Guard watches coast for oil slick's first wave

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Originally Posted by hooskins

I love how all the conservatives have become eco-freaks when a disaster occurs while a Dem is in office.

How have the policies of regulation significantly changed since the Bush Admin? Or better yet since the last 10-15 years? It hasn't. This same thing could have happened if McCain had won.

Don't see how this a Dem or a Rep thing.

This certainly isn't a D vs. R thing. The improper relationships between the regulatory arm of MMS and the oil companies have been going on for quite some time, regardless of who occupies the WH.

I also don't think it's an "eco-freak" thing to not want peoples livelihoods drastically damaged or completely destroyed (fishing industry in the Gulf) or to see birds/fish etc. covered in oil and dying.

As with the improper criticism of the Bush Admin on Katrina, most of the criticism of Obama on Deepwater is without legs.

Defense.gov - Special Report: Disaster in the Gulf of Mexico - Military Supports Federal Oil Spill Response

Deepwater Horizon Response