At this point, who are you going to believe? BP, who stuck to the false “5,000 barrels per day” story forever or the scientists who are reporting other plumes beneath the sea? Is this the type of transparency that Steven Pearlstein of the Washington Post was talking about when he praised BP? Unfortunately, this brings us back to the same old problem of Obama failing to take charge of this. Let BP use their expert engineering (however pathetic it may be or sound) to do the deep water drilling to add the relief wells but beyond that, shut them down now.

BP should not be involved in the process of cleanup other than paying the bill. They shouldn’t be telling scientists about the environment when the only thing BP knows is how to kill the environment. They shouldn’t be confiscating tainted clothing that could be used in legal action against BP. How thick is this team at the White House that they can’t get this into their heads? For an arrogant bunch, they sure look like 98 pound weaklings who get sand kicked in their face five times a day for weeks on end.