** Heads Up: Thad Allen's Daily Briefing on the Oil Leak **

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On CSPAN and

http://cspan.org/Watch/C-SPAN.aspx

and

http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream1

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1. Hopefully he'll also have something to say about this Galarraga BS.

:)

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2. POTUS will travel to the Gulf again tomorrow...

per Chuckles

http://twitter.com/chucktodd/status/15327673772

As much as he travels (and I dont begrudge that) I see no reason why he cant go at least once a week. I would not be surprised if that's not the strategy going forward.

[Jennicut]

7. Some have suggested he said someone from the administration to live there for awhile.

Any nominees?

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13. lol huh?

Some said the President suggested that someone live there? You've confused me. :)

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15. Sorry, typo. Some have been saying someone from the administration should

be down there all the time. Which just kind of makes me laugh. What good would that do?

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22. It's like the current meme that the President shouldn't greet sports teams during all of this...

.... or listen to Paul McCartney.

When did the press turn into John McCain? We voted for Barack Obama (in part) because of his claim that he could do more than one thing at a time.

And it's my understanding that they have had phones in the White House for quite some time...

see?


(this is from the time of Lincoln, this area is now, essentially, the Obama's guest bedroom)

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23. LOL! We sure have had communications forever in the WH.

The press as John McCain! The press is getting crotchety and old, they just cannot handle seeing a President multitask. They should try living my life sometime, I juggle my kids and their schedules with a million other things.

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26. Seriously....

... and not only that, the President now has a top-secret, state of the art communication device .... it's a secret ... but I'll let you in on it, just dont tell anyone....



.. a special agent is there to retrieve it should anything go wrong...

[asphalt.jungle]

16. lisa jackson is from the area and she's pretty much based there now

might as well be her.

[Jennicut]

25. Didn't know that. See? We don't need someone.

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3. Doin' it sitting down today.

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4. The riser pipe has been cut!!!!

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5. ... with the shears... after the saw got stuck. NT

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6. ... next step is to put the cap on top.

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8. ... this was the less fine of the two cuts....

... it was NOT the option they were hoping for, but he is pleased none the least. "A significant step forward.)

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9. EPA has, so far, found no problems with the dispersant...

... either in the water or in the air, but they continue to test.

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10. Will beet with Gov. Jindal about the barriers later today. NT

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11. Oil approaching Mississippi and Alabama....

... tar balls on Dauphin beach (or bay.)

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12. The seal will be similar to what's inside a garden hose. NT

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14. Relief wells are currently on target. ... slightly ahead of schedule..

... but "not willing to declare victory until they're done."

(target date is mid-august)

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17. The new cap/s will contain holes where methanol can be injected...

... to counteract the hydrate problem that caused the original cap to float away.

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18. Cap to be lowered w/in the next couple of hours. NT

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19. They are looking at possible alternatives to the current dispersants....

.... but this is the best option they have at the moment.

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20. Allen commends BP for offering a number of video feeds...

... at the request of Keith Olbermann (I'm kidding about the KO part, but it did seem to happen the day after he complained about it.)

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21. The Dow Jones reporter cracks me up...

.... she sounds like a high school sophomore.

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24. Says that when he asks a question of Hayward, he gets an answer...

... when he makes a request for something to happen, it does.

(In response to a question as to whether he trusted Hayward.)

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27. Thad Allen is a bad a**

~ That is All ~