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booms don't work... they are just mainly for show.



They do work .... in perfect weather (hurricane season starts when?) and for areas small enough that you can make sure there are no gaps (hundreds of feet).

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sad that the last administration was so deep in throat with the oil companies that they relaxed regulation...

just like the coal mines and the banks...




Obama personally proposed increasing offshore drilling only a few days before this spill. Not Bush, not the last administration - Barack Obama.

This has cost him major credibility on environmental issues on the left because he said the risk was under control ... and it wasn't. Instead the federal government has turned out to be impotent, unable to even assist in any way.

Had Obama not proposed an increase in offshore drilling he might away with pleading ignorance, or even if he had proposed an increase in inspections & safety measures he'd get a pass. But instead the risks were considered & the status quo accepted and a major error made.

Incidentally, I assume you realize that the US is going to turn a profit on the bank bailouts? Of the financial sector only AIG has any real likelihood of losing US money. Compare this with the other shenanigans, *none* of which will break even (GM has never repaid a penny without using bailout money for that repayment.
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