BP Insider: Massive Dead Zone Could Be Produced by Gulf BP-Congress Catastrophe

[Donnachaidh]

http://www.opednews.com/articles/BP-Insider-Massive-Dead-Z-by-Rob-Kall-100508-893.html

A BP insider, providing information to OpEdNEws.com, reports that scientists and engineers, fearing the worst, have envisioned a worst case scenario,

"It could very well be that the entire Gulf and the East coast of Florida could become dead zones, with no aquatic life at all."

BP is not just the oil company with theworst safety record in America.It is also a criminal company, currently oncriminal probation, with numerous other offenses as well. Any human with this kind of record would be jailed.

Part of the reason this situation now exists is because BP secured a release from being required to use back-up acoustic coupler shut-off valves from Dick Cheney and the Bush administration, in 2003, when Cheney held secret meetings with energy executives-- the one the Supreme Court protected the secrecy of.

BP and the entire oil industry has been enabled by the Department of the Interior'sMinerals Management Service (MMS)a division that has, to a large extent, been handed over to industry to administer and run, with former industry employees in key roles, with attention to regulations ignored or decided by industry companies, not government regulators. My source informs me that "MMS is the same failed organization that allowed the Massey mining company to get away with all its violations." While immediate calls for congressional hearings and investigations of MMS and everything surrounding the Gulf BP-Congress Catastrophe would seem to be an obvious response, my source reports that the oil industry does not want hearings now, so they're focusing attention on stopping the leaks, as a distraction.

There are many companies involved in this catastrophe though, not just BP. Anadarko Petroleum and Mitsui are minority shareholders in the oil field-- also potentially responsible for damages.

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[SpiralHawk]

1. "Sneer." - xVP Dickie 'Five-Military-Deferments' Cheney (R - Halliburton)

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XNVS6Bkyaac/SxwdL4WayRI/AAAAAAAAAS8/TPdjgp2yB1g/s200/sneer+cheney.jpg

[SpiralHawk]

2. "Smirk." - xCommander AWOL (R - Oil Crony)

[Scuba]

3. Cheney's Chernobyl

[SpiralHawk]

4. But he and his republicon cronies & corporate media will likely...

dodge responsibility, as usual, and blame someone else, as usual...

Dodging responsibility is the Republicon MO.