The evidence mounts of bungled permitting, delays in response, and understating the impact:Yeah, but that cover-up by Obama and BP is all George W. Bush's fault, too. It has to be...everything related to oil is always Bush's fault.What will it take for it to be His Katrina? Waddaya think, Brownie?
- U.S. Said to Allow Drilling Without Needed Permits - "Those approvals, federal records show, include one for the well drilled by the Deepwater Horizon rig, which exploded on April 20, killing 11 workers and resulting in thousands of barrels of oil spilling into the gulf each day."
- Gulf Spill May Far Exceed Official Estimates - "The amount of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico may be at least 10 times the size of official estimates, according to an exclusive analysis conducted for NPR."
- Size of Oil Spill Underestimated, Scientists Say - "The figure of 5,000 barrels a day was hastily produced by government scientists in Seattle. It appears to have been calculated using a method that is specifically not recommended for major oil spills."
- Giant Plumes of Oil Found Forming Under Gulf of Mexico - "The discovery is fresh evidence that the leak from the broken undersea well could be substantially worse than estimates that the government and BP have given."
Verdict. Not His Katrina yet, because there was no cover-up:
- White House Allowed BP to Keep Video of Gushing Pipe from Public for Three Weeks - "The White House allowed BP to hide its video feed of a gushing oil pipe in the Gulf of Mexico from the public for three weeks, all the while that same video played live in the White House Situation Room, ABC reports. This startling revelation comes just as Obama prepares to get really angry in public about the spill – just in time to cover up his administration's collusion with BP to hide the true extent of the massive disaster in the Gulf."
Oh, and here are a couple other very interesting details that you should likewise ignore about the ugly truth to this disaster:
- the federal government failed to inspect this particular oil rig at the intervals stated by regulation, and sometimes spent less than two hours on site
- the Obama administration presented an award to this particular oil rig for its 'extra' attention to safety and best practices
Reminder: Barack Obama was one of the top recipients of BP's political contributions in 2008. But I'm sure that's completely unrelated.
There's my two cents.
2 comments:
Thank you for that reminder about BP donating so much to the President's campaign. The left is asserting that this spill happened because oil companies corrupted the Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service by giving money and gifts to government officials. Obama is now one of those government officials. He, in other words, cannot claim that other government officials were corrupted by the money and gifts they received without speaking to whatever effect those exorbitant donations to his campaign had on his ability to formulate a judicious oil policy.
Great piece, buddy.
JTH - no problem! I thought it was a good reminder, too. I can't wait to start seeing the campaign videos come out that juxtapose him blasting those eeeeevil 'government officials' for being corrupted...and then showing how he's the #1 recipient of that money. Delicious!
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