Blanche Lincoln as Scarlett O’Hara: Blue, You Good Dog You
Jill Lawrence on WHYY: Obama Oil Spill Crisis, Primary Election Analysis
BP’s ‘Ass Kicking’ by Obama Angers Brits, Sparks Pension Concerns
Democrats Begin Drive to Push Through Priorities Before Elections
BP, Helen Thomas, Richard Blumenthal, and More: Who Said ‘I’m Sorry’ Best?
Oil Leak: Someone, Somewhere, Knows What To Do
Top Kill fails, but BP does know how to stage a photo op
You have to hand it to British Petroleum. Top kill failed, new evidence shows that the company was well warned of the Deepwater Horizon rig's "serious problems and safety concerns," and the company's "systemic failure" now endangers the cleanup workers; but at least it knows how to stage a photo op.
...Risk communication and disasters: just tell the truth
So a hurricane, a pandemic and an oil spill walk into a bar... hey, make it an oyster bar during a recession, and that's what the Gulf Coast must feel like. They've been pounded by disasters, natural and man-made, one after the other.
Unlike pandemics and hurricanes that can be prepared for - even...
NYT: Project technician says BP failed to plug the leak
The New York Times has the bad news:
BP engineers failed again to plug the gushing oil well on Saturday, a technician working on the project said, representing yet another setback in a series of unsuccessful procedures the company has tried a mile under the sea to stem the flow spreading into...
Obama, the Thin-Skinned President
Filed under: Barack Obama, Obama Administration
The president is constantly complaining about what others are saying about him. He is upset at Fox News and conservative talk radio and Republicans and people carrying unflattering posters of him.
Obama on BP Oil Spill: ‘My Job is to Get This Fixed’
Filed under: Environment, Energy, Obama Administration, The Daily FLOTUS with Lynn Sweet, Oil Spill, White House
President Obama defends the administration's response to the Gulf oil spill and vows that BP will pay "every dime they owe" for damage and compensation.
Obama to Extend Ban on Offshore Drilling Through End of Year
Filed under: Barack Obama, Environment, Energy, Obama Administration, Oil Spill
With the Gulf Coast fouled by spilling oil, President Obama is set to extend a moratorium on new offshore drilling through the end of the year.
Follow seriouslypolitics on Twitter!
