Re: Oil Spill

by **Arianna** 7/23/2010, 2:28 pm

Agreed with Komo. If it bored you and you know nothing about it, how are you expecting to have an argument here? Do some research and then try and argue on BP's side. Smile

by B 7/23/2010, 2:30 pm

I agree with Ari and Komoda.

by Haileadorable211 7/23/2010, 3:52 pm

me too

by Smalltownwriter 7/23/2010, 9:27 pm

Arianna wrote:Agreed with Komo. If it bored you and you know nothing about it, how are you expecting to have an argument here? Do some research and then try and argue on BP's side.

You know I'm part Puerto Rican and some of us ( inclouding me) have bad tempers, So I''m trying my hardest not to lose it . and you and Komo didn't have to be harsh, I know you guys have your own opinion but still could have been nicer said. I thought the foums were open to everybody or I didn't read the rules right?
Ok here the deal. Here one reason I don't watch the news because something bad always happens! It sad what is happening to the wild life plus the birds, I love birds. But this in my opinion ( i know I wasn't going to say it but you guys need to hear me out!)
I'm not blaming BP maybe it was their fault, maybe it wasn't.
This is why I don't pay any attention to the oil spill........ Me and my family and Millions of other family's lost our houses and everything we owned in the flood people have lost their jobs, one of the biggest malls here they were damage and guess what! People lost their jobs and that's over hundred/ thousand people?So the mall is closed for a long long time... A daycare lost everything and people lost thier jobs there. Trailer parks, got wiped out , Tent city, wiped out. This one person dies trying to get home to his family about over 20 people or so have died.
It took almost TWO months to pump out water out of this one building! I think Obama should have said something about it. He should have came down here to see the damaged that was done and see the hurt in peoples eyes. We are STILL cleaning up and there are people that STILL don't have homes. I know this is off topic but you guys needed to hear me out.
I bet that when this is over BP will go under since they spend A LOT of money. And I can't tell you how many people have told me I don't know nothing about some things....Now thank you and have a nice day.

by conich 7/23/2010, 11:35 pm

Can we trust BP ever again, after this?: I don't know. The whole reason for the oil spill was because somebody didn't replace a battery. Not as hard job to do. I don't undersatnd why it wasn't taken care of earlier. Plus, they weren't checking their oil rigs (that's what their called right?) every month, so their was a much higher chance of something like this happening. They would have to seriously clean up their act before I would trust them again.

Do you support off shore drilling now, or oppose it? Why?: I don't exactly support it but I don't oppose it either. I would rather have off shore drilling, than getting oil from the middle east. The money that we spend for oil is just making more bombs and guns for them. Not a happy thought, huh?

Do you have any ideas of how they could stop the spill? If so, post them: Sadly, no. I don't know enough about it to have a suggestion. I thought at first that they could put some kind of dome over top of it to hold the oil inside. Turns out they cant do that because of the low temperatures.

What stinks the most about this is that I live in Florida. Not only is there oil in the panhandle and coming towards our shores, there is some kind of water current near the keys that they say could possibly bring the oil up the east side of Florida too.

by DragonStar 7/24/2010, 12:37 am

Can we trust BP ever again, after this?:
We can't trust this sort of thing anyway, so no.

Do you support off shore drilling now, or oppose it? Why?:
I am very firmly opposed to any sort of drilling, on-shore or offshore.

Do you have any ideas of how they could stop the spill? If so, post them:
I don't know. -sigh- I really... don't.

by **Arianna** 7/24/2010, 3:31 am

Smalltownwriter wrote:
Arianna wrote:Agreed with Komo. If it bored you and you know nothing about it, how are you expecting to have an argument here? Do some research and then try and argue on BP's side.

You know I'm part Puerto Rican and some of us ( inclouding me) have bad tempers, So I''m trying my hardest not to lose it . and you and Komo didn't have to be harsh, I know you guys have your own opinion but still could have been nicer said. I thought the foums were open to everybody or I didn't read the rules right?
Ok here the deal. Here one reason I don't watch the news because something bad always happens! It sad what is happening to the wild life plus the birds, I love birds. But this in my opinion ( i know I wasn't going to say it but you guys need to hear me out!)
I'm not blaming BP maybe it was their fault, maybe it wasn't.
This is why I don't pay any attention to the oil spill........ Me and my family and Millions of other family's lost our houses and everything we owned in the flood people have lost their jobs, one of the biggest malls here they were damage and guess what! People lost their jobs and that's over hundred/ thousand people?So the mall is closed for a long long time... A daycare lost everything and people lost thier jobs there. Trailer parks, got wiped out , Tent city, wiped out. This one person dies trying to get home to his family about over 20 people or so have died.
It took almost TWO months to pump out water out of this one building! I think Obama should have said something about it. He should have came down here to see the damaged that was done and see the hurt in peoples eyes. We are STILL cleaning up and there are people that STILL don't have homes. I know this is off topic but you guys needed to hear me out.
I bet that when this is over BP will go under since they spend A LOT of money. And I can't tell you how many people have told me I don't know nothing about some things....Now thank you and have a nice day.

Generally, when someone posts a smiley ( Smile

) in a post, it signifies a kind tone. I was trying to be kind, and I don't think you need to get mad at me for that.
Anyway, I know the forums are open to everyone. And even though you've paid no attention to the oil spill, you have a right to post here too. I think we were just saying that because it'd be easier for you to have an intelligent argument if you had got your facts straight. We weren't saying you had to, we were just saying it would be helpful.
Secondly, I know that it hurts to look at the news. It hurt even more to look at photos of and read about the devastation in Haiti, but I still did, because I wanted to be informed. Sometimes being informed isn't the most pleasant thing, but if you read about it you'll find out interesting things - like the fact that the drill was not quite safe in the first place and they'd done nothing about it, like the fact that local fishermen aren't able to continue their jobs and the only thing BP is offering is the hazardous position of helping the cleanup, like the inability to act quickly.
I still don't see how people are blaming this all on Obama. If George Bush were still the president, I don't think I'd be able to find a way to pin the blame on him, either. Obama was certainly not the one who was responsible for the leak, and as a president he as a lot of duties - like passing health care bills, managing wars, and trying to sort out things with world leaders so no one blows our country up. If I understand correctly, he has been doing his best to fit the cleanup into his already extremely busy schedule. Perhaps his response has been sluggish, but it wasn't his fault. The executives of BP were aware of the possible problem in the drill, and Obama wasn't - after all, it's not his company, is it?
What I'm trying to say is that while Obama may not have the swiftest and best response to the oil spill at this time, he's trying. He has a lot on his hands. On the other hand, BP's job is to keep this from happening and to take responsibility for their own actions. This, I believe, was BP's fault, as intentional as it may have been.
And keep in mind that this is a debate, so I'm expressing my opinions, not pressing them on you. If you don't like them either argue back or ignore me. Smile

by Smalltownwriter 7/24/2010, 6:13 pm

Arianna wrote:
Smalltownwriter wrote:
Arianna wrote:Agreed with Komo. If it bored you and you know nothing about it, how are you expecting to have an argument here? Do some research and then try and argue on BP's side.

You know I'm part Puerto Rican and some of us ( inclouding me) have bad tempers, So I''m trying my hardest not to lose it . and you and Komo didn't have to be harsh, I know you guys have your own opinion but still could have been nicer said. I thought the foums were open to everybody or I didn't read the rules right?
Ok here the deal. Here one reason I don't watch the news because something bad always happens! It sad what is happening to the wild life plus the birds, I love birds. But this in my opinion ( i know I wasn't going to say it but you guys need to hear me out!)
I'm not blaming BP maybe it was their fault, maybe it wasn't.
This is why I don't pay any attention to the oil spill........ Me and my family and Millions of other family's lost our houses and everything we owned in the flood people have lost their jobs, one of the biggest malls here they were damage and guess what! People lost their jobs and that's over hundred/ thousand people?So the mall is closed for a long long time... A daycare lost everything and people lost thier jobs there. Trailer parks, got wiped out , Tent city, wiped out. This one person dies trying to get home to his family about over 20 people or so have died.
It took almost TWO months to pump out water out of this one building! I think Obama should have said something about it. He should have came down here to see the damaged that was done and see the hurt in peoples eyes. We are STILL cleaning up and there are people that STILL don't have homes. I know this is off topic but you guys needed to hear me out.
I bet that when this is over BP will go under since they spend A LOT of money. And I can't tell you how many people have told me I don't know nothing about some things....Now thank you and have a nice day.
Generally, when someone posts a smiley () in a post, it signifies a kind tone. I was trying to be kind, and I don't think you need to get mad at me for that.
Anyway, I know the forums are open to everyone. And even though you've paid no attention to the oil spill, you have a right to post here too. I think we were just saying that because it'd be easier for you to have an intelligent argument if you had got your facts straight. We weren't saying you had to, we were just saying it would be helpful.
Secondly, I know that it hurts to look at the news. It hurt even more to look at photos of and read about the devastation in Haiti, but I still did, because I wanted to be informed. Sometimes being informed isn't the most pleasant thing, but if you read about it you'll find out interesting things - like the fact that the drill was not quite safe in the first place and they'd done nothing about it, like the fact that local fishermen aren't able to continue their jobs and the only thing BP is offering is the hazardous position of helping the cleanup, like the inability to act quickly.
I still don't see how people are blaming this all on Obama. If George Bush were still the president, I don't think I'd be able to find a way to pin the blame on him, either. Obama was certainly not the one who was responsible for the leak, and as a president he as a lot of duties - like passing health care bills, managing wars, and trying to sort out things with world leaders so no one blows our country up. If I understand correctly, he has been doing his best to fit the cleanup into his already extremely busy schedule. Perhaps his response has been sluggish, but it wasn't his fault. The executives of BP were aware of the possible problem in the drill, and Obama wasn't - after all, it's not his company, is it?
What I'm trying to say is that while Obama may not have the swiftest and best response to the oil spill at this time, he's trying. He has a lot on his hands. On the other hand, BP's job is to keep this from happening and to take responsibility for their own actions. This, I believe, was BP's fault, as intentional as it may have been.
And keep in mind that this is a debate, so I'm expressing my opinions, not pressing them on you. If you don't like them either argue back or ignore me.

Ok. I don't blam anyone for the spil, I'm not the kind of person who blams people! THINGS HAPPENS! God lets Things happen for a reason. We may not know why but there is a reason for it. Now if you can't respect my opinion or the kind of person I am then I'm sorry but I am me and I'm not going to change my opinion or me..
Btw I'm the kind of person who gets easily aggravated. I'm going to stop watching this topic because I don't want to get told that I don't know things like this again.
Bye have a nice day

by purpleoranges 7/26/2010, 7:35 pm

Guys, I need to tell you something. NOT EVERYONE IN THE MIDDLE EAT ARE TERRORISTS! While it is true that a lot of terrorists come from the middle eat, middle eat does not have a lot of terrorists when you compare it to size and population. Not drilling off shore and buying from the middle eat does NOT automatically mean you are fueling terrorist operations.

by Haileadorable211 7/26/2010, 9:11 pm

Middle east and i agree

by lauren 7/26/2010, 9:15 pm

I don't know too much on this issue, but just going by what I've gathered.

Can we trust BP ever again, after this?: Not sure. I didn't know they existed before this, only because I don't keep up with what comapnies drill for oil. But as for the question... I'm not sure. They don't seem to have very many brain cells because it seems like they didn't see until right about now the obvious course of action- CAP THE DARNED THING.
Do you support off shore drilling now, or oppose it? Why?: It's where a lot of money comes from, so yes. I do.
Do you have any ideas of how they could stop the spill? If so, post them: Well, maybe someone could actually grow a brain and sucessfully cap it. And oh, hey, here's an idea- get all the gulf fisherman who are at home on their lazy butts to get out there and help clean the ocean.

by Haileadorable211 7/26/2010, 9:45 pm

They are cleaning it up and they arent lazy.They got their entrie lively hood taken away!

by purpleoranges 7/26/2010, 10:05 pm

purpleoranges wrote:Guys, NOT EVERYONE IN THE MIDDLE EAT ARE TERRORISTS! While it is true that a lot of terrorists come from the middle eat, middle eat does not have a lot of terrorists when you compare it to size and population. Not drilling off shore and buying from the middle eat does NOT automatically mean you are fueling terrorist operations.

by Haileadorable211 7/26/2010, 10:08 pm

ok why are you reposting that?

by purpleoranges 7/26/2010, 10:14 pm

Because I do not want it to get buried, there are REAl people in the middle east with REAL problems that need REAL money that oil will give them. So if you want to drill here, fine, but don't just want to not drill there.

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