Drilling regulators watched porn while Gulf oil spill grew

We really don’t care about this story. We just enjoyed using the words “drilling” and “porn” in the same headline. Thank you for indulging us. We also liked using “staff” and “porn in the same story.

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Office porn: Oil regulator viewing statistics on Obama's budget deficit

We really don’t care about this story. We just enjoyed using the words “drilling” and “porn” in the same headline. Thank you for indulging us.

Staff members at an agency that oversees offshore drilling accepted tickets to sports events, lunches and other gifts from oil and gas companies and used government computers to view pornography, according to an Interior Department report alleging a culture of cronyism between regulators and the industry.

In at least one case, an inspector for the Minerals Management Service admitted using crystal methamphetamine and said he might have been under the influence of the drug the next day at work, according to the report by the acting inspector general of the Interior Department.

The report cites a variety of violations of federal regulations and ethics rules at the agency’s Louisiana office. Previous inspector general investigations have focused on inappropriate behavior by the royalty-collection staff in the agency’s Denver office.

We also liked using “staff” and “porn” in the same story.

Source: Associated Press

West Point cadets don’t think Obama’s funny.
It’s Bush’s fault.

As you can see in the video above, Obama told the same joke that Bush did during his 2002 West Point commencement address last weekend. Bush tells joke, cadets roar. Obama tells same joke, cadets respond with, shall we say, restraint. We blame Dick Cheney.

In George W. Bush’s 2002 West Point commencement address, he said:

West Point is guided by tradition, and in honor of the “Golden Children of the Corps”, I will observe one of the traditions you cherish most. As the Commander-in-Chief, I hereby grant amnesty to all cadets who are on restriction for minor conduct offenses. (Applause.) Those of you in the end zone might have cheered a little early. (Laughter.)

Because, you see, I’m going to let General Lennox define exactly what “minor” means. (Laughter.)

As you can see in the video above, Obama told the same joke during his West Point commencement address last weekend.

Bush tells joke, cadets roar. Obama tells same joke, cadets respond with, shall we say, restraint. We blame Dick Cheney.

Source: American Thinker

Patrick Kennedy demonstrates his Kennedyness, says Arizona law is like “slave trade”

Patrick Kennedy, the last remaining link to those heady days of Camelot, spoke out against Arizona’s anti-illegal alien law. And he did the Kennedy family proud.

Patrick Kennedy, the last remaining link to those heady days of Camelot, spoke out against Arizona’s anti-illegal alien law. And he did the Kennedy family proud.

“…it violates the spirit of our own Constitution. So, you know, we had a tragic history in this country. The most shameful parts of our history were when we had our slave trade, when we, when we, the Trail of Tears, what we did to our Native Americans. And, you know, the proudest moments in our history are when we had the Civil Rights Act, when we moved forward on integration and expanding the opportunities for all of our citizens.

“So, this idea of, you know, racial profiling, takes us backwards and really goes to the worst character of our nation and it’s, it’s demeaning to our country that we would move in that direction. It’s beneath us as a people.”

Please allow us to translate:

“I love Mexicans. Legal Mexicans. Illegal Mexicans. Tall Mexicans. Short Mexicans. To prove it, I’d like a tequila, bartender. And hold the glass. Just gimme the friggin’ bottle and shut the hell up.”

The New York Times bids a fond farewell to a dear old friend: European socialism

European socialism is dead. Even the New York Times can no longer deny it. Of course, that doesn’t stop the Times from promoting the same failed system here in the United States, but that’s another story.

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Stalin believed in cradle-to-grave care, but put added emphasis on the grave part of the equation.

European socialism is dead. Even the New York Times can no longer deny it. Of course, that doesn’t stop the Times from promoting the same failed system here in the United States, but that’s another story.

Across Western Europe, the “lifestyle superpower,” the assumptions and gains of a lifetime are suddenly in doubt. The deficit crisis that threatens the euro has also undermined the sustainability of the European standard of social welfare, built by left-leaning governments since the end of World War II.

Europeans have boasted about their social model, with its generous vacations and early retirements, its national health care systems and extensive welfare benefits, contrasting it with the comparative harshness of American capitalism.

Europeans have benefited from low military spending, protected by NATO and the American nuclear umbrella. They have also translated higher taxes into a cradle-to-grave safety net. “The Europe that protects” is a slogan of the European Union.

But all over Europe governments with big budgets, falling tax revenues and aging populations are experiencing rising deficits, with more bad news ahead.

With low growth, low birthrates and longer life expectancies, Europe can no longer afford its comfortable lifestyle, at least not without a period of austerity and significant changes. The countries are trying to reassure investors by cutting salaries, raising legal retirement ages, increasing work hours and reducing health benefits and pensions.

The most important sentence in that excerpt are, “Europeans have benefited from low military spending, protected by NATO and the American nuclear umbrella.”

Yes, your tax dollars enabled the Europeans to believe the world was a real life Candyland and convinced them they could spend foolishly on unsustainable social folderol.

But the folderol has come home to roost.

Source: New York Times

James Carville goes ragin’ Cajun, attacks Obama over Gulf oil spill

Carville, the famously outspoken Louisianian who was a chief political aide to Bill and Hillary Clinton, told CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Thursday that the administration’s response to the spill has been “lackadaisical” and that Obama was “naive” to trust BP to manage the massive clean-up effort.

The latest Rasmussen poll shows Obama with just 44% approval. Democrat strategist James Carville appears to be part of the remaining 56%. He had some very harsh things to say about Obama’s Katrina.

The Huffington Post reports the Louisiana lowdown:

Carville, the famously outspoken Louisianian who was a chief political aide to Bill and Hillary Clinton, told CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Thursday that the administration’s response to the spill has been “lackadaisical” and that Obama was “naive” to trust BP to manage the massive clean-up effort.

“I think they actually believe that BP has some kind of a good motivation here,” he said. “They’re naive! BP is trying to save money, save everything they can… They won’t tell us anything, and oddly enough, the government seems to be going along with it! Somebody has got to, like shake them and say, ‘These people don’t wish you well! They’re going to take you down!'”

For once, we understood every word Carville said. But we somehow doubt that anyone in the White House understood it.

Source: Huffington Post

From the Biden & Pelosi designer collection: Colorful, trendy bracelets in support of illegal aliens

Dolce & Gabbana has nothing on Biden & Pelosi when it comes to the latest fashions. The Vice President and the Speaker of the House are now sporting colorful new bracelets to protest Arizona’s anti-illegal alien law.

Dolce & Gabbana has nothing on Biden & Pelosi when it comes to the latest fashions. The Vice President and the Speaker of the House are now sporting colorful new bracelets to protest Arizona’s anti-illegal alien law.

HotAir.com explains that this new liberal fashion trend was developed by California Democrat Congressman Joe Baca:

As part of his general boycott of Arizona — which includes his refusal to fly through Phoenix on his weekly trips to and from Washington — Baca, D-Rialto, is distributing wristbands inspired by the Lance Armstrong LiveSTRONG craze.
Baca put in an order for 2,500 of his version, which will be red, yellow and blue — the colors of Arizona’s flag — to be worn as a show of solidarity against the controversial law…

In Washington, Baca has gotten House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and most members of the Democratic leadership to wear them, as they did — along with golfing legend Chi Chi Rodriguez — at a recent fundraiser for Baca. Baca said his office is fielding calls from people inquiring how they can get one of the wristbands.

“Everyone wants them,” Baca said. “They’re going like hot potatoes.”

And that, Joe, is what you call a Freudian slip. We’re pretty sure Baca meant to say, “They’re going like hot cakes” because the definition of a hot potato is “A problem that is so controversial or sensitive that those handling it risk unpleasant consequences.”

With every poll showing overwhelming support for the Arizona law, these stupid wrist bands are definitely hot potatoes.

Source: HotAir.com

The illegal alien theme song: “Come to the USA”

We haven’t heard much from parody song writer/singer Ray Stevens in recent years. But he’s back with a vengeance and a new song called “Come to the USA.”

We haven’t heard much from parody song writer/singer Ray Stevens in recent years. But he’s back with a vengeance and a new song called “Come to the USA.”

And just for old times’ sake, here’s his famous “Ahab the Arab”, a song that would probably result in a fatwah if it were released today.

Is Mexico trying to attract tourists or scare them away?

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio called attention to this frightening ad that ran in the Arizona Republic.

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The Sonoran tourism office may want to rethink its ad campaign aimed at Arizona tourists.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio called attention to this frightening ad that ran in the Arizona Republic. From the good sheriff’s twitter page:

“I want the public to call 1-800-4SONORA & demand to know the meaning of this ad that was in the AZ Republic today http://twitpic.com/1ptueq”

Surely the ad means that when they spot a tourist from Arizona, they’ll buy him a nice cool cerveza and a delicious taco dinner courtesy of the Federales.

No?

H/T: Bluegrass Pundit

YouTube pulls video of France’s first lady saying “Put your finger up my ass” in seven languages

A 1996 video has surfaced in which Carla Bruni, wife of French President Nicholas Sarkozy, gives a whole new meaning to the term “T&A” as she talks about both “T” and “A” in ways American first ladies other than Rosalynn Carter are totally unfamiliar with.

A 1996 Eurotrash video has surfaced in which Carla Bruni, wife of French President Nicholas Sarkozy, gives a whole new meaning to the term “T&A” as she talks about both “T” and “A” in ways American first ladies other than Rosalynn Carter are totally unfamiliar with.

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UPDATE: Now all versions of the video have been pulled, but we found this photo of Mrs Sarkozy. As they say in France, "Elle est très va-va-voom."

The full 27-minute video has already been pulled off YouTube at the behest of the French government, but this edited 2-minute version gives you a sense of Bruni’s…uhhh…laissez-faire attitude toward sex. (Nice use of French, huh?)

The Daily Mail UK reports the randy details:

The 42-year-old former supermodel was said to be ‘shocked and dismayed’ after video producer Thomas Cazals added the conversation to a new ‘tribute’ on YouTube.

The clip was first aired on cult television show Eurotrash in 1996.

It shows Miss Bruni emptying her handbag and producing two ‘hot international sex guides’ in seven languages, of which she speaks four – German, Italian, Spanish and English.

She then says: ‘We need this kind of book because we’re travelling around the world and we’re meeting new people every day and we must know what to tell them in case we get in bed with them.’

Miss Bruni adds: ‘For example if you have a German person and you want to tell them, “You get me very hot”, you say, “Sie erhalten mich sehr heiss”.’

During the interview she also says ‘Do you like my t***ies?’ in the four languages before describing how to perform a sex act.

The longer version of the video indicates that Bruni has personally surrendered more often than the French army as she reveals affairs with Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton and says, “Monogomy bores me.”

We can’t wait for that Roslyn Carter video to show up on YouTube. Hubba hubba.

Source: Daily Mail UK

Obama approval back to -20: Worse to come?

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 24% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty-four percent (44%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -20.

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Is it possible that people are finally figuring out that his policies are making everything – and we mean everything – worse? His approval rating is starting to crater even faster than the stock market.

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There’s nothing quite as romantic as a full moon over Paris

The first round match in the French Open between Switzerland’s Patty Schnyder and Venus Williams remarkable not for its tennis, but for for Williams’…uhhh…backcourt.

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The first round match in the French Open between Switzerland’s Patty Schnyder and Venus Williams remarkable not for its tennis, but for for Williams’…uhhh…backcourt.

Just when you thought Joe Biden couldn’t get any dumber

Holy friggin’ moly. Joe Biden never ceases to amaze. He’s the kind of politician who gives politicians a bad name. Here he is kissing the asses of European bureaucrats by telling them that Brussels – yes, Brussels – is the capitol of the free world. And we quote:

Holy friggin’ moly. Joe Biden never ceases to amaze. He’s the kind of politician who gives politicians a bad name.

Here he is kissing the asses of European bureaucrats by telling them that Brussels – yes, Brussels – is the capitol of the free world. And we quote:

“As you probably know, ladies and gentlemen, not only am I pleased to be back here in Brussels for the second time as vice president. As you probably know, some American politicians and American journalists refer to Washington, DC as the ‘capitol of the free world.’ But it seems to me that in this great city, which boasts 1000 years of history and which serves as the capital of Belgium and the home of the European Union and the headquarters for NATO, this city has its own legitimate claim to that title.”

And, of course, Biden has a point. The Brusselonians are famous for shedding their blood to defend the free world. One simply cannot think of the word freedom without thinking, “What’s that city in Belgium that’s synonymous with freedom?”

At least the moron didn’t bow to anyone. Not on camera, anyway.

Anti-Obama billboard spree continues, this time in Missouri

You can find them just outside Kansas City, Missouri on Interstates 26 and 70. You can’t miss ’em. Just look for the words “Marxist”, “Obamanation” and “Revolution.”

You can find them just outside Kansas City, Missouri on Interstates 26 and 70. You can’t miss ’em. Just look for the words “Marxist”, “Obamanation” and “Revolution.”

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H/T: Bluegrass Pundit

Jets quarterback says, “I’m a football player and it doesn’t matter what I think.”

Odds are some reporter woke up from his stupor the other day and realized that New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez has a Hispanic surname. Surely, the reporter thought, I can get this guy to condemn Arizona’s racist anti-illegal alien law.

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Mrs IHateTheMedia Editor loves Mark Sanchez for his brain. Yeah, right.

Odds are some reporter woke up from his stupor the other day and realized that New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez has a Hispanic surname.

Surely, the reporter thought, I can get this guy to condemn Arizona’s racist anti-illegal alien law.

Looks like Sanchez is pretty damn smart despite going to USC.

“When it comes to politics, my candid answer is, I’m football player and it doesn’t matter what I think,” he said in a transcript provided by the New York Jets. “The most important thing is you see both sides. I haven’t read the legislature, so I won’t pass judgment on it.

“I understand both sides have a point to be made. While people coming across the border or people here who may appear like they’ve come across the border, if I said that hopefully politically correct, we don’t want to racially profile anyone, just like in an airport you don’t want to racially profile anyone. Same situation.

“At the same time, if you live in Arizona and somebody’s coming over in to your territory, it’s like, ‘What’s going on? We need some sort of rule to stop that.’ I wouldn’t pass judgment on it until I read the legislature. I’m interested in the topic, but at this point I don’t know enough about it to comment further.”

We’re not going to hold the fact that he used the word “legislature” instead of “legislation.” Because for a guy who went to USC, he seems to be pretty damn smart.

Source: New York Post

Ann Curry speaks to the Dalai Lama like he’s retarded

What’s with Ann Curry babytalking the Dalai Lama? She did everything but say, “C’mon, honey, pick up your toys and then let’s go night-night.”

What’s with Ann Curry babytalking the Dalai Lama? She did everything but say, “C’mon, honey, pick up your toys and then let’s go night-night.”

Maybe it was just a misguided attempt to show some kind of respect to a religious leader. Because, you know, all the world’s religious leaders like to be spoken to as if they’re two year olds.

Question of the Day: How does Mexico treat illegal aliens?

How does Mexico treat illegal aliens? Well, let’s just say they don’t get free medical care even though they may need it after the treatment they receive at the hands of Mexican authorities.

Mexican President Senor Wences came to our country and criticized the way we treat his people (you know, the jobs, the welfare, the free medical care, the free education, all those horrible things).

But how does Mexico treat illegal aliens? Well, let’s just say they don’t get free medical care even though they may need it after the treatment they receive at the hands of Mexican authorities.

Watch the video.

H/T: Bluegrass Pundit

Obama’s been President for 16 months. How’s that “troops out of Iraq in 16 months” pledge working out?

Everyone knew this guy was making crap up as he went along and that he knew he could never pull the troops out in 16 months. But we’re still waiting for the anti-war protestors to condemn President Obama for his blatant lie.

Everyone knew this guy was making crap up as he went along and that he knew he could never pull the troops out in 16 months. But we’re still waiting for the anti-war protestors to condemn President Obama for his blatant lie.

But there’s something else in this clip that we never noticed before. “As Commander in Chief,” Obama said, ”I would be setting strategy.”

Say what? A community organizer with no real world experience is going to set the strategy for a difficult foreign war?

If that’s true, we can save a lot of money by firing all those highly-paid generals. Just don’t need ‘em anymore now that The Greatest President In History is setting the strategy.

Who’s lying? Joe Sestak or Barack Obama’s little weasel?

Pennsylvania Congessman Joe Sestak is adamant about his claim that the White House offered him a job (read “bribe”) as an incentive to drop out of the Pennsylvania Democrat Senate primary.

Pennsylvania Congessman Joe Sestak is adamant about his claim that the White House offered him a job (read “bribe”) as an incentive to drop out of the Pennsylvania Democrat Senate primary.

The White House responds with an unconvincing, “Huh? You talkin’ to us? What’d you say?”

Somebody’s flat out lying. Who do you think it is?

How do you say “Good for thee, but not for me” in Spanish?

The best that can be said for Mexican President Felipe Calderon is that he is a hypocritical puto. He appeared with Wolf Blitzer on CNN and proudly – yes, proudly – announced that Mexicans treat illegal aliens in their country exactly like Arizona wants to treat them. And in his view, that hypocrisy is fine and dandy.

The best that can be said for Mexican President Felipe Calderon is that he is a hypocritical puto. He appeared with Wolf Blitzer on CNN and proudly – yes, proudly – announced that Mexicans treat illegal aliens in their country exactly like Arizona wants to treat them. And in his view, that hypocrisy is fine and dandy.

Blitzer: “Do Mexican police go around asking for papers of people who they suspect are illegal?”
Calderon: “Of course.”
Blitzer: “If somebody sneaks in from Nicaragua or some other country in Central America through the southern border of Mexico, they wind up in Mexico, they can go get a job, they can work . . .”
Calderon: (Interrupting Blitzer) “No, no. If somebody do that without permission, we send back them.”

Muy grande hypocritical puto.

20% of parents wish they hadn’t given their kids trendy names (like Barack)

OK, so maybe the name Barack didn’t come up in the survey. But we’re willing to bet that it will soon rocket to the top of the “Boy, we wish we hadn’t done that” list.

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You set a kid off on the wrong course in life when you give it a trendy name like Barack or Harry or Nancy.

OK, so maybe the name Barack didn’t come up in the survey. But we’re willing to bet that it will soon rocket to the top of the “Boy, we wish we hadn’t done that” list.

The New York Daily News reports the negative nomenclature news:

One in five parents reports having second thoughts on the name they so carefully chose for their baby, a study in Britain found.

Many of the 3,000 parents surveyed said they wish they’d picked a less popular name, while one in 10 say they chose a quirky moniker only to have the novelty quickly wear off.

That could be because 15 percent of parents say their baby’s name has sparked amusement from friends and relatives – and one in five have felt scorn from a stranger. Ouch.

“Today’s baby name trends move very quickly, so names that seem relatively unusual and quirky can quickly become mainstream and common in the classroom,” Faye Mingo of the parenting club Bounty, which sponsored the survey, told The Sun.

So far, there are no reports of anyone naming their children after Joe Biden.

Source: New York Daily News

New York Times reports that pro-illegal alien protests are growing (from four people to five)

New York Times writer Julia Preston wrote about a five student sit-in at John McCain’s Arizona office. The story was deemed significant enough to include photo of the squatting students.

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You could fit some pro-amnesty protests in a phone booth. If you could find a phone booth.

The New York Times routinely ignores massive conservative protests because they’re just too darn busy covering ridiculously small liberal protests.

For example, reporter Julia Preston wrote a glowing 780-word story earlier this year about a four-student march from Miami to Washington, D.C. in support of illegal immigrant students.

This week Preston upped the ante, writing about a five student sit-in at John McCain’s Arizona office. The story was deemed significant enough to include photo of the squatting students.

In an escalation of protest tactics, five immigrants dressed in caps and gowns held a sit-in on Monday at the Tucson offices of Senator John McCain, calling on him to sponsor legislation to open a path to legal status for young illegal immigrants.

Four of the protesters, including three who are in the country illegally, were arrested Monday evening on misdemeanor trespassing charges. The three were expected to face deportation proceedings.

And as if she Preston was worried that you may have missed her earlier story about the four student march, she referred back to it:

Illegal immigrant students have become increasingly public in their protests in recent months, as the prospects for an immigration overhaul faded in Washington. Four immigrant students walked from Miami to Washington, arriving in late April. So far, immigration authorities have not moved to detain student protesters.

Good lord. Why, at the rate these protests are growing, they could be up to ten, maybe twelve people in no time at all. And that’s what the New York Times calls front page news.

Source: MRC.org, New York Times

There’s a rat in the White House (No, not Rahm Emanuel. The one down on the step)

It’s remarkable, is it not, that the media is able to spot a rodent in the White House, but remains completely oblivious to a socialist.

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The White House press corps finally acknowledges a rat in the White House (lower right)

This is what now passes for news with the crack reporters in the White House press corps.

The Associated Press reports the recent rodent alert:

In the midst of his battle with the titans of Wall Street, President Barack Obama was nearly upstaged by a rodent. Obama had just begun a Rose Garden statement lauding the end of a Senate filibuster on his financial overhaul when some kind of rodent dashed out of the bushes to his right, just outside the Oval Office.

As photographers snapped away in the sun-drenched garden, the critter scurried straight past the gray podium with the presidential seal and made a bee-line for another set of bushes to Obama’s left.

It’s not clear if the president could even see the streaker, but he didn’t show any reaction. And he concluded his statement minutes later, returning to his office without answering a few shouted questions on other topics.

Once he was safely inside the Oval Office, a fierce debate erupted among the photographers and reporters who’d witnessed the dash. Was it a rat or a mouse? Or maybe a mole, or some other kind of related creature.

It’s remarkable, is it not, that the media is able to spot a rodent in the White House, but remains completely oblivious to a socialist.

Source: Associated Press

Homosexual Alert: Giving a new meaning to the term “thumbing a ride”

Seemingly from the same production company that brought you the overwrought “Reefer Madness”, this old video warned children against the dangers of hitchhiking. There are homosexuals lurking out there, kids. So be careful where you put your thumbs.

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Seemingly from the same production company that brought you the overwrought “Reefer Madness”, this old video warned children against the dangers of hitchhiking.

There are homosexuals lurking out there, kids. So be careful where you put your thumbs.

H/T: The Big Feed

Obama demands answers in the Gulf: Where are the dead, oily birds, damn it?

As might be expected, we get a different perspective on the Gulf oil gusher from the foreign media than from the American media. Far different. And, we’d like to think, far more honest.

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The Gulf oil gusher is a tragedy in search of a photo op

As might be expected, we get a different perspective on the Gulf oil gusher from the foreign media than from the American media. Far different. And, we’d like to think, far more honest.

Dominic Lawson comments in the Independent UK:

Barack Obama’s media advisers were quite distressed when the President travelled down to the Louisiana coastline last week to make his first on-the-spot statement about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Their distress was caused by what they didn’t discover, rather than what they did. Despite their frantic requests, no photogenic dying oil-covered birds could be found to form a backdrop for the Presidential tirade as he weighed into BP.

The same fact – the oil leaking from the Deepwater Horizon rig has not (yet) hit the coastline itself – presumably explains why the incident has not been big on the television news, for all the alarm and even hysteria that has been expressed. On a visual medium there is little enduring interest to be had in footage of oil floating on water – even if it is a lot of oil on a lot of water.

Where are the dead birds? Where are the dead turtles? Where are the dead dolphins? And most important, where is the bounce in the polls?

Source: Independent UK

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