Monthly Archives: February 2011

Link: It’s Chap. 11 for Seahawk Drilling; now only 1 contractor in its shallow water niche. #rsrh Seahawk’s specialty was shallow water ‘mat’ jack up rigs. Now Hercules will be able to name their price.

Link: Face it, Sen. Landrieu: you’re the only Dem who gets it. The bankruptcy of Seahawk Drilling, and the purchase of their rigs by Hercules leaves Hercules as the sole owner of shallow-water ‘mat’ type drilling rigs.

Link: Aaaaand…. One more LA Dem jumps ship. #rsrh Republicans control House 53-47-4, with one vacancy. “Democrat”, as a brand name, now carries the same allure in LA as “Edsel”.

The diarrhoeic countertenor smattered aspergillum on his pedaloes. (Desperately trying to improve my status as a word nerd.)

Key figure in Jefferson Family criminal enterprise on trial in N.O. #rsrh http://amplify.com/u/appwr

Compare and contrast two of today’s news stories. The first tells the tale of Range Fuels’ foray into cellulosic ethanol. Even with government assitance with financing and with a Congressional mandate requiring customers to use their inferior fuel, the project … Continue reading →

Link: Key figure in Jefferson Family criminal enterprise on trial in N.O. #rsrh They almost managed to keep former Rep. William (In His Freezer!) Jefferson’s (D-LA) name out of the article. Jeez, what scum.

Link: Not just “Drill, baby, drill!”, but also “Frac, baby, frac!” #rsrh Unfortunately for you, Mr. Obama, the marketplace may have found a solution to the problem you’ve tried desperately not to solve. And Halliburton’s gonna make a lot of … Continue reading →

Take a stroll down Climate Change memory lane with The New York Times. http://bit.ly/h9ju58+

Drilling ban hurts ‘real life’ people. #rsrh http://amplify.com/u/ap8w2