June 17th, 2010 9:25 pm
A Frozen Moment of a Nightmare
This one's too stupid
<http://abcnews.go.com/WN/bp-oil-spill-gov-bobby-jindals-wishes-crude/...> for
/The
Twilight Zone/ --- it could only be from /Night Gallery/. The Coast
Guard has shut down one of Louisianas oil cleaning operations, and youll
never guess the reason. Read, jaw dropped:
The Coast Guard came and shut them down, Jindal said. You got men on
the barges in the oil, and they have been told by the Coast Guard,
Cease and desist. Stop sucking up that oil.
A Coast Guard representative told ABC News today that it shares the
same goal as the governor.
We are all in this together. The enemy is the oil, said Coast Guard
Lt. Cmdr. Dan Lauer.
But the Coast Guard ordered the stoppage because of reasons that
Jindal found frustrating. The Coast Guard needed to confirm that
there were fire extinguishers and life vests on board, and then it
had trouble contacting the people who built the barges.
"Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" has been replaced with "Safety
first, last and only!" and in the middle (?) of our worst-ever
environmental disaster.
Heads should roll --- but likely won't.
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6 Comments, 6 Threads
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1. ic
"Safety first, last and only!"
Safety my foot. The mighty One wanted to show that funny looking
guv of a loser state who's boss.
What prevented the Coast Guards from boarding the damned barges to
check them out?
June 17, 2010 - 11:52 pm Link to this Comment
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2. MichaelnotMike
This would have been a great opportunity for Jindal to show them
up. He should ask the Coast Guard how many life preservers and
fire extinguishers are needed, purchase that amount and make a
show of delivering them to the boats. (I realize the article
probably left out some important details.)
June 18, 2010 - 5:48 am Link to this Comment
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3. RPD
Time to call out the State's National Guard troops, to defend the
barges from ... er... the US Coast Guard.
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4. Mike
Damn the Torpedoes? It's an oil spill not the Battle of Manilla
Bay, Go easy on the Coast Guard, they're doing their job
June 18, 2010 - 7:43 am Link to this Comment
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5. Mike Kistle
Yes, I know it was Mobile Bay
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6. Larry J
While I have a lot of respect for the Coast Guard, they do come
off looking bad in this one. How long would it take to actually
inspect each of the barges and count the life preservers and fire
extinguishers? An hour, maybe two? So what's stopping them? Don't
just stop the barges because they don't know if there are life
preservers on board, go and check!
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