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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:09 PM Original message |
Post your ideas for stopping the Gulf oil leak. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. Short of a bomb, probably a nuke or 90 days till the other rig is in place |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. The last time they tried to drill a relief well (off the coast of |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. shove a few bush's and cheney's into the hole! |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. The oil is 18,000 feet under the sea bed. The leak is 5,000 feet |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
5. best idea stated here |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
6. Give Darth Cheney a screwdriver, lower him to the site and don't let him up until it is fixed. |
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complain jane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
24. Nah he doesn't deserve a cocktail, send him down stone cold sober. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
7. Best idea to prevent future such issues - life in jail for execs of such companies |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
8. I don't know how a balloon would work at those pressures. How |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. If your idea would work at those pressures, so would my balloon idea. |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Agree |
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complain jane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. What about a balloon-head? |
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iamtechus (868 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
9. Use a sort of bunker buster |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
10. Facebook has a Page with the answer |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. That would be funny |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:45 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. we could add Glenn Beck for more ballast and throw in Michelle Malkin |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
11. Plug up the hole with BP executives and lobbyists. n/t |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Just like I thought that throwing some Goldman Sachs guys into the volcano could stop that |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. It's certainly worth a try. I mean, what could it hurt? n/t |
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complain jane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. Well that sounds good |
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davekriss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
15. KRAZY GLUE (n/t) |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
19. I already wrote the EPA last week with the "angioplasty" balloon idea. |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Probable because the idea is too simple. |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
20. Get James Cameron down there. I'm serious. He's creative& he's been there. |
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complain jane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:52 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Bruce Willis |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
22. I posted a suggestion earlier. A real one. |
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complain jane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
23. Dick Cheney jammed right in. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
28. "Don't drill there" comes to mind, but that would be preventing, not stopping. nt |
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LaydeeBug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
29. If every hair salon in the USA saved all of the hair they cut and we put it all in ladies panty hose |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
30. Drop Limbaugh over the area |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 06:37 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. You have something there. Maybe we could stuff him into the pipe and use him as a cork |
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Corey_Baker08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
31. You Have To Check Out The Nightly News Segment On The Technology To "Vacuum the Oil & Filter It".... |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 06:08 AM Response to Original message |
32. Here's an idea from another DUer re vacuum oil |
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sl8 (256 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 06:25 AM Response to Original message |
33. Self-tapping screw. |
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