Thanks W

[HughMoran]

...

"Carelessness is usually a sign of impending disaster," he said.

In the 1980s, an average of about 2,900 barrels of oil and other toxic chemicals spilled a year. That figure rose to more than 4,400 in the 1990s and to more than 6,100 in the 2000s. Offshore oil production increased during that time, but the rate of barrels spilled per barrels produced continued to increase.

...

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-06-07-oil-spil...

[HughMoran]

1. I guess pointing out that W was responsible for the climate that lead to this spill

is not as popular as it used to be.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

2. That's so two years ago...

If you want to hang with the cool kids you really need to do a better job of keeping up.


Seriously though, I blame the Dick more for this mess. He was the hands on guy in squashing regulations and paving the way to our current disaster. That's not saying I don't blame little boots too, I'm just a bit more pissed of at the Dick.

[HughMoran]

5. Dick was hired and worked for Little Boots

Not letting the dim one off the hook on this one

But yes, Dick was the actual person that did the dirty work for his Texas oilman boss.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

8. I'm not letting Bush off the hook, but the real oilman there was the Dick

Bush knows people in the industry and of course would do whatever they told him to, but he was as clueless as to the the actual going on within the oil industry as he was in running a country. His entire political career was created because the ones who created it knew they could manipulate him. Which they did exceedingly well.

Bush is a greedy, heartless bastard who despises the common person, but he was never smart enough to have come up with, let alone implemented, much of what was done during his administration. Which makes him no less responsible, but it does raise the level of responsibility on a few of those "advising" him.

[HughMoran]

11. Oily Dick

EWWWWW!

[Lone_Star_Dem]

21. .

[azmouse]

4. Yep.

'Cause everyone knows if Obama had shown more leadership when W was pResident none of this would have happened.



Do I need the 'sarcasm' thingy here?

[blondeatlast]

6. LOLly, LOLly, LOLly!

[Stinky The Clown]

13. Why would you conclude that?

[HughMoran]

17. Right after I posted, it dropped like a rock

It was just a way to self-promote my post so others might take a gander.

[Stinky The Clown]

20. There could be other reasons no one read it.

[HughMoran]

22. thanks for the kick.

[Stinky The Clown]

23. What does that mean?

[HughMoran]

24. you kicked my thread

(I suppose you may have implied a below the belt shot previously, but I'm ignoring that as it assumed an interpretation on my part)

[Stinky The Clown]

25. I would never assume anything about you.

[HughMoran]

26. Good

[Capitalocracy]

18. Great numbers, thanks

But I still don't let Obama off the hook for failing to change this environment, or for the response to the Gulf spill.

But I guess it wasn't a priority. You know, a few executive orders to change things for the better on the FIRST day in office would be nice. And oh look, Gitmo's still open.

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[blondeatlast]

3. And a washed-up actor shall lead them...

Good point--and Ronnie RayGun set the stage with massive deregulation.

k/r

[laughingliberal]

7. No doubt the Republican's policies set the stage for these problems.

It is important now to tighten up regs and safety standards, pronto. And equally important to put as much daylight between us and 'them' as possible right now.

[HughMoran]

9. I agree

This is our opportunity to crack down on the industry.

[laughingliberal]

10. Carpe Diem and all that. We need to push our more 'pro-business' Dems on this. nt

[Capitalocracy]

19. Doesn't seem to be the direction we're going.

No supermajority, after all.

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[AnArmyVeteran]

12. During 2000 campaign, Bush said "Businesses MUST be allowed to regulate themselves."

We've seen how that turned out haven't we? Every industry where regulations were relaxed, not enforced or removed hurt our country and caused financial ruin to millions of Americans. Now because of the Bush/Cheney evil millions more people are being hurt.

I hope someone who is in a leadership position in the democratic party wakes up and capitalizes off of all the carnage caused by conservatives. If they were smart the democratic party would pick up seats instead of losing them. But I haven't seen many smart things come out of democratic leadership. It's obvious the people are not their masters. To many of them corporations and the wealthy own them.

[Uncle Joe]

14. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, HughMoran.

[Union Yes]

15. K&R nt

[Scurrilous]

16. K & R