Gulf oil platform "accident".

[Fashion Lad!]

Bwahahahahaha!

Sorry, but coming from anyone in the US, being told that any other country should stay out of other countries' business is hysterical.

Rapscallion

Often times, when our country decides to stick their noses in another country's business, it's a decision made on capital hill and not on main street. Just saying...

[Boozy]

Often times, when our country decides to stick their noses in another country's business, it's a decision made on capital hill and not on main street. Just saying...

Sure, but that's because the people on Main Street don't really think about where their gas comes from.

[LexiaFira]

Bwahahahahaha!

Sorry, but coming from anyone in the US, being told that any other country should stay out of other countries' business is hysterical.

Rapscallion

agreed. i just walk away from people when it gets to that i cannot stand it.
it disgusts me that this happened and i just want the finger pointing to stop and just focus on cleanup... makes me wish i had a boat so i could help

[LexiaFira]

was discussing with hubby today, June begins hurricane season. Oil heats up the water, and hurricanes come from the ocean. So should one happen this year which i REALLY REALLY hope does not.... Oil will basically be flung everywhere across the coast. So I'm seriously wondering if this wasn't some huge conspiracy due to all the safety failures, the fact that there was short lived talk of corruption in the local offices when this happened and that some people disappeared when the proverbial shite hit the fan....the thought of was this a plan to wipe some areas off the map? or just fling some oil around

[BookstoreEscapee]

If we want to talk conspiracy theories, I've seen gas prices go up by nearly a quarter in the last couple of weeks. It would be just as likely that the oil companies did it themselves to give them justification to jack up prices.

Um, it's getting toward summer. Gas prices tend to do that in the summer.

(The fact that I live near the Shore doesn't help.)

[Fryk]

Um, it's getting toward summer. Gas prices tend to do that in the summer.

(The fact that I live near the Shore doesn't help.)

And. weirdly enough, gas where I am has gone DOWN since the accident.

[protege]

Gas here has been declining as well. Last time I checked, the local station was charging $2.69 for a gallon of 87 unleaded. That $2.69 is down from $2.78 only a few days ago. Can't complain about that one bit!

[Rine]

So, I live on the coast. Actually the president is going to be making a stop in my town on Monday.

I've been reading on the international news sites that the British are upset about the criticism BP has received. They are saying that the President is attacking them because it's a British company and that has me really confused.

You see, we on the Gulf Coast don't give a damn about which nation the company is from. (Local sites aren't even running stories about the tension between the countries; they are focusing on clean up and impact.) We just want to stupid oil cleaned up. It's already here and it's already ruining our lives. I mean, we are just finally really recovering from the hurricanes and now we have oil ruining the fish and destroying our beaches.

Now, if this was an American company that was spilling oil on British soil, wouldn't your government be up in arms and demanding that it's cleaned up?

I'm just flabbergasted...and I know we have a lot of international members so I was wondering what you were thinking about this.

[Rapscallion]

Which British are these? None I've interacted with have even said anythingalong those lines.

Rapscallion

[Wingates_Hellsing]

Specifically the British people in or otherwise involved with America who see their being British as a perfectly good thing to get indignant over and thus, cash in on.

[Rapscallion]

Bit of an odd situation to be able to cash in on.

Rapscallion

[Wingates_Hellsing]

If there's one thing I've learned from cable news it's that anyone can essentially cash in on anything with a little effort.

[LexiaFira]

wish i owned a boat and knew how to operate it....and that i could argue or debate properly without foot in mouth syndrome