Tuesday, May 25, 2010

"I didn't do it, nobody saw me do it, there's no way you can prove anything!" - Bart Simpson or the Obama administration.

Huge oil spill in the gulf (though it would have to go on for another 469 years before it would equal the amount of oil Saddam Hussein’s troops spilled in 1991). President Obama had harsh words for all the parties involved in the disaster evolving in the Gulf of Mexico, saying he didn’t appreciate the “ridiculous spectacle” of oil and drilling executives pointing the finger at each other during recent hearings. He also acknowledged that the federal government had failed in its responsibility to regulate the industries that caused the disaster. He mentioned that for a decade or more there has been a cozy relationship between oil and government. What he failed to mention is that his administration, not just the Bush administration, gave a waiver on a required environmental analysis for the very platform that blew up. In fact the Obama administration gave a waiver just 10 days before the accident and last year the MMS awarded the rig an award for its safety history. When in doubt, rely on your usual standby and – BLAME BUSH!

The theme of this administration is not, "The buck stops here" (except that BP and its employees have given more than $3.5 million to federal candidates over the past 20 years, with the largest chunk of their money going to Obama, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.). No, the theme of this administration is Bart Simpson's line, "I didn't do it, nobody saw me do it, there's no way you can prove anything!"

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