On Sun, May 02, 2010 at 08:52:13PM -0700, Bradford R. Crain wrote: > Imagine if all that gulf oil drifts across the Louisianna, Alabama, > Mississippi, and Florida Gulf Coasts [snip] Imagine if a hurricane moves into the Gulf of Mexico. BP 2009 profits: $14B Amount spent by BP lobbying the US federal government in 2009: $16M Cost of backup acoustic switch that BP argued would never be needed: $500K See: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704423504575212031417936798.html for info on that last item. See also: http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/05/gulf_of_mexico_oil_spill_anima.html for an animated view of the disaster in progress. ---Rsk "Every asshole who ever chanted 'Drill Baby Drill' should have to report to the Gulf Coast today for cleanup duty." -- Bill Maher, 4-29-2010 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon May 03 2010 - 08:48:46 PDT
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