Plan to halt Gulf oil spill ends with saw stuck in pipe
~Subsea dispersants were being used at the site to prevent oil from rising to the surface while the pipe was being cut, admits BP Incident Commander Adm. Thad 'The Impaler' Allen.

NOAA Director Toes BP Line; Won't Confirm Sub-Surface Oil Despite Evidence~Despite more than three weeks of accumulating scientific evidence that gargantuan plumes of oil lurk beneath the surface of the Gulf of Mexico -- presenting an imminent threat to sea life and a possibly decades-long threat to the nation's coastlines -- NOAA Director Jane Lubchenco on Wednesday refused to contradict BP CEO Tony Hayward's statement over the weekend that "the oil is on the surface" and "there aren't any plumes."
~Editilla Hotellas~ Do we have to ask this question?
The Question? Who is our Fedless Government working for?
Does our NOAA work for We the People? Or does our NOAA, Coast Guard and President work for preternational BP?
I mean, we can forgive incompetence. Just look at Bush. But I certainly didn't expect to see such a total sell-out of our Executive Branch. What else is this? Who called This junk shot with NOAA?
I thought NOAA was full of Smart People that Study Things and Tell the Truth. This response from Jane Lubchenco is NOT something I recognize from NOAA. This Smells Like Team Spirit.

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