Friday Quote: Robert Kennedy Jr.
A common spin in the right wing coverage of BP's oil spill is a gleeful suggestion that the gulf blowout is Obama's Katrina.
In truth, culpability for the disaster can more accurately be laid at the Bush Administration's doorstep. For eight years, George Bush's presidency infected the oil industry's oversight agency, the Minerals Management Service, with a septic culture of corruption from which it has yet to recover. Oil patch alumnae in the White House encouraged agency personnel to engineer weakened safeguards that directly contributed to the gulf catastrophe.
Robert Kennedy Jr. in "Sex, Lies, and Oil Spills." Once again, May 20th is on its way, so get your tickets for Kennedy speaking at Gonzaga University’s Martin Center where our esteemed Spokane Riverkeeper will announce the name of his new boat!
