And now a word or two from Harvey Wasserman

[SHRED]

The moment it happened, a sane president, a functional government, a society worthy of survival, would have marshaled every mobile resource available and moved it down to the Gulf.

Except by hitting a nuclear power plant and rendering this all radioactive, no terrorist could dream of igniting the kind of havoc now destroying our most vital, precious and irreplaceable resources.

Our mass media should be filled with stirring images of a focussed, determined President mobilizing all available assets to curb the damage. Instead, Barack Obama defends offshore drilling and endorses the resumption of whaling---if this underwater gusher actually leaves any alive. It is a suicidal tribute to the power of corporate ownership.

http://www.freepress.org/columns/display/7/2010/1829