The Obama Equation...

(a) (y) - k = x (oil allowed to leak into the Gulf)

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Now it has been a few years since high school algebra class with Mrs. Resnick, but if I remember correctly it is possible to calculate a unknown result if you are able to find and use other known factors of the equation...

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Let us take the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico as an example...

Let us also take a look at the "Obama factors" in this equation...

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The Deepwater Horizon incident is an unfortunate accident that has resulted in 13 members of the Deepwater Horizon rig being killed as well as large damages to the coastal environments and economies. This will be a event that will take decades to know the actual costs to communities, individuals, economies, wildlife, and direction the country takes towards energy independence...

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There has already been much written about how this event will highlight the evils of fossil fuels, their effects on the environment, global warming, and how the country must switch to "renewable" or "alternative" forms of energy to save the world...

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With that there has also been much written about the 40+ years since the last large oil spill like this type and the impressive track record during this time. Also how efficient and productive oil and Natural gas is compared to many of the "alternative" forms of energy and how Oil\Gas has powered and continues to power the worlds economies....

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There has also been much written about how BP is at fault and how BP must pay for the whole incident clean-up and damages to the environment and working communities. In fact the Secretary of the Interior has stated that they (obama administration) must keep "their boot on the throat" of BP to ensure they stop the leaking well and Pay for Everything...

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It is also apparent that the Obama administration took its time in initially responding to this incident. But let us also look at other algebraic factors we can incorporate into the "Obama equation" to determine the amount of oil allowed to leak into the gulf as the result of the administrations inept handling of this incident...

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a = flow rate at well head

y = actual days allowed to leak

k = amount of oil skimmed off surface by ships

b = amount of oil burned off by using fire booms

d = days it took to get the fire booms to the site since the fedgov

did not have them as required by their own law

q = number of days that the Obama admin refused foreign offers of help

j = the Jones act that Obama refused to suspend thus keeping foreign ships from helping

h = number of hours wasted by Fedgov incompetence and infighting

f = results of the Fedgov in actually doing anything that stopped the leak

bs = Obama's visits to the Gulf and actual action to stop the physical leak

r = days it took the Obama admin before they even acknowledged the incident

m = jobs and production lost due to the Obama admins moritorium on offshore drilling

c = concerts held to aid the coastal communites effected by the spill

w = the number of times that Obama blames this whole thing on George W. Bush

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2010 Stuarts Draft Firemen's Parade...

Craig Shrewsbury with his truck that we used for the 2010 Stuarts Draft Firemen's Parade representing the Augusta County Republican Committee...

Congressmen Bob Goodlatte did stop by the parade line-up area for a short time but had to leave to get to the Bridgewater parade that he already committed to walk in. The Congressman's wife, Maryellen Goodlatte did elect to walk the Draft parade to represent the Congressmen...

Cougar Carwash in Stuarts Draft

Delegate Ben Cline greeting many of the people along the parade route.....

Maryellen Goodlatte and Delegate Steve Landes along the parade route....

Delegate Steve Landes

Delegate Ben Cline

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The Science of the Oil Spill in the Gulf...

There is a audio Podcast over at the Energy Tomorrow site where they have a conversation with Dr. David Vaughan from the Mote Marine Lab regarding the oil in the Gulf and its movement..

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I had the opportunity to meet Dr. Vaughan during my last trip to the Keys and it was a pleasure to talk with a knowledgeable person regarding the oil spill who did not have a political, environmental, or industry "spin" to the topic...

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Red Snapper fishing is HOT in Key West right now....

Capt Mike over at Compass Rose has some interesting posts regarding the fishing going on in the Florida Keys...

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Virginia Senators Jim Webb (D) and Mark Warner (D)

Senator Webb (D) and Senator Warner(D)

• President Obama's Department of Justice dropped the case against a member of the Black Panthers who was standing outside election polling locations in Philadelphia while holding a nightstick and intimidating potential voters...
• This same Black Panthers member is now a leader in the organization and has recently been recorded with the following video where he is calling for the killing of "Crackers" and their "Cracker babies
  

• Will you, as the United States Senators from the state of Virginia, call for a investigation regarding the Obama Department of Justice actions in dismissing the obvious case of voter intimidation against this guy?...

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Jimmy Buffett... Stick with what you know, Music!...

Jimmy, do us all a favor and do what you do best... Music & singing....

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Can't blame you much during the Obama campaign when you came out supporting the "Change" that Obama was promising, for many of you who have made it BIG in showbiz and the music industry have done that possibly out of guilt, but why do you still support this President after what you have seen in the last 18 months?...

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In fact now you come out with this attack on President Bush regarding the oil spill in the gulf while disregarding Obama's inept actions and mis-direction...

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"To me it was more about eight years of bad policy before (Obama) got there that let this happen. It was Dracula running the blood bank in terms of oil and leases," he said. "I think that has more to do with it than how the president reacted to it."

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Dracula running the "blood bank"?

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Was it not the Obama administration running the show for 17 months before this happened?

Is it o.k. to take credit for good things that happened during the previous administration but yet blame bad things on the prior President?

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The next bad thing that happens will also be Bush's fault?

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Why has not Obama suspend the Jones act and allowing foreign countries to use the skimmers and other equipment they offered days after the incident?

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Is it the Labor Unions keeping Obama from suspending the Jones act?

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How much oil and precious wetlands could have been recovered\protected if Obama had acted right away?

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Thanks for doing the concert to help the people effected by the spill, but how much of the expenses will your taxguys write off from the show as a charitable donation?

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You may not take any $$$ directly from the concert, t-shirts, Live CD's, posters, programs, but what will be the value of the "face time" and publicity that your "image" will gain?

or will that be considered as a "in-kind" donation towards Obama's next election fund?....

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Your marketing guys have done you well and I am sure you will do well from this concert in the end as well. In fact you might be able to raise the price of the "Cheeseburger in Paradise" in Key West past the $10 it already is...

.You have done some great music (old stuff) in the past and please get back to doing some more but when doing your concert howbout ask some of the above questions regarding the current President?...

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Six years I lived in Key West but never saw you down there but I was asked by many tourists where you were during that time... Another great function of your marketing guys....

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Obama's "Department of Justice"...

My... How things have changed....

It is amazing how much things have changed over the past few years...

Remember when the Democrats with Moveon.org attacked General Petraeus
and now his is confirmed with a 99-0 vote?...

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Remember Hillary's comments?

1:03 into the video...

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Global Warming "Hockey Stick" Scientist Michael Mann says it was "Somewhat misplaced"?....

Michael Mann says hockey stick should not have become 'climate change icon'

The scientist behind the controversial 'hockey stick' graph has said it was 'somewhat misplaced' to make his work an 'icon of the climate change debate'.

The U.K. Telegraph has this report that the infamous "Hockey Stick" graph developed by then UVA Scientist Michael Mann now has Mann saying it should have never become the icon it has...
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This is the guy, along with the University of Virginia which continues to refuse to release the data that he used to come up with this "icon" and big part of Al Gore's argument regarding global warming...
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In fact it is Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli who has been trying to get the data regarding the Hockey Stick model but the University of Virginia now refuses to release the data, which came as the result of numerous TAXPAYER FUNDED grants that Mann , to the Attorney General...
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But the graph was questioned by sceptics who pointed out that is it impossible to know for certain the global temperature going back beyond modern times because there were no accurate readings.

The issue became a central argument in the climate change debate and was dragged into the 'climategate' scandal, as the sceptics accused Prof Mann and his supporters of exaggerating the extent of global warming.
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So where was the Professor Mann when his Hockey Stick model was being used without question or allowed "peer" review???...
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The graph was used by Al Gore in his film 'An Inconvenient Truth' and was cited by the United Nations body the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as evidence of the link between fossil fuel use and global warming.
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If there is no doubt to the data and it's conclusion, Turn over the data?
And ask Gore about that @2 million he was worth once he left the VP spot to the $100 million he is worth now...

Florida Keys visit and response to Oil Spill...

Took a ride down to the Florida Keys and Key West to visit with friends and visit the town I lived in for 6+ years while working on a Sportfishing boat and taking some marine biology classes...

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Nice to get back to the Keys and stop by several familiar places discovered over the years. I was also interested to see how the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was effecting the area and the residents of the Keys and other "mainland" communities...

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One thing I learned while living in Key West and the Florida Keys is that these people are not quick to panic when a possible disaster may be heading their way. During several hurricanes I observed many locals helping each other prepare for possible disasters and damages. It was good to see this same attitude regarding the possible shift of oil towards the Keys and other coast towns.

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I had the opportunity to stay with friends and visit with sportfishing Captains that I weathered several of the storms with and had the opportunity to sit and talk with many of them. In fact I was able to sit in on the weekly radio show "This week in fishing" with Captains Jim Sharpe and Mike Weinhofer who had Marine Scientist David Vaughn from the Mote Marine Lab as the guest speaker.

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It was a great opportunity to sit and talk with Vaughn and to get a straight scientific viewpoint from a local resident without any political, environmental, or skewed spin to it...

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Here is a video that local sportfishing guide Jose Wejebe did with Vaughn regarding the oil spill situation and appears on the Spanish Fly website...

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Jose Wejebe speaks with scientists from Mote marine laboratory who have been deploying AUVs (Autonomous Underwater Vehicles) into the loop current to assess the present situation with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in regards to South Florida and the Florida Keys.

It was good to see that the locals once again are not in a panic or standing around waiting for the government to come to the rescue. Many have become pro-active in their stance and are preparing for whatever may come their way. The businesses are starting to see a decline in visitors and future bookings are down without there being any actual oil found in the Keys or offshore of the gulf coast as of yet. Water is still crystal clear and the fishing is still great with a fishing story of a monster Tarpon being caught to be posted soon here on this site...