Did the Federal Government Cause the BP Oil Spill?
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | July 28th at 04:34 PM |
Step back for a minute. It is a “known fact” that BP’s actions and handling of the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon caused the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. It is an actual fact that the oil spill did not start until after the oil platform sunk. There is a growing body of evidence that the Coast Guard and fire team handling the | Read More »
Joe Barton, Honesty, and Shakedowns
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | June 17th at 10:45 PM |
Let’s be honest. The White House meeting with British Petroleum was a shakedown. The White House threatened criminal prosecution of BP, the President gave a miserably received speech, then he hauled BP into the White House and put the Attorney General in the room with the CEO to stare at him, then the President demanded $20 billion. It was a shakedown. Had British Petroleum affiliated | Read More »
Pride, the Fall, and Barack Obama
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | June 9th at 10:23 PM |
The Houston Chronicle is reporting the Netherlands, a experienced oil producing nation, offered the United States help in dealing with the British Petroleum spill very quickly after it started, but the Obama Administration turned them down, opting instead to coordinate with BP to stop the spill and contain the damage. Made worse, with the Obama administration threatening criminal and civil prosecution of British Petroleum as | Read More »
The Great Divorce
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | June 2nd at 08:28 AM |
People on the right often look at corporations and this administration and see an administration hostile to the free market. Therefore, we defend the corporations. It is natural and it should be the default. At the same time, however, we should be willing to point out the massive ties between British Petroleum and the Obama Administration. From Rahm Emanuel to Barack Obama’s own campaign coffers | Read More »
The Gulf Oil Spill is Barack Obama’s Katrina and Halliburton All Rolled Into One
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | May 5th at 10:44 PM |
There was the delayed response. There was the worrying about the image. There was the lack of resources. No, I’m not talking about Hurricane Katrina, but the Obama Administration’s handling of the British Petroleum oil spill. But it gets better. It is not only like Bush’s Katrina, but like Halliburton too. Turns out Barack Obama has gotten more money from British Petroleum than any other | Read More »