Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 4:17 pm
The voting public still, for whatever reason, distrust nuclear power
I blame The Simpsons.
I blame The Simpsons.
RIP Gordon
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The voting public still, for whatever reason, distrust nuclear power
Or bad Jean-Claude Van Damme movies!!TPRJones wrote:I blame The Simpsons.The voting public still, for whatever reason, distrust nuclear power
The Americans, overwhelmed by the catastrophic consequences of the BP spill, finally relented and took the Dutch up on their offer -- but only partly. Because the U.S. didn't want Dutch ships working the Gulf, the U.S. airlifted the Dutch equipment to the Gulf and then retrofitted it to U.S. vessels. And rather than have experienced Dutch crews immediately operate the oil-skimming equipment, to appease labour unions the U.S. postponed the clean-up operation to allow U.S. crews to be trained.
A catastrophe that could have been averted is now playing out. With oil increasingly reaching the Gulf coast, the emergency construction of sand berns to minimize the damage is imperative. Again, the U.S. government priority is on U.S. jobs, with the Dutch asked to train American workers rather than to build the berns. According to Floris Van Hovell, a spokesman for the Dutch embassy in Washington, Dutch dredging ships could complete the berms in Louisiana twice as fast as the U.S. companies awarded the work. "Given the fact that there is so much oil on a daily basis coming in, you do not have that much time to protect the marshlands," he says, perplexed that the U.S. government could be so focussed on side issues with the entire Gulf Coast hanging in the balance.
Read more: http://www.financialpost.com/Avertib....N8UQNKX
GORDON wrote:Trust the government. The government is good, the government is wise.
TPRJones wrote:"To appease labour unions"? Seriously? What the shit?
Yeah. I guess my first priority in this situation is getting the fire put out more than I care about who puts it out.Troy wrote:I have never seen a Conservative more angry about not outsourcing jobs.GORDON wrote:Trust the government. The government is good, the government is wise.
The voting public still, for whatever reason, distrust nuclear power, as dumb as that is.
A little research and quotes from people not associated with the dutch company that was stiffed, that'd make for an article worth believing.
According to CRS Report 97-905, the Jones Act is , “The common reference for Section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (41 Stat. 988), which requires that all water transportation of goods between U.S. ports be on U.S.-built, -owned, -crewed, and -operated ships. The purpose of the law is to support the U.S. merchant marine industry, but agricultural interests generally oppose it because, they contend, it raises the cost of shipping their goods, making them less competitive with foreign sources.”
Because out President hasn't taken up the mantel of leadership, and gotten the job done in spite of laws.Malcolm wrote:Why do you need the Dutch to say anything? The law essentially tells them to fuck off prior to asking. Why we're still following that law in these circumstances is beyond me.According to CRS Report 97-905, the Jones Act is , “The common reference for Section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (41 Stat. 988), which requires that all water transportation of goods between U.S. ports be on U.S.-built, -owned, -crewed, and -operated ships. The purpose of the law is to support the U.S. merchant marine industry, but agricultural interests generally oppose it because, they contend, it raises the cost of shipping their goods, making them less competitive with foreign sources.”
I wish he would have said fuck it and got something like that done. Do I pin the whole thing on him. No, I think my entire government has failed me by not making this a smaller BIG mess.GORDON wrote:Because out President hasn't taken up the mantel of leadership, and gotten the job done in spite of laws.Malcolm wrote:Why do you need the Dutch to say anything? The law essentially tells them to fuck off prior to asking. Why we're still following that law in these circumstances is beyond me.According to CRS Report 97-905, the Jones Act is , “The common reference for Section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (41 Stat. 988), which requires that all water transportation of goods between U.S. ports be on U.S.-built, -owned, -crewed, and -operated ships. The purpose of the law is to support the U.S. merchant marine industry, but agricultural interests generally oppose it because, they contend, it raises the cost of shipping their goods, making them less competitive with foreign sources.”
Let the President take a bunch of shit for it after the fact... the fact he acted decisively to do the right thing... at least once... would get respect from me, and a lot of other people.
But.... some people seem to need to defend this government no matter what it does.
Fuck the oil spill... we got bureaucracy to observe.
It will take decades for all the legal dust to settle.Leisher wrote:It has been hinted that BP was not at fault for what happened in the gulf.
Here comes the evidence?