OLEEB wins 'The dead bodies are still warm, Blame Obama Award' for this today.

(1) You might wait until the missing rig workers are declared dead, and the injured are out of critical care before rabidly leaping into the favorite pastime among some at TPM-the Dump on Obama Game.

(2)The workers died in a hazardous job trying to provide you and your fellow citizens oil and gas.

(3) If you knew anything about the rig that was destroyed, or the leases Obama opened, you would know that this rig was drilling at the limit of today's technology, 5,000 feet of water depth, at super high pressures, there are no depths that even come close to half this deep on the east coast.

(4) Shallower wells operate at lower pressure and are easier and safer to drill.

(5) If shallow continental abyssal plain areas (which Obama opened) were available the rig might not have even been in the deepest parts of the Gulf of Mexico.

Being a centrist doesn't make one an extremist -- of the Left or the Right.

Appreciating and supporting President Obama, in an imperfect world in which hateful assholes such as you chew your thumbs down to nubs, does not constitute "worship" of anything or anyone.

Tip: the FIRST person INJURED by your hatefulness is Y-O-U.

Does it matter if there is no spill?

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/23/us/23rig.html?src=me

The explosion of the oil platform wouldn't have happened if Hillary were President.

#1: What better way to honor the dead than to question the policies that led to the conditions of their death?

#2: I'd prefer they did a dangerous job providing me with wind energy, thanks. Anything that puts them out on these rigs instead of working on an alternative is bad both for the workers and America.

#3: Awards for the superfluous irrelevancy.

#4: Are you saying that such an accident (or an accident of a totally different nature).

#5: I know you aren't this stupid.

Obama's offshore drilling policy was one you and EVERY other person on this site opposed when it was a Bush policy. Don't embarrass yourself further, this is just pathetic. You should just go join the fucking republicans with your oil-lovin self.

No. The lack of a continuing oil spill does not matter.

Obama has had more than a year to get the nation off its nasty habit of consuming 18 million barrels of oil a day. He has failed.

Any other conclusion is blind support of a failed Presidency.

damn, I was gonna paste more text from your article. but decided not to do it. So ignore the line, "But even in the article you link, they say:". It should've been deleted.

If you want to see 'pathetic' look in the mirror, KGB. You are the living, blogging embodiment of it.

I've looked at offshore oil platforms off the southern California coast for 30 years, and off Louisiana beaches for over 35 years. I could handle the same off Florida.

Unfortunately due to your fellow pick-up driving cowboys in Idaho (among other reasons), with the monster off road tires, our nation consumes twice the oil per unit GDP than Europe.

Your quest for instant gratification in our nation's energy profile will not happen in one or two terms. Own up to that fact and stop your whining.

Maybe the Republicans who run your state can raise your taxes to assist the local electric provider in building you some windmills.

your apologizing is unhinged, to say the least.

Oleeb doesn't blame the president for what heppened.

When the President opened up our eastern seaboard (and some new spots in Florida) to offshore drilling, many "constant Obama defenders" claimed it was safe, and no big deal, while many of us said that there is always risk, and it is a big deal. This highlights that concern, and the risks. Oleeb is drawing attention to that. I'm glad he is, because the issue is important to me.

But froth away.

I can't wait to find out what Obama tells you to believe tomorrow. Something tells me, no matter what issue, it likely won't match what you pretended to believe yesterday. But that won't keep you from believing it with all your heart.

As long as we keep pumping the oil, big trucks will keep burning it. You can't fault people who's homes, farms and recreational areas are indeed offroad for having the vehicles and tires required to operate in the environment. The only thing you can do is change the sources that drive those vehicles. Digging oil wells that won't produce for 30+ years instead of wind farms that will produce at peak capacity far more quickly simply doesn't accomplish this.

Obama is now making the intellectual case to keep on expanding coal and oil use indefinitely. This is implicit in the decision to expand production for the next generation in a seemingly irresponsible fashion. We should at least require oil companies work a high percentage of existing leases before we let them move into additional ecologically fragile environments ... or terminate their control of unused leases. They could tap the oil under Idaho and Wyoming with far less expense and risk than offshoring in the notoriously turbulent Atlantic. But the truth is Obama didn't sell our shores out for energy, he did it for politics because he's too big of a pussy to just fight. He himself has made it very clear that these sources won't produce a useful drop of oil for a generation - if that. In a generation we could largely be moved to a different source if there were the political will.

If you don't like the fuel consumption of the vehicles required to handle rural life, you should be pissed at Obama's policy, not Idaho. We'd drive big trucks if they ran on Electricity or H2 and be happy as a clam. Not giving us that option is a function of energy policy. So, does Obama's quest for more oil make it MORE likely we'll still be driving these things in a generation? Unquestionably. Good looking out.

P.S. Wind is required to make windmills work. Obviously, you know very little about the topic. Idaho isn't really ideal compared to many other locations (some of the best locations are areas Obama just opened to drilling BTW). Of course, that's why America handles energy policy on a national basis and has a power grid. It would make more sense to focus resources and grid expansion on the areas that provide the most bang for the buck. Ironic that libertarian-leaning red staters from Idaho now have a more firm grasp on the purpose and benefits of national policy than Obama-dumb Democrats.

LOL...yeah, Happy Earth Day oleeb. But I'm not sure the Earth is all that happy with humanity and is planning its revenge.

;^)

"But the truth is Obama didn't sell our shores out for energy, he did it for politics because he's too big of a pussy to just fight."

Well put!

The explosion of the oil platform wouldn't have happened if Hillary were President.

Stuck in the summer of 08 are ya? Too bad for you.

No -- but those who are still stamping their feet and holding their breath because . . . IT'S ALL OBAMA'S FAULT! WWWWAAAAHHHHH!" are stuck there.

Thus the routine, hateful bashings of him, and insults against those who voted for him.