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Prayer is the best way to do nothing and make it seem like you're doing something.
 
Espy

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tegid said:
Yes! I mean, instead of keeping trying, let's leave it on God's hands! It certainly is less tiring.

EDIT: I have no problem with prayer... My problem is with the 'it's time for a miracle' thing. It feels like they want to rely on prayer, which means doing less actual, palpable things.
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I get the feeling at this point the people and even the government of Louisiana are feeling remarkably helpless, you know because when they do try and do something the Coast Guard blocks them, etc. I can't imagine how frustrating and helpless they must feel.
 
tegid

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Espy;402762][QUOTE=tegid said:
Yes! I mean, instead of keeping trying, let's leave it on God's hands! It certainly is less tiring.

EDIT: I have no problem with prayer... My problem is with the 'it's time for a miracle' thing. It feels like they want to rely on prayer, which means doing less actual, palpable things.
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I get the feeling at this point the people and even the government of Louisiana are feeling remarkably helpless, you know because when they do try and do something the Coast Guard blocks them, etc. I can't imagine how frustrating and helpless they must feel.[/QUOTE]

Ok, I had no idea about this. With this in mind, it doesn't sound that bad.
 
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Yeah Espy, a lot of people are pissed here about how the government is handling it. Right now, Obama is seen as being just as bad as Bush was during Katrina in handling this. Helpless and pissed off is the general feeling. We have a lot of people and businesses here who are experts at dealing with oil spills (granted nothing as bad as this one), people who are volunteering in droves to do ANYTHING to help, and no one even considers them. Local leaders here know what they want to do to at least stop the spill from getting into the wetlands, but the problem is resources to do it. There is so much red tape to get anything that it just does not get done, or if it does, they only get a portion of what they need.

Man, I don't even want to think about what will happen if a hurricane comes by and all that oil being carried on by the storm surge.
 
sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

After the first week of head scratching with no good ideas from BP, the administration should have announced a contest that the first corporation to get out there and cap the well gets to keep the lease.


About the prayer.... Hopefully in a moment of quiet contemplation, with his mind clear and relaxed, an engineer with get the idea to stop this well.

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The Oil on the surface of the water should belong to who ever picks it up. Screw BP and claiming the oil is theirs.
 
Covar

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Hyimi said:
Yeah Espy, a lot of people are pissed here about how the government is handling it. Right now, Obama is seen as being just as bad as Bush was during Katrina in handling this. Helpless and pissed off is the general feeling. We have a lot of people and businesses here who are experts at dealing with oil spills (granted nothing as bad as this one), people who are volunteering in droves to do ANYTHING to help, and no one even considers them. Local leaders here know what they want to do to at least stop the spill from getting into the wetlands, but the problem is resources to do it. There is so much red tape to get anything that it just does not get done, or if it does, they only get a portion of what they need.

Man, I don't even want to think about what will happen if a hurricane comes by and all that oil being carried on by the storm surge.
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I don't know about that. Bush allowed for foreign aid to come in and assist.
 
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