Worst Story - Oil in the Gulf of Mexico

While the Guardian has this news story, I've been following this for about three weeks in the American media. While the UK press has become obsessed with the General Election, it's been grounding to know that there is a life outside the UK.

Shame that this has to be a major story though.

What I find really interesting is how do legal loopholes exist where BP is able to lease a rig that was made in S. Korea, owned by a Swiss company and flagged in the Marshall Islands in order to get around regulations?

And this is just a Bush throwback, the Obama administration is enabling more off shore drilling.

If you don't know how to drill safely then don't do it at all. The cost is not just to the environment but also the those that rely on the Gulf Coast for their livelihood and when we can ensure energy security in other ways the story is one big massive FAIL.