tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508594323182473801.post6824050344824161291..comments2023-10-31T07:39:03.451-07:00Comments on Lobojo's Den: FREE OIL: Lousiana Govenor Jindal To Boost Tourism With New Free Oil Festivaldrlobojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167065726194359838noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508594323182473801.post-28187143351784190392010-05-02T18:38:55.695-07:002010-05-02T18:38:55.695-07:00I watch the Jindal's press conference yesterda...I watch the Jindal's press conference yesterday. He claimed responsibility for every positive action taken in Louisiana regarding the oil spill. I think he might have pretty well pissed off all of those La. Parish presidents who jumped in and organized things earlier in the week.<br /><br />An important part of hubris is believing your own lies. BP believed their own propaganda and there in lies the fault. Would you believe it was a Haliburton crew working on the well head when it blew?<br /><br />What seems to be missed in all of this is that this was an exploratory well. They were drilling in the deepest water ever. They were well beyond their known safety zones without redundant safety systems.<br /><br />By the time this is over the Federal Government will own BP Plc, Haliburton, Transocean Ltd., Anadarko Petroleum,and every investor involved. In other words 60% of American oil is about to be Nationalized, along with a big chunk of land based mining, and the largest fix-it corporation in the world. All because BP Plc/ Anadarko didn't spend $500,000 on another redundant cut off valve.<br /><br />"Never let a crisis go to waste."<br /><br />Invest in shell fish farms and get rich. Shrimp thrive on corn.drlobojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16167065726194359838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508594323182473801.post-1311201735024576802010-05-02T16:08:52.584-07:002010-05-02T16:08:52.584-07:00I was listening to a report on BBC America last ni...I was listening to a report on BBC America last night, and Gov. Jindal is trying to "get out in front" as they say, of this crisis. The problem, of course, is that he is a member of a party that is so far in the tank with the oil companies, and is a governor of a state so far in the tank with the oil companies, that his righteous indignation over the potential hazard to his state's natural resources is as fake as George Bush's compassion.<br /><br />As soon as someone, somewhere, can give me an example of any industry adopting safety standards "voluntarily" that are costly (the emergency shut-off valves were considered by Clinton's Administration, but as soon as Cheney got in to office, they became "voluntary"), I will change my mind.<br /><br />Even Pres. Obama bears some responsibility with his remarks, just a few short weeks ago, supporting off-shore-drilling without, first, a consideration of tightening regulations, including safety regulations. Many men died, and an entire eco-system under threat, because of lax regulations. I really, really have no wish to listen to "arguments" from people who say that this accident is irrelevant. It is precisely the worst-case scenario that regulation is designed to prevent.Geoffrey Kruse-Saffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11242660591954094499noreply@blogger.com