Halliburton finally named as a contributor to the Gulf oil spill by Obama

[Jeffersons Ghost]

Gulf blunders were human -- and familiar

What do the Three Mile Island meltdown, the September 11 terrorist attack in New York and the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster have in common?

Inefficiency and complacency by the people in charge.

The release this week of just one chapter of President Barack Obama's commission investigating the Gulf oil spill clearly cites British Petroleum, Transocean and Halliburton for risky behavior and for failing to share or take seriously information indicating the Macondo well, if fired up, could blow up.

It did, killing 11 and dumping nearly 5 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Our Gulf Coast states, meanwhile, fight to recover their fishing and tourism industries while federal officials continue to hunt down uncaptured, undissolved oil.

It's impossible now to recall President Carter's commission investigating the Three Mile Island nuclear meltdown of 1979 and not ask: Have we learned anything yet? That commission cited not only TMI contractors but its operator, Metropolitan Edison; and its regulator, the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission, for lapses in quality assurance, failure to communicate safety information, and for complacency.

http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2011/01/gulf_blunders_were_human_and_f.html

Previously, Halliburton was "fully indemnified" and not named as one of the organizations contributing to the catastrophic oil spill, although the company acknowledged it had skipped doing a critical test on the cement used to seal British Petroleum's Deepwater Horizon well that destroyed the Gulf of Mexico. Investigators claim that securely installed cement is a blowout preventive and the key piece of safety equipment. Halliburton cement should have sealed off the well immediately after the explosion. As many of you know, Dick Cheney is closely associated with Halliburton

[LawnKorn]

1. The secret energy task force lead by Dick Cheney is also complacent in the oil disaster

The Bush Administration allowed several relaxations of the rules so the off shore drilling companies could make more profit. Some of the degradation of the rules allowed the BOP to be overhauled in China, safety procedures to be cut down to a bare minimum, and reporting requirements to the Government to be eliminated.

Cheney's laissez-faire attitude to the oil industry gave them more profit, but it gave us an oil mess in the Gulf that will last a generation.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

2. GW Bush-bitch also allowed "relaxations" in the banking industry...

Many of which contribute to the severe financial distress America is in today.