A ‘Six-Month Moratorium on Deepwater Drilling’
Obama Slows Foreign Cleanup Aid by Not Waiving Jones Act: Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Rep. Charles Djou, both Republicans, have said that the 1920 Jones Act is standing in the way of foreign ships that could otherwise assist in the cleanup – and that Obama could waive its requirements but hasn’t.
The ‘Big Oil Bailout:’ taxpayers will foot the bill for the oil spill, and this is a “bailout” for BP
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said on two Sunday talk shows that more than 30,000 wells have been drilled in the Gulf in the last 50 years and this is the "first time" that anything like the blowout at BP’s Deepwater Horizon rig had ever happened.
In an ad called "How Republicans Would Govern," the Democratic National Committee portrayed Texas Rep. Joe Barton, who apologised to BP, as speaking for his entire party.
BP’s managing director, Robert Dudley, claimed on two Sunday shows that "blowout preventers" had never failed before.
Rand Paul "thinks trying to hold BP accountable is un-American."
Is this what we really know?
