Dang! Hooked it!

This is of course, horrible! But what is Obama supposed to do about it? This is the work of a bunch old men. They can fucking clean it up.

Robin, there were contingency plans in place that were ignored and at least a dozen countries offered help and their offers were rejected. (I did an earlier post on Petrobras and a possible motive for the heel dragging) Cheney/Bush pushed for lax regulation so the previous administration can share some of the blame for the blowout, however, the sorry response falls squarely on the shoulders of Obama. It has also been reported that there is a fissure about six miles away from the bore hole that is spewing a huge amount of oil. A relief well will not stop that.

No problem poorsinner. I'm not a tree hugger, but this whole situation is making me just shake my head in disgust.

Don't forget to blame Obama, loser ... fucking corporate tools make me sick.

You know, you could get a shot of any president in the last 70 years doing something seemingly banal while there's something horrible going on. It's kind of a lazy cheap shot.

I'm also glad to know you're not a "tree hugger". Silly tree huggers. Clean water and clean air are so lame.

It is interesting to me how the right will embrace environmental catastrophe.
She who could always heal herself....

I have no problem with a clean environment Jeanette, but I put the interest of people above the interest of animals. If we need a new dam to generate power, I have no problem if a few rare fish bite the dust to make life better for humans. Environmental management must be done in a responsible manner, not an extremist manner.

Had the environmentalist kooks not complained about drilling too close to shore we would not have a situation where we have a deep water high pressure oil leak and we could more easily contain it. The previous large spill in the Gulf wasn't readily contained either, but it was only in 150 feet of water so the much lower flow rate was able to be dealt with by natural forces, unlike the current mess which is overwhelming mother nature's ability to absorb the damage......at least for the short term.

CA, they're not a bargain at any price.

Things are what they are o'stephanie.

Oh and Jeanette, Obama has done a lot more banal crap than any other past president (He's lost the right to have his title capitalized) when faced with the sort of crisis he has.

Progressive, I have not forgotten to blame Obama. This mess is largely the result of his GROSS incompetence.

It's always freaking comical to see the lib buffoons defend this disgrace knowing full well they would be screaming if it was anything but a dim in the WH.

Petty and pathetic.

Carter is giggling with glee b/c he will be the 2nd worst President of all time.

@Prog lib,

you're a lefty tool, and to ignorant to comment on responsibility.

Spot on T.T.

Carter should be attending church every day thanking God for B.H.O. . Obama is worse than Jimmy Carter by a factor of ten. I do not think it is any sort of stretch to say that the United States may not survive an Obama presidency.

"Had the environmentalist kooks not complained about drilling too close to shore we would not have a situation where we have a deep water high pressure oil leak and we could more easily contain it."

You might want to educate yourself about that, although I know you would rather spout talking points.

"Oh and Jeanette, Obama has done a lot more banal crap than any other past president..."

I believe Bush still holds the record for vacation days taken while in office. You could probably look that up somewhere.

Jeanette, as to vacation days, it depends on what you count as a vacation. Obama has fewer "Official" vacation days, but if you count his trips to Camp David, his golf outings and the over 100 parties he's had in the White House then Obama has basically done Jack Shit. Obama's overseas junkets have also blown Bush's out of the water in terms of expense.

I read your link. A seemingly well researched piece, but, as usual with liberal articles, misses the mark. The National Rifle Association has but 4 million members in a nation with over 300 million people yet is considered one of the most effective lobbies because it is filled with people who are considered extremists. The same is basically true of the environmentalist wacko movement. They have an effect far greater than their numbers. As to the profit generated by deep water drilling, that is a Red Herring. The Russians discovered years ago that oil is abiotic. It is made from deep inside the earth and seeps to the surface. Peak Oil is a myth. Where I live, shallow land oil wells that ran dry a century ago have been recently checked and their reservoirs have replenished and they are being tapped again. There is no real need to go deep for oil.

You live in a very pleasant delusional bubble. And perhaps you should get a room with this guy. You seem like kindred spirits - both full of fun facts!

If oil wells are replenishing themselves, then why aren't the oil companies going back to all of the existing wells, drilled in places that were never "off limits"? Why aren't the reports from the Minerals Management Service talking about this? Why? Because those wells have run dry, mysterious unnamed "Russians" notwithstanding. (The theory of abiotic oil is more whacko than any environmentalist group I know of. But I understand the appeal. It lets you go on believing that everything will be OK forever. Like I said, nice delusion.)

So, tell me where you live. I'm gonna go there and strike it rich!

Jeanette, we know oil is abiotic because numerous wells have been dug below the fossil layer. Deepwater Horizon is an example. The well head is a mile below the surface of the Gulf. It is an additional five miles further below the gulf floor. No fossils at that depth. While not every shallow well can be reopened, some are being tapped again.

Abiotic oil seems to be a combination of both wishful thinking and magic (kind of like alchemy or a pill that will cure male pattern baldness). And on top of that, there is also a conspiracy theory, in that the oil companies and the government are supposedly keeping this information from the general public in order to keep oil and gas prices high.

It has been my experience that there is no amount of factual information that will pierce this double layer of armor.

Jeanette, prices are routinely manipulated by the wealthy elite. It's not just oil.

CA, whatever works, dude.