How much of this is reasonable to allow the cleanup to continue unimpeded and how much is to keep the public from knowing how bad it is and not tarnish BP’s image further (is that possible?)? And doesn’t a felony conviction for taking a picture seem a tad steep?
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#19–bac==you are absolutely right. What is the metaphysics of a reasonable distance. Any difference between the distance on the open ocean vs an urban setting? Should the rule have a list of all the different situations with different feets listed?
I think as long as the rule is “reasonable to the situation being regulated” comments like yours look like the work product of a journalist.
Let’s not forget that the Coast Guard is part of the most efficient department of the government…Homeland “Security.” So is FEMA for that matter. We can all rest well knowing they are on top of it.
It’s obvious that the government wants to control the rage of the people, less they rise up and remove every last scoundrel out of political office.
Restrict media access, put advertising on those boom barges, sell TV rights to the highest bidder.
lets see…
Do you understand that there are MANY people who would LOVE to help?
The problem is this.
WHO is responsible if they get SICK helping?
Even the Fishermen would LOVE to help. but they wont allow them in.
So, what is the PROBLEM??
lets look at something. HOW MUCH MONEY will they SAVE, by HIRING OUT. TONS. They can SAVE 10-20% of PROFITS, by hiring out to a SUB CORP(that they created) that OVER PRICES/CHARGES and hires people at $10-20 per hour. TEMP employees, that will be FIRED/LAY’D OFF if they get CLOSE to the hours needed to become MEDICALLY/BENEFIT COVERED.
If a private person or group jumps in to HELP, and ANYONE gets sick/ill, what would it COST BP? BUNCHES!
What are the ODDS that a SMALL group that BP has hired will get the WHOLE JOB DONE? NILL.
They are waiting for it to LAY on the Gulf floor, so you cant SEE IT.
Think hard about CURRENT business practices..
They get MORE for claiming the hazard..
They get MORE for hiring another mini corp..
They get to Claim ALL of this as a LOSS.
Think a bit, people!
The 65 foot sea level limit can be overcome by using airplanes or helicopters to take pictures of what’s really going on around what’s left of that platform.
If the news media can think outside the box and charter an aircraft, they can get their story, because oil shows itself as a visible sheen on the water.
65 feet? You guys are getting worked up over 65 feet? You do realize they have lenses for that.
SO HOW’S THAT HOPEY-CHANGEY WORKIN’ FOR YA’?
#26 — gypkap, I read that there is also a no-fly zone over the mess. The media has access to the mess if they are granted permission by BP or Home Land Security.
#21 — bobbo said “I think as long as the rule is “reasonable to the situation being regulated”” — Of course it is reasonable, just keep in mind that only BP and Home Land Security get to determine the reasonable limit.
#28 — J. Reb, the hopey changey thing is just great. Your statement leads one to think you believe that the country would be better off with McCain and Palin. Considering the long history of McCain and the brief but detailed history of Palin, that would be a no on the better off part. I would have voted for Abbott and Costello before even thinking about voting for McCain and Palin.
#29
I would have voted for Abbott and Costello before even thinking about voting for McCain and Palin.
Instead you got the three stooges:
Obama
Pelosi
Reid
I have done news and now entertainment coverage for 40 years. 65 feet is further away than across the street in these areas. So you are okay with your country telling you that you cannot see what is going on?
We are doomed.
Zero wants total control of the media and the internet.
This argument is just a little blip on the issue.
How is “taking a picture” interfering with cleanup?
Who are you people to say that 65 feet is close enough? Buy a camera and try taking a really good picture of a little bird.
As a side note, did anyone look at the show notes from last Thursday’s No Agenda show? I mean the reference to the leak being unstoppable and 2.5 billion barrels of oil leaking out over the next 20 or 30 years. That one.
Change we can believe in
I kind of go with #23. The main thing the government is concerned about is covering its own rear or at least the rears of the people who stand to be criticized.
With the right camera you can get plenty of video from a distance/65 ft. I own a couple that can do a close up from 65 ft. but it helps if you use a tripod. You might find it hard to do a interview and be in the same picture though.
On the other hand I do think Cooper is finally starting to figure out how this government works and what its main concern is. Protecting itself from criticism and to Hades with the public’s so called right to know. The less people know the easier it is to control them.
It’s about time Cooper and his bosses figure out they are supposed to report the news not sensor it for their buddies.
What if they put up barricades so you can’t see what they’re doing. Then 65 feet is no better than 1000 feet. The point is they want to hide what’s happening from the public.
Once again Big Media has failed to do it’s job, ie, where is the reporting on the constitutionality of the Commandant of the Coast Guard issuing “laws” with felony penalties?
Seems to me that only Congress can do that (Article 1, Sections 1 & 8, US Constitution), as well as Amendment I (“make no laws…abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press”).
Put this cheap government down,all people have choosed a wrong party …all in all is collapsed nothing is left up to people..
Meh, I was sicken when BP was pulling this crap several weeks ago. There are plenty of stories to go around. As one lady being interviewed puts it,
“My husband works in the country Sheriff department he assured us that the department is working with BP. The daughter of the chief is married to a BP representative and most of the funds are by BP. So I don’t see how the public can even win when BP is tied to so many things already.”
Give up the good fight or use your amazing vocabulary pool, like Boobo, to fight back!