It's high time that all the President's friends in liberal places raise a toast to his excellent handling of the Gulf Oil Crisis. With amazing aplomb the President has turned an oil spill into just the type of political problem he relishes. He's used the tragedy to reduce off-shore drilling, castigate big business and push for a whole new set of rules and regulations to glom onto those that haven't worked and in the nick of time sent in the attorneys. Of course little cleaning has been done and the horrible mess grows worse.All the while, the media has paid scant attention to the willful refusal of his administration to protect the American people and their environment. Rather than embracing all possible efforts to contain and clean the spill, his administration seems to enjoy the sight of oily birds. New information from the Houston Chronicle would seem to buttress the argument that something scandalous is afoot. Three days after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon in...(Read Full Post)