"Robert Barham, secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, told the New Orleans Times-Picayune, "I think we're looking at many months of intense activity, but then years of follow-up work.... I've been told by the ocean experts this stuff could hang out there on the bottom of the Gulf for more than 100 years. And as long as it's out there, it can come ashore. We might not see big black waves, but we may be seeing a smaller, but serious problem, for years and years to come."
-- It appears clear to me no industry and no corporation and no government agency has the technology and scientific ability to "safely drill" for oil on the shores of America, whether in deep waters or shallow. The following report via NYTimes notes a recently announced "moratorium" on offshore drilling is truly meaningless.
-- Also - will criminal charges be filed against BP?
-- Consistently clueless half-term governor/celebrity Sarah Palin never fails to bring her brand of worthless forward.
-- Elsewhere, which is to say, in a couple of convention rooms in Gatlinburg, TN, state Republicans gather to worship at the altars of the government-hating angry folks who continue to hold Tea Parties. Or as R. Neal puts it in his "goobernatorial" coverage at KnoxViews, those who say government has no place in job creation in Tennessee are utterly out of touch:
"Here are the top ten employers in the Knoxville metro area:
• U.S. Department of Energy - 12610
• The University of Tennessee, Knoxville -9317
• Knox County Public School System -8104
• Covenant Health - 8000
• Mercy Health Partners -8141
• University of Tennessee Medical Center - 3225
• City of Knoxville - 2820
• County of Knox - 2500
• Clayton Homes - 2500
• State of Tennessee - 2401
-- Elsewhere, as in Nevada - chicken costumed protests will not be allowed at polling places this year.
-- Texas tries to corral history books.
-- Summer school trips and programs fall to the economic axe.
It's going to be a long, hot summer.
Of course, the Obama administration could federalize the cleanup, but they do not want to. To do so would require they become accountable and this would detract from their exahusting 24/7efforts to hold press conferences and blame BP.
ReplyDeleteyeah ... poor, poor BP.
ReplyDeleteand all those years prior to Obama when Congress and the Executive office let the oil industry bypass regulation, that's Obama's fault too.
i'm sure, Mr. Anonymous, you can think of even more things to blame on Obama.
Why the F*^K should the BP cleanup be federalized? In what alternative universe is the spill NOT BP's responsibility?
ReplyDeleteYou just looking for a convenient venue to insult the intelligence of people, Anon?