Exxon Valdez Lawyer: Louisianans, 'To Use A Legal Term,' Are 'Just F--ked'

Yesterday, Obama expressed repressed anger, sarcasm and snark, and it provided an insight into what's wrong with him -- He's angry at the wrong people, "the talking heads". Not BP.



Then, in the face of the rising anger on the Gulf Coast over the loss of jobs and income from a drilling moratorium, Obama said he's moving quickly to release new safety requirements that would allow the reopening of offshore oil and gas exploration in shallow waters.



This disaster didn't happen because there were no regulations and oversight controls. It happened because BP didn't abide by regulations and the government failed to oversee and enforce the regulations. This was colossal failure of government, lack of oversight and cozy cronyism, a government filled with lobbyists that switchback between the government and the corporations.



There is no way to safely drill offshore.



And the people of Louisiana who want offshore drilling to continue want it because they want & need JOBS -- They don't have to be in the oil industry.



This is an opportunity that a real environmental president, a real DEMOCRATIC president, would leap at. It holds the solution to just about every problem we've got. It's what Obama talked about during the campaign, but once in the White House he turned his back on, and has since continued all of the Bush-Cheney policies.



Obama's refusal to investigate and prosecute Bush says it all. When he's ready to do that, we may get something of a working government back.
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