Tag: oil spill

Joe Barton Is Ashamed

Filed in National by on June 17, 2010 11 Comments

Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX), the top recipient of donations from oil companies, apologized to BP for a “shakedown.”

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Reflecting On Obama’s Speech

Filed in National by on June 17, 2010 12 Comments

Even if progressives and political junkies didn’t like Obama’s speech, others thought the speech did what it was supposed to do.

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Dispatch From The BP Braintrust

Filed in National by on June 16, 2010 4 Comments

BP Executive Carl-Henric Svanberg wants you to know he really cares about the “small people.”

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What Does the Oil Spill in the Gulf Look Like?

Filed in National by on May 12, 2010 0 Comments

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ91G3e0OBQ[/youtube] Or this footage of an ROV capping a part of the riser: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH4I1a5vg3w[/youtube] h/t HuffPo

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BP Oil Spill – Some Delaware Perspective

Filed in Delaware by on May 8, 2010 2 Comments
BP Oil Spill – Some Delaware Perspective

What if the BP Oil Spill happened off the coast of Delaware?  This image put Rehoboth Beach in middle of the spill. For more comparisons, go to http://paulrademacher.com/oilspill/

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Deepwater Horizon – Day 14 Recap

Filed in National by on May 4, 2010 2 Comments
Deepwater Horizon – Day 14 Recap

Here’s a recap of the some of the major events from yesterday regarding the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

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Delude Baby Delude

Filed in National by on May 3, 2010 7 Comments
Delude Baby Delude

Republicans have no shame when it comes to their blind loyalty to big oil. Bill Kristol — seriously, this guy makes a living out of being a douche, said,”[off shore oil drilling] very environmentally clean, except when there is a disaster like the spill.” Limbaugh thinks it is an eco plot to stop drilling and […]

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