Guard watches coast for oil slick's first wave

He won't "blame George Bush" specifically, but I wouldn't be surprised to hear language like - before I took office we were in a war for oil, so we had to look closer to home- or some other non blaming blame filled statement that diverts responsibility from his administration. That said, there is enough blame to go around, so I hope he focuses on future solutions, not past blame.

That oil spill is getting boring. Wake me up when the oil giant BP is no more. Big Oil gone how you like that Republicans?

That oil spill is getting boring. Wake me up when the oil giant BP is no more. Big Oil gone how you like that Republicans?Ah yes, a BP bankruptcy would be productive....prior to getting this mess cleaned up.

Ah yes, a BP bankruptcy would be productive....prior to getting this mess cleaned up.

Can you say "bailout"?

Well last night was the first time in about a week or so that I sat down and surfed the news ch. from Fox, CNN, MSNBC, Etc... and all pretty much are saying the same thing. BP is not getting the job done and Obama has done just about nothing. The different ch. had their different spin on the subject but they all where saying the same thing. One news source listed all of the outside help thats been offered that we have turned down up until the past week and why we have turned down all these offers makes no sense at all.

That oil spill is getting boring. Wake me up when the oil giant BP is no more. Big Oil gone how you like that Republicans?

I know you are bored with it, but now that the Feds have approved burning the oil rather than capturing it (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gulf_oil_spill;_ylt=AhnETolVOEx.HSqgIC1TqEt2wPI E;_ylu=X3oDMTM2bHVmdjcyBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwNjE1L3V zX2d1bGZfb2lsX3NwaWxsBGNjb2RlA21vc3Rwb3B1bGFyBGNwb 3MDMQRwb3MDMQRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3JpZXMEc2xrA2JwZ2V 0c29rdG9idQ--), how does that fit with your earlier mindset that BP was avoiding shutting it, because they wanted to capture the oil for re-sale.

Unbelievable stuff here

Oil Executives Try to Explain Differences From BP - NYTimes.com (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/16/business/16oil.html)

Mr. Markey added: “In preparation for this hearing, the committee reviewed the oil spill safety response plans for all of the companies here today. What we found was that these five companies have response plans that are virtually identical. The plans cite identical response capabilities and tout identical ineffective equipment. In some cases, they use the exact same words. We found that all of these companies, not just BP, made the exact same assurances.”

Like BP, Mr. Markey said, three other companies include references to protecting walruses, which have not called the Gulf of Mexico home for three million years.

“Two other plans are such dead ringers for BP’s that they list a phone number for the same long-dead expert,” he said.

Unbelievable stuff here

Oil Executives Try to Explain Differences From BP - NYTimes.com (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/16/business/16oil.html)

See thats what gets me about this whole thing and why we can point to both parties over the past 40 or more year not requiring the oil companies to have better equipment and plans for if we have a spill. To me that was really the only jod the goverment had in off shore drilling. Safty and making sure the oil companies had plans and equipment to deal with oil spills.

I know you are bored with it, but now that the Feds have approved burning the oil rather than capturing it (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gulf_oil_spill;_ylt=AhnETolVOEx.HSqgIC1TqEt2wPI E;_ylu=X3oDMTM2bHVmdjcyBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwNjE1L3V zX2d1bGZfb2lsX3NwaWxsBGNjb2RlA21vc3Rwb3B1bGFyBGNwb 3MDMQRwb3MDMQRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3JpZXMEc2xrA2JwZ2V 0c29rdG9idQ--), how does that fit with your earlier mindset that BP was avoiding shutting it, because they wanted to capture the oil for re-sale.

You right they been trying to get that oil all along, but I was wrong they were trying to shut it too. They just can't it's too deep for them. Their pockets are not even deep enough to plug that hole.

I know you are bored with it, but now that the Feds have approved burning the oil rather than capturing it (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gulf_oil_spill;_ylt=AhnETolVOEx.HSqgIC1TqEt2wPI E;_ylu=X3oDMTM2bHVmdjcyBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwNjE1L3V zX2d1bGZfb2lsX3NwaWxsBGNjb2RlA21vc3Rwb3B1bGFyBGNwb 3MDMQRwb3MDMQRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3JpZXMEc2xrA2JwZ2V 0c29rdG9idQ--), how does that fit with your earlier mindset that BP was avoiding shutting it, because they wanted to capture the oil for re-sale.

They have been burning the oil off for over a month now and maybe even longer.