FIASCO: Vatican and Big Oil Both Bewilder Obama

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A better (revised) version of this story is running on AlterNet: FIASCO: Vatican and Big Oil Both Bewilder Obama

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Obama and his advisors grasp how the Vatican aided and abetted priest sex crimes about as well as they grasp BP Oil criminal acts in the Gulf of Mexico, as the recent amicus brief siding with the Vatican by Solicitor General to the U.S. Supreme Court reveals. Many emails we get at City of Angels compare handling of the BP Disaster by Obama to the Catholic Church handling of the sex abuse crisis.
Obama and his advisors understand The Vatican's aiding and abetting of priest sex crimes about as well as they grasped BP Oil criminal acts in the Gulf of Mexico, as the recent amicus brief siding with the Vatican by Solicitor General to the U.S. Supreme Court reveals. Many emails we get at City of Angels compare handling of the BP Disaster by Obama to the Catholic Church handling of the sex abuse crisis.

Remember this one month ago?


A Japanese astronaut first saw damage expanding in the Gulf of Mexico. "From his perch on the space station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, Expedition 23 flight engineer, photographed the Mississippi Delta showing the oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico on May 4, 2010." Continue reading Oil Slick Looks Scary from Space here. Photo Credit: NASA

TODAY: Jim Hightower writes on AlterNet: Our government blindly went along with BP's false assertion that only some 5,000 barrels a day were pouring from the well, when independent experts were shouting at the White House that the correct volume was up to 19 times that much.

Finally, almost a month after the blowout, Obama ordered a moratorium on drilling new offshore wells and on granting environmental waivers to the oil giants. Bravo, Mr. President! But his moratorium was simply ignored. Days after his order, oil companies were handed at least seven more drilling permits and five waivers. (Continue reading Who The Hell Is In Charge here )

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