The Power Of Stupid
Carl Hiaasen notes of our government Now you don’t trust BP, but it’s too late.
What does it take for the clowns in Washington to figure out that corporations only care about profits? Just because the new crew are educated doesn’t mean they are smart.
Speaking of stupid people: Boaters break booms in area waters
Boaters are cutting boom that has been deployed to protect inland waters.
Crews have found boom cut and removed at Star Lake, Lafitte Cove and Palafox Pier by people trying to get their boats out of the inland waterways, Escambia County officials said Saturday.
County Commissioner Gene Valentino said he saw a boater drive over boom.
“We will pursue our options to the fullest extent under the law,” he said at a briefing at the Escambia County Emergency Operation Center. “This is not to be taken lightly. We are in an emergency condition.”
Confiscate their boats. The boats were used in a crime, and boats are needed, so confiscate them. Publish the pictures, names, and addresses of those involved so people know who to sue when the oil gets in. 👿
It floated more than 200 miles across the Gulf: Piece of Deepwater Horizon rig washes ashore
PANAMA CITY BEACH — Bay County’s first tangible landfall from the Deepwater Horizon accident is not tar balls or oil plumes. Instead, it was a suspected piece of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that exploded and sank off the coast of Louisiana in April.
According to U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Steve Caskey, a tank weighing 5,000 pounds with a 550-gallon capacity washed ashore near 14th Street and Front Beach Road in Laguna Beach.
“It was leaking when it washed up on the beach,” Caskey said. “There is some oil in it. There was sheen created from the tank leaking.”
Caskey said there were BP markings on the tank and other evidence that it came from the Deepwater Horizon rig.
At this point I think we can assume that any oil we see is from BP’s Well from Hell. This pretty much establishes the drift pattern.
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I suspect publishing the pictures, names, and addresses of those “boaters” might result in a few assault and battery charges though, which might not be conducive to public order. By which I mean, err, we *are* talking about Redneckistan here, where there’s a significant subset of folks who are *not* always willing to wait for Mr. Law to handle things. So maybe you’re being a bit rash here. On the other hand, my redneck side grins at the thought, heh.
– Badtux the Redneck Penguin
There might be some battery involved, but I seriously doubt there will be any arrests, given the number of deputies who fish.
If they can do it for drunks and “sex offenders” [whatever that may mean], why not the stupid?
The damn boom is hard to come by, and there isn’t any spare around, so it you damage it, you take your chances. We have a lot of people right now who are dependent on fish for protein in their diet because the food stamps don’t cover much.
If they can do it for drunks and “sex offenders” [whatever that may mean], why not the stupid?
Ummm… well, it may be that ‘the stupid’ is the norm there, in which case, they’d have to arrest pretty much everyone, including themselves! 😆 😛
Heh… I couldn’t resist! 😉 😀
And.. Just to prove the point about *stupid*:
From TP:
Chevron Spills More Than 400 Barrels Of Oil In Utah, Just Days After Governor Called For More Domestic Production
That’s just what the USA needs. More oil spilled. 😀
Sorry… but I do have to laugh at the irony that the way it’s going, the USA will truly be… An all black Nation! 😈
It’s beginning to look like you can support a causal relationship between statements by government officials advocating more drilling and oil spills.
Since this is an election year we have pictures of really stupid people all over.