Reply #42: PROTECTING the country's shores and ecosystems is the provenance of the govt.

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if there is a direct immediate threat to the people and chain of life and property, the govt. must step in and do whatever it can to guard and protect them.


i keep reading this argument that only bp has the knowledge to cap the leak. fine...ok only private industry does...but who should have the ultimate authority over protecting our land? Over what bp does and doesn't do near our shores? Especially when an untrustworthy oil co, with a tattered history and anti-environmental arrogant leadership defies epa requests?



Let's not forget...this is cheney's masterpiece. But NO dem should have ever got on board the offshore drillbabydrill bandwagon, esp. with the knowledge of totally lax and inbred drug and porn infested oversight. If * had responded the same way, some of the same cheerleaders here would be howling for impeachment, esp. since more offshore oil drilling permits and environmental waivers were OKed after O's moratorium.

This is a national emergency. Protecting as much as our gulf from oil coming on shore is part of what our govt. must be doing right now...the chain of life doesn't care who will keep them alive sooner or at all.