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Offline dandi

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Obama needs to send in the Navy
« on: May 17, 2010, 09:40:44 PM »

Damned right! It's about time we got serious with that oil slick. Torpedo that sucker!


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marylanddem (1000+ posts)     Sun May-16-10 09:25 AM
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Obama needs to send in the Navy
 to shut down the freaking oil gusher - BP is just playing games to keep it open. Sickening spectacle before our eyes.

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Captain Hilts  (1000+ posts)      Sun May-16-10 09:30 AM
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1. YES. USN and CG. nt

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sailor65 (1000+ posts)        Sun May-16-10 09:35 AM
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2. What expertise do you think the Navy has in this area?
 The Navy and CG are both outstanding branches of service but this is not what they do.

Are you kidding? With Teh One on the bridge wing there's nothing they can't do!

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BeFree (1000+ posts)        Sun May-16-10 09:39 AM
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5. I figure that BP figures... 
 ...along with Cheney, that if they kill the gulf, there will be no reason not to go ahead and drill baby drill. Sure, they hate that the well is spewing all that oil, but it hardly costs them anything. The people who buy gas will pay for the cleanup. Not BP execs. They still get their M$ paychecks.

So, the gulf gets sterilized via the oil and now its good for nothing but oil?

Sounds like a plan.

That just takes a special kind of stupid. I mean, the regular 3/$1.00 stupid just wouldn't do.

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Codeine  (1000+ posts)      Sun May-16-10 09:40 AM
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6. Since when does the Navy
 have special - or any - expertise in underwater oil wells?   
 
 marylanddem (1000+ posts)     Sun May-16-10 09:42 AM
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8. Well, obviously BP doesn't...

Well hell, by that standard let's just send some surfer dudes down there with really big mops.

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Codeine  (1000+ posts)      Sun May-16-10 09:45 AM
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10. They have more than anyone,
 not that it's proving enough. But what exactly does one expect the USN to accomplish there? 
 
 BeFree (1000+ posts)        Sun May-16-10 10:47 AM
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29. heh 
 Navy has underwater experience, right? RIGHT?

BP has profit experience and obviously hasn't a damn clue about the mess they caused.

Send in the Navy. I want an Admiral heading this up.

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BeFree (1000+ posts)        Sun May-16-10 11:08 AM
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38. You're not sure? 
 
I'm sure the Navy could have fixed this already.
I guess, unlike you, I place more faith in the US Navy, not BP.

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Statistical (1000+ posts)      Sun May-16-10 11:21 AM
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49. The Navy is good at what they do.
 Working 5000 ft below surface (roughly 3x the crush depth of their deepest subs) isn't one of them.
 
 BeFree (1000+ posts)        Sun May-16-10 11:26 AM
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51. Gawd!! 
 Yes, the Navy is absolutely terrified of the crushing underwater pressures!! Swim away, Navy, swim away!


Who do you think developed deepwater subs? EH?

Are you wearing some bass-ackwards tin foil?

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BeFree (1000+ posts)        Sun May-16-10 09:42 AM
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9. Military response? 
 The Coast Guard is on it.

Nat Guard Troops are placing booms, etc. So the Army is on it.

The Air Force is spraying dispersant. AF is on it.

The oil is coming from underwater and the Navy ain't on it? WTF?

I say we should bring the CIA in on it, too. Capture some of the leaking oil and send it to Gitmo for questioning.

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Scuba (533 posts)      Sun May-16-10 10:05 AM
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16. To do what? ...
 ...Aircraft carriers and other warships are not designed to fix things.
 
 marylanddem (1000+ posts)     Sun May-16-10 10:09 AM
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18. I believe the Navy is involved with protecting our waters, right?
 
Not everything is about military-industrial kickbacks.

We must call the oil slick's bluff with a projection of force in that area.

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Codeine  (1000+ posts)      Sun May-16-10 10:48 AM
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30. With what?
What specialized oil well equipment does the USN possess?
 
 CountAllVotes  (1000+ posts)      Sun May-16-10 10:50 AM
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32. how would I know?
 I am not in the U.S. Navy are you?

They can drop a small nuke on the sucker to shut it off, that out to do the damn job!

You could cut their heads off and they wouldn't be any dumber.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
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Re: Obama needs to send in the Navy
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2010, 09:43:02 PM »
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CountAllVotes  (1000+ posts)      Sun May-16-10 10:50 AM
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32. how would I know?

 I am not in the U.S. Navy are you?  They can drop a small nuke on the sucker to shut it off, that out to do the damn job!
:lmao:
I was listening to Coast to Coast AM last night and some crazy woman called in with this same suggestion.  She also recommended putting a giant magnet over the hole and a few other really stupid suggestions.  I'll give the host credit for hanging up on her silly ass.
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Re: Obama needs to send in the Navy
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2010, 09:45:46 PM »
We need a facepalm smiley
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Re: Obama needs to send in the Navy
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2010, 09:47:30 PM »
---> :thatsright:
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Re: Obama needs to send in the Navy
« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2010, 09:49:38 PM »
I figured they wanted to send in the navy to deal with Arizona.
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Re: Obama needs to send in the Navy
« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2010, 09:51:20 PM »
Quote from: chris_ on May 17, 2010, 09:43:02 PM
:lmao:
I was listening to Coast to Coast AM last night and some crazy woman called in with this same suggestion.  She also recommended putting a giant magnet over the hole and a few other really stupid suggestions.  I'll give the host credit for hanging up on her silly ass.

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Re: Obama needs to send in the Navy
« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2010, 09:54:32 PM »
I wish I could remember everything she said... she had four or five "ideas" and they were all terrible.
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Re: Obama needs to send in the Navy
« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2010, 10:07:22 PM »
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Obama needs to send in the Navy
 to shut down the freaking oil gusher

ROFLMAO!!!!
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Re: Obama needs to send in the Navy
« Reply #8 on: May 17, 2010, 10:09:52 PM »
Quote from: chris_ on May 17, 2010, 09:54:32 PM
I wish I could remember everything she said... she had four or five "ideas" and they were all terrible.

What? I like the nuke idea.
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Re: Obama needs to send in the Navy
« Reply #9 on: May 17, 2010, 11:00:59 PM »
All we need is one Coast Guard Cutter to go in and cut off the well...right...RIGHT?

Cut off things...ain't that what a Cutter does?

...or just put in some new rubber washers...that stopped my faucet from leaking.

How about installing a new washerless valve?

Hey, I'm just trying to help the intellectual elite with ideas....





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Re: Obama needs to send in the Navy
« Reply #10 on: May 18, 2010, 06:45:47 AM »
Man there is so much stupid in that thread it's funny. Surprisingly there are a few that live in the real world fighting a losing fight to DU insanity.  :thatsright:
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Re: Obama needs to send in the Navy
« Reply #11 on: May 18, 2010, 06:56:16 AM »
I wonder where some of their God given brain is at
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Re: Obama needs to send in the Navy
« Reply #12 on: May 18, 2010, 07:18:49 AM »
Homer: Help!  Pirates!
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Homer: Oh, bless you.
Coast Guard: How about a tactical nuclear strike?
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Re: Obama needs to send in the Navy
« Reply #13 on: May 18, 2010, 08:07:33 AM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on May 17, 2010, 11:00:59 PM
All we need is one Coast Guard Cutter to go in and cut off the well...right...RIGHT?

Cut off things...ain't that what a Cutter does?

...or just put in some new rubber washers...that stopped my faucet from leaking.

How about installing a new washerless valve?

Hey, I'm just trying to help the intellectual elite with ideas....



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Re: Obama needs to send in the Navy
« Reply #14 on: May 18, 2010, 09:23:27 AM »
BeFree just gets dumber and dumber, proof that you can't fix stupid.

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Re: Obama needs to send in the Navy
« Reply #15 on: May 18, 2010, 09:33:35 AM »
Quote from: crockspot on May 17, 2010, 10:09:52 PM
What? I like the nuke idea.



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Re: Obama needs to send in the Navy
« Reply #16 on: May 18, 2010, 09:34:02 AM »
Quote from: littlelamb on May 18, 2010, 06:56:16 AM
I wonder where some of their God given brain is at

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Re: Obama needs to send in the Navy
« Reply #17 on: May 18, 2010, 09:34:10 AM »
Quote from: Happy Fun Ball on May 18, 2010, 07:18:49 AM
Homer: Help!  Pirates!
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Re: Obama needs to send in the Navy
« Reply #18 on: May 18, 2010, 09:47:37 AM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on May 18, 2010, 08:07:33 AM


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Re: Obama needs to send in the Navy
« Reply #19 on: May 18, 2010, 11:45:52 AM »
I'm going to have to keep a closer eye on BeFree...that's a special kind of stupid moonbat there!

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Re: Obama needs to send in the Navy
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Re: Obama needs to send in the Navy
« Reply #21 on: May 18, 2010, 12:06:13 PM »
Where's Red Adair when you need him?

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Re: Obama needs to send in the Navy
« Reply #22 on: May 18, 2010, 01:18:29 PM »
Hell with that, send in Admiral Nelson and the Seaview!!!  Or better yet International Rescue and the Thunderbirds!

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Re: Obama needs to send in the Navy
« Reply #23 on: May 18, 2010, 06:42:10 PM »
Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on May 18, 2010, 01:18:29 PM
Hell with that, send in Admiral Nelson and the Seaview!!!  Or better yet International Rescue and the Thunderbirds!

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Captain Planet and the Planeteers sound like a more appropriate action team.
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Re: Obama needs to send in the Navy
« Reply #24 on: May 18, 2010, 06:44:56 PM »
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CountAllVotes  (1000+ posts)      Sun May-16-10 10:50 AM
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32. how would I know?
 I am not in the U.S. Navy are you?

They can drop a small nuke on the sucker to shut it off, that out to do the damn job!
That is just rich coming from the same people who say they hate nukes and love the environment! Not to mention stupid!  :rotf:
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