Quote Originally Posted by Beskar View Post
The Conservatives are at it again, sucking on the teet of big oil, greasing up on the ol' backhanded funnelling of money.
Could you detail how the average conservative poll respondent is getting greased up on money funnelled from big oil?

I don't know if the poll responses are so much colored by political views as a person's base values that form their political beliefs also form their responses to stuff like this. Of course the option that BP is not at fault - that this could have happened to anyone - is incorrect. Such incidents of late have only happened to them because of how they operate.

In related news, I was much amused by the 'deadline' for BP to come up with a new plan to contain the oil. As though they were just lollygagging before and a government official saying there's a deadline will make them suddenly work harder.

Also, one city gets fed up with the unified command buearacracy in responding to the oil spill:
Curry said what the commissioners did Monday was “send a loud and clear message” to the Coast Guard, the state Department of Environmental Protection and others that Okaloosa County’s permit requests should be acted on immediately.

The commission met in an emergency meeting alongside the Destin City Council. The two governing bodies confronted a full room of obviously frustrated people, many of whom advocated filling in the entrance of the pass to close it down completely.

It was agreed that filling in the pass was a bad idea that could have serious environmental impacts.

Jay Prothro, BP’s representative for Okaloosa County, and two representatives of the Coast Guard were also present.

While Martha LaGuardia, a commander with the Coast Guard, argued that moving ideas and plans through the chain of command was the proper way to do things, Harris made it known the County Commission was tired of the often tedious and sometimes unproductive bureaucracy.

“We’ve played the game. We’re done playing the game,” he said.
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