Oil Rig DISASTER in the gulf

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Hey all, Wondering about this F@#King B.P. oil rig mess in the Gulf. First- it is a great tragidy for the familys of the workers and now more single parents trying to make a go of it.

Q- How do we put some pressure on the Goverment and B.P. to fix it before it grows to epic propotion if its not already. B.P. doesnt exactly have a good track record with numerus OSHA and other violations.Why should they be in charge !?! Why was there no back up plan ? Does anyone out there have any real grasp on what happened, and how long before another one blows! I'm not wanting this post to turn ugly or get off track so if people with just the facts would chime in please.
Are we ever going to start conserving resorces ! I know we need fuel for the boats ,the compresors and our homes but come on. My wife and I own a small refuse and recovery buisness in up state NY and its unreal when I see first hand just how wastefull and down right lazy we have become as a nation. What will we post about if there is no good diving left anywere. I know there are alot of bright minds on this board . WHAT CAN BE DONE AS A GROUP !!!:angrymob:

On a selfish note we were looking forward to Key Laro at the end of the month - should we just scrap it ?
 
What amazes me is that anyone believes our Government can fix anything. We have created a mindset that the "Government" is the all powerful all knowing "Oz". They can make things worse, but I am not sure they can make anything better. I saw what happened after Katrina, am watching this healthcare mess, and think the USA won't be the USA to much longer. Gotta get back to the state level. The only thing the Federal Government owns is DC. Anything else, they have, they have been given by us or they have taken it from us. They are too big. Rant Over
 
Alot of things had to go wrong on that rig for the it to end up like it did! There are many failsafes to ensure things like this dont happen. The main one is the blowout preventer that must have failed, this keeps the gas from escaping back up the already drilled well to prevent explosions. As far as I know the well is still pumping oil into the ocean at 40,000 gallons a day. Will the govt fix it? the damage is already so extensive it will take years for the ocean to recover! Problem is- oil is used in everything we do! The pockets of big oil leaders runs so deep you cant see the bottom, in turn they line the pockets of congress to get what they want. Money is absolute power, which is what they have!
 
Somebody left their bunker when the Black Helicopters went to refuel just long enough to send me this:

A grim report circulating in the Kremlin today written by Russia’s Northern Fleet is reporting that the United States has ordered a complete media blackout over North Korea’s torpedoing of the giant Deepwater Horizon oil platform owned by the World’s largest offshore drilling contractor Transocean that was built and financed by South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., that has caused great loss of life, untold billions in economic damage to the South Korean economy, and an environmental catastrophe to the United States.

Most important to understand about this latest attack by North Korea against its South Korean enemy is that under the existing “laws of war” it was a permissible action as they remain in a state of war against each other due to South Korea’s refusal to sign the 1953 Armistice ending the Korean War.

To the attack itself, these reports continue, the North Korean “cargo vessel” Dai Hong Dan believed to be staffed by 17th Sniper Corps “suicide” troops left Cuba’s Empresa Terminales Mambisas de La Habana (Port of Havana) on April 18th whereupon it “severely deviated” from its intended course for Venezuela’s Puerto Cabello bringing it to within 209 kilometers (130 miles) of the Deepwater Horizon oil platform which was located 80 kilometers (50 miles) off the coast of the US State of Louisiana where it launched an SSC Sang-o Class Mini Submarine (Yugo class) estimated to have an operational range of 321 kilometers (200 miles).

On the night of April 20th the North Korean Mini Submarine manned by these “suicidal” 17th Sniper Corps soldiers attacked the Deepwater Horizon with what are believed to be 2 incendiary torpedoes causing a massive explosion and resulting in 11 workers on this giant oil rig being killed outright. Barely 48 hours later, on April 22nd , this North Korean Mini Submarine committed its final atrocity by exploding itself directly beneath the Deepwater Horizon causing this $1 Billion oil rig to sink beneath the seas and marking 2010’s celebration of Earth Day with one of the largest environmental catastrophes our World has ever seen.

To the reason for North Korea attacking the Deepwater Horizon, these reports say, was to present US President Obama with an “impossible dilemma” prior to the opening of the United Nations Review Conference of the Parties to the Treat on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) set to begin May 3rd in New York.

This “impossible dilemma” facing Obama is indeed real as the decision he is faced with is either to allow the continuation of this massive oil leak catastrophe to continue for months, or immediately stop it by the only known and proven means possible, the detonation of a thermonuclear device.

Russian Navy atomic experts in these reports state that should Obama choose the “nuclear option” the most viable weapon at his disposal is the United States B83 (Mk-83) strategic thermonuclear bomb having a variable yield (Low Kiloton Range to 1,200 Kilotons) which with its 12 foot length and 18 inch diameter, and weighing just over 2,400 pounds, is readily able to be deployed and detonated by a remote controlled mini-sub.

Should Obama choose the “nuclear option” it appears that he would be supported by the International Court of Justice who on July 8, 1996 issued an advisory opinion on the use of nuclear weapons stating that they could not conclude definitively on these weapons use in “extreme circumstances” or “self defense”.

On the other hand, if Obama chooses the “nuclear option” it would leave the UN’s nuclear conference in shambles with every Nation in the World having oil rigs off their coasts demanding an equal right to atomic weapons to protect their environment from catastrophes too, including Iran.

To whatever decision Obama makes it remains a fact that with each passing hour this environmental catastrophe grows worse. And even though Obama has ordered military SWAT teams to protect other oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico from any further attack, and further ordered that all drilling in the Gulf of Mexico be immediately stopped, this massive oil spill has already reached the shores of America and with high waves and more bad weather forecast the likelihood of it being stopped from destroying thousands of miles of US coastland and wildlife appears unstoppable.

And not just to the environmental catastrophe that is unfolding the only devastation to be wrecked upon the United States and South Korea by this North Korean attack as the economic liabilities associated with this disaster are estimated by these Russian reports to be between $500 Billion to $1.5 Trillion, and which only a declaration of this disaster being an “act of war” would free some the World’s largest corporations from bankruptcy.

Important to note too in all of these events was that this was the second attack by North Korea on its South Korean enemy, and US ally, in a month as we had reported on in our March 28th report titled “Obama Orders ‘Immediate Stand-down’ After Deadly North Korean Attack” and which to date neither the Americans or South Korea have retaliated for and giving one senior North Korean party leader the courage to openly state that the North Korean military took “gratifying revenge” on South Korea.

And for those believing that things couldn’t get worse, they couldn’t be more mistaken as new reports coming from Japanese military sources are stating that North Korea is preparing for new launches of its 1,300 kilometer (807 miles) intermediate range ballistic “Rodong” missile which Russian Space Forces experts state is able to “deploy and detonate” an atomic electromagnetic pulse (EMP) device, and which if detonated high in the atmosphere could effectively destroy the American economy for years, if not decades, to come.

Catskill Diver:
On a selfish note we were looking forward to Key Laro at the end of the month - should we just scrap it ?

So, umm, I'm thinking: Yes.
 
Roatan and anton, Both valid opinions - I,d like to think it was a series of unfortunate events and not the beginning of world war III ???

Everyone on this board uses energy - maybe if the end of the world isnt coming we could start to list the most enviromentaly freindly dive ops and why, as well as equipment makers whos product lines are greener than others or for that matter made in the USA ( if anything is at this point ) They all use oil from the masks to hoses etc. Maybe my Travel question should be what island to move to if Roatanman is correct ? At this time Key Largo is not refundable so we are off on the
22nd unless another one " blows " will keep you posted on the conditions if others dont first.
 
They are more than capable of strategic planning, and considering they fought us to a virtual draw we ought to respect them, at least for the threat they carry... and anyone who watched the Pelican Brief or read a couple Tom Clancy novels could figure out how to hit us where it hurts the most.

Since the Gulf is already reeling from Katrina, its the perfect spot in a thought-to-be secure Gulf coast location snuggled up near some very sensitive wildlife habitat. Its brilliant if it was planned, absolutely flawless unless we figure it out and it turns out to actually be true.
 

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