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New Orleans oil spill causes McCain to cancel event highlighting how safe drilling is

By Mikeystyle - Jul 24th, 2008 at 12:43 am EDT

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From JedReport:

Wed Jul 23

You can't make this stuff up

Update: He's not going, blaming the weather. Yeah, right. Smells like an oil spill to me.

So McCain is going to NOLA tomorrow to do an event to tout off-shore oil drilling, flying out to a rig on a helicopter, trying to be all Jack Bauer the oil man. His agenda: demonstrate how easy, safe, and important more offshore drilling is.

But there's a problem: today, on the eve of this stunt, there was a huge oil spill in NOLA:

The Coast Guard closed 29 miles of the Mississippi River at New Orleans after a 600-foot tanker and a barge loaded with fuel oil collided Wednesday, breaking the barge in half.

Nobody was injured, but more than 419,000 gallons of heavy, almost tar-like fuel oil spilled from the barge, forming a slick 12 miles long, said Lt. Cdr. Cheri Ben-Iesau, a Coast Guard spokeswoman.

I mean seriously -- could things possibly be going more wrong for this guy? I'd say he was the unluckiest guy in the world, but the truth of the matter is that you make your own luck.

http://www.jedreport.com/2008/07/you-cant-make-t.html

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By Gary 'Virginia Obamacan' Jul 24th 2008 at 12:52 am EDT

It would be a good time for him to go down there and talk about more drilling, maybe the people wouldn't notice the stench of diesel fuel in the river.

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By jude jones Jul 24th 2008 at 12:54 am EDT

Well, their campaign DID want more attention from the media....

Hope Olberman covers this angle tomorrow.

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By Rob Jul 24th 2008 at 1:03 am EDT

McBush is having all kinds of problems. Maybe if he announces his VP there will be a chance to bring in some luck.

Wow!

divine intervention perhaps | Report to Admin

By rusty Jul 24th 2008 at 1:43 am EDT

Maybe McCain should now hold a fish fry on the banks of the Mississippi, to show how scrumptiously the river naturally marinades the fish.

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By Bud Aug 1st 2008 at 8:45 pm EDT (Updated Aug 1st 2008 at 8:45 pm EDT)

Apologists for the oil industry will say that there are safeguards to protect the environment.

That is true. Safeguards exist.

But the oil companies do not always use safe technology.

Oil tankers with double hulls protect the environment against leaks. The Exxon Valdez DID NOT HAVE A DOUBLE HULL.

The oil companies are greedy, and we cannot depend on them to use safe technology. If they are found to have violated a law, the fines are so low that they are merely pocket change for a giant oil company.

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