Taylor (D-Miss.) expects spill to break up naturally

[babylonsister]

Taylor expects spill to break up naturally
By DONNA MELTON - [e-mail]


GULFPORT — U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) on Saturday said people shouldn’t be so scared about the massive oil spill in the Gulf; he said after flying over it, “it’s not as bad as I thought.”

Taylor said the oil could break up before reaching Mississippi shores.

Meanwhile, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker said he is putting his focus on finding a way to contain the crude that continues to spill each day from the uncapped well in the Gulf.

Taylor flew over the site of the sunken Deepwater Horizon rig Saturday along with Department of Marine Resources Director Bill Walker and Rep. Jo Bonner of Alabama.

They viewed the spill from the extended ramp of a Coast Guard twin-engine plane 1,000 feet above the water.

“At the moment, it’s not as bad as I thought it would be,” he said, shortly after returning from the three-hour tour.

Taylor told a group of reporters waiting at Atlantic Aviation he was less concerned about the spill after witnessing its movement firsthand.

“This isn’t Katrina. It’s not Armageddon,” Taylor said. “A lot of people are scared and I don’t think they should be.”

He described the spill as a light, rainbow sheen with patches that look like chocolate milk.

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Is Gene Taylor Out Of His Friggin' Mind??

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[piratefish08]

1. fuck birth certificates. can we start requiring IQ tests for elected officials instead?

what a fucking idiot.

[saigon68]

2. Definitely not the BRIGHTEST BULB ON THE TREE

[eShirl]

3. Does he need help tying his shoelaces everyday?

[Global Village Idiot]

4. Ah, that explains it....

“At the moment, it’s not as bad as I thought it would be,” he said, shortly after returning from the three-hour tour.

This Ass Hat has the Birf Certifikat on his mind and did a subliminal Hawai'i face palm and went all 'Gilligans Island' on us.

Perfectly rational, Oookkaaaaaayyy.

*cue mental image - Chinatown, Mississippi: she's my sister-slap-she's my daughter-slap-she's my sister-slap-she's my daughter-slap*

Pardon my episode of snarkelepsy, new here.

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[Jennicut]

5. Oh Geez. I agree it isn't Katrina because the two incidents are completely different. But,

it is not "that bad"? Is he kidding? It is going to effect the livelihood of the people that fish those waters. And tourism for the beaches. And the animals and plant and ocean life that will be effected.

[depakid]

6. Irrespective of the stupid comments- the spill will break up naurally

Not that anyone will like the consequences of that any more than they would like the consequences of slicing up a natural branch of oleander and cooking their hot dog on it.

[Global Village Idiot]

7. Of course it will...

...break up naturally. Over time. Time? How much time?

Time is the point this Ass Hat congress critter from Mississippi has missed - from now until it 'break(s) up naturally' there will be generational damage to the flora, fauna and living conditions of the people directly affected by the corporate greed of not complying with accepted safety norms.

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[John1956PA]

8. Taylor was an officer in the Coast Guard and saved a fellow guardsman's life.

Taylor was also impressive about five years ago when he served on the House committee looking into the reason why the U. S. started the the Iraq War. Since then, he has taken some positions that I have disagreed with. However, this statement about the oil spill breaking up by itself disappoints me the most.

[DemoTex]

9. Old school (civil engineering) axiom:

"The solution to pollution is dilution."

[Are_grits_groceries]

10. And the Health Care fairy is going to

come to my door and give me free care for life.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

11. "shortly after returning from the three-hour tour."

Skipper!!!!!!!