Deepwater Horizon: the petro-oligarchs strike back http://www.ww4report.com/node/8572

The petro-oligarchy has of course wasted no time in striking back. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) insisted that the disaster should not deter off-shore drilling, saying on the Senate floor April 30: "I don’t believe we should retreat." She also tried to minimize the disaster: