Posted on 15 January 2013. Tags: Barack Obama, Creep, Debt Ceiling, Egregious Plans, Executive Fiat, Firewalls, Forethought, Founders, Free People, Gentle Thoughts, Liberties, Magnet, Monster, Oppression, Oppressive Government, Progressives, Safeguards, Servants, Totalitarianism, Us Constitution
As sure as Autumn has turned to Winter, the gentle thoughts of Progressives turn to trashing the Constitution, a document that they find places restraint on their plans to remake America into the very type of tyrannical monster the founders fought to gain their freedom. There were many protections place in the Constitution to prevent the [...]
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Posted on 04 May 2010. Tags: Airplanes, Backup Systems, Boom, Booms, Catastrophe, Disaster, Eight Days, Existence, Federal Government, Gulf Of Mexico, Gulf Oil Platforms, Gulf Seafood, Jeopardy, Lot, Massive Amounts, Offshore Platforms, Oil Offshore, Oil Platform, Oil Spill, Response Plan, Risk, Safeguards, Seafood Industry, Seriousness, Spacecraft, State Dinners, Unforgivable Error
While President Obama was laughing it up at state dinners, oil belched from a pipe in the Gulf of Mexico. For 10 days, the Obama Administration downplayed the seriousness of the threat.
Drilling for oil from offshore platforms is not free from risk. Safeguards are in place to prevent spills, or at least limit the damage. But like airplanes and spacecraft, no matter how safe the systems may be, no matter how many backup systems are in place, sometimes it is not enough to prevent disaster.
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Posted on 23 April 2010. Tags: Bottom Of The Ocean, Catastrophic Failure, Coast Guard, Coastline, Disasters, Drilling Rig, Fragile Ecosystem, Gulf Of Mexico, Louisiana Oil, Oil Rig Explosion, Safeguards, Safety Engineering, Spill Prevention, Such Tragedy, Technology
It has yet to be determined what caused the explosion of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, but there is good news to come out of such tragedy.
The safeguards engendered into the platform worked. There is no oil leaking at the bottom of the ocean, nor at the surface.
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Posted on 03 March 2010. Tags: Abortions, Bad Behavior, Birth Control, Budgetary Reasons, Checks And Balances, Government Bills, Grandchildren, Hallowed Halls, Insurance Companies, Insurance Industry, Majority Rule, Pre Existing Conditions, Ramifications, Reconciliation, Safeguards, Slack, Soft Drinks, Tax Dollars, Tyranny, Us Senate
An interesting question. Now that Reconciliation seems to be the way Health Care related items are pushed through the US Senate, when the Republicans retake that body, it would only take 51 votes to prohibit wasting money on abortions.
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Posted in Health, Opinion