Politics ~ Progressive

"How British oil giant BP used all the political muscle money can buy to fend off regulators and influence investigations into corporate neglect."

"BP didn't file a plan to specifically handle a major oil spill from an uncontrolled blowout at its Deepwater Horizon project because the federal agency that regulates offshore rigs changed its rules two years ago to exempt certain projects in the central Gulf region"

The profound risk to our national and economic security posed by the prospect of the world's sudden loss of access to Persian Gulf oil contributed greatly to the strategic miscalculations and public deceptions that led to our costly invasion of Iraq...

"Not One Drop: Betrayal and Courage in the Wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill"

"Both companies gambled, both companies lost, and both companies expect the taxpayer to clean up their mess."

White House rhetoric doesn't match reality, despite their new "Older Americans Month": #p2 http://bit.ly/9kfb4V

Can Greece pay its debts? What about Portugal or Spain? Can a new prime minister reduce Britain's gaping budget deficit? Will the crisis rocking Europe spread? And what about the American economy?

Volatile week on Wall Street ends with another slide: #p2 #finreg #econ http://nyti.ms/caoGkf