When you handle oil anywhere near water, the water always loses

[Stinky The Clown]

Always ....... it is inevitable, no matter how many assurances we're given. You would think we're smart enough to learn from scenes like these.




















And today, forty years hence, you can still stand on the beach at Santa Barbara and see these monstrosities, right there, not very far off shore.

[Electric Monk]

1. Addicts do funny things

Just let me have one more hit, then that's it, I promise!

[Bluebear]

4. I'll cut down. I will taper off.

[Newest Reality]

2. But ... but ...we die without the oil!!!!! It must flow! - nt

[mwrguy]

3. Relax, it's a gambit

Obama is playing chess again.

[leftstreet]

5. He's pretty much wiped all the pawns off the board

Bank bailouts
War escalation
Wealth Care Reform

.....

[roguevalley]

6. exxon valdez redux.

[Stinky The Clown]

8. The thing with the Exxon Valdez is that it was a criminal matter - drunk driving

Most spills are a matter of untrustworthy technology we were told to trust.

[roguevalley]

11. should be a crime, stinky. kills the environment the same. :(

[Bluebear]

7. k/r

[KG]

9. fuck FL gulf coast beaches. this is an excellent way for the prez to stick it the repubs!

and after all, isn't that what REALLY matters? :eyes:

[amborin]

10. K&R

[waiting for hope]

12. K&R

I live here on the coast of North Carolina, where our beaches are a very dear to us and provide income for thousands. I'm disgusted by the whole premise.

[Union Yes]

13. K&R Humans are turning Earth into a toxic swamp. nt