OIL SPILL-WHY CAN'T WE FIND OUT?

There just isn't any factual information about what is the potentially greatest disaster since Katrina, Hatti, or Mount Helena.

A good news story contained who, what where and when. The story of the explosion, fire and destruction of the deep water rig seems to be set aside for

coverage of the Greek bailout or who is going to pay for the cleanup; meanwhile this monster well is spewing 1,000 to 5,000 barrels of oil per day into the Gulf of Mexico, threatening tide lands in Louisiana, Texas, and all of the gulf states plus more if the

oil slick is caught up in the Atlantic Current.

Is this poor journalism or a news blackout by British Petroleum and the White House? First, how deep is the well? How deep is the wellhead? Is the water over the ocean floor a kilometer or a mile? How obstructed is the well bore--is there pipe and clutter surrounding the wellhead? Why can't mud and cement be pumped into the well bore to stop the flow? Is the picture of the robot

trying to actuate the preventer in real time, or a still of another demonstration photo?

Why didn't they consult with engineers about the temperature of the bottom of the sea, before trying their 40 ft. diameter, 100 ton dome to capture the oil? What are the environmental consequences of burning the oil slick? What a ,as the British say " cock-up".

REf: www.OilPrice.com, "The Cover-up: BP's Crude Politics and the Looming Enviromental Mega-Disaster" by Wayne Madsen

"We have been informed by sources in the US Army Corps of Engineers, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and Florida Department of Environmental Protection that the Obama White House and British Petroleum (BP), which pumped $71,000 into Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign — more than John McCain or Hillary Clinton, are covering up the magnitude of the volcanic-level oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico and working together to limit BP’s liability for damage caused by what can be called a “mega-disaster.”

Obama and his senior White House staff, as well as Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, are working with BP’s chief executive officer Tony Hayward on legislation that would raise the cap on liability for damage claims from those affected by the oil disaster from $75 million to $10 billion. However, WMR’s federal and Gulf state sources are reporting the disaster has the real potential cost of at least $1 trillion. Critics of the deal being worked out between Obama and Hayward point out that $10 billion is a mere drop in the bucket for a trillion dollar disaster but also note that BP, if its assets were nationalized, could fetch almost a trillion dollars for compensation purposes. There is talk in some government circles, including FEMA, of the need to nationalize BP in order to compensate those who will ultimately be affected by the worst oil disaster in the history of the world.

The Obama administration also conspired with BP to fudge the extent of the oil leak, according to our federal and state sources. After the oil rig exploded and sank, the government stated that 42,000 gallons per day was gushing from the seabed chasm. Five days later, the federal government upped the leakage to 210,000 gallons a day.

However, WMR has been informed that submersibles that are monitoring the escaping oil from the Gulf seabed are viewing television pictures of what is a “volcanic-like” eruption of oil. Moreover, when the Army Corps of Engineers first attempted to obtain NASA imagery of the Gulf oil slick — which is larger than that being reported by the media — it was turned down. However, National Geographic managed to obtain the satellite imagery shots of the extent of the disaster and posted them on their web site.

There is other satellite imagery being withheld by the Obama administration that shows what lies under the gaping chasm spewing oil at an ever-alarming rate is a cavern estimated to be around the size of Mount Everest. This information has been given an almost national security-level classification to keep it from the public, according to our sources.The Corps and Engineers and FEMA are quietly critical of the lack of support for quick action after the oil disaster by the Obama White House and the US Coast Guard. Only recently, has the Coast Guard understood the magnitude of the disaster, dispatching nearly 70 vessels to the affected area. WMR has also learned that inspections of off-shore rigs’ shut-off valves by the Minerals Management Service during the Bush administration were merely rubber-stamp operations, resulting from criminal collusion between Halliburton and the Interior Department’s service, and that the potential for similar disasters exists with the other 30,000 off-shore rigs that use the same shut-off valves.

How accurate is this story? Unfortunately we have no way of knowing. We have no way of comparing it to other information, because facts are scarce. We just know it's bad not how bad or what is being done or why not. Secrecy in the oil business or mineral development is prevalent until the operator has time to secure his leases, but this is pure incompetence or interference in what should be public knowledge and how to deal with a mega disaster.

With Love and Kindness,

THE HATMAN