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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 07:16 PM Original message |
Floridians protest offshore oil drilling |
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mudplanet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. More NIMBY psychology |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 07:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. So it is alright with you if the government allows oil drilling in your backyard? |
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420inTN (803 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 07:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Sure, they can drill in my back yard |
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cuncator (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 07:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Not necessarily... |
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420inTN (803 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 08:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I'm not in Floriduh. eom |
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mudplanet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 06:07 AM Response to Reply #7 |
28. This is true in every state that I know of. When you buy real estate you |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 12:25 AM Response to Reply #4 |
23. It's all about the $$ for you people |
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420inTN (803 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:18 AM Response to Reply #23 |
33. No, it's not about money. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 11:43 AM Response to Reply #33 |
44. LOLOLOLOL |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 04:54 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Deleted message |
Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 05:12 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL |
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420inTN (803 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 10:32 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Re: "LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL" |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 09:39 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Deleted message |
mudplanet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 10:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Well, as a matter of fact, the govt. allowed oil drilling in "my back yard" most of my life |
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scentopine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 11:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I have to agree - this is pure NIMBY, they are worried about property values... |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 12:35 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Florida is a blue state now, and MoveOn was involved in organizing this, as was Sierra Club |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:12 AM Response to Reply #13 |
32. Oh. So the fact that your part of the country has been severly damaged by oil drilling means |
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naaman fletcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 11:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. So the whole coast of Texas and Louisian is dead? /nt |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:35 AM Response to Reply #18 |
34. Not the whole coast, but a pretty damned big piece of it according to these: |
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naaman fletcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:54 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. I That is a result of drilling? it didn't seem to say so. /nt |
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cuncator (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 07:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Preferably not in anybody's back yard |
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Frances (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 07:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. In my brother's case, it would be in his front yard |
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mudplanet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 10:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Great. Let's start reducing our dependence on pertroleum. But until |
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DeadEyeDyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 01:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
25. you are right |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 11:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
39. Its not in my backyard and I am against it. |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 03:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
42. We make a lot of money on |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 10:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
51. hypocrites...drill baby drill in Alaska...but not in my back yard. |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
6. They'll pump the oil in Florida, pollute the beaches.. and ship the oil to China... |
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DeadEyeDyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 01:46 AM Response to Reply #6 |
26. agreed |
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Oceansaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. what happened to drill baby drill ?...n/t |
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hollowdweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 09:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Really. A GOP Gov blocking offshore drilling?? |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
10. are these the tea people ? |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 09:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Nope |
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givemebackmycountry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
15. WOW |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
17. Our economy is almost completely based on tourism. Tar on the beaches would kill that. |
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naaman fletcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-13-10 11:55 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. What makes you think drilling will produce tar on the beaches? /nt |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 12:23 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Past experience. nt |
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naaman fletcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 12:24 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. where? |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:44 AM Response to Reply #22 |
35. Tar, too. South Padre Island tar ball cleanup nears end |
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mudplanet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 06:02 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. You find tar on Carolina beaches, not Texas beaches. |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:47 AM Response to Reply #27 |
36. Do you think we haven't tried? Government has become corrupt not only on the federal level, but on |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 10:52 AM Response to Reply #27 |
37. Google "padre island tar on beach" and get 30,900 hits. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 11:47 AM Response to Reply #27 |
45. Here I did it for you... |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
20. my friend lives in st. petersburg. |
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mudplanet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 06:37 AM Response to Reply #20 |
29. Great. Get out there and exercise you're right to be heard and seen. |
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Lochloosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 07:21 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. "a series of category five hurricanes on both coasts over a series of years" |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 04:19 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. Please don't ignore post 37 above which clearly refutes your assertion. |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
31. A bit about offshore drilling and "getting off foreign oil" |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 11:42 AM Response to Reply #31 |
41. All at the cost of pristine beaches and another destroyed environment. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #31 |
46. Thanks for posting this... |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-14-10 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
40. Elect Rubio and you will get off shore drilling for sure! |
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