The people of the gulf states are becoming aware of the price of drilling off their coast. And the cost is just going to get higher. But more importantly, we have representatives in government who weren't blinded by the promise of jobs and taxes that offshore drilling brings. The gulf can thank conservatives for this mess. It's Dick Cheney's oil spill.

Is anyone comparing this spill and it's effects with the 1979 Ixtoc off-shore rig spill that gushed 130 m gallons into the Gulf over a 9 month period? Anyone get TILT from that? And what happened to the oil, ultimately? I'm honestly curious and think it would be a worthy comparison.

Oh definitely. I hadn't even thought of it until I saw someone discussing it on the CBC the other night, but with hurricane season commencing, the oil will be whipped into storms through large swaths of the Southeastern US, where it will enter the air, water and food supplies causing an explosion of cancers and neurological disorders. Good times.

Oh but we've got to protect BP from shakedowns by liberal Commie pinkos.

@5 Yup, that sounds like Palin.

not really fair to name this post on shitty BP after my favorite ice cream place on the PLANET!!!

Well, it's either the oil or the dispersant. And from my reading it's most assuredly the dispersant, not the oil.

So, "shit getting worse" only means overbearing Government action and stupidity, viz., spraying poison on the water when not needed and then telling workers to wade into it.

Sounds like some of the illnesses you saw at the beginning of the Exxon-Valdez oil spill.

TILT? Ignore it - it's just racism.