(Testing the new marsh washer. BP photo.)
Today marks the sixth-month anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster. Interested parties met for a conference on oil spills in Tampa, where an official of Exxon Mobil assured them a cap-and-siphon system in the making would never have to be used -- with proper prevention -- and in any case will absolutely positively work.
And then there was this, as reported in the New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Wednesday's opening session began with the industry sponsors -- which included BP and other major oil companies -- presenting congratulatory plaques to several Gulf states and the U.S. Coast Guard. Hundreds of people clapped.
A panelist from Texas then thanked BP for stepping up and doing a good job in the Gulf spill response. A Mississippi official on the panel also congratulated the Coast Guard and urged people to visit his state because, he asserted, there was very little impact there from the spill. A Coast Guard official told those gathered it is important to never forget your successes.
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Rachel, love the BP story, but can you please expose Ginni Thomas for the machiavellian that she is? Can you please talk on your show tonight about how this whole Anita Hill phone call is a rouse to divert everyone's attention from the scandal brewing about the conflict of interest between her political activities and fund raising and her husband's seat on the Court? If anyone can point people in the right direction now it's you. The MSM seems to have come down with a case of retardation when it comes to real news. What happened to reporters like Andrea Mitchell? Why are they all so down the middle of the road not trying to ruffle feathers? But, I guess that's another story by itself. Thanks in advance.
Its hard to think of an industry better than the film & entertainment industry for patting its self on the back ( the Oscar's ,Golden Globes etc,etc,etc) but this surely out strips them for sheer nerve.Nobody in that industry ever created such a nightmare catastrophe except on film.To have the audacity to present awards & say what a good job they made of the clean up when A) people died B) they've ruined the fishing industry C) it is far from over
Never forget to say a failure is a success? That's pretty much the propaganda we have come to know from the corrupt and expect.
Very little impact? Are you flucking kidding me?
I think the states' response should be "Go <bleep> yourselves, BP".