BP could afford to drill—not to prepare for the possibility of an accident.
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Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication and WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a contributor to Centerclip and co-host of "The Final Countdown" talk show on Radio Sputnik. He is a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "2024: Revisited."
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Until I’ve heard exactly what went wrong, who’as fault it was, and if there is criminality involved, I’m agnostic on what could have been done to prevent the blow-out. I do know the fed’s were slow to move on allowing LA to setup sandbars while the Army Corp evaluated the environmental impact of the sandbars. I also know the feds have a plan in place, since 1994, on how to deal with a major oil spill, including the deployment of special ships meant to corral the oil on the surface. Except the government never purchased a single ship. Bush’s fault, Obama’s fault, Congress’ fault? I don’t know.
But I guess ranting about the B P CEO makes one feel good.