[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I should have given the Drudge Report credit for this report also!

[ArcLight]

Wonder how the Euros will find a way to blame us for this...?

[FreePaul]

Maybe we can get all of the enviro-whackos to go to Spain. Won't they have fun over there?

[putupon]

Don't sweat it, our frozen wasteland known as ANWR is still safe.

[xrp]

Has PETA deployed its minions yet to help with the cleanup or are they too busy making asses of themselves at Victoria Secret's panty exhibitions?

[The Real Eddie01]

CNN is drooling over these photo's.

With nothing left to say regarding the elections, this is perfect fodder to show how a Repulican controlled government is destroying the earth.

After all this disaster is a direct result of George W. Bush's big oil ties and underthetable sweetheart deals for his cronies in the big oil industry.

Here it comes. A barage of smoke stacks, sewage discharge tubes and oil spill images to show what happens when you elect Republicans.

Eddie01

[Guillermo]

Perfect example as to why we should drill off the Cal and Fla coasts.

Don't have to fill any tankers, you just pipe it in to the refinery.

[NormsRevenge]

An emergency worker uses a special vacuum cleaner to clean oil off the beach in Malpica, northern Spain, on Monday, Nov. 18, 2002.

[Vets_Husband_and_Wife]

Oh no. Thats bad.

We need to make sure the ships handling this kind of Cargo are double hulled. Spain and Portugal are poor countries. Perhaps they shouldn't be hauling such an environmentally dangerous cargo if they can't afford the proper equipment to do it in.

Everyone knows what happened with the Exxon Valdez. Or do they live in a cave?

Cargo Ships that carry Oil or other dangerous materials, need to be double hulled, period.

[alli133]

This disaster only adds to the drastic need for the United States to embark on a Manhattan-like project to switch our oil based economy to a hydrogen based one. We could lead the world in the conversion and keep valuable dollars at home and not in the coffers of feudal middle eastern countries. The europeans will probably beat us at this important conversion.

[Cinnamon Girl]

THIS IS THE KIND OF IDIOCY THAT MAKES "BIG OIL" LOOK LIKE "BIG OIL." It is totally ridiculous that such a piece of garbage tanker was carrying 20 million gallons of crude. Idiots. It makes me so mad. My cousins work in the fishing industry in Alaska and everyone in their town had to be employed to clean the oil off the little animals and the shore after Exxon's imbicilic oil crash.

[Eva]

So, who is the responsible company? They tell us who the charter company is but not who owns the oil. The owner of the cargo is the responsible party.

Also, I don't think that there is any mandate for double hulled tankers anywhere but in the US waters.