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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: willcousa who wrote (240850)	3/22/2002 11:25:33 AM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) of 769670

It is wholly natural. You just make it up as you go, right? That's why you never document your claims. All tar balls begin as oil originating from one of three sources. First, there are natural leaks along the continental shelf, which runs 40 to 100 miles off the Texas shoreline. Then there are the frequent spills that occur when crude oil is transported from one tanker to another in the Gulf before being brought into port. And then there are the offshore-rig accidents texasmonthly.com Today the tar ball can be found on the feet of almost anyone who spends an afternoon on a Texas beach. In seaside towns such as Galveston children are taught early that after a trip to the beach they must not step on the floor before applying kerosene to their feet. Some coastal hotels even provide their guests with complimentary oil-cutting solvents to remove the tar (baby oil, suntan oil, and peanut butter also do the trick). TP

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