Tag: BP oil spill
That’s Gonna Leave a Mark, Part II
The DNC — as rumored — does seem to be interested in using the Barton apology (and all of the other apologies and defenses from the GOP) to highlight how the GOP would govern:
Don’t Get Mad, Mr. President. Get Even.
This is the title of Frank Rich’s column from yesterday’s NYT, which, as always, is a Must Read. Like Rich, I find the emphasis on getting some anger from the President a lazy and childish response from the media. A media who perpetually is looking for the ratings-boosting human drama rather than trying to figure out how,exactly, something like this could possibly happen. So instead of trying to figure out how the legendarily dysfunctional Bush-era Minerals Management Service was still largely dysfunctional this far into the Obama Administration, we get plenty of ink on how “angry” the President is.
We Are All To Blame For The Oil Spill
There are no simple answers to stop the Gulf oil leak and Al Giordano reminds us that the real cause of the oil leak is America’s addiction to oil.
Does Anyone Know How To Stop The Oil Spill?
I have no idea what will stop the oil spilling, and neither, it seems, does anyone else. Move past the political spin, who should be in charge talk, and who’s to blame chatter and listen to the scientists. What they’re saying is frightening. There are theories on how to stop the spill, but no one […]
Tornoe’s Toon: Carper Hearts Big Oil
Memo to Tom Carper: Asking tough questions of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar about the federal response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico does not suddenly make you a tree-hugging hippie on the subject. As a ranking member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, wasn’t it your responsibility to ask these questions […]
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