Comments on: Typical Arrogance

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:31:41 +0000

In reply to Steve Bates. I know, Steve. What I wrote was definitely not my first reaction to that statement. ;) :twisted:

By: Steve Bates

Steve Bates — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:57:52 +0000

“‘We are open to suggestions for other places to put waste,’ she said.”

Ooh. Ooooooh. Don’t tempt me… 😈

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 05:10:44 +0000

The only Federal government entity that has been identified with the “Unified Command” is the Coast Guard, and they don’t have the people they need to deal with the normal problems in the Gulf, much less something of this magnitude. They got sliced and diced by the Hedgemony.

Full disclosure a friend of a friend has been trying to retire from the Coast Guard for going on three years without success because he does something important and they don’t have anyone to take over the job.

It’s to the point locally that you feel bad calling them even if you’re sinking.

It is a BP operation that is supposed to be coordinating with local governments.

We don’t have many state environmental laws, but after getting nailed over groundwater pollution by the EPA for our landfills, counties have gotten really picky about what goes in them.

On the general point you are making about government oversight, that’s why I want to see these lists, and find out who is doing these approvals. BP has a tendency to skip over that part, saying simply “pre-approved list”.

I wish there were a government agency in charge, hell, even FEMA, because we know about those hoops and hurdles. Actually, FEMA would be great because the new head is Craig Fugate who was Florida’s head of emergency management for years and everyone along the coast knows him, and most have worked with him.

By: Jack K., the Grumpy Forester

Jack K., the Grumpy Forester — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 04:39:27 +0000

…I was originally going offer a gently chiding and defensive response about any criticism regarding the apparent identification of “approved” waste disposal sites – especially as regards the Pelican Grove landfill – until I let Google be my muse. I am naturally defensive about criticism of the performance of the Incident Command System, mostly because I see so much of it by know-nothing blowhards when wildfire response is the subject. On the other hand, seeing via Google that the web site for the so-called “Unified Command” for the Gulf disaster is ‘dot.com’ rather than ‘dot.gov’ says a whole lot about this story and my views, given that Incident Command teams don’t usually set up web sites with “dot.com” domain names…

While the originating Biloxi Sun Herald story suggests that the Board of Supervisors are just mostly PO’ed about the oil spill and don’t want to play along, the fact is that nobody but a BP employee showed up to take the heat. That speaks volumns about who is actually running the “Unified Command” and suggests a prediction of where we think this whole thing will lead….