More on the BP oil spill........

ON THE GULF OF MEXICO –
By HARRY R. WEBER and JOHN CURRAN, Associated Press Writers
A remote-controlled submarine shot a chemical dispersant into the maw of a massive undersea oil leak Monday, further evidence BP expects the gusher to keep erupting into the Gulf of Mexico for weeks or more.
Authorities also planned to use south Louisiana's system of locks and levees to release water to help keep the worst of the oil at sea.

"We're trying to save thousands of acres of marsh here in this area, where the shrimp lay their eggs, where the fin fish lay their eggs, where the crabs come in and out," said Chett Chiasson, executive director of the Greater Lafourche Port Commission. "We're trying to save a heritage, a way of life, a culture that we know here in recreational and commercial fishing."

BP — which is responsible for the cleanup — said Monday the spill has cost it $350 million so far for immediate response, containment efforts, commitments to the Gulf Coast states, and settlements and federal costs. The company did not speculate on the final bill, which most analysts expect to run into tens of billions of dollars.

Above the oil leak, waves of dark brown and black sludge crashed into the support ship Joe Griffin. The fumes there were so intense that a crew member and an AP photographer on board had to wear respirators while on deck.

Oil — be it a surface sheen, globules or balls of tar — has washed up west of the Mississippi River and as far east as Dauphin Island, three miles off the Alabama mainland at the mouth of Mobile Bay.

and the (IMO) stupid barrier they built to protect it. Barrier islands are destined to get the crap beat out of them by hurricanes and I have limited sympathy to people who lose their vacation homes to them but this is different. They have every right to not expect oil to wash on their beaches.

I shouldn't have been but I was pissed when Obama announced that BP was going to be held financially responsible for the clean-up. I was pissed because he felt the need to announce it. It should have been a "No Shit Sherlock" moment.

Now I'm more pissed that there are caps on their liability. I don't want to retroactively change the law but I am livid that it was passed to begin with. I'd love to have a list of the lawmakers that voted for the cap. I consider them just as liable as BP.