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<blockquote data-quote="tonyexpress" data-source="post: 745270" data-attributes="member: 1940"><p>First of all my Fox watching poster I don't watch T.V. news except on a rare occasion. It seems that you get all your news there, you really should broaden your sources of information so that you have a balanced or should I say "Fair and Balanced" point of view. I get 85 to 90% of my information from the web; the rest is radio and different types of publications. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/happy2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":happy2:" title="Happy2 :happy2:" data-shortname=":happy2:" /></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>Your last point, OTDH is correct!<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/happy-very.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":happy-very:" title="Happy Very :happy-very:" data-shortname=":happy-very:" /> The rest is.....well, I'd rather not comment.</p><p> </p><p>As you may or may not be aware there are several news sources (on the internet) that have covered this administration's failure to not only act in a timely manner but their refusal to accept help from other nations...</p><p> </p><p>I'll give you some more info but will not demand a reply after you read some more facts...<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/wink.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":wink2:" title="Wink :wink2:" data-shortname=":wink2:" /> </p><p> </p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Here's The Real Reason America Refused International Help On The Oil Spill and some of this you already know but try and get the full message this time because you mentioned that they were <u>only</u> offering technical advice...remember.</span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-the-real-reason-america-refused-international-help-on-the-oil-spill-2010-6" target="_blank">Here is the real reason America refused international help on the oil spill</a></p><p></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Separately, a Dutch news site <a href="http://www.standaard.be/artikel/detail.aspx?artikelid=542R5JNH&word=jones+act%29" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1d637d">De Standaard</span></a> also reported Belgian and Dutch dredgers have technology</span> in-house to fight the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, but <em><strong>the Act Jones forbids them to work in the U.S. </strong></em></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left">A Belgian group--DEME-- contends <strong>it can clean up the oil in three to four months with specialty vessel and equipment, rather than an estimated nine months if done only by the U.S.</strong> The article noted there are no more than 5 or 6 of those ships in the world and the top specialist players are the two Belgian companies- DEME and De Nul - and their Dutch competitors.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left">You see...Obama our technologically hip president refused better tech because it would make him look less than cool..<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/happy-very.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":happy-very:" title="Happy Very :happy-very:" data-shortname=":happy-very:" /></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left">The U.S. does <strong>not</strong> have the similar technology and vessel to accomplish the cleanup task because those ships would cost twice as much to build in the U.S. than in the Far East. The article further criticizes this "great technological delay" is a direct consequence of the Jones Act. </p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Whatever the rationale, and if De Standarrd's claim that the Jones Act forbids the European companies to help fight the spill is true, it is high time the U.S. government grant the Jones waiver, and let this be an international collaborative effort. </span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">It's always better late than never...<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/angry.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":angry:" title="Angry :angry:" data-shortname=":angry:" /></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tonyexpress, post: 745270, member: 1940"] First of all my Fox watching poster I don't watch T.V. news except on a rare occasion. It seems that you get all your news there, you really should broaden your sources of information so that you have a balanced or should I say "Fair and Balanced" point of view. I get 85 to 90% of my information from the web; the rest is radio and different types of publications. :happy2: Your last point, OTDH is correct!:happy-very: The rest is.....well, I'd rather not comment. As you may or may not be aware there are several news sources (on the internet) that have covered this administration's failure to not only act in a timely manner but their refusal to accept help from other nations... I'll give you some more info but will not demand a reply after you read some more facts...:wink2: [LEFT][COLOR=#000000]Here's The Real Reason America Refused International Help On The Oil Spill and some of this you already know but try and get the full message this time because you mentioned that they were [U]only[/U] offering technical advice...remember.[/COLOR][/LEFT] [LEFT][URL="http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-the-real-reason-america-refused-international-help-on-the-oil-spill-2010-6"]Here is the real reason America refused international help on the oil spill[/URL][/LEFT] [LEFT][COLOR=#000000]Separately, a Dutch news site [URL="http://www.standaard.be/artikel/detail.aspx?artikelid=542R5JNH&word=jones+act%29"][COLOR=#1d637d]De Standaard[/COLOR][/URL] also reported Belgian and Dutch dredgers have technology[/COLOR] in-house to fight the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, but [I][B]the Act Jones forbids them to work in the U.S. [/B][/I][/LEFT] [LEFT]A Belgian group--DEME-- contends [B]it can clean up the oil in three to four months with specialty vessel and equipment, rather than an estimated nine months if done only by the U.S.[/B] The article noted there are no more than 5 or 6 of those ships in the world and the top specialist players are the two Belgian companies- DEME and De Nul - and their Dutch competitors.[/LEFT] [LEFT]You see...Obama our technologically hip president refused better tech because it would make him look less than cool..:happy-very:[/LEFT] [LEFT]The U.S. does [B]not[/B] have the similar technology and vessel to accomplish the cleanup task because those ships would cost twice as much to build in the U.S. than in the Far East. The article further criticizes this "great technological delay" is a direct consequence of the Jones Act. [/LEFT] [LEFT][COLOR=#000000]Whatever the rationale, and if De Standarrd's claim that the Jones Act forbids the European companies to help fight the spill is true, it is high time the U.S. government grant the Jones waiver, and let this be an international collaborative effort. [/COLOR][/LEFT] [LEFT][COLOR=#000000]It's always better late than never...:angry:[/COLOR][/LEFT] [/QUOTE]
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