The Gulf of Mexico and BP Oil Spill as seen from space as of Sunday, May 9, 2010. Talk about an oily T-zone!

On May 9, 2010, oil continued to flow from a damaged offshore oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. This image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite shows the slick on Sunday afternoon. Credit: NASA/MODIS Rapid Response Team

via livescience.com

Ah, but if we're *careful* this kind of thing never happens, right? It's a "freak occurrence" as the NYTimes said just a couple weeks back.

Well then, it sure is great that:

Newly-released documents show government regulators exempted BP from a comprehensive environmental review of the project that resulted in the spill.

via DemocracyNow.org

Hm, so much for that whole "being careful" thing. I wonder if the NYTimes will change their mind on oil drilling now that it's clear that the USG is willing to leave the definition of "careful" up to a corporation.

Sure is nice to see government and corporations working together so closely, though, isn't it? Kinda reminds me of something... what is it...? OH YEAH.

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