Gulf Oil Spill

[the Bamster]

Before, I comment I have to say that I am not making any accusations or trying to fan a conspirocy theory. So lets all put on our pretend tinfoil hats for a moment.
An offshore oil rig blows in the Gulf of Mexico:
1. At night 10:30 PM
2. The day before earth day.
3. A week after the President announces that he is willing to consider
expanding offsore drilling against the wishes of Left Wing base.
4. In an instant oil drilling, energy policy changes for the next 20 to
30 years.
5. Trillions of dollars are at stake in green tecnology and Cap and Trade legislation. Ideas becoming increasingly unpopular with the general public.
6. The Platform that exploded was a deep water exploratory well so I have to assume that the platform was far from any other platforms "I have not been able to conferm this and is only speculation".
7. The Media will have plenty of juicy pictures and stories to bash opponents of cap and trade or anyone in favor of sensible enviromental laws.
8. This oil spill shifts attention from the Healthcare fallout, the ecconomy, jobless claims, Tea Party.... exc.
9. The President has been losing his base and this disaster is the perfect issue to rally his base.
The only reason I bring this up is my gut feelings are usualy right and that most coincidences are not. Am I off my rocker? What do you think.

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[bobvila]

guess I should have put gas in my truck yesterday

[5pins]

The North Koreans did it.

http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index1367.htm

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.

[ForTehNguyen]

doubt they sabotaged the wellhead on that Deepwater Horizon. The wellhead is 5000 feet below water and they would have to sabotage multiple safety system layers subsea and above seat, then generate an unsafe condition so it can cause a disaster after those safety layers are defeated.

[spookydurant]

I live in Mobile, but I work in Iraq. Is it me or does anyone else notice the lack of urgency by not only the feds, but by people like the celebrities as well? In contrast to the earthquake in Haiti where all the "stars" had their fund raising telethons, I havent heard a peep about the spill except from the locals that are directly impacted by this. I guess the spill would steal thunder from the immigration issue as well! All I am saying is that it seems like the Gulf coast gets neglected when it needs help and the inhabitants handle the issues themselves through volunteering and such. Please feel free to share your opinions with me on this.

[the Bamster]

Yet it happened. "Never let a crisis go to waste" and if none exists...... create one. All I am saying that the line of people that stand to benefit economically and politacally is staggering, not to mention foreign interests. I is possible that if this was sabotage that the resulting spill became far worse that antisipated. Hey, there's a black helicopter outside my win

[montanadave]

In answer to your question--yes, you're off your rocker... and wearing a tin foil hat to boot.

[Mac5.56]

Before, I comment I have to say that I am not making any accusations or trying to fan a conspirocy theory. So lets all put on our pretend tinfoil hats for a moment.
An offshore oil rig blows in the Gulf of Mexico:
1. At night 10:30 PM
2. The day before earth day.
3. A week after the President announces that he is willing to consider
expanding offsore drilling against the wishes of Left Wing base.
4. In an instant oil drilling, energy policy changes for the next 20 to
30 years.
5. Trillions of dollars are at stake in green tecnology and Cap and Trade legislation. Ideas becoming increasingly unpopular with the general public.
6. The Platform that exploded was a deep water exploratory well so I have to assume that the platform was far from any other platforms "I have not been able to conferm this and is only speculation".
7. The Media will have plenty of juicy pictures and stories to bash opponents of cap and trade or anyone in favor of sensible enviromental laws.
8. This oil spill shifts attention from the Healthcare fallout, the ecconomy, jobless claims, Tea Party.... exc.
9. The President has been losing his base and this disaster is the perfect issue to rally his base.
The only reason I bring this up is my gut feelings are usualy right and that most coincidences are not. Am I off my rocker? What do you think.

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You have got to be f*cking kidding me..........

You should write the families of the 11 workers that died and ask them if they have any corroborating proof you might be able to publish online that backs up your theory.

I bet you don't realize that that platform cost 500,000 million to make five years ago, and will cost over a billion to replace. Or that large portions of the Mississippi Delta will be destroyed, causing small towns to go under as a result of collapsed fisheries, and clam grounds. Seems like a pretty expensive little experiment in domestic terrorism for the purpose of selling a solar panel, doesn't it? I could go on and on with how idiotic and absolutely stupid I find your little pipe dream but I am going to stop before I get kicked off the site.

If anyone wants to realistically and rationally discuss the implications of this spill, I am more then happy to do that.

[parishioner]

The past few days I have been able to smell the oil from my house which is 30 miles north of New Orleans. I tend to look at things with a conspiracy theorist's eye and it definitely crossed my mind due to the fact the multiple safety systems had to have failed for this to happen and every one of them did. We will probably never know for sure. A huge chunk of Louisiana's economy which is our seafood industry is now further in the shitter. This is a bad deal.

I'm not saying it was done purposefully but in regard to costing 1 billion to replace, I'm not sure how that is relevant. It's not like taxpayers will be footing the bill for a replacement rig. If it was done for political reasons (not saying that it was) I'm sure the group responsible would have had no problem letting BP foot the bill since, after all, BP is the 4th largest company in the world and also painted as an "Evil Big Oil" corporation by the leftists and greenies. And it also wouldn't have been done for the sale of a singular solar panel that was described above in an effort to minimize reality as, yes, that would be preposterous. It would have been done for the TRILLIONS of dollars that stand to be made with green technology which was also described in the OP.

Some pics my brother-in-law sent me.

[Mac5.56]

The past few days I have been able to smell the oil from my house which is 30 miles north of New Orleans. I tend to look at things with a conspiracy theorist's eye and it definitely crossed my mind due to the fact the multiple safety systems had to have failed for this to happen and every one of them did. We will probably never know for sure. A huge chunk of Louisiana's economy which is our seafood industry is now further in the shitter. This is a bad deal.

Some pics my brother-in-law sent me.

Or there is the simple possibility that with the extreme nature of the explosion, that the safety systems were blown out as well. There is a redundant, and highly complex array of kill switches, and emergency safety systems in place on a vessel like this, but what happens if the entire electrical grid of the rig is fried in the first few seconds???

Why am I even having this conversation...