DKos: BP Oil Platform Disaster Is CHENEY's Fault

[Hissyspit]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/4/30/862414/-BP-Oil-Platform-Spill-Disaster-is-CHENEYS-Fault

BP Oil Platform Spill Disaster is CHENEY'S Fault
by ericlewis0

Fri Apr 30, 2010 at 06:29:50 PM EDT

Mike Papantonio, an environmental lawyer on the Ed Show just now: An 'acoustic switch' would have prevented this catastrophe - it's a failsafe that shuts the flow of oil off at the source - they cost only about half a million dollars each, and are required in off-shore drilling platforms in most of the world...except for the United States. This was one of the new deregulations devised by Dick Cheney during his secret meetings with the oil industry at the beginning of Bush's first term.

(Will try to post Ed Show clip when it becomes available.)

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Thanks, DICK.

Mr. Papantonio said he is amazed that this part of the story hasn't been reported yet - that it's really the key to the whole thing - that it's yet another classic example of Bush/Cheney Era deregulation wreaking havoc on the planet.

Many thanks to Ed Schultz for shining light on this. I'd say it's high time we brought Richard Cheney to justice. Cheers.

UPDATE 1: From followyourbliss in the comments: the oil platform in question was run by Halliburton, another factor that implicates Cheney. kjoftherock found more on this connection from crooksandliars.com:

http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/deepwater-horizon-disaster-directly-links-h

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[ejpoeta]

1. gee this disaster is going to cost how much??? i'm guessing $500k is going to be cheap compared

to the cost of this disaster!!

[AnArmyVeteran]

2. What a miserable piece of shit Cheney & Bush are. They will certainly go to hell if there's a God...

[Cha]

3. Well, thanks Ed for exposing this information.

You can bet the cheney loving mediawhores will sit on it. It's uber important to know what happened..and it sounds like "deregulation" ..like the Massey Mine Tragedy.

[kiers]

4. excellent explanation of drilling here

http://www.pe.tamu.edu/schubert/public_html/Pemex%20Offshore%20Drilling/

and here:

http://www.pe.tamu.edu/schubert/public_html/Blowout/


again MSM did NOT educate anyone yet!!!! Not a word.

[spanone]

5. Mr. Papantonio said he is amazed that this part of the story hasn't been reported yet

our media only reports on mr cheney when he slams President Obama..