TThe Gulf oil spill and the effectiveness of that government 'oversight' which Leftism loves so dearly.
O'Donovan, PJ, Himself
'oversight' which Leftism loves so dearly.
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"\The Deepwater Horizon oil spill, also called the BP Oil Spill, the
Gulf of Mexico oil spill or the Macondo blowout,[3][4][5][6] is a
massive ongoing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, now considered the
largest oil spill in U.S. territorial waters.[7]...
...Pre-spill precautions
In February 2009, BP filed a 52-page exploration and environmental
impact plan for the Macondo well with the Minerals Management Service
(MMS), an arm of the United States Department of the Interior that
oversees offshore drilling. The plan stated that it was "unlikely that
an accidental surface or subsurface oil spill would occur from the
proposed activities"[58] In the event an accident did take place the
plan stated that due to the well being 48 miles (77 km) from shore and
the response capabilities that would be implemented, no significant
adverse impacts would be expected.[58] The Department of the Interior
exempted BP's Gulf of Mexico drilling operation from a detailed
environmental impact study after concluding that a massive oil spill
was unlikely.[59][60]...."
Minerals Management Service
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The Minerals Management Service (MMS) is an agency of the United
States Department of the Interior charged with the management of the
renewable energy, oil and gas, and mineral resources on the federal
outer continental shelf in an environmentally sound and safe
manner,...
..MMS granted a categorical exclusion waiver on April 6, 2009 to BP
exempting it from National Environmental Policy Act's requirements
including a detailed environmental analysis, concluding the spill risk
in that part of the Gulf was “minimal or nonexistent....”
msnbc.com - Domenico Montanaro - May 28, 2010
"...According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Obama was the
largest recipient of campaign contributions from BP in the last
election cycle, .."
O'Donovan, PJ, Himself
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A little more from wiki for Leftism about their beloved guvmint
"oversight" of stuff
"...A May 2010 inspector general investigation revealed that MMS
regulators in the Gulf region had allowed industry officials to fill
in their own inspection reports in pencil and then turned them over to
the regulators, who traced over them in pen before submitting the
reports to the agency. MMS staff had routinely accepted meals, tickets
to sporting events, and gifts from oil companies.[32] Staffers also
used government computers to view pornography.[33] In 2009 the
regional supervisor of the Gulf region for MMS pled guilty and was
sentenced to a year's probation in federal court for lying about
receiving gifts from an offshore drilling contractor. ..."
Guvmit regulations = license fro guvmit bureaucRATS to bribe: a
proven axiom
Mike
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The radical environmentalists are partly to blame here too. They keep
driving oil drilling offshore and into deeper and deeper waters so as
to reduce contact with the country itself. But unfortunately because
the break is so deep it makes it a million times harder to fix than if
they were drlling on land or in much shallower waters.