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Title: Rep. Gene Taylor: Oil Spill Not So Bad, Looks Like Chocolate Milk
Source: http://www.alan.com/2010/05/03/rep-gene-taylor-oil-spill-not
URL Source: http://www.alan.com/2010/05/03/rep- ... bad-looks-like-chocolate-milk/
Published: May 5, 2010
Author: http://www.alan.com/2010/05/03/rep-gene-
Post Date: 2010-05-05 16:00:47 by RickyJ
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Views: 86
Comments: 7

Rep. Gene Taylor: Oil Spill Not So Bad, Looks Like Chocolate Milk

Mississippi Congressman Gene Taylor says the oil spill isn’t so bad after all. During an interview with WLOX-TV Biloxi, Taylor says oil tends to “break up naturally” and referred to it as a “chocolate milk-looking spill.” (via Think Progress)

Taylor: That chocolate milk looking spill starts breaking up in smaller pieces … It is tending to break up naturally.

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www.alan.com/2010/05/03/r...ooks-like-chocolate-milk/

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#1. To: RickyJ (#0)

Rep. Gene Taylor: Oil Spill Not So Bad, Looks Like Chocolate Milk

Well, drink up Bubba!

hondo68  posted on  2010-05-05   16:10:40 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

No party affiliation noted for this dunce......must be a democrat.

"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ... We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of." Edward Bernays, Father of Public Relations

abraxas  posted on  2010-05-05   16:16:35 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

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Steve W from Ford Washington May 4th, 2010 8:30 am "No one would dispute it"

I,for one, would. This has been blown so far out of proportion it makes me sick! Facts that we do not hear or read in most media:

The vast majority of the "oil slick" is less than a micron in thickness. This means that it is far thinner than a human hair and is basically only a sheen upon the water.

The "oil slick" is being rapidly acted upon by natural forces and has decreased in size over the last few days by almost 40%.

The oil that is there remains at least 20 miles off shore and has not fouled any beaches.

There have been a number of far worse spills and leaks in the Gulf of Mexico over the last 30 years and they have not caused any lasting damage.

We never see any of these supposedly horrific events put into any perspective. Each is treated as though it is the first occurrence of it's sort and that the effects are sure to be "totally destructive, far reaching and guaranteed to destroy a delicate ecosystem". In 1979 a Mexican well called Ixtoc 1 suffered a similar fate as the Horizon Platform, only instead of leaking 1,000 to 5,000 barrels a day, the Ixtoc 1 spewed up to 30,000 barrels per day and it went on for almost a year before being under control. I happened to sail through this area at the time and personally saw little ill effects. The ocean is a BIG place! Oil from this well traveled all the way to Texas where it mixed with the spilled oil from a large supertanker that, inconveniently, wrecked at the same time and spilled many hundreds of thousands of barrels all along this, supposedly, delicate ecosystem. In that case beaches were indeed fouled but studies that were done in the years following the spill found NO EFFECT upon the fishery or the shrimping of the area. The fact is these natural systems are very resilient and they recover very rapidly or suffer far less than the talking heads tell us. If you do not believe me I challenge you to google Ixtoc 1 and read the actual facts of the matter. It was the largest single point spill in world history, it happened in the Gulf of Mexico in what we are told are "sensitive, easily damaged areas" and it is largely forgotten as it had zero long or even medium effects.

Get a grip people, the media and the environmental lobby are playing us for chumps. I predict that the effects of this spill will have very little effect upon the ecosystem of the Gulf and that this whole thing will be largely forgotten in 6 to 8 weeks. Laugh if you wish but lets see how concerned we all are in a month and what exactly the effects have been!

Never heard of this before. I am googling Ixtoc 1 now. :)

I had a strong feeling this "spill" was being hyped up by those against offshore oil drilling. The USA can't be independent from foreign sources of oil, that would make us too damn strong for the elite to control effectively.

God is always good!

RickyJ  posted on  2010-05-05   16:18:52 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

I had a strong feeling this "spill" was being hyped up by those against offshore oil drilling.

It's safe to say that environmentalists will hyping it, and oil interests will be downplaying it. Truth is likely in the middle somewhere.

Pinguinite  posted on  2010-05-05   17:17:01 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Get a grip people, the media and the environmental lobby are playing us for chumps. I predict that the effects of this spill will have very little effect upon the ecosystem of the Gulf and that this whole thing will be largely forgotten in 6 to 8 weeks. Laugh if you wish but lets see how concerned we all are in a month and what exactly the effects have been!

Uh huh. I'm sure the Alaskans impacted by the Exxon Valdez disaster are still chuckling over it...

FormerLurker  posted on  2010-05-05   17:22:34 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

The "oil slick" is being rapidly acted upon by natural forces and has decreased in size over the last few days by almost 40%.

BTW, it's not an "oil slick", it's a non-stop river of oil that's pouring out at a conservative rate of 200,000 gallons per day, worse than that if any of the emergency clamps give out. AND there's no end in sight.

FormerLurker  posted on  2010-05-05   17:28:37 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Rep. Gene Taylor: Oil Spill Not So Bad, Looks Like Chocolate Milk

Yeah, well, that's what Nagin said about New Orleans.

I rise in great respect for the courage and high ideals of Rosa Parks who stood steadfastly for the rights of individuals against unjust laws and oppressive governmental policies. -- Ron Paul

Prefrontal Vortex  posted on  2010-05-05   17:44:22 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

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