June 2, 2010

Posted on 02. Jun, 2010 by in 2010 Shows

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman / June 2nd, 2010

Total Running Time: 60:00

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This Week’s Topics:

–Kuzma Tesvich, fourth generation oyster fisherman in the area off the coast of Louisiana affected by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, joins us live to discuss the effect of the oil spill on his family business, whether and how much BP paid him, how much they will pay him in the future, whether he or friends have gotten sick from the chemicals, whether we should be drilling offshore for oil, and states that it could be years until his business gets going again.

–Democratic Congressional candidate from California Marcy Winograd joins us live to discuss her campaign and upcoming primary election.

–Do not be confused…the reason the oil spill has not yet been stopped is money.

–BP and their changing concerns over what the biggest threat is from the oil spill, depending on what they have a shot at stopping.

–The anti-government crowd is flooding Midweek Politics with emails claiming this is the fault of the government for allowing the BP oil rigs to be built, but are incredibly hypocritical since they are the biggest advocates of reducing government intervention in business.

–The new irresponsible conspiracy theory is that Democrats want the oil spill to keep going because it will make a stronger case against offshore drilling.

–Chris Manz is back for Democrastreet Wow, Sarah Palin edition.

–Why Obama is having trouble getting traction and dropping in the polls, and whether being “The Decider” might have something to do with it.

–Liz Cheney says President Obama thinks saying something makes it so, and hilarious enough, Liz would know about that, given the comments that her dad, former Vice President Dick Cheney, has in his quote book.

–A Puerto Rican man is threatened with deportation to Mexico, although he did not come from Mexico, after Illinois authorities took over three days to figure out if he is a US citizen.

–The Joe Sestak frenzy on Fox News, and how it resulted in a ton of extra traffic to the Midweek Politics website from Wikipedia.

–Following up on Rand Paul, who now has added that those born in the US should not necessarily have US citizenship, and that we should monitor illegal aliens via satellite.

–New stations in California, a new poll about the oil spill and offshore drilling, and a ton of critical emails related to Rand Paul.

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15 Responses to “June 2, 2010”

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  2. Don Blais

    03. Jun, 2010

    Hey David,
    I was listening to yesterday’s show and I want to agree with you that the oil spill is BP’s fault, but I can not agree with your solution that the government should take over the operation. This administration has already shown how incompetent it is in handling this crisis. It’s a total disaster and I hope it works out for the fisherman you interviewed.

  3. joey

    08. Jun, 2010

    hey, now I see the guys behind I can say… wow you are both sexy. lol. -Joey-

  4. james diemert

    16. Jun, 2010

    they dont want to stop the oil from leaking if they did they wouldnot make 0 money if they wanted to stop it all they would do is lower a giant sand bag with a vapor barrier inside it and set it down over the pipe and the sand inside the bag would settle all around the pipe and with enough weight seal it and then you could cover all that with a barrier and then pump sand all over that and leave it alone think what would happen if a earth quake or a shift in the sea floor would do to these pipes the bag would still be thier and settle into the sea floor bottom line if they wanted it stoped they would have this is not he first time a pipe has broke under water

  5. Helen Young

    18. Jun, 2010

    Concerning the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico:

    Has wrapping the area that continues to leak been considered, in order to contain or limit the remaining oil that is still leaking? A coated sail cloth or something similar might stop the pressure, with an under layer of Velcro type material so that it adheres and stays in place.

    Can “de-polluting” be done in a similar method to desalinating, (removing salt from sea water)? Not only would this be very useful in the present situation, but could also this technology be useful in many situations both on land and aboard ship at sea.

    Can the “sludge” cleaned up from the Gulf be still useful for other purposes? Besides using it to create electricity, could it be used to oil unpaved, (or paved) roads, or for any other purposes?

    I use a vegetable based dishwashing liquid at home, and for many cleaning purposes. The brand that I use is put out by Seventh Generation, and there are many other similar products on the market. Can any of these be used safely to help in the clean up effort?

    I know that “porta-potty” cleaning trucks are currently being used for some of the cleaning work. Could they be used aboard ship also?

    Thank You for Your Time and Attention Regarding these Matters.

  6. Ernie Roberts

    19. Jun, 2010

    There is no excuse for the delay in stopping the oil from polluting the ocean. I stop high preasure water leaks.
    The only difference between the two is that this is oil, and its at the bottom of the ocean

  7. bruce

    20. Jun, 2010

    drill baby drill

  8. ERNEST

    23. Jun, 2010

    to stop the oil leak. pull out the pipe,the surrounding soil will fall into the hole and block the hole then drop small bombs around the hole to push the soil into the hole.stop the gusher before the ocean gets poisoned and all mankind is at risk of extinction.

  9. Adam

    24. Jun, 2010

    This is our wake-up call and I suspect it will lead to changes at a societal level that will require a massive paradigm shift in our collective values.
    Banning gas guzzling vehicles is the first step we must take. I have no idea why/how the full-sized pickup truck has become a suburban status symbol… What was once a utility vehicle has become a leather-lined behemoth and all-too common sight in driveways across the continent.
    We do not need oil from the middle east now do we need deep-water drilling to live comfortably. What we DO need is massive change so that disasters like this never happen again.

  10. Kenneth E. Fry

    03. Jul, 2010

    I worked as a roughneck in the 50′s, 82 yr old coot. You can blow a well, cap, plug or tap a well or even a combination of cap plug and tap. They will not listen, from the Pres. BP, Congressmen ETC!!!

  11. FrankTalk

    06. Jul, 2010

    You have to ask the question: why are they drilling under 2 miles of water? If this breach happened on dry land they would have capped it in a few hours or days. The answer is that they were forced to drill farther and farther out to sea. First they were pushed out of shallow waters into more risky drilling depths, then pushed even further out to where they are now even though no one could guarantee 100% safety. I seems that the enviromentalists didn’t weigh the risks. Yeah, I know, get off of oil addiction – and we are moving in that direction, but until we can totally replace it – oil is needed. So let’s get it from places that we can drill safely.

  12. don mitchel

    06. Jul, 2010

    PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT OUR ENVIRONMENT OUGHT TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK
    There is another way to create lobs and go green other than negotiating hidden carbon emmissions and currency manipulation with a communist country.
    (1 ) knowing the way this administration has treated the gulf disaster by trying to hide the damage, adding toxic dispersant, creating a still far greater unknown risk to the environment, establishing a direct link to the aquatic food chain as it sinks and is moved through shipping lanes by ballast systems, (2 ) the lack of concern for protecting our Great Lakes from the Asian carp, escaping the waters of our presidents home state, (3) a military ballast water plan following the IMO ( a group representing foreign economic interest) lead for 10 years, with our secretary of state calling for quick ratification of the Law of the Sea treaty which help to lock our ballast water laws into international economic interest, (4) delaying any new legislation in congress with another scientific study for allowable limits of organisms in ballast water so the military can apply them to their plan which would be subject to the next commander and chief again calling for “change”. (5) political support for senator Boxer who killed ballast water legislation in 2008. (6) asking governor Patterson who in his short time created the toughest state ballast water laws to step aside ( 7) and the president has public a rift with rep Oberstar who was instrumental in 2008 ballast water legislation, destroyed by Boxer, about how to create jobs when a report for congress suggest that ballast water laws would cause the price of foreign goods to rise. (8) middle east immediately commandeered tankers and began clean up (estimated 85% recovery) use of ships for clean up this way suggested to white house in the beginning. (9) controversial environmental stance for fish farming in the gulf (probably dose not matter now). (10) The presidents Great Lakes restoration and oceans initiative plan is to abide by IMO and international treaties not create a new plan for America with strong American legislation signed into law.

  13. michael dekkers

    28. Sep, 2010

    PULL THE PIPE OUT AND ALL THE SOIL WILL FALL IN THE THEN FILL WITH CONCRETE THEN COVER WITH PRECAST CONCRETE WEIGHTS OVER THE HOLE TILL ALL CONCRETE IS HARDEND

  14. rebecca

    09. Nov, 2010

    i think it bad idea

  15. Andrew Kirkland

    17. Nov, 2011

    Do you really feel that Syria spying on dissidents?

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