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Obviously our President has a firm grasp of The Obvious
"These are the tar balls that everyone's been talking about,'' he said.
~Editilla~ Mr President,
umruh yea'yuh, they certainly weren't talkin'bout yours, or the obvious lack thereof.
"Obviously, until we can stop the flow (of oil from the well) we've got problems.''
~Editilla~ Get off your Obvious BP Dip Stick Mr President,
our problems are not over if your padres somehow finally manage to stanch this gaping wound. Please Stop Trying To Managing Our Expectations. Our big problems haven't even begun OBVIOUSLY!
"Obviously there's some precious wildlife out there.''
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BP bused in 100s of temp workers for Obama visit, state official says~Hat Tweet~ Cajun Boy via Judyb1954

BP’s Murky Management of Information~From Louisiana’s tarred beaches to the silty scenes on the seabed a mile beneath the Gulf of Mexico, there have been repeated instances in which BP has tried to limit or delay the flow of information to the public on what is clearly now the biggest oil “spill” in United States history. Every time BP delays releasing information on its oil gusher and slick, the company’s credibility sinks a bit lower.

Jindal to Obama: "Don't Make Excuses for BP"~Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal called Friday's meeting with President Obama, "Good, direct, frank." However, he added the Gulf Coast disaster relief effort is in need of much more than talk now.
"We've had a lot of great talks in the last month, with a lot of different people. Now we need action."

Top Kill suspended again, 2 junk shots failed, mud not staying in well, President puts his hands on his hips in fey pusillanimity

Lost as an Easter Egg
~American Zombie

DEFEND PLAQUEMINES
~Karen Gadbois, The Lens

~Visible satellite image of the Gulf of Mexico taken at 2:55pm EDT Thursday May 27, 2010, by the MODIS instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite. Thin streaks of oil can be seen moving southeast and then southwest around the eastern side of the new Loop Current Eddy. Image credit: NASA.

U.S. to halt 33 exploration rigs in deepwater review

Now the Gulf Spill Companies Are In-Fighting Over Insurance

Drilling ban hits rig, oilfield service stocks
~Shares of companies that lease drilling rigs including Transocean Ltd (RIGN.S)(RIG.N) and oilfield services firms like Halliburton Co (HAL.N) fell on Friday on worries about financial fallout from the U.S. government's 6-month ban on new deepwater drilling permits.

~NOAA Expands Fishing Closed Area in Gulf of Mexico

The BP logo contest
~Kevin Allman, Gambit
~The UK chapter of Greenpeace recently had a contest to redesign BP’s iconic green-sunflower logo to something a bit more … appropriate for the times. Dozens of entries, but here are a few we particularly liked.
Turning anger into satiric art: how New Orleans can you get?

The Gulf's silent environmental crisis