ELT World Discussion

[furiousmilksheikali]

[geaaronson]

Amen.
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Geoffrey Ellis Aronson

[geaaronson]

She is tapping into a feeling of neglect that many Americans are experiencing at the moment. These are the average, silent Majority of Richard Nixon´s era, in a resurging moment of American history. There is so much emphasis in our culture on education, achievement, financial success and intelligence, that we are experiencing the revenge of the forgotten American.
These are those who struggled to get through high school, struggled even more to get through junior college if at that, have non-professional skills and nothing more. They are Bible-toting and Gospel adherents. The born again Christians among them may have at one time been swept away by the ¨do your own thing¨ bohemian/hippie mentality and destroyed marriages, health or finances, and now have turned to God and his Truth to uphold upright lives, free from overindulgence.
I believe this is the issue Obama himself tried to address so unsuccessfully when he spoke of those in the rurals who had their religion and their guns. These are limited people with little understanding or approval of the social changes that have occurred in American society.
They are scorned by the elite, looked down upon by the intelligentsia, and, yes, they resent it. These are the people who Sarah Palin is appealing to. The stay at home Soccer mom, the father who rides with a shotgun in his pickup, granny whose religious faith is of utmost importance in her life, gramps who put his life down on the line in ´Nam.
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Geoffrey Ellis Aronson

[Jerry]

Looks like she's got what it takes......... and I'm not being sarcastic:

[geaaronson]

Being President is more than just appealing to some of the people. Why otherwise we would have Mickey Mouse for a president.
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Geoffrey Ellis Aronson

[thelmadatter]

*biting tongue*

[geaaronson]

We could say the same about Bush, Thelmadatter. I can read your thoughts.
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Geoffrey Ellis Aronson

[Englishexpertgibson]

so, the oil spilled for the president. or, is it for the ocean floor and rains? where do you think the oil has gone? spending so much money on the clean-up and picking up only bits of it..2% of all the messy oil and billions of dollars spent

now, how is this tragedy going to hit the shareholders??? and, are the ones that've approved the project going to be held responsible???

a new BP boss that speaks "american" is supposed to clean up the mess. but, yes, you are right that this is about the american elections and who the president is. a female mickey mouse is the only hope for any future oil spills in this fine country.

cheers and oil to the golf ocean floor and rains

[geaaronson]

The oil spill occurred back in April. They did not start recovering the oil immediately. We´re talking what, 2 months of cleanup. The more effective cleanup ships were deployed late. Don´t be so pessimistic. Rome was not built in a day.
I hope you are not suggesting they stop the cleanup as you seem to suggest its futility.
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Geoffrey Ellis Aronson

[thelmadatter]

latest news reports state that there is little to no oil on the surface of the Gulf now. Im cautiously optimistic but there are two questions. Is there oil under the surface? We will probably know the answer to that soon. If not? what happened to the oil?

BTW, you know that 20 billion that Obama shook BP down for? Turns out they can write half of that off their US taxes. So guess who is really paying for that half? BP played their hand well....

[geaaronson]

If that report is correct, then we are in deep oil doodoo. If it´s not on the surface, then it´s down below the hold and that´s extremely bad for the ecosystem of the gulf.
Whenever a company loses money it can use its losses as a tax deduction. It´s part of the IRS code. So if BP gets away with deducting half, let them have it. That company is not going to last for much longer anyway by the time the lawyers are through with it. Let´s see if they get to keep anything intact in five years time.
Yes, he shook them down. That´s the plan fact of the matter. He probably made a deal that he knows he will not be allowed to keep as he is savvy enough to know that there are enough people on the left and right who would love nothing more to put a knife through BP´s oil drum and let it bleed until the death. And he did get them to set aside 20 billion for reparations.
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[Englishexpertgibson]