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bik0 (429 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 09:37 AM Original message |
Outrageous! Crude-Sucking Barges Stopped by Coast Guard |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
1. "You got to be shitting me! Because of no life vests and fire extinguishers?" |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 09:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Yeah! To heck with safety precautions. Who needs 'em? [Edited] |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 09:54 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. "You're wrong again, Oregone." |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 10:02 AM Response to Reply #14 |
22. See, that'll teach me to post, based on a post title. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 10:04 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. and "again"? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 10:04 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Well, isn't that bad enough. Curling is an important sport. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 10:05 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. So true |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 10:54 AM Response to Reply #26 |
42. "Important sport" is an oxymoron.. n/t |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 10:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
32. The Coast Guard is responsible for the safety of people |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
2. Insanity Rules!! |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
3. Frankly, I'd kinda hate it if one of those capsized and people died because there were no PFDs. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 09:48 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Or if some flammable substance caught on fire and they were |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 09:51 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. And what? The Coast Guard stopped them for 24 hours, |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 10:10 AM Response to Reply #6 |
28. There is something more here than the story relates. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
4. If they run into a storm and workers drown |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 09:47 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. +1 n/t |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 09:50 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. There is nothing to indicate that the barges did not have |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 09:53 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Nor anything that indicates that they did. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 09:54 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Nothing in the article suggests they didn't have these |
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CBR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
11. That is the Coast Guard's job. They should be doing that. nt |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
12. This doesn't pass the smell test IMO. nt |
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wiggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
13. seems like if you're sucking up flammable liquid, ensuring that |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 09:56 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Does it need to be insured by stopping these barges? |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 09:59 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Its about worker safety, and violating that is also an emergency |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 10:01 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Who says it was violated? |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 10:03 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. That would be up to the CG to say |
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wiggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 07:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
50. We should also ask NG or volunteers to pick up oil even if they don't have |
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Narraback (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
17. Media Matters :"ABC's purposefully misleading Gulf Coast report?" |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
19. So f-ing WHAT? This whole mess started because people weren't doing what the CG did here. |
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bik0 (429 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
21. This is what's outrageous... |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 09:45 PM Response to Reply #21 |
51. Maybe someone decided the boom was needed more to |
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lillypaddle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
25. This was posted |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
29. Can you believe it. We have all these oil companies and NO TANKERS |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 10:25 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Uh...you've not been following this, have you? |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 10:32 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Stop listening to Faux and reading on FR. Skimmers have been there for |
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Abq_Sarah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 02:48 PM Response to Reply #34 |
46. I believe we actually paid for the equipment |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
31. Yeah, that workplace safety crap is a lotta BS. If the ship gets into trouble, |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 10:34 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Stop and think a minute... |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 10:51 AM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Don't presume to chide me. READ MY FUCKING POST. You know, |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 10:58 AM Response to Reply #36 |
43. I don't think those 11 people died because they didn't have lifevests. |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
33. Why did they have to contact the people |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 10:34 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Exactly. |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 10:42 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Right. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 03:08 PM Response to Reply #33 |
49. "There were also concerns about the stability of the barges. " |
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Cognitive_Resonance (733 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
37. Much ado about nothing. If basic safety preparation were lacking |
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Abq_Sarah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 02:52 PM Response to Reply #37 |
47. Could the coast guard |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
39. Is this the barges first time out in the water? |
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FBI_Un_Sub (610 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
40. Read Title 33 of CFR, Subchapter NN |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
44. Well that is the law and the CG is paid to enforce the law. |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
45. Kick |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-18-10 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
48. Great stinking ppiles of hypocracy |
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