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Hats off to the BP engineers.
Great job, guys.
Now, get the hell out of the way so Barry can take the credit.



http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/ ... ffectively

Leaking US oil well capped; tests to show how effectively

July 13, 2010, 13:06 GMT

Washington - The most ambitious attempt yet to halt the oil gushing from the floor of the Gulf of Mexico was under way as a new, tight-fitting cap was successfully placed on the damaged wellhead, oil company BP Plc's undersea video feed showed.
US Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, the presidentially appointed national incident commander, said 'significant progress has been made' in the so-called capping stack installation, which contains a series of valves and was installed late Monday.
Starting early Tuesday, BP engineers plan to begin closing the new valves, gradually raising pressure in the well, Allen said. The tests are intended to show if the wellhead is able to withstand the pressure of a complete or partial shutdown.
If not, the new cap should at least allow much improved collection of oil from the leaking well.
The tests could take from six to 48 hours or more, Allen said.
Meanwhile, BP is drilling a relief well that it hopes would intersect the existing well shaft next month, allowing a permanent closure of the well.

Golf or Gulf Sources


Instead of attending a memorial service for the eleven workers killed Obama flew to California to raise funds for Barbara Boxer.

Obama went golfing 10 times since the explosion in the Gulf.

Obama turned down 13 countries that offered to help us clean up the Gulf.

President Obama has refused to return BP's contributions; he is the largest recipient of their campaign donations over the past twenty years.

Obama announced a job-killing drilling moratorium that could cost Louisiana $2.97 billion in revenue and 24,000 jobs related to the oil industry.

Obama repeatedly denied requests for necessary cleanup items like oil-blocking booms and skimmers from Gulf Coast lawmakers.

Obama originally denied Louisiana officials permission to build up barrier islands between the coast's marshes and the gulf.

Obama let 10 days pass before sending any Cabinet level officials to Louisiana's coast.

Obama's Interior Department Chief of Staff rafted with wife on "work-focused" trip in Grand Canyon during the spill.

Obama said that the Gulf disaster ‘echoes 9/11.’”

Obama attended private concerts by Paul McCartney and Kelly Clarkson.

Obama took two vacations (one to his hometown Chicago and one to Asheville, North Carolina.)

The liberal think tank Center for American Progress appears to have more influence on spill policy than the president's in-house advisers.

Obama hosted a fundraiser for Senate candidate Robin Carnahan in Kansas City, Missouri.

Obama is planning a third vacation to Maine.

Obama made it a felony for the media to get up-close coverage of the oil spill.

After refusing for almost 60 days to meet with the CEO of BP to discuss spill cleanup, Obama only spent 20 minutes with him.

Obama went to Las Vegas for two days to headline fundraiser for Harry Reid at a casino.

Read more: http://www.gop.com/index.php/learn/rese ... z0uSRdD1lM

I guess some good can be found even in the worst of things.....

Sure...DUMBOs response time to this is actually faster than it was to the oil spill itself.

And of course the MSM is gladly suppressing any news coverage of it due to the fact he's REALLY campaigning and using the oil disaster as the money vehicle to pay for it.

Yawned, dragged his feet, went on vacation and golfed when it came to oil spill damage control....those were Red states.

But he's Speedy Gonzalez oops...sorry that was racist,... I mean Johnny on the Spot when it comes to political damage control. ..Florida was a Blue state

100 Days of Oil Disaster

The BP oil spill may be choking the Gulf ecosystem, but for a few well-positioned coastal politicians it has breathed new life into their careers.

Across the Gulf states, the spill has over the past 100 days given lawmakers the chance to step into the national spotlight and show a little leadership -- by wrestling with the Obama administration, sounding off against BP and pulling the battered Gulf region through yet another environmental and economic crisis.

Though Gulf fisherman, rig workers and practically everyone tied to coastal tourism are facing an uncertain future, the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history, nevertheless, could bolster a handful of political fortunes, especially with voters having 97 days to decide on their candidates before the Nov. 2 election.

But first, there may be no better example of a political comeback than Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal.

A year ago, the governor was pilloried for delivering a lackluster GOP response to President Obama's first address to Congress. The performance appeared to bench him as a potential 2012 presidential hopeful for the Republican Party. He wasn't even a choice on the 2012 straw poll ballots at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference or the Conservative Political Action Conference this year -- though he said he wasn't interested anyway.

Jindahl would get my vote today.

A little buyers remorse over your poor judgment vote in 08??

Spike Lee: Obama administration a puppet for BP

Wow! Spike Lee of all people.

Even the crazy left is turning on Barry.