Yessir, Admiral!!Bt Phasma Scriptor
What to do? What to do? As Bob Herbert's on-scene query of a local Bayou sheriff suggests the viability of the Gulf has already left the barn, the building and the planet. BP (Bayou Polluter) and Transocean (RIGger ... of the game) and Halliburton (Darth's Gang), if justice is served (a hearty Chris Mathews' HA!! to that), will not exist in the not-so-distant future. To help that process along, the remedy is as fast as a Coast Guard cutter pulling alongside a deepwater drilling rig. It's called Admiralty, the law of stuff found anywhere on navigable waters. The Horizon rig, flagged in the, huh?, Marshall Islands, must bear some nation's colors because it's deemed a boat. It's the Marshalls for friendly tax treatment and non-existent safety inspectors. These factors put all the stuff (not just the Horizon) of the 3 Amigos squarely in the target sites of Admiralty. Of course, the Know-Nothing Party, in its latest haunting as the Tea Party, would be howling if the Obama Administration were to do the right thing, which is, under Admiralty seize (no warrant or preceding court hearing necessary) every last scrap of an asset owned, leased or controlled in any way by the 3 A's floating, sitting or anchored in navigable waters. Tie 'em up in subsequent court hearings for as long as it takes to clean up (preferably w/BP, RIG & HAL execs, incl Darth, having to help out by sucking up crude directly into their own mouths), pay up and make whole everyone on Earth affected by this crime.
NYT: Transocean Finds Itself Caught in the Spotlight
For more: http://s.nyt.com/s/c8ivx8
Bob Herbert's column
NYT: Following BP's Lead on the Oil Spill
For more: http://s.nyt.com/s/T-JW9=
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