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The A Whale is IN!!!

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Thursday, July 1, 2010 9:21 AM

NIKI2

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A ship billed as the world's largest skimming vessel has arrived in the Gulf of Mexico and was awaiting approval to begin cleaning, according to a spokesman for the Taiwanese company that owns it. The A Whale arrived in the Gulf on Wednesday and was anchored in Boothville, Louisiana, about an hour south of New Orleans.

The vessel -- estimated to be able to skim up to 21 million gallons a day -- is awaiting testing. That capacity is at least 250 times the amount that the modified fishing boats currently conducting skimming operations have been able to contain, the company says.

Built this year, the A Whale was initially designed to be one of the largest cargo vessels afloat. It was completed at a South Korean shipyard for transporting crude oil and iron ore. However, Maisano said in the statement, when the disaster unfolded, TMT modified the vessel to become the world's first large-scale skimmer.

"We're anxious to find out how effective it will be," Allen said. He cautioned that the area of the slick in which the ship will be most effective is a "congested" site above the ruptured BP well, which could make it harder to operate the 1,000-foot-plus vessel, but added, "Anything that's effective we're looking forward to using."

Researchers have estimated that between 35,000 barrels (about 1.5 million gallons) and 60,000 barrels (about 2.5 million gallons) of oil have been gushing into the Gulf every day since April 20, when the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and sank off the coast of Louisiana.

In other efforts, the U.S. Navy said Thursday it was sending a silver-colored blimp to aid in oil disaster efforts. The blimp, known as the MZ-3A, will fly slowly over the region in order to view the area where the oil is flowing and how it is coming ashore. It can also direct oil skimming operations. It was on the way to the Gulf region from Arizona on Thursday, the Navy said.

Not sure about the blimp (?), but the A Whale is a BIG development, hopefully.

Let's all send good wishes that it gets through the red tape at exactly the time Alex calms down enough to let operations get back to work. And that it WORKS! And that Alex hasn't broken up the oil too badly. If those three things come about together, it's a real victory. we had SOME kind of good news!!!


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Thursday, July 1, 2010 9:37 AM

ANTHONYT

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Hello,

Good news about the skimmer!

Also, airships are absolutely at their best in situations where they can surveil and provide command coordination. I'm glad Arizona could provide something to the effort.

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Thursday, July 1, 2010 10:01 AM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


IT'S OBAMA'S FAULT!


Oh. Wait. Something GOOD happened? Nope, that couldn't POSSIBLY have anything to do with Obama. I'm sure he'll order an airstrike on that ship ASAP, because he hates America so much. Hell, it was probably him who ordered the 9/11 attacks, just to make Bush look bad!

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Thursday, July 1, 2010 10:40 AM

PIZMOBEACH

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It'll run aground in the storm and break up and spew oil everywhere... or

Japanese whalers will harpoon it and take it aboard... or

If you look close you will see it suck up oil and dump it out the back...

Hey Niki, I may have missed you talk about it - how's your volunteer effort going?

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Thursday, July 1, 2010 11:00 AM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


And Niki, if the A Whale actually works the way it's supposed to, it ushers in a whole new era in spill clean-up, just by dint of its sheer size and capabilities.

Unfortunately, that fact won't be lost on Big Oil for a second; they'll waste no time getting right back to the "Drill, Baby, DRILL!" chant, since we now have a way to clean up the mess! And they'll have a reason TO spill, too, since any ship that's not out at sea WORKING, is just a hole in the water that you throw money into...

So, on the one hand, YAYYYY!!!

And on the other hand, FUCK!


Oh, and by the way, fuck the Jones Act, fuck the EPA's regs on cleanup - this is in international waters. Just do what's right, and let the law catch up with you. Isn't that what that radical activist Thurgood Marshall said? I know all my conservative friends around here will wholeheartedly agree with that sentiment.

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Thursday, July 1, 2010 11:04 AM

ANTHONYT

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Hello,

I love airships.

Name: MZ-3A
Builder: American Blimp Corporation
Acquired: 2005
In service: 2006
General characteristics
Type: A-1-70G Non-Rigid Airship
Displacement: 170,000 cubic feet
Length: 178 ft
Propulsion: 2 X 180 HP Lycoming IO-360
Speed: 45 knots
Range: >350 NM
Complement: 1 Pilot, 9 Passengers
Sensors and
processing systems: Various C4ISR
Notes: Bureau Number: 167811
Ceiling: 9,500 ft
The MZ-3A is an airship owned by the US Navy. It is commercial A-1-70 series blimp, manufactured by the American Blimp Corporation. It was purchased as an Advanced Airship Flying Laboratory for affordable evaluation of various sensor payloads, development of new lighter-than-air technologies, and general flight support for other related R&D/S&T projects. It is currently all white with no external markings other than its Bureau Number, 167811.

In May 2006, Air Test and Evalutaion Squadron TWENTY Lighter-than-Air Vehicle LTAV Detachment (VX-20 LTAV Det) flew the airship regularly from Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst. Flight operations were halted in June 2007 and the ship remained dormant in Hangar Six until March 2010.

In January 2010, the Navy airship was re-assigned to Scientific Development Squadron ONE (VXS-1), formerly known as Naval Research Laboratory Flight Support Detachment, located at NAS Patuxent River, MD.[1][2][3]

Under this re-assignment, the Navy MZ-3A airship resumed flight in March 2010. It is presently located in Yuma, Arizona where it is being used by various DoD entities for sensor testing. The airship is maintained and operated by civilian contractor, Integrated Systems Solutions, Inc (ISSI), California MD.


(From wikipedia)

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Thursday, July 1, 2010 11:19 AM

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Pizmo, now it’s hit other places, I’ve registered with organizations in all four states. Still no word back, nor any response from Jay. I shouldn’t have expected any, give he’s no doubt up to his ears in oiled pelicans, but I’m going to try a handwritten letter next.

Mostly I’m going NUTS. Even thought I might just go there and clean up beaches—I’ve seen film of people sunning themselves on beaches while their kids got tar balls stuck to their feet (!), so there are beaches where they don’t seem to be bothering the tourists. Maybe if I just walked along nonchalantly and started picking stuff up, they wouldn’t stop me...y’think?

By the way, you get today’s prize for the first guffaw...all THREE suggestions made me laugh.

Yeah, Mike, I thought about how it will revolutionize cleanup if it works, but what difference will it make to Big Oil? They’ll go on doing just what they’ve been doing, unless we get some regulation, oversight and actual enforcement! They never gave a damn before that they COULDN’T clean it up, why would they give a shit if WE CAN?

Besides, “Drill baby drill” is still resounding loud and clear. You just too far from the Gulf and DC to hear it or something?

But, but, but Anthony...no photos? I love photos of airships, and just about everything else!


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Thursday, July 1, 2010 11:27 AM

ANTHONYT

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Hello,

Done. :-)

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Thursday, July 1, 2010 12:27 PM

DREAMTROVE


Yay. Rooting for the a whale.

I read somewhere that as a surface skimmer, it may ace to make many passes before it collects a noticeable amount, since the spill is quite deep, and the gunk is still spilling, but sure, lets hope for the best. Our thanks to Taiwan for the a whale, and korea for making this possible by building the thing in the first place.

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Thursday, July 1, 2010 1:19 PM

AURAPTOR

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Hell, it was probably him who ordered the 9/11 attacks, just to make Bush look bad!


He IS Muslim, after all.

" Justice delayed is justice denied "

Weeks have gone by when ships and berms could have been put into service, and when 1 massive skimmer finally makes it, that some how absolves him of colossal incompetence ?

Not a fucking chance in hell, sorry.



Tee one up!





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Thursday, July 1, 2010 1:53 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


Quote:

Originally posted by AURaptor:

Weeks have gone by when ships and berms could have been put into service, and when 1 massive skimmer finally makes it, that some how absolves him of colossal incompetence ?

Not a fucking chance in hell, sorry.




Of course. In your world, the months that have gone by with the governors of the Gulf states sitting on their hands and refusing to use the National Guard troops at their disposal only absolves THEM of their colossal incompetence. And in absolving them, the blame magically shifts 100% to Obama!

In RappyWorld™, EVERYTHING is Obama's fault. Unless it's good - then it's the Bush Benefit.

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Thursday, July 1, 2010 2:38 PM

AURAPTOR

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Hey dickhead,

The Governors were BEGGING for help, and the Federal Gov't was standing in their way.

WTF is it that you're smoking, anyway?

This is 100% Obama's fault.

" thanks, but no thanks. " ... remember that ? That's Obama answer to the Dutch, on day 3.

He's the ruler, after all. ( not the leader )





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Thursday, July 1, 2010 3:48 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


Wow. You blow your father with that mouth?

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Thursday, July 1, 2010 3:55 PM

AURAPTOR

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Quote:

Originally posted by Kwicko:
Wow. You blow your father with that mouth?




Translation: I just got schooled, and have no reply, so I'll resort to grade school insults, in an attempt to save some tiny fraction of manhood.


( sorry kwickie, it's not workin' for ya. Not even a little bit )




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Thursday, July 1, 2010 4:14 PM

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Al Qaeda Dictator Hussein Obama Soetoro ordered all oil skimming ships banned after BP "accident"
http://www.infowars.com/obama-wants-the-oil-spill-crisis-to-get-worse/

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Thursday, July 1, 2010 4:18 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


Quote:

Originally posted by AURaptor:
Quote:

Originally posted by Kwicko:
Wow. You blow your father with that mouth?




Translation: I just got schooled, and have no reply, so I'll resort to grade school insults, in an attempt to save some tiny fraction of manhood.






Oh, I'm sorry - should I have prefaced it with "Hey dickhead"?

Or are they not grade school insults when YOU say them?

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KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


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Originally posted by AURaptor:


I just got schooled, and have no reply, so I'll resort to grade school insults, in an attempt to save some tiny fraction of manhood.




Truest thing you ever posted. And it's all you've ever had, or done.

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Thursday, July 1, 2010 5:14 PM

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Kwickie,

Your lame replies....







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Thursday, July 1, 2010 5:30 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


And yours...




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Sexiest damn clown I've ever seen....







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Friday, July 2, 2010 1:53 AM

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Oil-eating Whale or ‘white elephant’?
Some question if tanker-turned-skimmer can make impact in Gulf



It will float across the Gulf “like a lawnmower cutting the grass,” effectively doubling the skimming capability of the oil response effort, CEO Nobu Su told reporters last week in Norfolk, Va., during a stopover at which company officials revealed what they hope will be the A Whale’s new mission.

But before the 1,115-foot-long ship with the big blue whale on funnel has even undergone testing, some experts are questioning whether it can fulfill those lofty expectations.
“I don’t think the concept is that bad, but I don’t see how in this situation it’s going to be a significant player,” said Dennis Bryant, a former Coast Guard officer who worked on implementing regulations required by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 before retiring and starting a maritime consulting business in Gainesville, Fla.

“In a case like the Exxon Valdez spill, where you had a lot of oil on the surface in a confined area, a vessel like this could have gone in and sucked up a whole lot,” he said. “But in the Gulf, where the oil is pretty well dispersed over a vast area, I don’t see how it’s going to make a large dent.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38047155/ns/disaster_in_the_gulf/







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Friday, July 2, 2010 3:24 AM

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Quote:

Originally posted by AnthonyT:


Hello,

Done. :-)




A. - Your interest reminded me of a movie I have only caught moments of but want to try and catch in it's entirety one day...



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Friday, July 2, 2010 3:35 AM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


Quote:

Originally posted by AURaptor:
Oil-eating Whale or ‘white elephant’?
Some question if tanker-turned-skimmer can make impact in Gulf



It will float across the Gulf “like a lawnmower cutting the grass,” effectively doubling the skimming capability of the oil response effort, CEO Nobu Su told reporters last week in Norfolk, Va., during a stopover at which company officials revealed what they hope will be the A Whale’s new mission.

But before the 1,115-foot-long ship with the big blue whale on funnel has even undergone testing, some experts are questioning whether it can fulfill those lofty expectations.
“I don’t think the concept is that bad, but I don’t see how in this situation it’s going to be a significant player,” said Dennis Bryant, a former Coast Guard officer who worked on implementing regulations required by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 before retiring and starting a maritime consulting business in Gainesville, Fla.

“In a case like the Exxon Valdez spill, where you had a lot of oil on the surface in a confined area, a vessel like this could have gone in and sucked up a whole lot,” he said. “But in the Gulf, where the oil is pretty well dispersed over a vast area, I don’t see how it’s going to make a large dent.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38047155/ns/disaster_in_the_gulf/





That sounds like defeatism, like this guy thinks that if the ship can't get ALL the oil, then it might as well not even try. They're saying it can treat 21,000,000 gallons of contaminated seawater a day; that's not nothing. It pales in comparison with the well, which is capable of contaminating 3.5 BILLION gallons of water a day (and that's using the LOW estimate that BP gave, not the more realistic estimate, which is about 2.5 times higher), but it's a start.

Will it get all the oil? Nope. But every gallon it pulls out of the water deeper in the Gulf, is one less gallon that can ever get to land and kill the marshes and beaches. It's something; it's a step in the right direction, and I hope like hell that it works beyond our wildest expectations.

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Friday, July 2, 2010 4:25 AM

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Quote:

Originally posted by Kwicko:
IT'S OBAMA'S FAULT!


Oh. Wait. Something GOOD happened? Nope, that couldn't POSSIBLY have anything to do with Obama. I'm sure he'll order an airstrike on that ship ASAP, because he hates America so much. Hell, it was probably him who ordered the 9/11 attacks, just to make Bush look bad!

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Sure 71 days in.....Barry sure is on top of things....Real man of action....Hilarious

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Friday, July 2, 2010 7:21 AM

NIKI2

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Oooo, pretty photo...VERY pretty air ship. More, more!

Crappy’s really stuck in a rut, isn’t he? Nowhere did anyone say the A Whale “absolves” Obama of anything, we just noted that it’s a positive sign. But hey, ANY positive sign in this horror looks to him like trying to remove any responsibility from Obama, so he goes back to his familiar line: “It’s Obama’s fault!”

“Tiger Dam barrier walls emplaced by Louisiana National Guardsmen protect inland areas in Grand Isle, La., from the effects of wave action caused by Tropical Storm Alex, June 29, 2010. Coastal barriers such as this, land bridges, sandbags, and Hesco walls have been constructed to close gaps and protect low-lying sections along the coast from possible oil intrusion.”


Just think what many MORE of them could do if they were utilized...they’ve got so much machinery and so many men, they could make a helluva difference. But then, men in uniform walking around WOULD scare the tourists off, while globules of oil have no effect on tourism, do they? So let’s not put the Guard out there to be seen, and let’s force the workers not to wear hazmat suits, for the same reason. Yes indeedee... And
Quote:

governors are afraid that activating more troops would be politically harmful, charging taxpayers a high...
That’s a cop-out, BP is paying for it (check video below). It’s really about how guys in uniform look walking around might scare the tourists (me, I think they’d be tickled pink and proud to see our men in uniform fighting THIS “war”.
Quote:

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal sent letters to federal officials asking them to approve funding to activate up to 6,000 Guardmembers to assist in the response to the oil spill.

In two letters addressed to Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Janet Napolitano, the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Jindal said the Guard “will provide security, medical capabilities, engineers and communication support in response to this threat.”

“Currently, our Soldiers and Airmen are staging for and are engaged in the planning of the effort to evacuate and provide security and clean up for the coastal communities expected to be impacted by the oil spill,” Jindal wrote. “They are engaged in the protection of vital infrastructure to include medical facilities, fuel distribution, interstate highways, water-ice distribution and power facilities, which are all vital to the recovery of coastal Louisiana.”

Jindal went on to say that he “believe[s] these National Guard operations are necessary and appropriate to protect this region of our nation from a significant national event with potential catastrophic loss of natural resources.”

Other Gulf Coast states, including Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas, reported they are in close contact with state and federal officials and are ready to respond with Guard personnel and equipment, if called out to assist in their communities.

“Right now, we are taking a look at the assets that are available and the possible missions that our Guard forces could receive, as far as dealing with an oil spill,” said Army Maj. Christian Patterson, Mississippi Guard spokesman. “We are looking at everything and waiting to see what happens, to be ready to do whatever we are called on to do.”

Patterson said the Mississippi Guard has a number of assets that can be used in such an emergency, including security forces to support police at checkpoints, aviation assets for aerial reconnaissance missions and civil engineers.

Army Maj. Cynthia Bachus, the state public affairs officer for the Alabama Guard, said her state is also monitoring the situation. “We have drill this weekend … so if something does occur we will be here,” she said.

Air Force Lt. Col. Ron Tittle, the state public affairs officer, said the Florida Guard is prepared to support the state’s Division of Emergency Management.

Although it is hard to speculate on missions they might perform, if called out, Tittle said they typically look at how they respond to natural disasters, like hurricanes, with engineering assets and serving at points of distribution for those affected in their communities.

That was before the oil hit, by the way.

Check out the video: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6615749n

By May 16th:
Quote:

First Sgt. Kevin Giroir directed about 50 soldiers of the 2225th Multi-Role Bridge Company sent to the far reaches of St. Bernard Parish to assemble a 300-foot floating pier near Campo's Marina in Shell Beach so local fishers could load boom onto their boats and rush it out to marshes.

During the task last week, Giroir urged the troops to be wary of private property and wildlife. He also offered praise. In a series of convoys from Marrero, the soldiers hauled 12 Army work boats and 14 bridge sections without a hitch.

"I want you to know I appreciate the fact that you didn't wreck anything and got here safely," Giroir told them.

A full-time Guardsman from Destrehan, Giroir is among 1,100 Louisiana National Guard troops Gov. Bobby Jindal mobilized April 29 to try to protect the state's fragile coastline from the encroaching oil.

”The Governors were BEGGING for help, and the Federal Gov't was standing in their way”--he asked for and got what he wanted back on APRIL 29, note, but still hasn’t used all of ‘em.

But that must be Obama’s fault too, yes?

Omigawd, his obsession just goes TOO FAR! I just saw the further post; apparently he needs to be angry SO desperately, he’ll even look for and post that the A Whale might not WORK! Poor Crappy, he’s incapable of even hoping something positive WORKS, he’s so desperate to have Obama blamed! Wow...I take back what I have been saying, Crapster, that this spill has so infuriated you that I can understand your urge to lash out. It’s not that, apparently, it’s such a blind drive to hate that you have to look at something that might be positive and see only the possibility it might not work! That is TRUE obsession, and pretty impressive! It almost indicates you WANT the gusherfuck to keep on gushing, to validate your hatred. Wow.

You guys who so need to blame Obama for anything and everything really sound like you’re rooting for nothing to work in staunching the flow of blood down there. That is truly partisan jihadism, when taken that far. Kane, in other words, ANYTHING that happens from this day forward can be ignored, because nothing happened fast enough...that’s a good tack, it makes it possible for you and yours to ignore any good thing that happens, in order to just parrot your cry of “It’s Obama’s Fault”. Too bad you don’t care about the folks in the gulf more, and your obsession less.


Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
signing off


“Mr. President--you're a god damn, mother fucking liar. Fuck you, you cock sucking community activist piece of shit.... oh, go fuck yourself, Mr. President” ”Anthony--go fuck yourself...make no mistake. I want you to go fuck yourself long and hard” ”Frem--You miserable piece of shit” ”Niki--My guess is it won't just be your ugly face you dislike....if you had a soul.” ”Kwicko--You're the putrid slime which oozes between troll's toes, you're so low.” ...sayeth Raptor

”Niki--condescending arrogant fat old bi-polar hag....You are an asshole...one does not need a sockpuppet to tell you to fuck off" ...sayeth Kane


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Friday, July 2, 2010 7:41 AM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


Quote:

Originally posted by kaneman:
Quote:

Originally posted by Kwicko:
IT'S OBAMA'S FAULT!


Oh. Wait. Something GOOD happened? Nope, that couldn't POSSIBLY have anything to do with Obama. I'm sure he'll order an airstrike on that ship ASAP, because he hates America so much. Hell, it was probably him who ordered the 9/11 attacks, just to make Bush look bad!

AURaptor's Greatest Hits:

Friday, May 28, 2010 - 20:32 To AnthonyT:
Go fuck yourself.
On this matter, make no mistake. I want you to go fuck yourself long and hard, as well as anyone who agrees with you. I got no use for you.

Friday, May 28, 2010 - 18:26 To President Obama:
Mr. President, you're a god damn, mother fucking liar.
Fuck you, you cock sucking community activist piece of shit.
... go fuck yourself, Mr. President.




Sure 71 days in.....Barry sure is on top of things....Real man of action....Hilarious





Again, I have to ask...

Did you expect him to magically conjure the ship up out of thin air? Bring it into existence just by wishing it so? I think you've got an outsized impression of just what powers you think come with the presidency. Kinda hard to get a ship there any earlier, when such a ship didn't EXIST earlier, and then when it WAS built for this purpose, it was done halfway around the world. You know, where y'all sent all the jobs!



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Friday, May 28, 2010 - 20:32 To AnthonyT:
Go fuck yourself.
On this matter, make no mistake. I want you to go fuck yourself long and hard, as well as anyone who agrees with you. I got no use for you.

Friday, May 28, 2010 - 18:26 To President Obama:
Mr. President, you're a god damn, mother fucking liar.
Fuck you, you cock sucking community activist piece of shit.
... go fuck yourself, Mr. President.


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Friday, July 2, 2010 7:44 AM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


Niki, if the A Whale doesn't work, that will of course be Obama's fault. ;)

RappyWorld™ doesn't need subjective things like "facts" or "logic"; they'd only slow him down, and at his current levels of poutrage, he's able to go from zero to asinine in 0.2 seconds.

AURaptor's Greatest Hits:

Friday, May 28, 2010 - 20:32 To AnthonyT:
Go fuck yourself.
On this matter, make no mistake. I want you to go fuck yourself long and hard, as well as anyone who agrees with you. I got no use for you.

Friday, May 28, 2010 - 18:26 To President Obama:
Mr. President, you're a god damn, mother fucking liar.
Fuck you, you cock sucking community activist piece of shit.
... go fuck yourself, Mr. President.


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