I would like to begin my remarks by noting that the Gulf of Mexico oil blowout is a nightmare. Certain people will tell you that it's not a big deal, why 45 days have gone by and the oil is just starting to was ashore. Other people will tell you, Obama's reaction to the oil spill made it far worse than it was going to be. Certain people will tell you, we are not getting leadership on this- we need a Strong Figure to wall off the Gulf of mexico from the shores of the Gulf States until the oil goes away.
All these voices are basically silly. It is a big deal, it's a slow motion train wreck, the worst kind. It's odd to me that some of the same voices that accuse Obama of guilt for the accident don't want the other oil wells in the deepwater of the Gulf shut down for safety checks. Really. Out one side of Jindal's mouth, pile up the sandbars, we want the entire Louisiana coast separated from the Gulf. Out the other side of Jindal's mouth, for God's sake don't shut down the OTHER wells, because that will hurt the economy. Make up your mind for cry eye, are oil spills good or bad?
What we have here is a learning opportunity. Sadly, most of us do not seem to desire to do any learning. This accident happened because oil operator at one well, BP, got greedy and impatient and skipped some safety steps, leaning way too hard on failsafe equipment that ended up not working. This is what they call "deregulation"- don't worry about government interference, we can trust BP to police it's own safety requirements, right?
After the fact, it's looking a bit wrong, that concept. So, can we all blame Obama on this one? Uh, how? First, Obama did not create the Bush II era of industrial deregulation. That was on Bush II. Obama has had 15 months to undo what took 8 years to create, in an atmosphere of jumping from one crisis to another. That's not a recipe for a quick fix. Has Obama's reaction to the oil blowout been weak and ineffective? Well, here's the question. BP said that there was zero chance for an oil blowout, so they did not bother to even write a plan to deal with one if it should ever happen. The Bush administration was not about to waste money building equipment to repair oil blowouts, because their buddies at BP had assured them it would never happen. So, did we have like dozens of high pressure super techno mini subs parked at the mouth of the Mississippi? Of course not. The feds had zero equipment, zero knowledge, and zero plans. From where I sit, like I say, that's not on Obama, it's on Bush.
We have a faith in technology & hard work here in the USA. Just pull up your shirtsleeves and dive in, it will be okay in the end. Not with oil spills. If you pour several supertanker loads of oil into the Gulf of Mexico without a plan or proper equipment to deal with it, you can talk about leadership all day, but what are you going to lead WITH? The oil is out there. If you are unhappy with Obama, be unhappy, but do not blame him for things that are outside of his control. You need to pay a little attention to how we got here. You need to understand the role played by deregulation, industrial complacency, and cronyism in the Bush era, in creating the conditions for this disaster. You need also to understand that, like humpty dumpty's fall, there are certain messes that are far easier to jump into than to climb out of. It's just a lil'ol' oil spill, why can't Obama make it go away! Well, what's your suggestion on HOW. I am waiting.
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Thank you for this article.
Wilka
You wanted oil now you got get in the barrel full, just one pin prick in the thin surface of the earth crust and now you got main arterial bleed of oil on your hands. Now where is Rev. Pat Roberson when you need him, no comment from the 700 Club, now what does that tell ya. Great article Chris.
But sure would be entertaining to hear what he had to say.
I'm personally stumped as to WHAT these screaming mimi's expected and expect the government to do. It's not like the government has a department of Blown Oil Well and Spill Clean Up. And the "experts" are within the oil industry. The threat of moving BP out of the way is moronic. Again who do they have to bring in to take over. Probably another oil company. Because last I checked the government doesn't keep a stock of oil rigs and drills on hand in case of an emergency.
And I read some where that there are something like 35,000 well under the water and there's been drilling for something like 40 year's, and we've had how many spill's from underwater oil well's?
This kinda reminds me of the 35W bridge collapse. After that happened you had people running around screaming "the bridges are falling, the bridges are falling". I think we are too quick to see the sky falling and the reaction is we gotta stop everything NOW! I think these inspections can be done without a total shut down. I think it's a bit of hysterical over reaction.
So now having said that tell me how much I hate the planet and want little birds and fishies die.
Really?
Really.
Well in that case.
I notice you don't deny the illegality of the Dubya Bush presidency.
Doesn't anyone see the irony here? Or the hypocrisy?
Good post, Chris.
Funny how some people scream that the Feds aren't doing enough when "they" are in trouble. But when it's some one else, well... then it's "socialism."
Remember his lame response: "I didn't know they were there," but the entire nation did know.
You are correct, the Mayor and the Governor did not evacuate their people.
And they are at fault as well, but the people at the Dome and the Civic Center, that was after both the Governor and Mayor asked for help from the President, and we all waited and watched.
for 3 days.
Further down you will also see where funds were cut to do repair work on the levys. The Corps of Engineers is a Federal Agency.
Armed men blocking exit from the Civic Center? There has been quite a bit of work done on the stories the media reported from rumors, is this a story that was proven? Or was it just like the shots fired at the Guard helicopters?
You have a good point on the Army Corp of Engineers but much of the money allocated for levee work was in the form of grants to the state. Never mind how many years the waste was going on before Bush II.
Lots of blame to go around, suffice to say that using Bush as a scapegoat for what was a fiasco at a state level has been played to overkill.
3 days Charles, on national television, and that was after the hysterical govenor and the mayor called for federal help on Monday evening, Aug.
I don't have a timeline, but the fact is.
We all watched the film for 3 days.
5AM CDT — KATRINA UPGRADED TO CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE [CNN]
GOV. BLANCO ASKS BUSH TO DECLARE FEDERAL STATE OF EMERGENCY IN LOUISIANA: “I have determined that this incident is of such severity and magnitude that effective response is beyond the capabilities of the State and affected local governments, and that supplementary Federal assistance is necessary to save lives, protect property, public health, and safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a disaster.
Disaster status and federal assistance requested before the hurricane landed.
Type into your browser search window: Hurricane Kartina timeline events
You probably will approve of all the lies since that have become "fact" in the conservative dis-information machine.
Looking at the facts again really sickens me.
Disinformation and lies are more important to any Repulican / conservative than mere humans.
Doesn't matter in the end does it Charles,
You will defend the nightmare perpetuated on thousands of people
Make excuses for the Bush Adm.
Blame the victims.
Kind of like the unemployment benefit thing.
too lazy to work
etc.
"fiasco at a state level"
Sure looks like help was requested before the Hurricane hit
Does saying "fiasco at a state level" by you and other conservatives/Republicans mean
Bush had no responsibilities, we know he was very very late with any response. You seem to be saying that is acceptable.
THE BUSH/CHENEY ADMINISTRATION POLICIES CAUSED THE WORST FINANCIAL DISASTER IN THE HISTORY OF THE NATION/WORLD
Friday Aug. 26, Before the Hurrican landed.
Two, his own supporters blaming him-while a bit more understandable (they DO want an ever increasingly powerful president) is also short sighted. It takes away from the simple fact there is not all that much that can be done by the Feds other than permission for dredging up temp barriers at places available to stop the flow. The experts in this type of mess do tend to be in the private sector.
Obama's own attitude of course did not always help. Claiming on one hand to be in absolute control of every step of the BP efforts gave him a share of the blame when the varying stoppage failures occurred. Wavering between a Jimmy Carter total mesmerization and a perceived nonchalance, maybe he is doomed to catch it from all sides anyway.
Blaming Bush again? 36k plus wells drilled in the area and we have one accident, think that actually says the system worked overall. As it seems likely that BP cut corners here, I don't think blaming an administration out of the net almost 2 years ago serves much. More so since they've been faulted for EVERYTHING that has gone wrong under this Administration since inauguration, it looks petty.
Simply put I think much of the criticism is wrong but understandable given our recent history and promises made by the Administration. I hope Obama does not let himself get bogged down here trying to please everyone. Its just not possible and long term it will be dangerous for our republican institutions.
As for Bush/Katrina.
Never mind the failings of the governor and mayor, and they failed to evacuate their people.
Then this:
thousands of people visible to the entire nation for 3 days, were stranded at the Sprots Dome and the Civic Center.
Men with guns prevented them from "walking out"
As according to Limbaugh and FauxNews, they should have.
3 days, no food, no water.
That is what I really hold Bush responsible for, and his "I didn't know they were there." response.
Ok, The Oil Blow out is fully the responsibility of BP.
And it continues.
And it looks as though there were safety procedures/practices that would have prevented it.
That there was some warning of the impending blow out?
But you maintain that since this is the first one in the Gulf, it is
to be
What?
Excused, brushed off?
But that isn't the point of Chris W's post.
Her post
Says the Republicans are using it as a platform to attack President Obama.
And that is exactly what is happening.
You seem to deny that a relaxation of regulations during the "President Cheney/Bush" years had anything to do with the blow-out.
And you know darn well that any effort by this administration to reign the drillers would have resulted in an even worse attack on President Obama, and I say this is more evidence of how conservativesi/Republicans are not mere opposition, but subversive.
I am going to repeat it, what you and other conservatives and Republicans are doing is subversive, outright subversion, preventing a legally elected government from governing.
That is how I see it. I know you will do your usual brush off.
But in fact there are 49 Republican Senators who have told the nation they will not allow any governance by this Administration.
Now what do you call it if not outright subversion of our Constitution.
Subversion is also known as treason, a very powerful charge. Waving it around as you and a couple of others on gather are trying to do highlights your lack of a clue on what it actually means. It was not very bright of Repubs to say that opposition Dems during the Bush administration were doing that and it makes no more sense now saying Repubs are doing it.
The way our republic was set up was to expect opposition and not have some uniform bunch of sycophants all agreeing all the time with the President. It's been normal for over 2 centuries, just because you guys got back in power doesn't mean it will stop. It also means when you are out of power that you'll likely be trying to do the same thing that Repubs and others are doing now. Will that be subversion?
Usual brush off? Maybe it's what you write, insinuate, and claim that causes me and some others to take you less seriously. I disagree with lots of people on here but the majority I can do so and be responded to as an adult. You tend to be a bit more excitable and more personal than most.
I think there is only 41 Repub senators unless some Dems changed parties recently.
I know what subversion means, I know what treason means, and that is what I see going on.
Perhaps you could explain how the Republicans have been rousing the mob to "drive" the Democrats out, "take back their country" King, of Iowa openly calling for a "Velvet Revolution, and more. No elections, just push them out.
You and other conservatives/Republicans refuse to accept the results of the 2008 election, and are deliberately subverting the official, legal and constitutionally elected government.
You and others, and in particular, the official Republican Party promote the idea that this is not a legal government.
Not one "Republican" has stood up and denounced the exesses of the mob but in fact encourage them to "correct"the Republican failure at the election.
That is not oppositional it is subversive.
Republicans have the filibuster power and use it, no matter the damage to the nation as a whole.
That is subversive, and it is treason.
So you put up the Senate membership count, and fail to mention the filibuster power.
Republicans use filibuster, and will continue. The real problem, the Republicans have openly and publicly stated they intend to block this Administration from functioning, and are.
It is not oppositional, it is subversive.
I am calling it treason/subversion. I am surprised more aren't.
Carter was 40 years ago.
(You still invoke a one term Pres, destroyed by liars to push your lies, then whine when Bush/Cheney are rightly blamed for the worst economic disaster in the history of this nation.)
And it is about who controls the message.
All this ranting about Carter is mostly false, none of you ever mention the
Regan Lebanon fiasco, talk about a foreign policy disaster.
Conservatives control the message, the cleverest lie of all,
Labeling the conservative corporate news organizations "liberal."
What is going on is not oppositional party politics and you know it.
We had ugly battles in this country about Civil Rights and Medicare.
Nothing like what is going on now.
The so called "debate" about the Iraq invasion, would scare you, if you were a patriotic citizen.
It didn't/doesn't, I have to conclude you approve of the subversion/treason.
If that was debate, I'll eat my computer.
It was a corporate news org. backed mis-information campaign.
The President knowingly violated the U.S. Constitution, lying to congress and the people
about the reason for the Iraq War.
Instead of being alarmed, at what the dissenters said, the dissenters were labeled “un-patriotic”
That is treason and subversion.
It continues.
You cannot show a single congress, not one, where the minority party refused on all counts on every bit of legislation.
Refused to confirm this number of appointees.
You can't do it, because there are none.
What can you call it but deliberate subversion of the political process, the one you claim to believe in. I don't believe you do, believe in a democratic/republic or in our U. S. Constitution.
The Republican party is deliberately, systematically preventing the government of the United States from functioning.
And instead of just running dirty political campaigns, are using terms like
revolution, take over, (see Robert h. below) he believes that, so do a large majority of the so called Republican voter base. I suspect you do as well.
Are the ideas expressed by Robert H, just coming out of thin air, no they are part and parcel the Republican ideas being promoted all over the nation.
You remain smug, confident, and completely anti-American, anti-U. S. constitution.
The vision of the U.S.A. I see in your comments show me this everytime I read one.
"Quoting" you, The way our republic was set up was to expect opposition and not have some uniform bunch of sycophants all agreeing all the time.
. . . . . . etc.
and use that statement to endorse the practice of blocking the entire, legally elected government.
Perhaps you could direct me to which article in the Constitution grants the power to the minority members to outright block the entire program of the majority members. I just can't find it.
That you aren't alarmed by it, means you are confident, like Robert H. below,
that this Democratic Republic is going to be deliberately ended and the sooner the better.
I will call it subversive and treason.
It is a reflection of the Republican "message."
Silly Liberal, you are blind to what is happening to you. There are more Conservatives in America than Liberals (see Gallup poll post on Gather). These Conservatives are awaking and are sick and tired of the moral decay and absurdity of Liberalism (Tea Party, Texas Board of Education, Gay Marriage, etc). They are realizing Barry is a fraud (Birth Cert, hidden past, Muslim leanings, etc) and the elections in November at targeted as a "take back America" election.
When completed you will be dealt with harshly. Fox will be the only news channel you can watch. You will be required to sign an oath card pledging allegiance to America and Barry will be a lame duck until he is voted out in 2012!
My note:
Gallup is a very conservative organization owned by a group called Selection Research International.
They are trading on an old respected name to
Not inform, but to "shape" political ideas.
Yeah you really showed me that you understand the term and its meaning Cena
As for the rest of it, I've heard it and variations of it from you before. Amazing how you see the world in one dimension, no recognition at all of the duopoly-just what you want to see.
Tell me what is thoughtful and deliberate about Robert H's comments and attitude?
Here is a quote from Rep Boehner today,
"There's a political rebellion brewing, and I don't think we've seen anything like it since 1776."
he doesn't mention "election wins/gains/losses, just rebellion.
This during an interview where he says SS retirement should be moved to age 70, and benefits have to be cut to pay for the wars.
Interview done by Pittsburgh Tribune Review today, look it up.
I say you do know what the word subversion means, and I am not sure why you want to tell me what I know, but anyway, here is what the dictionary says.
And I say this is exactlyi what the Republican Party. Fox News, the entire conservative radio network is doing.
1. activity undermining government: an action, plan, or activity intended to undermine or overthrow a government or other institution
2. overthrow of something: the destruction or ruining of something
Treason:
1. betrayal of country: a violation of the allegiance owed by somebody to his or her own country.
2. I believe you do know of this, it is just that you agree with what is going on, approve of it even.
Or, you may only be good at copy and pasting statements picked-up at sites like Heartland, Heritage, CATO etc.
Both definitions from:
Encarta ® World English Dictionary © & (P) 1998-2005 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
So you know the book meaning and somehow you think that applies to those who oppose this Administration. All those who oppose this President make up the same type of group as the ones who opposed Bush, if one assumes they were doing so out of their own political beliefs. Funny how those years of Dem opposition was correct and that of your party's opponents is subversion or treason. Were you here in gather.com or anywhere else calling Dems subversives or treasonous then?
As I said, you really have no idea of what you are talking about. Just because so many people oppose your ideas does not make them either subversive or traitors.
Yes, BP is the perpetrator but the underlying culprits in this disaster are the environmentalist forcing exploration in remote, harsh difficult recovery locations. Adding insult to injury, drilling is suspended and the resulting unemployment and economic impact is ignored. Liberals always miss the mark with their draconian knee jerk reactions. America is made to look like fools and inept in the eyes of the World. This result is truly Barry's fault!
Any credible entrepreneur would drill where the effort was rewarded with optimum profits at minimal expense. These companies go to great expense because we have allowed Liberal environmentalists to control the location options available to produce oil! By default, Liberal environmentalist are part of the blame for this catastrophic disaster!
the real criminals in this matter are the players in the Dept of Justice announcing they will launch a criminal investigation
Why shouldn't the DOJ launch a criminal investigation? People were killed because due to negligence and greed, last I heard that was criminal, especially considering that this isn’t the first time their negligence has led to death.
the slow inept response to requests for permission to create environmental solutions
By “environmental” cure, I assume you are talking about the berms. The slow response is because there is much debate on wether the cure will be worse than the disease. Do some research.
the environmentalist forcing exploration in remote, harsh difficult recovery locations. Uh, no. There’s plenty of drilling going on all over the place. Drilling in this location was driven by the fact that there is a motherload of oil and natural gas there.
Adding insult to injury, drilling is suspended and the resulting unemployment and economic impact is ignored. Again, that would be, Uh, no. Deep water drilling is suspended. That accounts for about 33 rigs of the hundreds out there, and a loss of about 600 of 30,000 jobs. BP put a 100 times that number out of work with their catastrophe.
Robert, parroting Rush and Palin doesn't make it so.
The rich "Not In My Backyard" people controlled zoning. Would you protest an oil well in your backyard? If you didn't want an oil well in your backyard would that make you a liberal environmentalist? That said, there's oil drilling all over the place. They just follow the oil, and there's lots under the ocean.
Environmentalists had nothing to do with this, and certainly had nothing to do with a lack of safety for oil profits at BP, and there being no clean up plan, for the industry, in general.
Don ....... Ditto ....
Penny ...Liberals like you are just an excuse about to happen. Setting priorities is a foreign concept. You have let your emotions cloud your reason. There is more to a problem than what you can only see on the surface. Back to you "girl cave" Liberal!
Peter ... You do try, I will give you credit for that, but, but, but I'm just impressed with your Public Schooled thinking! Liberalism is a sad sad psychological condition! Hope you recover sometime in your future!
Can you show me where in the U. S. Constitution that every citizen be required to take a "loyalty oath?"
As for new naturalized citizens they do take an oath, I don't think it is called a "loyalty" oath.
Liberals are un-American, so when we take over we will have to make them take a loyalty oath to rejoin our society! You might be rejected for being dumb! :-)) Try reading the thread next time!
You posted a comment of your opinion, parroting what the FuxNews/Cox Gang tells you and pretend it is factual.
hahahahahahahhahaha
But sure tell us how you are going to "take over" and just what are you going to take over. and who are "we."?
Society? You couldn't get an invation to a tea bag party.
But do tell us?
When completed you will be dealt with harshly. Fox will be the only news channel you can watch. You will be required to sign an oath card pledging allegiance to America and Barry will be a lame duck until he is voted out in 2012!
They have not been an independent organization since
since 1988
Since then, 1988, it is used to "shape"
not report public opinion.
concerned about the Major, voter registration, vote tampering that was perpetuated to gain the placement into the Presidency of the Bush/Cheney team.
Aren't you Republicans the super-patriots busy preserving the
"American" way and protecting the Constitution.
You care nothing for being part of a Democrat Republic and are seriously intent on destroying it.
Now if there is major election fraud, involved in the 2008 elections, such as has been brought to the public about the 2001/2004 elections.
You should list it, and don't bother with the ACORN lies. NOT ONE CASE,
NOT ONE, legally documented case of voter registration, voter fraud.
Just conservataive talk lies.
If you cared even a tiny bit about the U.S.A. you would not be posting the garbage you post.
Having differing opinions about facts is perfectly intelligent.
Making up lies and presenting them as facts is just lying.
I think in the first few weeks most people had to work through the shock of it all and the emotional responses just reflected local pain which slowly transitioned to a national level and then got all gobbled up in the politics.
The fact is the initial reporting (going on memory and not taking the time to find a link, here) said they only answer was the relief well (s) and that would not be done 'til August -- so nothing has really changed, except for the processing of the emotions.
It looks like reality is done setting in and that we (all of us in one way or another) will meet the challenges facing us and to the best we can to see it never happens again.
I read another this morning that you might enjoy if you haven't seen it already: Perseverance in the Gulf: A Test of Our Soul's Endurance.
"During the 2008 (PRESIDENTIAL?) election cycle, BP spent $531,000, through its corporate political committee and in contributions to candidates. So far this cycle, it has spent $113,000, with most of the money going to Republicans."
'In 2009, BP (BP) spent $16 million on lobbying, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. This year, it has spent $3.5 million through the end of March."
perhaps this might explain why Haley Barbour does not want to say any mean things about BP.
I neither care for Democrats or Republicans - both are equally corrupt at this time...but
FYI: From "The Center for Responsible Politics
$6.2 milliion
The Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan campaign research organization, shows BP has given $6.212 million to nearly 1,OOO candidates for federal office over the past 20 years.
In a bit of political irony, the company, whose oil spill has made President Obama’s life miserable over the past month, has given more to the president than anyone else.
The Center for Responsive Politics shows Obama having received $77,051 from BP, with most of it, $71,000 coming during his run for the White House.
WHY HAS THE OIL INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTED TWICE AS MUCH TO McCAIN’S CAMPAIGN AS TO EITHER DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE?
McCain Has Received Almost Twice as Much in Donations from Oil and Gas Industry PACs and Employees as Obama or Clinton. According to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, John McCain’s campaign has received $723,777 in donations from oil industry political action committees and employees during his 2008 presidential campaign, almost twice as much as Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton. (Center for Responsive Politics, accessed 5/31/08)
BECAUSE McCAIN WILL CONTINUE BUSH’S GIVEAWAYS TO BIG OIL
McCain’s Tax Plan Gives $3.8 Billion in Tax Cuts to the Top Five Oil Companies. McCain’s current plan would deliver $3.8 billion in tax cuts to the five largest American oil companies. (“The McCain Plan to Cut Oil Company Taxes by Nearly $4 Billion,” Center for American Progress Action Fund, 3/27/08)
McCAIN VOTES TO PROTECT BIG OIL’S PROFITS McCain Skipped a Vote to Repeal Tax Breaks for Oil Companies. In 2007, McCain was the only senator to miss a vote on the energy bill repealing tax subsidies for oil companies. (H.R. 6, Vote 425, 12/13/07)
McCain Voted Against Curtailing Oil Companies’ Windfall Profits to Give a Tax Rebate to Working Families. In 2005, McCain voted against imposing a temporary windfall profits tax on oil companies and using the proceeds to provide nonrefundable tax credits to working families. (S.Amdt. 2635, Vote 341, 11/17/05; S.Amdt. 2587, Vote 331, 11/17/05)
McCain Voted to Protect Tax Breaks for Big Oil. Earlier, McCain opposed eliminating tax breaks for oil and natural gas companies related to depletion and drilling costs. (S.Amdt. 2782/H.R. 776, Vote 159, 7/29/92)
(And you can bet that BP would give the most to whomever they thought would win.)
"See, Barack Obama has raised $799 million for his campaigns. The $77,051 he got from BP employees is a drop in the bucket -- just one one-hundredth of one percent of his total campaign cash"
from: http://mediamatters.org/blog/201005060041
Everyone likes to throw numbers around.
Capping existing deep water wells is not an option until the pressure is equalized. These reservoirs are under immense pressure and when one is tapped... well... you're pretty much obligated for the life of the well.
As far as the blame game goes... this idea that criticism of Obama by his supporters is proof he's a screw up is nonsense. The Right just doesn't understand why we on the Left would be dumb enough to openly criticize our own president. Of course the answer is because we on the Left are not guppies that swallow anything we're fed by our leaders. And when you look closely at' that criticism, you'll find that what is coming from the Left is legitimate and addresses the issue. Criticism from the Right is always pretty generic and is obviously based on the "stop Obama's socialist agenda" battle cry.
Like I commented on an earlier post I wrote on this issue. If President Obama discovered a cure for death it self, the Right would claim it was a communist conspiracy to destroy America!
It is noteworthy that GWB was reflexively praised on a regular basis by almost all conservatives. Then, after he left the stage, lots of voices crying out, we are too much in debt! Guess who put you there, guys. But when you could have asked him about that, you demurred.
Do you like to feel helpless against the machine?
Any ideas on why/how/what/
A blatant violation of the U. S. Constitution. None of the "Constitutional Experts, on gather think he should prosecuted for this.
I read on gather today that the enviornmentalists FORCED BP to drill in deep water because it is illegal to drill closer to the shore.
Got it.
It is NOT BP's fault.
So the conservatives
1st response: Limbaugh, The environmentaists blew up the rig
2nd response: President Obama didn't respond fast enough, Never mind that BP, said it is all under control.
3rd The Obama Administration caused the blow-out to pass carbon legislation.
And so on.