This morning The Washington Post – along with every other news magazine – posted an article about the “worst oil spill in U.S. history”. The BP/Deepwater Horizon oil spill has now surpassed the Alaska/Valdez oil spill in 1989, and the 1969 oil spill of the coast of California as the most devastating event of it’s kind. In the article, The Post reported facts about the amount of oil spewing out of the gulf floor, along with descriptions of how BP is trying to contain the disaster.
A few paragraphs down from the top a small the article read:
“The eventful day included the first prominent administrative casualty of the crisis. Elizabeth Birnbaum, head of Minerals Management Service, which issues permits for offshore drilling, resigned.”
And that was that. No other mention of Ms. Birnbaum, or her resignation throughout the whole three-page online article. One wonders, if this part of the story is actually the REAL story.
On another blog, this bit of information was found:
“According to ABC News, Birnbaum wrote a short resignation letter to Secretary Ken Salazar, saying, in part: ‘I’m hopeful that the reforms that the Secretary and the Administration are undertaking will resolve the flaws in the current system that I inherited.’”
“Flaws in the current system”? What “flaws” are being referred to here? And why aren’t we hearing about these?
This resignation has happened less than two weeks after Chris Oynes, who oversees offshore drilling programs at the Minerals Management Service, announced his retirement at the end of the month, and less than a week after the Intelligence director Dennis Blair’s letter of resignation graced the desk of the president.
What’s with all the resignations on the federal level? Why does this trend give off the impression of a bunch of rats jumping ship? What is really going on? Could these resignations be the result of something far bigger?
The president is pointing fingers at BP. Some are pointing fingers at Halliburton and Dick Cheney’s ties to the company. Some have accused ‘environmentalist wackos’ of sabotage. Some have even postulated that it was the result of a North Korean submarine on a suicidal mission.
As all the theories fly and heads roll, this reporter hasn’t made up his mind as to who is behind all this, but he will say one thing: something stinks, and it sure isn’t the fish.
Comments
This all makes you wonder why on earth day did this happen? And right after Obama comes out and says he would open off shore drilling. It seems hard to find the truth. My question is, who benefits from this? What is the bigger picture?
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