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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:41 PM Original message |
Hurricane Ike destroys 49 oil platforms in Gulf (1% of Gulf capacity) |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. gee, can we bail them out too? |
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xyouth (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 08:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. You might not be far off here. My tin foil is starting to vibrate. |
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Pete2069 (301 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. This folding of U.S. corporations which have gone Global |
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xyouth (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 10:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Bush liked the company so much... he bought it. |
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Tikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. Are these platforms way out in the Gulf...does this damage bring oil.. |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Probably not. |
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mmnnbb (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. i'm sure they are worried too |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:20 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Actually, people in SE Texas do care |
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Pete2069 (301 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 10:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. You Heard McSame |
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theblasmo (221 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. Nothing to see here |
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MooseGoose (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
5. The cost of loss/replacement is not the issue. |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
6. Drill, drill, drill.......... |
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Pete2069 (301 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 09:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Took my post of the Republican battle cry... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
13. That's weird. The numbers go up and down. Last I read, |
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auburngrad82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
14. They weren't built to withstand category 2 storms? |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 08:34 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. A lot of these are older, smaller platforms, which may or may not be able to bear a major storm |
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