp spill….. Chrystal clear water and snow white beaches. No evidence of oil. No tarballs. The temp change in the gulf due to seasons is not significant for oil to settle then come back up. What oil there was in the gulf has succumbed to natural causes and sits harmlessly at the bottom of the gulf as tarballs, and is providing food for various forms of plankton which in turn provides food for animal species. The Light nature of the oil was easily destroyed by salt water, warm ocean temps and as food supply . The timing of this spill is highly suspect though.

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    • NancyBee
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 4:40pm

      Flyboy…….that was funny…..I think I’ll ride with you

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:51pm

      Bobadu wrote: ” Also, you can produce hydrogen”…..

      And don’t forget all the methane you produce

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    • Czar Casm
      Posted on March 21, 2011 at 10:38pm

      Why aren”t we using the Flux Capacitor or Warp Drive? Hell, I’ll even settle for Impulse Drive. I’ve seen that stuff work in the movies. It’s 2011! I want my flying car!

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  • koyettsu
    Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:20am

    Great, we are going to have $11.00 gas by the end of the summer.

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    • PrfctlyFrank
      Posted on March 21, 2011 at 10:19pm

      Yeah but no inflation!! Ain’t that great??

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    • jackrorabbit
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 12:00am

      Thanks to Contran for letting us know that this is dredging silt from the Mississippi and not oil.

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  • BallisticBob
    Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:19am

    Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…………

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    • drhunt
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 11:06am

      As far as the BP oil spill is concerned…

      Clean Water Act of 1972

      President’s responsibility to ensure the clean-up MANDATED by Sec. 311 (8) of the Clean Water Act 1972:

      http://www.blm.gov/nstc/WaterLaws/pdf/Chapter8.pdf

      “The OPA amended the Federal authority in § 311 to respond to spills. Prior to the OPA, § 311 authorized the President to respond to discharges of oil and hazardous substances, but there was significant latitude for private cleanup efforts by the discharger. The OPA amended § 311 to mandate the President to take action to ensure “effective and immediate removal of a discharge, and mitigation or prevention of a substantial threat of a discharge, of oil or a hazardous substance.”9 The President’s removal authority is primarily carried out through the creation and implementation of facility and response plans.”

      Commentary:

      According to the Clean Water Act, Sec. 311(8), which was revised by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, the POTUS is solely responsible for coordination of the efforts to cleanup this hazardous discharge, and do so immediately. Not only is the POTUS solely responsible, but is mandated by law to act expeditiously. The question remains who gave the orders for oil dispersants to be sprayed on the oil slick? Did the POTUS give BP “carte blanche” freedom to deal with the oil slick as they deemed appropriate? Pres. Obama has ‘some’ laxity in delegating authority, ie., US Coast Guard Admiral, Thad Allen, but is still responsible for the protection of our waters and citizens. Why weren’t the Danish boats, offered three days after the crisis began, utilized in an all out effort to minimize damage?

      I believe that a strong case of negligence in this matter could be made against Pres. Obama for his mishandling of the disaster, his reticence in acting quickly as mandated by law and the apparent disconnect between reality and political spin. If what Univ. of Georgia scientist, Samantha Joye, stated is even only partially true: “The devastation, she said, could last “years or decades. It‘s still there and it’s going to degrade very slowly”…then a case of criminal negligence needs to be considered.

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    • felina g
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 11:17am

      Can you say New Madrid Fault ?

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    • felina g
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 11:25am

      http://whiteknightsreport.blogspot.com/

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    • drhunt
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 11:53am

      Felina-Madrid fault line? No…but Presidential incompetence no doubt…

      http://drhunt1.blogspot.com/

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  • Joe_Anchorage_True_American
    Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:19am

    Perfect. Just perfect.

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    • JoeBtfsplk
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:25am

      This has the smell of GEORGE SOROS all over it!

      I wonder who planned this spill?

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    • Ironmaan
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:32am

      This smells like an intentional act.
      http://guerillatics.com

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    • Creestof
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:38am

      More importantly, it means my favorite special at Long John Silvers is likely to go up in price once more.

       
    • Ruler4You
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:46am

      I’m no “scientist” but maybe it’s just the change in seasons that has allowed previously “leaked” oil to come to the surface?

      Colder water, during winter, is denser and actually sets up barrier layers under water. Some, dense enough for a submarine to sit on. This ‘could’ form a ceiling, when waters warm, in ‘spring’, the density could change enough for oil to begin to permeate the layer and surface.

      Just a theory.

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    • KansasPatriot
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:47am

      Can you say sabotage…

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    • PubliusPencilman
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:55am

      Ha! It really is amusing to see the incredible lack of any grip on reality on these boards. No! The spill can’t have anything to do with aggressive drilling practices (Drill Baby Drill!) or a lack of oversight. That would be far too likely. Clearly this is the result of sabotage, by George Soros no less!

      Honestly, do you folks actually think that this bizarre ideology-driven counterintuitive nonsense is what the Founders had in mind when they put public debate at the center of our governing system? Do all the yelling you want about how you want to get America back to its founding principles, blah blah blah. You seem to have forgotten a few, like reason and disinterestedness.

       
    • AzDebi
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 10:55am

      You know guys, I’m really not into conspiracies…but I’m REALLY beginning to smell a RAT…A puny, spooky lil’ RAT!

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    • Stoic one
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 11:00am

      I do believe the administration‘s ’solution’ is natural gas. At least they will claim it is their idea….
      natural gas pipelines have been going in across Ohio from the west for the past decade. this has been on the local news. We have centuries worth of it here in the continental USA. Could Obama use this as “manna” from heaven to legitimately gain reelection?

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 11:11am

      Yep, how do Spooky Dude, Obama and the Brazilian oil company manage to do this twice. Once may be an accident, although many have had doubts, but twice…..where are Mitch Rapp and Jack Bauer when you need them?

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    • J.C. McGlynn
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 11:14am

      And the pres is in Brazil to try to buy oil?

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    • GeorgieJo
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 11:17am

      Perfecto timing for BHO to leave the country
      Who goes on a vacation with their mother in law?
      Something VERY fishy about ALL of this….

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    • Contrarian51
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 11:20am

      The substance has not been confirmed to be oil. That should happen sometime today. Also, It has been documented that much of the oil from the Deepwater Horizon incident never made it to the surface, so it is not yet possible to know if this is a new spill, even if the substance does turn out to be oil.

      Seems to me that it’s just a little early for conclusions and proclamations.

      What I would like to see, though, if this indeed is a spill, is the federal government NOT obstruct clean-up efforts like they did last time.

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    • Uncle Crusty
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 11:29am

      come on Blazers, leaks do happen all the time, we just dont hear about all of them. this one looks pretty big if you believe the first reports. let’s wait for the facts to come out before coming to any conclusions about conspiracies.

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 11:54am

      Don’t treat this spill like it actually is what motivates Obama to destroy America – he already wanted to to that.

      And don’t blame the oil companies – the “catastrophic” BP oil spill did hardly any lasting environmental damage. And Obama was thinking that if he just let the oil spill for a long time, there would be so much damage that America would be dissuaded from drilling for oil.

      Focus on exposing his Marxism to others, and eventually oil companies will reject his moratorium and drill on their own. We do not have to adhere to Obama‘s and the rest of the Progressives’ Marxist policies.

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    • drbage
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 11:59am

      Hmmm, this happens while the O is in Brazil to whom we “loaned” one billion dollars to drill for oil offshore at a depth 2 to 3 times that of the Gulf where the US can’t drill because Sleazazar has deemed that we do not have the technology. Further to the irony or hypocrisy is that the largest non-Brazilian shareholder of Petrobras is Spooky Dude. Nope, no collusion nor anything to question here.

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 12:00pm

      @PubliusPencilman,

      “Honestly, do you folks actually think that this bizarre ideology-driven counterintuitive nonsense is what the Founders had in mind when they put public debate at the center of our governing system?”

      That’s disingenuous. ALL politics are ideology-driven. We all believe in a set of principles that guide our lives – that’s ideology.

      But if what you mean is that our particular ideology is not well founded, then make your case. Don’t just say it.

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    • desertkid
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 12:00pm

      I don’t think the first oil spill passed the smell test. Countries around the world were ready and more then capable to assist in keeping that oil from coming ashore. When Obama told them that they were not needed is when the smell test red flag went up. Wasn‘t it something to do with a davey jones act that protect the union dock workers and doesn’t allow foreign vessel to use our docks? Isn’t it the Chicago political way not to let a good crisis go to waste. Especially a self made crisis. I believe if the help from other countries were allowed their assistance 80%, if not more, oil would have not made it ashore and the damages to our beautiful shores and our long out standing fishing industry would of been minimal. Obama and company have an agenda and anti oil is one of them. He was more concerned with shutting down the oil rigs then the well being of his fellow americans. The man took a oath to protect americans and this means to do everything at his disposal and to keep that oil from coming ashore was his job and he failed. We could of had a better out come then Obama looking for someone’s a$$ to kick. I can hear his statement about this on his last day of vacation in Rio “when I get back to the US I’ll be looking forward hold the boot of these nice Brazilian army boots I received in exchange for a CD of my latest speeches to the throats of those responsible.”

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    • NeoFan
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 12:00pm

      Just like the first one this was planned by the “ONE”.

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    • walkwithme1966
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 12:00pm

      Well this is just great – another oil spill – nothing makes me more angry than this!! Just unbelievable – what else can happen? I shouldn’t have said that – every time I say that – something else happens!
      http://wp.me/pYLB7-KX

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    • Patriotdg1
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 12:04pm

      @grandmaof5! Yes! Need a Mitch Rapp, Mike Nash, Stan Hurley! This is another obvious, intentional sabotage engineered to keep our economy from any possible recovery. Meanwhile…..less we forget this admin regime generously gave our tax dollars to Petrobus to drill in Brazil….and back soros’investment. Any leak down there?

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    • Patriotdg1
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 12:07pm

      One more important point….the photo shows the coast….that is the smallest scale of 30 miles “off the coast” that i have seen”. Wow…….timing is everything! The third permit was just issued…now to stop any progress…lets create another crisis.

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    • janedough1
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 12:20pm

      Are we allowed to ask if its terrorism this time? Oh yeah, we do still have free speech rights……I think.

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    • tifosa
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 12:27pm

      When UNCLE CRUSTY is the voice of reason, you know the comments are REALLY OUT THERE :^)

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    • PubliusPencilman
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 12:35pm

      Doctor’s Right,
      You are certainly free to call me on my use of the term ideology. Being guided by principles is one thing, but being so enthralled to a set of ideals and prejudices that it conditions your every response even at the cost of reason is another. That’s why I called the responses on this board particularly ideologically “driven.”

      As far as what I have to prove–it‘s always amazing to me how people here don’t really understand the concept of the “burden of proof.” If one makes the claim that an oil spill part of a vast plot engineered by the President and George Soros, it is your job to prove that it is not an incredibly crazy thing to say. If I said that Glenn Beck is a werewolf, could you prove that he’s not?

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 12:55pm

      @walkwithme1966

      Seriously? NOTHING gets you more angry than a little oil spill?
      Not the moral decay of our society?
      Not the economy? Jobs? Pelosi? Reid?
      Not Michael Moore’s last shopping trip causing global food shortages?
      NOTHING?
      My what a simplistic little world you live in.
      Oh, I’m sorry, I forgot, you are a lib.

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    • APatriotFirst
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 1:10pm

      Perhaps the M9.0 quake in Japan has had an effect under ground and did damage? Which released oil?
      With all the Faults we have around the planet, one is bound to have an effect somewhere else.

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    • sissykatz
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 1:26pm

      I think maybe we need more information before coming to a conclusion. I know what I am thinking is what a lot of you are thinking and I hope and pray to God that we are wrong.Please don’t let this be anything of any consequince. Pray for the USA and all the worlds problems.

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    • DTOM_Jericho
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 1:27pm

      @PUBLIUSPENCILMAN
      You understand that you just did the exact same thing you are acusing, right? But that’s the liberal way: hypocrisy. Shouldn‘t you be protesting Obama’s newest war and his expansion of Bush wars?
      Feminine hygiene product.

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    • AzDebi
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 1:48pm

      @A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right:
      “Don’t treat this spill like it actually is what motivates Obama to destroy America – he already wanted to do that.

      And don’t blame the oil companies – the “catastrophic” BP oil spill did hardly any lasting environmental damage. And Obama was thinking that if he just let the oil spill for a long time, there would be so much damage that America would be dissuaded from drilling for oil.

      Focus on exposing his Marxism to others, and eventually oil companies will reject his moratorium and drill on their own. We do not have to adhere to Obama‘s and the rest of the Progressives’ Marxist policies.”
      _____________________
      You are so right…what I don‘t understand is why we can’t impeach this guy? I would think that not only his delay in handling the BP spill (took him 31 days to act at all)…we know that he delayed to allow the situation to become much worse…Would there not be quite the list of “incompetent” or “intentionally harmful” acts performed to date that would have an air-tight case against him? I’m puzzled as to how far we have to “allow” this train wreck to continue before we put a stop to it! This is getting WAY PAST trying to be CIVILIZED AND CONSTITUTIONALLY CORRECT!

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    • Old Truckers
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 2:00pm

      That is a very interesting theory. Sounds right.
      If that is proven, then there may be more of the old oil coming up.

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    • mill
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 2:01pm

      not a skinnly stink little rat…a tall, black, skinny, purple mouthed.double speak, kenyan at work. I don’t want to hear nature…i want conspiracy!!!…

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    • Old Truckers
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 2:01pm

      My comment was responding to Ruler4You

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 2:38pm

      @PubliusPencilman,

      “You are certainly free to call me on my use of the term ideology. Being guided by principles is one thing, but being so enthralled to a set of ideals and prejudices that it conditions your every response even at the cost of reason is another. That’s why I called the responses on this board particularly ideologically “driven.””

      That’s true as far as it goes, but “you’re illogical” is not an argument. Why do you believe our claim is illogical. As you say, burden of proof matters, so I’ll respond to that below.

      “As far as what I have to prove–it‘s always amazing to me how people here don’t really understand the concept of the “burden of proof.” If one makes the claim that an oil spill part of a vast plot engineered by the President and George Soros, it is your job to prove that it is not an incredibly crazy thing to say. If I said that Glenn Beck is a werewolf, could you prove that he’s not?”

      You can’t prove a negative. Got it.

      Or, more precisely, for most negatives, they can’t be proven since there are typically an astronomical number of “what if” scenarios within which the one taking the negative position can be asked to justify.

      No one would be able to make a decision about anything, were we held to this standard, and a positive claim is readily falsifiable. Which is why we say that the burden of proof is on the one taking the positive claim.

      Which brings us to our claim about a “vast plot” (collusion, but no star chamber, is Glenn’s position).

      The evidence for this has already been shown on Glenn Beck’s sites, so to simply say that the claim is ideology driven is disingenuous. Do you have a particular piece of evidence that has been offered, that you take issue with? Is your claim that it doesn’t logically follow from the evidence presented that a “vast plot” is not in effect? Or are you claiming to not have seen the evidence presented?

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    • Hobbs57
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 3:36pm

      Soro’s is quite connected to Huffington, Their “SHADOW PARTY” is quite large .. I don’t trust anything that anti-american wench says. I just love how all of these FILTHY RICH and GREEDY ****** got rich of the American system, then switch and bait her, making it so nobody else can get rich. I was researching one of these nuclear SPIFF’s yesterday to see where and how they were connected to Soros and I ran into this site discoverthenetworks.org. Excellent source to see how all these lefty groups are connected. Constantly influencing public opinion and policy. THey have nearly every avenue covered to completely WASH-OUT any real facts spoken against their interests.
      Hillary is one of the worst, Her and Spooky dude consider each other soul mates, with a destiny to dismantle the US and redistribute her wealth to the world. I guess both being in the business of ripping other people off, their guilt makes them feel the can gain repentance through ripping off the American people and giving backto the world what they took from us in the first place.

      Check out this site , really really interesting and well documented on the Shadow Party. Everybody and I mean everybody you see on TV is connected to this group. Only they can hide using “527” status so we can follow the money so easy and catch them in their anti-American way –

      http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/viewSubCategory.asp?id=842

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    • PubliusPencilman
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 3:42pm

      DTom,
      You just accused me of both blindly following an ideology, and being ideologically inconsistent. Maybe you can try again later. Thanks for playing!

      Doctor’s Labor,
      Hmmm… Beck has proven that Barack Obama and George Soros both support liberal causes. He must be a genius. That‘s the funny thing about Beck’s careful word choices (you know, lie: they will make “common cause”–it allows him to pretend he has predicted something, without ever saying anything but the obvious. So you tell me: where is it that Beck has proven Obama and Soros would do anything like create an oil spill to attain their ends? (Remember, we are dealing with a specific claim here). My point is simply that the Beck-bots here are hopelessly lost in their knee-jerk partisan concerns if they think this is actually a reasonable claim to make.

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    • BetterBob
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 3:54pm

      It’s Palins fault.

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    • ManThong
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 4:07pm

      Oh my, is there is no end to the havoc that George Bush and the previous administration is wreaking on the environment?

      At least B.O. knows whose ass to kick.

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    • stevefim5
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 4:17pm

      Wait – what?! I thought Obama himself already swam down and fixed that dang leak….

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 4:43pm

      @PubliusPencilman,

      “So you tell me: where is it that Beck has proven Obama and Soros would do anything like create an oil spill to attain their ends? (Remember, we are dealing with a specific claim here). My point is simply that the Beck-bots here are hopelessly lost in their knee-jerk partisan concerns if they think this is actually a reasonable claim to make.”

      Obama deliberately waited weeks, prohibiting both other countries and our own private sector from attempting to clean up the oil before it reached shore. That is certainly “anything like” creating an oil spill to attain their ends – to answer that specific question.

      But regarding the spill in this particular story, I have no reason to conclude that Obama, Soros, or any other Left wing group is responsible for it. They will certainly use this story to try to further destroy America by crippling its economy.

      I actually thought you were opposed to the idea that Obama and Soros were cooperating to destroy America, rather than to the idea that they were responsible for this specific oil spill. As for whether or not such a scenario is reasonable, I would say that it is. Soros himself has claimed to want to destroy the American economy, along with Ayers, Dohrn, Cloward and Piven, Van Jones, Wright, Wallis, the Socialist and Communist groups that were part of the One Nation rally which rally Obama gave his stamp of approval to.

      These people are committed to the destruction of America, and to say that it’s not at least REASONABLE for someone to surmise that the oil spill was specifically caused by the Left is naive. But again, I have no reason to conclude that such a thing actually happened.

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    • snidley-whiplash
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 5:28pm

      Well, well 6 buck’os a gal. real soon.

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    • jmanuola
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:30pm

      I agree with the person who think Soros is behind this…if not him, someone like him. This is WAY too coincidental.

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    • KICKILLEGALSOUT
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 8:38pm

      This is just too convenient, I believe that we are being sabotaged from insiders or radical domestic or foreign groups on the outside.

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    • GONESURFING
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 9:43pm

      No, not again, this really sucks.

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on March 21, 2011 at 12:50am

      @BetterBob
      Posted on March 20, 2011 at 3:54pm
      It’s Palins fault.
      *****************************
      How soon we forget GW.

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    • EP46
      Posted on March 21, 2011 at 8:02am

      The FIRST one was deliberate and if this is a leak it is also deliberate. The Puppet Master WILL NOT let us drill ….too much $$$$$ invested in Brazil by …Crime Inc. obama friends and soros.

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    • Contrarian51
      Posted on March 21, 2011 at 11:08am

      Excuse me. Have any of you have noticed yet that testing revealed this to NOT be an oil spill but was caused by silt pouring out of the Mississippi combined with some recent dredging operations? Anyone care to withdraw or amend their disproven proclamations and conclusions? Or are you in too big a hurry to render judgment on the next incomplete story? You know, I am aligned with most of you on most issues but some days these message boards just drive me nuts.

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    • robin.kevin
      Posted on March 21, 2011 at 3:02pm

      Did anyone not see this coming?

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    • Chicago Ray
      Posted on March 21, 2011 at 5:21pm

      Boy the media sure is ignoring this one. Could this be an attack to destabilize middle America through gas pump terror? Looks like it to me since it’s being wholely ignored by the Treasonous media whorez on the alphabet shiiite soup channels.

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    • Czar Casm
      Posted on March 21, 2011 at 7:48pm

      Hold on, hold on. My bad guys, my bad. Took the boat out fishing this weekend. It leaks a little. Didn’t think anyone would notice.

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    • norway1516
      Posted on March 21, 2011 at 8:23pm

      Those of you that dont live in the gulf area Gulf Coast Claims that handles the compensation for afftected residents has refused any payout with the exception of a 5000 dollar check we get for the oil still in our water the dispersants still in our water…and if we have any health problems from working in this area 5000 should take care of the medical bills right? but then again we can thank ken feinberg Obams boy for this though his firm has been racking in 850,000 a month….
      http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41397181/ns/us_news-environment/
      but go figure its why he fit so well with Obama they’re all crooks.

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    • PrfctlyFrank
      Posted on March 21, 2011 at 10:16pm

      AP says it ain’t oil.. It’s river sediment or something but according to the AP this is not an oil spill..

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    • PrfctlyFrank
      Posted on March 21, 2011 at 10:17pm

      http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GULF_COAST_GUARD?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-03-20-09-17-30

      There, see for yourself..

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    • jackrorabbit
      Posted on March 21, 2011 at 11:48pm

      Hurrah, now we won’t have any gulf drilling, except for Venezuela, Cuba, China, Brazil, et al. Everyone but US.

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    • thepatriotdave
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 2:58am

      Don’t worry, Obama is on top of this. He just allowed the signing of a contract that lets a Brazil oil company to start drilling in the Gulf. Yep, in the very same Gulf that American companies cannot drill in. Obama, for such a bright guy, is going to go down as the dumbest president this country has ever known. What does this say about the people that voted for him???

      http://tinyurl.com/4rv8xsm

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