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BIGBALLFACTOR
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Part of the original article.................
(June 4) -- A man helplessly tries to stop a convoy of tanks with his body. Three firefighters raise an American flag in the rubble of the World Trade Center. A turtle-necked hippie places a carnation in the barrel of a rifle during a Vietnam War protest.
You can never predict when a single photograph will transcend that day's front page and become an icon of an era. You just know it when it does. And in the case of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, that picture arrived Thursday.
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jareds98gt
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makes me sick just looking at that shit!!
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88DroptopGT
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11 dead and the worst oil spill in history. BP = Bad People.
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phil a
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Poor animals, that first picture is a heart-breaker
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Nastysvt
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i guess they never had an emergency back up plan in case a main line broke. sad
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Captain Obvious
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quote: Originally posted by Nastysvt: i guess they never had an emergency back up plan in case a main line broke. sad
they gotta have some type of emergency shut off valve.
either way if they were allowed to drill closer to shore capping off a broken line wouldn't be as difficult, only robots can go that deep (1000+ ft vs off shore 100+ ft).
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Wildfire532FB
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Sad picture. BP should have had an emergency backup plan, hopefully Obama doesn't stop offshore drilling and just regulates it better. No corrupt people getting free gifts for not doing their job.
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SLOWBACK 67
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quote: either way if they were allowed to drill closer to shore capping off a broken line wouldn't be as difficult, only robots can go that deep (1000+ ft vs off shore 100+ ft). [/QB]
^ +100,000,000,000!!! This would have been alot easier if it wasn't so far out and so deep.... But not saying that's any excuse for the ball being dropped by BP and the Obama administration. Just my .02
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mikeP
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wow very sad to look at. no wonder this world is falling apart, bp just wanted that fast buck instead of going the extra mile maintaining their equipment..sad situation
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FireVert03
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Dam I hate to see them pictures....is all bad
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68dustin
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all i can say is it's some sad shit...
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Posts: 3991 | From: neverland | Registered: Feb 2005
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FATJOHN916
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these pics reminded me i gotta change my oil
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90GT510
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quote: Originally posted by FATJOHN916: these pics reminded me i gotta change my oil
Lol!!! But on a serious note, this thing is a terrible situation
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Eddie510-
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quote: Originally posted by FATJOHN916: these pics reminded me i gotta change my oil
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! omg that was out of no where!lolol Im crying!
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threethirty1
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The whole country will soon feel the repercussions of this disaster.
That whole ecosystem is toast!!
We are talking 100+ years to recover from this apocalypse.
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Man, those pictures are had to look at, especially the 1st 1...
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onesicklx
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can somebody please explain why a foreign company is drilling for oil off the coast of the united states? [ June 06, 2010, 04:36 PM: Message edited by: onesicklx ]
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SheerSliver03
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quote: Originally posted by 88DroptopGT:
11 dead and the worst oil spill in history. BP = Bad People.
you call BP Bad People but you buy their product everyday/week
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Posts: 641 | From: elk grove | Registered: Mar 2006
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wilit
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quote: Originally posted by 68stanger:
either way if they were allowed to drill closer to shore capping off a broken line wouldn't be as difficult, only robots can go that deep (1000+ ft vs off shore 100+ ft).
There are tons of wells close to shore. All those gray dots on the map are oil platforms. You have to go farther out to tap into reserves that still have oil in them.
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