BP Says Cap Fully Closed; No More Oil Flowing

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Eu-fucking-reka!!!! They finally figured something out!!!

NEW ORLEANS (CBS) ―
BP says oil has stopped leaking into the Gulf for the first time since April.

BP: New Cap Installed, Further Tests Ahead
(7/13/2010)

BP says oil from its broken well has stopped gushing into the Gulf of Mexico for the first time since April.

The announcement Thursday came after company officials said all valves had been shut on a new cap over the busted well in an experiment to stop the spill.

Kent Wells, a BP PLC vice president, said at a news briefing that oil stopped flowing into the water at 2:25 p.m. CDT.

It was a long-awaited milestone in one of the nation's worst environmental disasters. While not a permanent solution to plug the busted well, the success in capturing the oil spewing out was welcome news.

The cap is not a permanent fix. BP is drilling two relief wells so it can pump mud and cement into the leaking well in hopes of plugging it for good.

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http://wcbstv.com/local/Gulf.Coast.oil.2.1806942.html

 

[question]

Obama shut off the leak.

 

[Facetious]

Hip Hip Horray for BP ! arty: . . . one of Barack Obama's biggest campaign supporters

(the pro cap & trade corporation that they are) . . . not to worry though, the pro obamites will find some way to qualify the close relations between their potus and the formerly evil big oil entity.

 

[PirateKing]

And in record time too!

Did they really stop the leak, or did all the oil underneath already fill the waters?

 

[lurkingdirk]

This is good news! (well mostly.)

It would be mighty nice if the damage done could be repaired so quickly.

 

[BlueBalls]

Kevin Bacon - Real AMERICAN hero.

 

[Member442]

Oh good. Now they can really start cleaning instead of the half cleaning because what was the point only more was coming.

 

[joeypirone]

The gulf coast is destroyed thanks to a FOREIGN company and incompetent government. I am not suure you can totally blame Obama but looking back there is a lot of blame to go around(BUSH).

 

[bustybbwlover]

i blame the crude the gall of that shit to keep leaking out until we plugged it!

 

[Sawney Bean]

Everyone should take some responibility from the US government to BP and everybody else inbetween , its took far to long to close and if they had no back plan if things went wrong , they shouldnt be drilling for oil....END OFF

They should all just admit they all played a part and compensate the man in the street because they are the one who will end up paying for it in the long run

 

[maildude]

I'm sorry. But the cap in my ass didn't hold back a steady flow of diarrhea. So where's my government bailout????

 

[pete rose]

Why didn't they learn from Kramer...

 

[Sufiztic]

Its about damn time, but the damage has already been done!

 

[PlasmaTwa2]

It's just a temporary stop. It's not like Obama has saved the country yet.

 

[jod0565]

Cool. Now the price of gas will go up.

 

[316sherm]

It's not real...youtube search BP oil spill conspiracy

 

[~~whimsy~~]

I'm so glad George Bush came in and stopped the oil leak. Obama didn't do shit!

 

[Mauser98k]

...for now. this is not over by far.

 

[LaLiLuLeLohan]

The gulf coast is destroyed thanks to a FOREIGN company and incompetent government. I am not suure you can totally blame Obama but looking back there is a lot of blame to go around(BUSH).

Yeah, see, the only problem was that Obama had been president for a year and a half before the explosion. But no, it's Bush's doing. It's gotta be Bush's doing.

Here's a great article that I'm sure none of you will read. It shows just how much blame rests on President Obama's shoulders. It's from a really Conservative, Right Wing nut job magazine though, The Rolling Stone. So keep that in mind.
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/17390/111965?RS_show_page=0 General McChrystal did Obama a huge favor...because of his interview, this article got completely overlooked.

Would this have happened if Bush was serving a third term in office? Absolutely. But he wasn't. Pinning this shit on Bush reminds me of the people who tried to blame Clinton for 9-11.

ANYWAY, this is fucking awesome news and, although I'm incredibly skeptical and still don't want to get my hopes up again, the psychological significance of this alone is something the gulf states need.

 

[LukeEl]

What a bummer because I was looking forward to my yearly forae to the Redneck Rivirara (sorry drunk can';t spell) for my swim in oil