Blitzer Ignores Oil Spills During Katrina

During a discussion on whether we should be doing more off shore drilling or not with Rep. Eric Cantor and Rep. Robert Wexler, Wolf Blitzer says that even during Hurricane Katrina all of the rigs in the Gulf Coast survived, ignoring the fact that there were massive oil spills in the Gulf after the hurricane.

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[CuliousGodsonite]

The question is, do we have to sit back and watch or can we take this oil spill over? Really, when is it our responsibility to fix the situation?

[baronderothchild]

aren't you a lippy little bitch. i bet your daddy kissed your bottom late a night. well, ny irish daddys love there little boys. u got kids...have you beat or molested them yet? coward..hardly. pm me..i'll give you my address...hell, i'll fly you down. then i'll pay guys to party with you...tape it and show it to your family. that is if i don't let my dogs have there way with you and then just set you adrift at sea. i'll be in ny late july. i would love to meet an internet "tuff guy" like you.

[baronderothchild]

yeah, I'll take advice from a semi-illiterate like yourself...get an education and some basic social graces and maybe you won't have your faced handed to you in every argument..with that..like so many of the shows that have obviously educated you...you are 'eluminated'..off the island? stay tuned for the next episode of "partial educated man tries to converse with rational people"...can he do it? i don't know folks you have to tune in...oh, and you don't know what words mean? do you? done with u

[dozdolt44]

1. Power tends to corrupt and absolute power tends to corrupt absolutely (Acton). Of course those in the "alternative" camp can/will get greedy. At least we can hold them accountable to their creed. What is the creed of Big Oil? 2. I would not hold O,T,F, because they are successful but because they have undermined a healthy human environment. And yes, that goes for batteries as well. It's called consequences. You broke it - you pay for it.

[eluminated]

Sorry...."But TO demonize......"

[eluminated]

The industries that we find it so easy to demonize nowadays were once the saviors and the backbone of our nation. Oil, Tobacco, Firearms, etc. Now that we find that they are "too successful" and there may be negative results is it fair that we now demand they be disbanded and their profits redistributed? Then what do we do when old electric cars are leaving too many batteries in the land-fills? Will we demonize the battery industry?

[eluminated]

LOL. Corporate greed is not news to me, and I truly believe its possible that certain myths have been fostered in order to manipulate the market. These types of things happen all the time. But do demonize "corporate CEO's" with a broad stroke is a mistake. Plus, I imagine you only mean CEO's of certain types of industry. Is Martha Stewart a monster? Oprah? The heads of the recycling industry? Are not these people also interested in profit?

[eluminated]

I gotta disagree. The US nationalizing the airport security industry has been a disaster!Second, the reason why big industry is such a problem is because it is already too closely tied to big gov. "Nationalizing" something simply means that the gov has complete control over what company gets control of an entire national industry (there is always a private subcontractor). This ALWAYS results in MORE corruption, incompitance flourishes for lack of competition and the individual ALWAYS suffers.

[eluminated]

You're right about this solving the problems with individual energy costs, but it would do little to solve the oil "crisis". Most oil is used for things like industrial lubricants, plastics manufacturing, etc. Gas stations and heating oil are most talked about because that's what "regular" people are most aware of but they are actually small factors in the big equation. But I absolutely agree that solar, wind AND hydro need to be advanced dramatically!

[driubi]

The problem is simple to fix. Give every house hold a full tax credit to install wind or solar (which ever is more beneficial in their local. I'm not sure about the cost of solar, but a 5,500 dollar wind turbine can produce enough electricity for a family with 2 children. Make a standardized plug system for electric cars included with the windmill/solar panels Use the current electric infrastructure to share electric loads- give companies with larger energy needs bigger breaks. problem solved.