OIL gusher Hearing on NOW!!!!

[dixiegrrrrl]

Bad news: Lie ber Man is chairing.
Hmm..he appears to be able to read. Who knew?

Cspan.

[RKP5637]

1. Thanks!!! n/t

[malaise]

2. Napolitano on now

it's on CSpan 1

[malaise]

3. Live coverage here as well

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/37194345#37194345

[malaise]

4. WTF is Collins asking Janet

when she never raised one fucking issue in all her years on that committee. STFU ReTHUG. Where were you when Cheney was meeting with the oil companies and refused to make the documents public.

Good fugging grief there's John McGramps looking worse than ever.

[marions ghost]

5. hmmmm

Napolitano deflects the question from Susan Collins--

"are you happy with the private sector response to the crisis?"

Napolitano replied with Federal response and said it was premature to discuss the private sector response.

[marions ghost]

6. McCain asks

"What's your level of optimism?"

Napolitano says "taking it day to day."

[malaise]

7. Why is he dealing with his Arizona issues

here - he sounds more arrogant than usual if that's possible.

[marions ghost]

13. Gulf, what Gulf

Homeland Security is about Arizona

[BarbaRosa]

25. Unfreakinbelievable

Time to retire gramps to the home and regime of meds. He has clearly lost it. What part of oil disaster did he not get?

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. McCain is grandstanding and Janet is very calmly side stepping him.

Is he running again in Nov????

[malaise]

10. And he's in big trouble

:puke:

[marions ghost]

9. McCain says

they need the National Guard on the Arizona border.

Napolitano: "We've been working on border issues, etc.
McCain: Are you going to send the guard to the border?
Napolitano: Those requests involves Defense, Homeland Security, the White House.
McCain: People's homes are being violated. People have aright to know if they are going to be sent.
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Napolitano: "That's not the kind of law I would have signed. Law enforcement was opposed to that legislation.
McCain: Majority of law enforcement supports.

etc etc

[marions ghost]

12. Now Mary Landrieu

People in LA : when can the well be stopped, when will claims paid, long-term impact to fisheries, how can the industry made safer for the future

2239 wells, In 1990 4% in Gulf were deep water wells, now 60% of oil in Gulf comes from deep water

This blowout is putting MORE OIL IN 1 1/2 DAYS THAN THE LAST 30 YEARS.

HS, EPA, NOAA, Interior--what dollar amount is spent on response to a catastrophe like this?

[Rex]

11. Hey maybe we can use Joe's huge blovate to suck up all the oil?

McCain could help, they both know a lot about sucking.

[dixiegrrrrl]

14. Next time we need info. from a terrorist, all we need to do is

force him to listen to LIE ber Man, Collins and McCain talk allll day long.
Collins has voice that will bend aluminum foil.
Lieberman sounds like Howdy Doody on Soma.

[malaise]

16. Did you see the Spill Baby Spill sign

:D
BPs McKay on now - fuck you LIAR

[Rex]

19. Howdy Doody on Soma

:rofl: :thumbsup:

[dixiegrrrrl]

15. BP Chairman coming up now to testify.

All the cameras clicking at him sound like an invasion of locusts.

[malaise]

18. I think he's very wary of Obama

He was way more forthright today.
LIEberman is a weasel - all of them supported these criminals.

[janx]

20. He seems completely different.

He's answering the questions.

[dixiegrrrrl]

23. You get the feeling somebody clued him this was a new admin?

I noticed the same thing, he seemed a bit more humble...or tired.....more respectful.

[janx]

24. He has been taken to the woodshed,

and for all we know--though I despise the practices and culture of BP--he could have voted for Obama. But yes, his demeanor today was quite different from what it was at earlier hearings. He did not dodge questions.

BP has a very sophisticated public relations team. It controls the news cycle to a large degree, positions itself extensively in broadcast and internet media, and is trying to follow the rules of crisis communication. At first it failed miserably, but it seems to be coming around, probably because it realized that its initial strong-arm tactics of obfuscation and media control weren't working. As polished as its PR practices might be, it faces a skeptical and educated audience.

The emphasis now seems to be on "learning from mistakes," which is superior to the previous "we've never had this happen at 5,000 feet" tactic.

Mr.McKay is definitely learning. ;-)

[dixiegrrrrl]

17. McKay sounds tired, very toned down.

[marions ghost]

21. Lieberman lecturing

in his mumbling style, fairly pithy

Dont want to wait 3 months for relief well

...doesn't appreciate MMS not coming to the hearing...we intend to haul the MMS before our committtee

HEARING IS ADJOURNED

[dixiegrrrrl]

22. Lieberman blames MMS for not telling BP to think ahead.

No one asked BP why it should not have thought of emergency procedures on its own.

Seemed to a general consensus that if it ain't in the regs, it doesn't have to be done.