BP’s hypocrisy on the matter of that oil spill
shouldn’t come as a surprise to everyone, taking the long-term history of theirs, into the consideration.

I’ve come to read an interesting article on the history of BP and its predecessors and, which is much more important, on the issues of their connection to the Wall Street financiers. Oh, and their shared profiteering, of course.

hello. Adm Allen is innocent here, so no need to dump on him. he may be in charge of all vessels in the area, and been privy to camera feeds from day 2: but he only follows orders. it is his job to calm the outrage, sympathize with the distressed, and project strong factual truths to comfort the bereaved. 1st fact about the cleanup is contingent upon immediately stopping the gusher. not going to happen. second fact about taking years- more realistically decades. all the boats under his deploy working drug interdiction could be getting dirty deploying booms. some could be sailing the globe procuring booms. or he could confiscate what he needs and crew them during this national emergency. he should be protecting all crews under his command from health issues related to procedures being utilized. he should be coordinating wildlife rescue operations with helicopter patrols. he should have data accumulated regarding all under water plumes-their size- their velocity and direction of travel- and mapping coordinates for environmental consequential damages to be later assessed and brought in charges against BP. the last i heard, Coast Guard, was that rotting carcasses along the coast could breed killer mosquitoes and fleas. an old rummy pirate captain would demonstrate more initiative than this public relations campaign to quiet the critics of the worst ecological catastrophe since the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. not making noise on day 2 was not your fault, but do not pretend you are doing anything.

It will take alot less time if you hire a couple hundred thousand out of work Americans.

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I guess the bright side is that when it is ‘cleaned up’ all those
species sent into extinction will have nice man made
environment of manicured lawns and trimmed hedges and
quaint feeding stations to not come home to again.