Obama sends nuclear physicists to Gulf spill

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16 May 10

zeeblebot

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16 May 10

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/7726142/Barack-Obama-sends-nuclear-experts-to-tackle-BPs-Gulf-of-Mexico-oil-leak.html

The US has sent a team of nuclear physicists to help BP plug the "catastrophic" flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico from its leaking Deepwater Horizon well, as the Obama administration becomes frustrated with the oil giant's inability to control the situation.

By James Quinn in Louisana
Published: 7:57PM BST 14 May 2010

The five-man team – which includes a man who helped develop the first hydrogen bomb in the 1950s – is the brainchild of Steven Chu, President Obama's Energy Secretary.

He has charged the men with finding solutions to stop the flow of oil.

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FMF

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16 May 10

Is this just spam? What's there to debate?

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16 May 10

Originally posted by FMF
Is this just spam? What's there to debate?

He probably wants to have your valuable views on the employment of nuclear technicians in the Gulf of Mexico where their presence may be interpreted by some as an attempt to nuke Mexico in order to stem the flow of illegals into the USA.

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16 May 10

Originally posted by FMF
Is this just spam? What's there to debate?

nuclear physics has some application to the field of well logging.

what has it got to do with plugging or siphoning holes?

other than sharing the same field of study as the Secretary of the Dept. of Energy?

unless they're going to nuke the hole?

FMF

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16 May 10

Originally posted by zeeblebot
nuclear physics has some application to the field of well logging.

what has it got to do with plugging or siphoning holes?

other than sharing the same field of study as the Secretary of the Dept. of Energy?

unless they're going to nuke the hole?

So what is the debate?

There is a Science Forum, you know.

zeeblebot

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16 May 10

where's the masterful skills of delegation on the part of your man Obama? that's a big part of his job description.

FMF

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16 May 10

Originally posted by zeeblebot
where's the masterful skills of delegation on the part of your man Obama? that's a big part of his job description.

Are you serious? That's your angle?

zeeblebot

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16 May 10

who sends nuclear physicists to plug a hole?

zeeblebot

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16 May 10

what kind of Alice-in-Wonderland meets Camelot are you living in?

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16 May 10

Originally posted by zeeblebot
who sends nuclear physicists to plug a hole?

Have you looked into it? How is it a debating topic?

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16 May 10

another bullet on the long list of "if Bush had done this ...."

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16 May 10

so, have you got anything besides "How is that a debating topic?"

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16 May 10

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Originally posted by zeeblebot
who sends nuclear physicists to plug a hole?

So you can't be bothered to look into it and find the answer? So in effect, we are debating the fact that you have raised a question you can't be bothered to find the answer to because it has a blame-Obama angle? THAT's the debate??

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16 May 10

Originally posted by zeeblebot
another bullet on the long list of "if Bush had done this ...."

Well it's you who has raised "Bush". Nobody else. You've raised it.

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16 May 10

Originally posted by FMF
Well it's you who has raised "Bush". Nobody else. You've raised it.

that's the point.