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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 09:59 PM Original message |
Oh. My. God. This cannot be a coincidence. Halliburton buys top oil well firefighting company. |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. Wait so Halliburton contracts to repair these oil wells and then |
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Walk away (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 10:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Where there's Halliburton there's fire! |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 10:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Classic marketing: Create the problem and sell the solution n/t |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 10:25 AM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Fits right in with the protection rackets their (former?) boss likes to run. nt |
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felinetta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 04:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. I also smell cover-up. Will this company figure a way to make sure it isn't |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
4. so halliburton does shoddy work, cause well to blow up and sink |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 05:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. Makes me think of the Iraq/Kuwait War during the GWB administration. |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
5. What else are you gonna do when term limits don't allow you to start Wars- For Profits, anymore? |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's like living in Comic Book Land |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
8. So Can We Assume Their Might Be A Lot More Oil Well Disasters In The Near Future? |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 08:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. It would lead me to think we will have no additional regulation in our |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 10:35 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Then You Haven't Been Paying Attention |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 11:47 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Maybe |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 11:26 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. You're Biased |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 11:28 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I suppose I am a bit biased from watching 30 years |
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Dr Morbius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
9. So, youse wanna buy "fire insurance" or what? (nt) |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. "Sure would be a shame if somethin' happened to your beautiful oil field." n/m |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
10. Halliburton bought out B&C a long time ago. |
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Moosepoop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 07:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. Really? When? |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 09:43 AM Response to Reply #25 |
34. Oops, my bad. I consulted my "all things Halliburton" guy. |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-10 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
11. This should probably be mass mailed to journalists everywhere and hope there's a REAL |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
12. An interesting correlation that warrants investigation, but correlation does not insure causation. |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 06:50 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. No, in a normal main street ethical thinking way... It is ridiculous. Its unthinkable |
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nxylas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 05:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Wouldn't surprise me either, but Kablooie is right |
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axollot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 09:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. True but that's why proper investigations need to be performed. |
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PerpetuallyDazed (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
15. So, is Boots & Coots involved in this explosion? Googling found this: |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
17. You know, I was wondering if something like this would happen |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
18. There's nothing nefarious about it. |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
19. “The oil and gas industry is so intimately entwined with the economy of disaster -" |
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bc3000 (766 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
23. nm |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
24. Good Christ this is almost as stupid as the Freepers saying Obama did it on purpose. n/t |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
27. Halliburton is the real-life Sylvester McMonkey McBean |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
29. Suuure ..... great theory ....... |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
30. Since John Wayne - Boots & Coots made no sense as a separate 'private sector' entity... |
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The Damned (284 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-01-10 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
32. MULDER! SCULLY! |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
35. Anti-conspiracy theorists will say it's just that. Coincidence. n/t |
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