Haley Barbour Still Downplaying the Potential Impact of the Oil in the Gulf on Mississippi
Well it appears Gov. Haley Barbour (R-BP) is still living on a river named Denial and refusing to admit the potential damage to Mississippi's coast line from the Deepwater Horizon disaster. John King asks Barbour if his perspective on the risk to his state has changed now that the government has admitted the amount of oil pouring into the Gulf is probably twice as much as originally estimated. (And John King fails here since that number would be more like forty to a hundred times more than we were originally told by BP and the government. They said it was one thousand barrels John, then five thousand and they're still not telling us the truth.)
Barbour: Well of course it changes the scope because there's a lot more oil. Now as I understand it the numbers they put out yesterday were the total flow did not include the 15,000 barrels that's being captured by their cap, whatever they call it, but yeah, it means that much more oil's in the Gulf and it means that there's that much more that has to either be dispersed, burned, skimmed or whatever.
And it also means that there's a higher likelihood that it will get to Mississippi. We have not had any of oil onto Mississippi's beaches. We had one intrusion on one of the barrier islands. It came up one day and washed out the next day and left no uhh... you couldn't even tell it had even been there.
Washed away huh? Just like magic. Can't even tell it was there. Good grief who does this goober think he's kidding? He goes onto repeat the line about how the biggest economic damage to his state has been caused by the news scaring all the tourists away and of course tries to give more cover to his good buddies in the oil industry.
And no intelligent life either. Just a redneck, dumbass governor in the pocket of Big Oil. This dope must be huffing crude oil fumes.
"We will find fulfillment not in the goods that we have, but in the good we can do for each other."
Robert F. Kennedy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOaCD_JNgkA
Ditto that . You are right on the $ with your analysis .
"The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all."
This bloated disgusting stereotype Barbour is the perfect representative for the hopeless racist ignorants who can only comprehend that they hate that n****r in their White House so they actually go to the ballot box to vote for him no matter how badly he fucks them over.
Of the voters in Mississippi are RACIST, INBRED,IMBECILES and they will re-elect this puffed-up( fat slob) moron! Wait and see!
Right. Never mind that this catastrophe is at least 6 times bigger than the Valdez spill. And still growing.
geebus, can it get more obvious?
Hey Haley, your constituents ain't buyin it.
And we sure as hell ain't buyin it either.
Hey Haley.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
BP Official Admits to Damage BENEATH THE SEA FLOOR: We have a right to know what’s really going on.
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2010/06/eviden...
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
BP knew they had a problem deep in the well on March 10.
BP Cited ‘Well Control Situation’ Six Weeks Before Blowout
When will government of the people, by the politicians, for the corporations perish from this Earth?
Not soon enough!
Naaah, couldn't be.
That would be tinfoil hat.
I'm a lot like Ricky Gervais and the Golden Globes: Why?
3/17 indeed.
no need for tinfoil hat this time!
When will government of the people, by the politicians, for the corporations perish from this Earth?
Not soon enough!
It stops the RCMP from reading my thoughts and planting ideas in my brain.
I'm a lot like Ricky Gervais and the Golden Globes: Why?
Mexico Will Sue BP for Gulf Oil Pollution-Related Expenses
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2010/06/mexico...
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
BP sponsors baseball trophy: Cubs/Sox 'Crosstown Cup' sponsored by BP; fans react with anger, boos.
http://thinkprogress.org/2010/06/12/chicago-b...
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
MS Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo sponsored by BP
If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.
- Adolf Hitler (R)
Bloomberg becomes big BP defender: 'Guy that runs BP didn't exactly go down there and blow up the well.'
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/06/11/nat...
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
He thinks that's what they can his tuna fish in.
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
Winners and Losers in the Gulf. "There’s no small amount of irony that Texas... where offshore oil platforms can be seen from almost every major beachfront, is not seeing any oil wash ashore. Meanwhile, Florida has been fighting offshore oil off its coasts for decades is facing a major hit..."
http://www.counterpunch.org/bryce06102010.html
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Tampa Bay area is still cleaning up from the barge/tanker crash in 1993. Some neighbors went on a guided nature walk around Cockroach Key, and were asked to donate to the 'ongoing restoration'.
I pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America, and to the republic which it established, one nation from many peoples, promising liberty and justice for all
There are lots of other beaches besides Mississippi beaches.
I'm a lot like Ricky Gervais and the Golden Globes: Why?
"Governor" Barbour is the poster child and product of the Mississippi public school system! Keep them dumb, ignorant, and bigoted....then they will always vote GOP.
"Wah, thur's not nuff ull on them beeches tu fill up a miiilllkkkk juuuug",
I thought I was listening to some ignorant uneducated redneck from the back woods of Mississippi......oh, wait...........“The greatest evildoers are those who don’t remember because they have never given thought to the matter, and, without remembrance, nothing can hold them back,”
...I can't stand looking at him. I can't stand listening to him. So, I didn't. Maybe if I watched-listened to this clip I would change my mind, but I wouldn't waste my time criticizing Barbour for trying to squeeze every last ounce of revenue out of the current state of affairs. It doesn't make much sense for him to throw up his hands and say, "Fergawdsake, everyone stay away!" especially since the worst of the damage is yet to come (most likely).
On the other hand, I can't blame anyone who decides that the risk isn't worth it, so they cancel vacation/travel plans. It doesn't make much sense to spend lots of money getting to a place that may soon be knee deep in oil.
At the 2:00 mark in this clip Rachel talks to Tony Kennon, Mayor of Orange Beach Alabama, who says at 2:20, "I'm a conservative .. the Republican Senator that said this wasn't an environmental disaster is a complete fool. He needs to come down and take a swim off Louisiana's coast if it's not a disaster."
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow - Booming incompetence, infamous neglect, Gulf Coast spoiled
When will government of the people, by the politicians, for the corporations perish from this Earth?
Not soon enough!
I think Barbour's angling for the top spot on 2012 GOP ticket.
The Mormon's got no chance, Huckleberry's too liberal, Sarah has huge negatives, T-Paw's too bland. It's a war of attrition and Barbour has a shot.
this is the moderator from boingboing:
Antinous / Moderator • #1 • 3:26 PM Wednesday, Jun 9, 2010 • Reply
To be fair, the Governor is trying to put a better spin on it to keep tourism and jobs from pulling out of the area. Kind of like the Mayor of Amity.
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/06/09/natural-...
...Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Missouri Information Minister.
When planes crashed into the Twin Towers all flights were canceled and planes forced to land ASAP! Except those carrying the Saudi Prince and bin Laden family back home.
And when a plane crashes at an airport all flights in and out are canceled temporarily; some times as long as a week or more.
Not only do we have a blowout of Deep Water Horizon but another well is leaking into the Gulf some 30 miles west of that position News media haven't reported.
Donaldd
Is it my imagination or does this guy look just like one of those guys on "The Dukes of Hazzard?"
No, it's not your imagination, he does look like someone or someTHING from "The Dukes of Hazard." Unfortunately, what we have here is life imitating "art," and not in a positive manner.
Sometimes, I just wish Lincoln would've just let the South go!
But isn't Boss Hogg a knock-off of Boss Tweed?
And that was in New Yahk city...
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
But I'm really tired of the anti Mississippi bigotry, yes bigotry or would you prefer xenophobia? Just because Mississippi has a messed up past and some a**holes here I end up being called many names. Granted it is indirect but when you say that MS is a place filled with racists and imbeciles how is that different than people saying. "Mexico is filled with lazy, stupid, criminals and we need to block them from getting in! Every brown person is a Muslim and all Muslims are terrorists and murderers we have to kill them all before they kill us!"
For the record having lived here my whole life I've seen plenty of racism from all sides and lots of unnecessary hate and anger that doesn't belong to this generation anymore and shouldn't. But I will tell you it isn't in public, I can't imagine seeing someone walk up to someone else and call them racists names just out of the blue while they walk through a store or something. Now if they do, that person will tell the manager who will either call the police or just make the racist leave the store and not come back. If you start being a dick to someone in public and it doesn't matter if you are a racist, sexist, xenophobe whatever you will be shouted down or chased off in my experience anyway.
I don't deny that Mississippi has racists but I don't claim that we are special in that either, every state has racists, red-necks, xenophobes, and general morons. I haven't seen any evidence to say that we have some monopoly on these things. But if you want to see where the severe racism is growing try looking for the KKK and see where they've gone to have those rallies and protests they have. And personally I would like it if you visited the state before you judge everyone in it, nothing quite like the xenophobia and hate I feel when I get on Crooks and Liars or DailyKos...
I grew up in the deep south, lived for several years in each of several northern cities, and live in the deep south now.
You are 100% correct.
The so-called "progressives" who stereotype The South and the people who live here are just as bigoted and ignorant as any other bunch of ignorant bigots, and do as much to sustain the hatred and misunderstanding that plague this nation as the Tea Party and their minions do.
When will government of the people, by the politicians, for the corporations perish from this Earth?
Not soon enough!
You are absolutely correct. I live in San Diego County and we have some of the worst redneck assholes who have ever trod the Earth here. Actually, since California is the most populous state we probably have the most assholes per capita in the whole country, bar none. We're first in a lot of ways.
Mississippi must be special to someone, or Reagan would have chosen a different spot for his big speech.
What is your explanation for Reagan's first appearance after securing the nomination being at the Neshoba County Fair? Is it not true that the fair is still considered 'Republican Woodstock'?
What is your take on this excerpt from Reagan's speech:
I think it is a coded promise directed at those who support a return to the Antebellum South.
One thing I have learned since moving south of the Mason/Dixon line is that people in South rarely show you who they are in public. (Bless their hearts.) Not much "what you see is what you get" around here. At least much less so than what I grew up with in New England.
I pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America, and to the republic which it established, one nation from many peoples, promising liberty and justice for all
air conditioning is sort of new. Before that it was just hot. By this time of year you get hot and when you are hot your temper is just shorter. Learning to "be polite" in public is the only reason a lot of people used to make to the fall still alive. ;) In a region where family is stronger than political ties, it becomes necessary.
And Bush preferred Bob Jones University in SC to Miss. I like to think NC isn't so bad anymore, but then Rep. Sue Myrick says something (anything) and I have to go /facepalm.
So what your saying is, people in the south need to chill. ;o}
I pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America, and to the republic which it established, one nation from many peoples, promising liberty and justice for all
A majority of your people decided that they had to get off their asses and change their Constitution to make sure two guys can't get married.
Don't feel bad.
It happened in a lot of other states too.
Lots of states that have a lot of Republicans in them are doing lots of obnoxious ignorant unAmerican things.
So don't take it personally.
I'm a lot like Ricky Gervais and the Golden Globes: Why?
Is this really what MI wants representing them? Egads....what a toad. He reminds me of some "good old boy drunken fat ass" when he talks in front of the microphone. I'd be ashamed.
"Everybody that i see from California to New York thinks the Mississippi Gulf Coast is knee deep in oil"
No Governor, but everyone between California and New York thinks that Jackson is knee deep in bullshit.
'Talk to the hand'
No offense but Barbour is a pretty good indication of the " sophisticated voters " in those parts .
"The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all."
I don't think Barbour has a monopoly on stupidity. Taken together, not exactly an exceptional group.
SNL has to bring on William Shatner to play Haley Barbour in a parody sketch.
Yes, Haley is a goober, but what about those who would consider vacationing in Mississippi in the first place? I call them goobers as well. And they probably all watch Faux. You get what you pay for, folks.
I have played it 3 times and it seems that the man who is made of oil is telling us this is the 1ST time in 30,000 plus drillings that this has happened. Ignore for a brief moment that the number he uses has nothing to do with reality. Is this enormous repig trying to tell us this is the first off-shore spill? Or that is this the first off-shore Gulf of Mexico spill? There isn't any way you can think of this other than just pure BS.
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