Anyone know why the Obama admin is sending SWAT teams to the oil spill?

[Echo In Light]

[gateley]

1. Everyone else is in Iraq and Afghanistan? nt

[Echo In Light]

6. Well, just wondering. I'm sure it's explained as typical procedure, etc

... but I'm actually wondering if anyone here actually knows

[gateley]

14. No, sorry I don't. Just jumped on the "smart ass response" opportunity. I'm sure

someone will come along with a REAL answer, which I'd like to know, too. :hi:

[FSogol]

2. SWAT are offshore rig inspectors from the Mineral Management Service which

is part of the Dept. of Interior. They are not police swat teams.

[csziggy]

27. Mineral Management Service website does not have that acronym

Do you know what they call their teams - not the acronym but the correct name?

[The Straight Story]

3. Because they spotted Osama on the rig before it blew up :) (nt)

[Schema Thing]

4. I don't know that he is, because you didn't document your assertion

[Echo In Light]

8. Links

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/04/29/national/main6444311.shtml

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2010/04/oil_spill_the_governments_resp.html

[FSogol]

15. The answer is in the link you posted:

INTERIOR DEPARTMENT: The department deployed SWAT teams from the Minerals Management Service to inspect 30 drilling rigs operating in the deepwater sections of the Gulf of Mexico. Inspections should be completed within the next week, according to an Interior Department spokeswoman.

Inspectors will check to see whether the rigs have conducted blow-out preventer tests and inspect related records, the spokeswoman said. The teams will also verify that emergency well control exercises are taking place. Inspectors will then inspect 47 deep-water production platforms in the gulf, a process that will take longer than rig inspections because of the complexities of the structures.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2010/04/oil_spill_the_governments_resp.html

[Echo In Light]

19. Didn't realize that's what SWAT teams did

[FSogol]

20. The press has been really bad on explaining terms on this issue

as per usual. :shrug:

[Echo In Light]

21. Got it. Thanks

[Schema Thing]

23. thanks

[GreenTea]

31. Bullshit thread - pound Obama thread - Reads like a pigman Limbaugh conspiracy theory.

[leftstreet]

5. The oil has moved beyond its free speech zone?

Who knows. Creepy.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

7. It's to fight the oil spill.

Surface Water Assessment Teams are pretty good at that.

They sure beat prayer circles and speaking truth to power.

[old mark]

9. Right - they are not going to shoot the oil. nt

[Echo In Light]

10. lol...okay, but, "special weapons and tactics?" Just seems odd

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

12. Surface Water Assessment Team.

Not to quick on the pick up, are ya?

[louis-t]

22. Are you doing this on purpose?

This is the 5th post like this today. It's not funny anymore.

[Echo In Light]

24. That's odd considering I've posted off/on today. I'd just heard it on the tv in the break room

... and the online info on it doesn't really explain. So I asked here.

Could you steer me to the other four threads asking this today? Thanks

[louis-t]

34. Here are 2 I found in about 30 secs

I don't know which forum the others appeeared in, but it was the same question over and over.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8246242

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x283254

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

25. Do they make Facebook for HP computers yet?

I can't google it because I don't have internet access, so I thought I'd ask DU.

[SixString]

33. That's his usual MO

You'll miss nothing by putting this "hooligan" on ignore.

[high density]

13. u mean acronyms have can have 2 meanings?!?!?!?!?!

`u blow my mind!!!!!!!!

[Echo In Light]

17. It's like someone saying FBI, or CIA, but then, they don't actually mean 'those' orgs

.. but some other, obscure, lesser known FBI, or CIA

[csziggy]

28. SWAT = Sticks With Ass-kicking Tactics, among other things

SWAT Special Weapons And Tactics (team)
SWAT Scandinavian Workshop on Algorithm Theory
SWAT Samba Web Administration Tool
SWAT Soil and Water Assessment Tool (river basin model)
SWAT Students Working Against Tobacco
SWAT Students Working to Advance Technology
SWAT Special Weapons Attack Team (original name; now usually seen as Special Weapons And Tactics)
SWAT Students With A Testimony
SWAT Subjective Workload Assessment Technique
SWAT Sex Workers' Alliance of Toronto
SWAT Solid Waste Assessment Test
SWAT Special Winning Attitude Team
SWAT Submillimeter Wave Advanced Technology
SWAT Seattle Washington Autoduel Team
SWAT Students with a Target (student/police partnership program in Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
SWAT Solutions with Advanced Technologies (Cisco)
SWAT Sisters With A Throttle (motorcycle club)
SWAT Strategic Weapons and Tactics (TV show)
SWAT Skilled With Advanced Tools (software development)
SWAT South West Alief Texas
SWAT Servants with A Testimony
SWAT Scientific Wild Ass Guess
SWAT Swift Action Team
SWAT Specialists With Advanced Tools
SWAT Sell What's Available Today
SWAT Software Analysis and Testing (or Quality Assurance)
SWAT Students Winning Against Tobacco (Texas)
SWAT Satellite, Wideband, and Telemetry (systems)
SWAT Short Wavelength Adaptive Technology
SWAT Sick Wild and Twisted (band)
SWAT Secure Wire Access Terminal
SWAT Spiritual Warfare and Training (youth ministry)
SWAT Skilled Workers with Advanced Tools
SWAT surface water assessment team
SWAT SouthWest Airedale Terriers
SWAT Staff Without Adequate Training
SWAT Strengths, Weaknesses, Achievements & Threats (assessment)
SWAT Subsea Well Abandonment Tool
SWAT System Wide Analysis Team
SWAT Southwest Aquatics of Texas
SWAT Satellite-Based Worldwide Availability Tool
SWAT Solid Waste Assessment Team
SWAT Squad Weapons Analytical Trainer
SWAT Seeds, Weeds, And Trash
SWAT Service Weapons Acceptability Test
SWAT Ship What's Available Today
SWAT Sanibel Water Attack Team (swimming)
SWAT Southwest Association of Trackers
SWAT Sticks With Ass-kicking Tactics
SWAT Software Wireless Access Tandem
SWAT Soldiers With Apostolic Truth
SWAT Server, Workstation And Technology Group
SWAT Surface Weapons Against Torpedoes
SWAT Switch Assembly Test
SWAT Soul Winning Across Town
SWAT Strengths, Weakness, Advantages & Threats (assessment)
SWAT Southwest Area Vocational-Technical (school)
SWAT Scout Water Activity Team
SWAT Seeking Wisdom and Truth (Christianity)
SWAT Saints With A Testimony (LDS church)
http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/SWAT

[gateley]

18. That's interesting - sounds comforting somehow. Thanks for the education! nt

[Uzybone]

11. To seize the guns of the oil spill

[FSogol]

16. And make the ocean socialist!111!11 Oh noes11!!!

:cry:

[DevonRex]

26. ahahahaha

HA!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Arkana]

29. Because his LONG FORM BIRF CERTIFICATE was in the oil!

[Pirate Smile]

30. It is rapid response teams to deal with the oil spill. Rush & the RW turn everything into

something bad, even if it is trying to help in a crisis.

[frylock]

32. SWAT is now a catch-all for any rapid response unit..

i used to be part of a "SWAT" team, and i'm a sys admin.