Jindal Moves to Cut Off Oil

Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal has taken the lead in trying to negate the horrific effects of the Gulf oil spill. He was the first national leader to act-- especially considering that his state was in the crosshairs and had suffered through incompetent state leadership during Hurricane Katrina.

Jindal has moved to create a barrier wall to prevent too much of the oil from coming on the shores. He has also ordered the Louisiana National Guard to create these structures. These barrier walls will be placed nine miles offshore and will effectively shield the state from further direct oil washup.

Today, huge Blackhawk and Chinook helicopters lined up in the air, dropping sandbags one by one into the sea.

"They are lifting up about 7,000 pounds of sandbags," said 1st Lt. James Tyson Gabler.

Good for Governor Jindal and the people of his state. It's about time someone did somethng.

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An Deeper Look into the Oil Spill

Forgive the size, but it's from an original here:

http://www.iglucruise.com/oil-spill-timeline

Thanks to our tipster Claire.

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Let's Use a Nuke on the Oil Spill!

No, I'm not actually condoning this, but apparently it's an increasingly popular idea.

Pointing out that the USSR (of course, our greatest role model) used the bomb to seal some leaky natural gas wells, some have suggested using an actual nuclear device to seal the oil spill site.

In theory, the nuclear option seems attractive because the extreme heat might create a tough seal. An exploding atom bomb generates temperatures hotter than the surface of the sun and, detonated underground, can turn acres of porous rock into a glassy plug, much like a huge stopper in a leaky bottle.

Michael E. Webber, a mechanical engineer at the University of Texas, Austin, wrote to Dot Earth, a New York Times blog, in early May that he had surprised himself by considering what once seemed unthinkable. “Seafloor nuclear detonation,” he wrote, “is starting to sound surprisingly feasible and appropriate.”

Man, I hope we don't do this. I know we need a radical option, but not this radical. In case we do it, though, I would not even have guessed that Obama would nuke a part of the United States.

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U.S Opens Crimal Inquiry Into Gulf Oil Spill

And here we go again. I love how in order to deflect from the already big disaster we hasten to create a bigger story. We all know that someone is going to be used as a scapegoat, Obama will come out looking like a God, the feds will perform another thankless task, and America will wonder why. Granted there are individuals and groups that are at fault here, especially for the slo-mo style clean up. This should be a red flag to everyone saying that something is not right. If there is money to made someone is doing it, and profiting from the disaster. And who gets a peice of the money people are making? Not us. Most likely a select few people in political office, probably including the most powerful American leader and self described messiah, Obama. Just a thought