TX decides spill isn't God's fault after all (BP has deeper pockets)

[wtmusic]

"About five gallons of tar balls were found Saturday on the Bolivar Peninsula, northeast of Galveston, said Capt. Marcus Woodring, the Coast Guard commander for the Houston/Galveston sector. Two gallons were found Sunday on the peninsula and Galveston Island, though tests have not yet confirmed the oil’s origin.

The Texas Land Commissioner responded, 'Any Texas shores impacted by the Deepwater spill will be cleaned up quickly and BP will be picking up the tab.” In an initial statement, Perry said that he wanted to “assure Texans that we are taking aggressive steps to address this situation and to mitigate any effects to our beaches.” Recently, Perry was being far more conciliatory to BP about the oil disaster. In fact, in May — at a trade association conference funded by BP — Perry said that the oil spill wasn’t BP’s fault at all:

'We don’t know what the event that has allowed for this massive oil to be released,' Perry said alongside several other governors on a panel Monday. 'And until we know that, I hope we don’t see a knee-jerk reaction across this country that says we’re going to shut down drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, because the cost to this country will be staggering.' Perry questioned whether the spill was 'just an act of God that occurred' and said that any 'politically driven' decisions could put the U.S. in further economic peril. 'From time to time there are going to be things that occur that are acts of God that cannot be prevented,' Perry said."

http://climateprogress.org/2010/07/06/tar-balls-texas-governor-perry-bp-act-of-god/

You just can't make it up.

[ericinne]

1. I'm gonna have to disagree

I'm gonna have to disagree here.

As a Deist, let me just say this. If all the shit that happens is gawd's will and higher purpose, and yadda yadda yadda, then obviously this is a GIFT from gawd. The Southerner type tea bagger, resource consuming capitalist pigs begged and begged for more oil from America's resources... gawd obviously gave them just what they asked for.

This is TRULY A miracle from the heavens, praise gawd for his wonderful gift of more oil from America's shores.

Drill, baby, drill.

[tanyev]

2. God has deeper pockets, but it's harder to get him to show up for a court date.