Salazar: Latest effort to stop oil leak hits snag

[merh]

Why am I not surprised?

Salazar: Latest effort to stop oil leak hits snag
By JEFFREY COLLINS - Associated Press Writer

HAMMOND, La. -- At first, BP tried to stop the oil rushing into the Gulf of Mexico by flipping a blowout preventer switch. A week ago, they attempted to capture the leak with a 100-ton box. Now they've hit a snag as they try to guide a mile-long tube into the gusher to siphon the oil.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said BP had a problem Saturday with the latest effort to stop the leak, but was continuing its work at the ocean floor.

"There was a problem. They had to reconfigure. They are back down again ... trying to get it inserted," he told reporters during a briefing Saturday morning, declining to offer further information.
Gulf Oil Spill

BP PLC has offered scant details of its progress in trying to thread the 6-inch tube into the 21-inch pipe spewing oil from the ocean floor. Company spokesmen said technicians are continuing the methodical work of using joysticks to guide the deep-sea robots that are manipulating the contraption, but wouldn't elaborate on Salazar's report.

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[lunatica]

1. What a surprise

fucking criminal idiots.

[CountAllVotes]

2. I agree

lock these bastards up before the ruin the rest of America!

:mad: :argh: :grr:

:kick:

[jaxx]

6. Don't lock them up before they get the oil stopped.

[Stuart G]

3. Correct, and what price with the criminal idiots pay??? and when ??

[Swamp Rat]

4. k&r

[lonestarnot]

5. Fucking no good bastards. And Salazar you suck too IMO, bootlicker.

[HughMoran]

7. BP is clearly winging it

As incompetent as they are - I'm hoping for the best WRT to stopping this effing leak. Massive oil leaks are not something to play politics with.

[Karenina]

8. Ready the golf balls! FORE!

:eyes:

[femrap]

9. Did they give up on

the 'top hat/top cap' idea? Or is this part of that?

Maybe we need to bring in some teenagers who play video games all the time? Don't they know about 'joysticks?'

Salazar doesn't know shit about bodies of water or oil. The man is a rancher from CO who is repugnant lite.

[merh]

10. This concept gives me hope and that scares the shit out of me.

U.S. Army to turn gulf oil slick into asphalt

It scares me because it sounds too easy, too good to be true.

No word on the top hat yet, don't know if they were relying on the pipe threading before they tried the top hat.

[femrap]

11. May this idea

work! I won't hold my breath...I try not to get my hopes up anymore.