call me "Al"

It astounds me that anyone truely believes BP doesn't want this fixed YESTERDAY. Bp wants it fixed more than anyone on the planet right now. This is a "gusher" of monumental proportions. Normal oil wells don't do this. That's why we have PUMPS. Even 100 years ago a "gusher" only lasted a short time. 60 days? Unheard of! The talking heads on TV only make it worse, 30 second sound bites of bad facts misconstrued with the spin of the moment. I'm loving solutions from the peanut gallery. Everyone thinks it's simple. If it was it would be stopped already. I asked a guy I know in the biz about exploding det cord down in the well pipe. He said the explosive back pressure could blow holes up all over the gulf... then what? We all think we're experts, we all think BP is evil, we all think they're all about the money. Did they make mistakes? duh! Did they cut corners? Looks like it, not sure yet. Are they gonna fix it? Sooner or later. Will it cost them? OH YEAH.... Now here's my question for all the BP haters... IF YOU KILL BP... Where will the $ come from to fix everything?

"call me Al".... Paul Simon.... when you call me... you can "call me Al" I couldn't get my old "handle"( alpoole )to register.... cause I messed something up when I was trin' .... I liked using my real name... I have had more than one old friend drop me a line and it is wonderful to hear from them. Like sudo for instance... we were in Memphis together for a year when I lived there... and x10.... sent me an e mail cause she saw my NAME and not a "handle"... Dot Matrix, dropped me a note to say "HI"... she was 11th corpse.... and I thought she was one of the few that had an original thought of her own... liked her a LOT! SO for me it's a distinct advantage to be "OUT". I've also found some friends too. I think I'll re-register with my name again, kinda like evanpyle did with his "The Evan".... AND... BTW... I DO have some "innie" family... my sorta brother Bill... "rev." Bill to be sure... AND if there was ANYTHING I could do to get him m&a'd I'd do it in a NY minute... I would love him to see the TRUE heart of the "ministry". Hey ex 10 .... lost your e mail addy.... please send again... AND did you REALLY know Elvis???? [This message was edited by call me "Al" on August 01, 2002 at 14:44.]

For ages, in every millienia, some christian church leader has pointed at a world dominating figure and said "he is the anti-Christ". And we're still here.... "Aliens"?????? JAL? or maybe Bedard...once did a teaching. The essence of it was: "Jesus is God's redemtion of man, EVERYTHING else is man trying to save himself, and because man's ego refuses to have faith in God he will look elsewhere for salvation, even to the stars" Mankind is not going to save itself... sorry to all of the "ologists" out there but there will ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS be the people that don't want to "play by the rules", they're gonna steal, kill, rape, pillage, and plunder... spiritual influence? or just sick? who REALLY knows for sure??? NO ONE!! You either have faith in what the Bible says or you try to make up your own philosophical explaination to satisfy yourself. EITHER WAY you are accepting a set of beliefs. SOOOOOOOO ??? little green men???? I doubt it!!! NOW.... end of the world/return of Jesus??? YOU BET!!! I believe the "Thessalonians" ending myself. With that as a given..... HOW ELSE will the "media" explain a disapperance of, probably MILLIONS of people from the earth. And depending on the way it happens.... those "left behind" may very well SEE and WITNESS "us" change, rise, and meet Jesus and each other in the air. HOW YA GONNA EXPLAIN THAT ONE.... Dan? Peter? Tom?Barbara? (if they're still here, they may not be) Me personally.... YEAH the stage is being set, the players are being cast, the systems are being invented, the technology is being developed, THE SEEDS ARE BEING SOWN, for the biggest CON since Eve heard "ye shall not surely die!" OH YEAH BABY.....

NO sex NO violence NO special effects No political statements, No "spiritual sub-themes or parallels, Not even a "damn"..... The WINNER for best "TOTAL FAMILY film" Dennis Quaid, "The Rookie" I cannot say enough about this movie. Some may not like it's sugar sweetness but in some cases and in some peoples lives... there really isn't some tragic conflit to resolve. No apologies here... I love stories of human achievement. Give me a movie about "Joe ordinary" who gets to live their dream through hard work and perseverance anytime.

It really happened!!! I think everyone should know sudo REALLY wanted to be a piano player in a bawdy house but Caroll said NO WAY!!! I'll not be married to a piano player!! So alas... now he's tickling ivory of a different sort!! Yes that's me, the unbearded blonde one on the end!!!I haven't seen a picture of me with a 'stache in... it's been a long long time. String the chairs did WE??? You make it sound like we were doin a duby behind the curtain!! AS I remember it... at the time YOU seemed to think it a good idea!!! The way they had thrown those chairs in the room it was hard to tell where the front was supposed to be!! We DID have a great time didn't we?? Would have been nice if the ducks would've stayed in line with the rest of the procession though wouldn't it? [This message was edited by call me "Al" on June 28, 2002 at 7:30.]

Yes I remember that wedding.... I was there too... wait... yes... I was IN THE WEDDING!!! wore a tux an everything... An sudo was playin the piano!!! An doin a damn fine job of it too!!! Yes I remember Memphis.... (home o da KING, the king lives!!) If Girdleys has better ribs than the Rondevous I'll just have to get some cause the 'vous HAD the best. ex10 I'll never forget the night your dad took us and Dan and Linda Strutker there for ribs, walked past 100 people in line like he owned the place an Charlie Vargas walked us to a table like we were VIP's. Well I guess being with your dad I think that made us vip's after all. Memphis has the last good memories I have of twi. That was a great year and a good time. Sudo; do you see any of that crew anymore??? "walkin in Memphis... walking with my feet 10 feet of the ground... walkin in Memphis..." great song!