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BP had tested them and They and Adm. Allen approved them and want to use them. 3 weeks later - nada. They can't go ahead without permission for the WH - who is, as we've been told “IN CHARGE.” (The one thing the “WON” is good at is dithering - or fiddling?)

While Obama's doing everything possible to eclipse Jimmy Carter as the worst president in history, the whole 'Big Oil Is Stopping It' and 'The White House is forbidding it' conspiracy shill only works if you exclude the rest of the world from existing. As I pointed out, Venezuela would absolutely love to show up the United States and demonstrate what a great world citizen it is by cleaning up the mess. Cuba would surely be willing to lend it's flag to vessels, and if the US said a peep about it, they'd crucify Obama for wanting Cuba's beaches to be covered in oil.

It is a deepwater spill. BP's doing everything humanly possible to deal with it as quickly as possible. The White House is demonstrating how ineffective it is by trying to 'manage' this crisis, and instead is demonstrating how little they know, and how much their only real move is to waive their hands around in a panic, while real men and women are doing the hard work to get things fixed.

Let’s put this in perspective. BP’s already spent a billion dollars on this disaster. If you take the extremely high projection of 25,000 barrels of oil lost per day, you’re talking 1.1 million barrels of oil lost, for which BP has spent $900 per barrel.

I guarantee you that if you really do have an instant solution, BP is waiting to take your call right now. Don’t delay, operators are standing by...

It is a deepwater spill. BP's doing everything humanly possible to deal with it as quickly as possible.

I've got a question. Why just BP? I know Obama's position is, "BP is liable, let them fix it," but that works for fender benders. This is a bigger problem.

What on earth could be wrong with opening the gates to every oil producer, major engineering firm, (Flour, etc.), every major engineering school on the planet and saying, "We want help and solutions, what have you got?"