I have been told by several people recently that anyone who is upset about the BP spill is ignorant, prone to hysteria, and (of course!) anti-American. A little searching around the interwebs provided this on the American Solutions (isn’t that a Gingrich-founded org?) website:
“Other experts were quick to put the spill into context. Dr. Dagmar Etkin of Environmental Research Consulting said oil seeps naturally from the Gulf floor “at a rate of 1,500 to 4,000 barrels per day”, or as much as two to three times larger than what is currently leaking from the exploded rig. Etkin also mentioned that the constant appearance of oil has produced a large amount of natural bacteria that breaks down oil and reduces contamination.” http://www.americansolutions.com/drill/2010/04/oil-continues-to-leak-from-sunken-rig.php
I tried to argue for a while, then realized it was pointless, and poured myself a little more bourbon as I breathed in the sweet aroma of spilled crude.
Has anyone else heard this argument? It seems to have taken hold in Hannity land, as well. :rolleyes:
Shouldn’t conservatives be just as upset about this as liberals? Thousands and thousands of small businesses (fishing, beach tourism, etc.) could be negatively affected. It’s always conservatives who claim to be on the side of small business, free enterprise, and all that stuff.
What bullshit. Regardless of what may or may not be the natural seepage rate, it doesn’t lead to oil slicks like this on a continual basis. Obviously the BP spill is an environmental problem in ways that go far beyond anything caused by the background seepage rate. We don’t normally have to worry about whether the Loop Current will make an oily mess of every Gulf Coast beach between New Orleans and the Florida Keys.
I have been to thisGulf coastbeach, now in the path of the oil slick. Been going there for 20 years, and haven’t seen anything like what’s headed there now. So explain your post, please.
Right! Our spills are bigger, better and longer-lasting than any other country’s, and anyone who says otherwise is a goddam commie.
Well, I’d say there’s some grade-A bullshit right there. Estimates of daily spill volume from MC 252 range up to 5,000 bbl/day, although in fact no one is claiming any particular estimate is an accurate measurement. Could be more, could be less. Moreover, assuming Dr. Dagmar is not a veterinarian or something, one would expect he knows that seepage of several thousand barrels a day from a point source is likely to be somewhat different in character from a similar amount from many small sources spread over tens of thousands of square miles.
No, but of course it would, because GLOBAL WARMING IS A LIBERAL CONSPIRACY! ENVIRONMENTAL WACKOS! CHICKEN LITTLES!
First, it’s obvious that Limbaugh has upped his meds again.
Palm Beach is on the other side of the state. AFAIK, there is no oil there to drill for, and little chance that Limbaugh will be personally affected by what happens in the Gulf. I do wish some real monkey wrench folks would take Rush for a swim off the coast of Louisiana.
I wonder what Glenn Beck’s take is. IIRC, he’s from the Tampa Bay area and more likely to own Gulf Coast property.
So, you “heard it from some people,” found a cite on a web site you seem to think is “conservative,” and seem to think that Hannity may have also “picked it up.” Is this accurate?
:rolleyes: Why don’t you tell us (and your response will be referenced in later threads) what outlets you do consider authentically representative of the conservative viewpoint? And then we’ll see what those sources have to say (now and later).
Actually, what I’m hearing from most conservatives is, “Why did it take the Obama administration so long to respond to this?” Along with grousing about how if this had happened to George Bush, the media would have been full of articles braying about how Bush was fiddling while the coastline turned black.
