A friend writes:
In a discussion with a friend concerning the republicans and their lack of response to the oil in the gulf problem except to get more and more involved with bp: a friend is letting me have it as though it is my problem that obama has not responded the way she wants to because she is in florida. So I mentioned the lack of response by the republicans and that obama is trying but gets stopped [...] and that obama has done stuff, and all of that. What is your take on all of this? thanks
There is a myth that the government has secret magic technologies available that would clean this oil mess up, but the fact is that nobody does. Why? Because Republicans have consistently made sure that we don't require oil companies to develop such technologies before drilling oil wells. The only way to stop oil from leaking from oil wells is to prevent it from happening, and for 30 years, Republicans have consistently prevented government regulatory agencies from doing that, as well.
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