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http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/16/news...ount/index.htm
Um, "roughly"? "Approximately"? Those words seem to signal a formula rather than an amount and bureaucrats and accounting don't seem to play together well: "Lessee here...the bank book shows we have $19,264,234,094.04 USD, so that means we can spend hundreds and hundreds of billions...because we still have checks!" This is really getting worse and worse, and I ain't talking about the oil, turtles, pelicans, or even a Cajun walrus... "If seven maids with seven mops Swept it for half a year. Do you suppose," the Walrus said, "That they could get it clear?" "I doubt it," said the Carpenter, And shed a bitter tear." R |
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On Jun 16, 10:50*am, wrote:
http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/16/news...w_account/inde... Um, "roughly"? *"Approximately"? *Those words seem to signal a formula rather than an amount and bureaucrats and accounting don't seem to play together well: "Lessee here...the bank book shows we have $19,264,234,094.04 USD, so that means we can spend hundreds and hundreds of billions...because we still have checks!" This is really getting worse and worse, and I ain't talking about the oil, turtles, pelicans, or even a Cajun walrus... "If seven maids with seven mops Swept it for half a year. Do you suppose," the Walrus said, "That they could get it clear?" "I doubt it," said the Carpenter, And shed a bitter tear." R BP in Action. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AAa0...ure=popt00us03 |
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On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:49:07 -0700 (PDT), BJConner wrote:
On Jun 16, 10:50*am, wrote: http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/16/news...w_account/inde... Um, "roughly"? *"Approximately"? *Those words seem to signal a formula rather than an amount and bureaucrats and accounting don't seem to play together well: "Lessee here...the bank book shows we have $19,264,234,094.04 USD, so that means we can spend hundreds and hundreds of billions...because we still have checks!" This is really getting worse and worse, and I ain't talking about the oil, turtles, pelicans, or even a Cajun walrus... "If seven maids with seven mops Swept it for half a year. Do you suppose," the Walrus said, "That they could get it clear?" "I doubt it," said the Carpenter, And shed a bitter tear." R BP in Action. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AAa0...ure=popt00us03 Funny. Unfortunately, it isn't that cut and, um, dried...or not dried, as the case may be... R |
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On Jun 16, 2:02*pm, wrote:
On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:49:07 -0700 (PDT), BJConner wrote: On Jun 16, 10:50 am, wrote: http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/16/news...w_account/inde.... Um, "roughly"? "Approximately"? Those words seem to signal a formula rather than an amount and bureaucrats and accounting don't seem to play together well: "Lessee here...the bank book shows we have $19,264,234,094.04 USD, so that means we can spend hundreds and hundreds of billions...because we still have checks!" This is really getting worse and worse, and I ain't talking about the oil, turtles, pelicans, or even a Cajun walrus... "If seven maids with seven mops Swept it for half a year. Do you suppose," the Walrus said, "That they could get it clear?" "I doubt it," said the Carpenter, And shed a bitter tear." R BP in Action. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AAa0...ure=popt00us03 Funny. *Unfortunately, it isn't that cut and, um, dried...or not dried, as the case may be... R- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - RD is right. Unlike the video, the real BP guys calling the shots all do not have American accents. The top BP guys have a variety of accents, British, various Euro American, etc etc. What they all apparently have in common is little technical expertise and evidently lots of co-eds who did their college homework, and of course the mandatory perfectly tailored designer suits and beautiful Italian shoes. So you see BJ, "...it isn't that cut and, um, dried...." Dave Brazil has tougher off-shore drilling regulations than the USA, and it looks like BPs dispersant-of-choice is banned in Europe because it is a NEUROTOXIN"? Hummm I need to check this out. Dear Santa, Are neurotoxin good for fishes and little girls who like to play on the beach? Our science textbooks at school don't seem to cover neurotoxin but they are real good explaining how the World was really Created. Sincerely, Uncle Sam's little Girl, Gulfina d' Mejico |
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On Jun 16, 7:50*pm, wrote:
http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/16/news...w_account/inde... Um, "roughly"? *"Approximately"? *Those words seem to signal a formula rather than an amount and bureaucrats and accounting don't seem to play together well: "Lessee here...the bank book shows we have $19,264,234,094.04 USD, so that means we can spend hundreds and hundreds of billions...because we still have checks!" This is really getting worse and worse, and I ain't talking about the oil, turtles, pelicans, or even a Cajun walrus... "If seven maids with seven mops Swept it for half a year. Do you suppose," the Walrus said, "That they could get it clear?" "I doubt it," said the Carpenter, And shed a bitter tear." R Don't know which cherry tree you're picking the words "roughly" and "approximately" from, but according to the bulk of your oil-spill related posts, all that money will go to economically-depressed lowlifes and ambulance chasers who haven't actually suffered any damages, since there is not a real oil spill or at least, nothing on shore of consequence other than two dead birds and a turtle who croaked of old age. So what difference does it really make, other than to satiate your desire to be antagonistic and fuel the flames....any flames. Now go dance your 'lighter than air dance', I dare ya. --riverman |
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