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Title: BP Oil Spill Worst, Workers Getting Sick, Minerals Mgmt Fired - May 27, 2010
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Published: May 27, 2010
Author: MSNBC
Post Date: 2010-05-27 12:48:11 by christine
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#2. To: christine (#0)

I was offline for most of last week, and don't know what, if anything was said about MMS. I spent a few hours searching past posts, and didn't find anything yet, so just in case, since this video says MMS is an obscure organization, for the record, excerpts of some things I ran across :

BREAKING NEWS: U.S. Minerals Management Service chief Elizabeth Birnbaum fired, sources tell AP

"...The AC from NZ
User ID: 951237
New Zealand
5/27/2010 10:53 AM

Again, it's all because of her letter that she wrote to BP regarding the Atlantis platform which I tried to alert everybody about in this thread here [link to http://www.godlikeproductions.com] - which is an ORIGINAL document from way back in February that proves that BP knowlingly ignored pleas and warnings from Ms. Birnbaum that the oil platform is headed for CATASTROPHE...

..and lo and behold what happened? That's right.. sure enough, it blew up...

...and now Ms. Birnbaum is fired from her job. Put the pieces together people. Look at my thread and READ the PDF file - it's a signed original document - you won't get any more closer to the truth than that. Serious shit is going down, folks......"

comment at 11:32: "So maybe we have a reason for her hasty departure,

Birnbaum was scheduled to testify before the House Appropriations Committee Thursday morning about the oil spill but she will not appear, Fox News has confirmed. Her deputy, Secretary David Hayes will testify in her place alongside Interior Secretary Ken Salazar."

comment at 12:30 PM

The first paragraph of the letter confirms it for me:

" . . . This platform, the largest oil and natural gas platform in the world, may be operating without crucial engineering documents, which, if absent, would increase the risk of a catastrophic accident that would threaten not only the workers on the platform, but also the Gulf of Mexico and the communities who depend on the resources it provides."

Congressmen are not prophetic they are for profit . . . "

http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1078562/pg1

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ATKHWDI Note: The Letter was not FROM Birnbaum, it was addressed TO her, from a handful of Congressmen. It was sent February 24, 2010, and made reference to a whistleblower ["he"] warning BP in March, 2009 that 90% of the required permits may have been lacking:

SMOKING GUN PROOF BP KNOWINGLY DODGED COMPLIANCE REGULATIONS ON ATLANTIS PLATFORM BACK IN FEB!

Anonymous Coward
User ID: 951237
New Zealand
5/26/2010 5:31 AM

".....Everyone needs to read this. Aaron McCollum has sourced document proof from back in February (from the Minerals Management Service, signed by various members of Congress) warning BP of a catastrophic accident if they continue to dodge compliance regulations. Pass this around, email it to media outlets.. this is the smoking gun of culpability right here!

And to be clear, this is SPECIFICALLY PERTAINING to the Atlantis platform in the Gulf of Mexico - that's right - the one that blew up! Here we have it, folks. BP have blood on their hands - and they were warned about it. Here's the PDF file:

[link to http://www.npr.org]

Please spread this far and wide.. to your Facebook friends, email to your colleagues and family.. we all deserve to know the truth. Aaron says he has many other documents he can bring out in the open. Let's bust this thing wide open!....."

"....Anonymous Coward
User ID: 983404
United States
5/27/2010 11:49 AM

Yet Congress and no other federal agency did anything. Wanna know why?

“If BP faces heavy federal scrutiny, it’s well-positioned to fight back: The London-based company has consistently spent top dollar to influence legislative and regulatory activity in Washington, D.C.,” the Center states.

[link to http://renovomedia.com]

Year: 1999
BP Lobbying by Industry Industry Total
Oil & Gas $5,684,794
Chemical & Related Manufacturing $80,000

Year: 2000
BP Lobbying by Industry Industry Total
Oil & Gas $4,150,000
Chemical & Related Manufacturing $60,000

Year: 2001
BP Lobbying by Industry Industry Total
Oil & Gas $2,160,000
Chemical & Related Manufacturing $20,000

Year: 2002
BP Lobbying by Industry Industry Total
Oil & Gas $3,032,000

Year:2003
BP Lobbying by Industry Industry Total
Oil & Gas $2,574,000

Year: 2004
BP Lobbying by Industry Industry Total
Oil & Gas $1,900,000

Year: 2005
BP Lobbying by Industry Industry Total
Oil & Gas $2,920,000

Year: 2006
BP Lobbying by Industry Industry Total
Oil & Gas $3,650,000

Year: 2007
BP Lobbying by Industry Industry Total
Oil & Gas $4,640,000

Year:2008
BP Lobbying by Industry Industry Total
Oil & Gas $10,450,000

Year: 2009
BP Lobbying by Industry Industry Total
Oil & Gas $15,990,000

Year: So far in 2010
BP Lobbying by Industry Industry Total
Oil & Gas $3,530,000

[link to http://www.opensecrets.org]

Thats 45,659,000 spent lobbying Congress.

Think your federal legislators haven't been bought and sold?

[[link to godlikeproductions http://godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1078192/pg1 ]]......

Anonymous Coward
User ID: 983313
United States
5/27/2010 11:55 AM

So many obvious questions and violations:

-One year before disaster, BP paid an expert to review safety and then failed to respond to any recommendations
[link to http://www.truthout.org]

- Rig crew argued before the explosion
[link to http://online.wsj.com]

- BP failed to perform a CBL safety test before the fire.
[link to http://www.theoildrum.com]

-Safety contractor pulled employees from rig just hours before explosion
[link to http://www.nola.com]

Halliburton bought clean up company ten days before spill
[link to http://www.thestreet.com]

-One year before disaster, BP paid an expert to review safety and then failed to respond to any recommendations
[link to http://www.truthout.org]

Rig workers sequestered and forced to sign waiver
[link to http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com]

Transocean made 270 million from the insurance payoff after disaster
[link to http://www.godlikeproductions.com]

Transocean pays out a 1 billion dollar dividend to shareholders following rig disaster
[link to http://rawstory.com]

BP executives on board rig "celebrating safety record"
[link to http://rawstory.com]

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 982464....."

"Anonymous Coward
User ID: 962698
Australia
5/27/2010 12:27 PM

And to be clear, this is SPECIFICALLY PERTAINING to the Atlantis platform in the Gulf of Mexico - that's right - the one that blew up! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 951237

Atlantis is not the one that is leaking, but it is 12X larger and HALF A KILOMETRE deeper"

Atlantis:
600 million barrels
6,500 ft
[link to en.wikipedia.org]

Macondo
50 million barrels
5,000 ft..."

http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1077262/pg1

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**** LETTER FROM CONGRESSMEN TO BP ON FEBRUARY 24, 2010:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/Grijalva%20MMS%20ltr.pdf

FOIA request for their reply?

Several comments relating to the name ATLANTIS, I missed the first time around. I too found the name interesting, particularly if this is an Illuminati "event" [which I have NO problem believing]. This supposedly is NOT the one that is leaking, however, or is it? Note above that Atlantis is deeper and presumably further out from shore. I wonder if Atlantis has anything to do with this:

4um Matt Simmons: "There's Another leak, much bigger 5 to 6 miles away:

http://www.freedom4um.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=118558

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Then there's this:

Air Strike?

The following is the letter I (Lewis Mohr)sent to Transocean this morning conveying my concerns that their Rig was possibly attacked from the air. [See the first picture] I believe a clear message from the bankers in "The City" of London was sent to the people of The United States of America that energy independence will not be tolerated.....

http://www.freedomyell.com/political-editorial/18-air-strike

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search "british petroleum rothschild"

AllTheKings'HorsesWontDoIt  posted on  2010-05-29   14:25:29 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#9. To: AllTheKings'HorsesWontDoIt (#2)

i'm speechless. thanks for the research and post. it's very much appreciated.

christine  posted on  2010-05-29   18:16:59 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#12. To: christine (#9)

but i guess we shouldnt let anything stand in the way of a good doomer porn story, should we?

groundresonance  posted on  2010-05-29   18:25:07 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#13. To: groundresonance (#12)

uh no. i want the facts. if what's posted gets discredited, that's good.

christine  posted on  2010-05-29   18:32:54 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#16. To: christine (#13)

i want the facts.

i gotta tell you... trying to keep the crazies on an even keel is driving me to drink.

groundresonance  posted on  2010-05-29   18:37:41 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#24. To: groundresonance, christine, all (#16)

i want the facts.

i gotta tell you... trying to keep the crazies on an even keel is driving me to drink.

Judging from your comments I think you need to back away from bottle - slowwwwly. We wouldn't want you to fall.

Ain't it just soooooo frustrating that people here just refuse to accept the official line lyin' without examining those pesky facts?

Original_Intent  posted on  2010-05-29   19:24:06 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#26. To: Original_Intent (#24)

we have to assume you're an idiot.

groundresonance  posted on  2010-05-29   19:27:36 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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