Corps apologist now spinning for BP, too
An article in the Dallas Morning News today quotes a member of the peer review team that studied the Corps of Engineers’ levee failures in 2005. The independence of the team assembled by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) was challenged so vigorously that it prompted an investigation which resulted in stern criticism of [...]
NY Times reporter observes media becoming adversarial to Gulf residents
A reporter for the New York Times has made a very good observation while reporting on CNN’s Anderson Cooper and his ‘loud media voice’ on behalf of Gulf residents. “As the (BP oil) crisis nears the two-month mark, there are signs that the news media are taking on a more adversarial role, just as they [...]
Where was Rep Kevin Brady when the federal government’s levees broke?
We note with interest that U.S. Rep Kevin Brady R-TX wants a truly independent commission to investigate the government’s role in the BP Oil Crisis. “The public deserves to know if the federal government and Congress was asleep at the wheel as it appears they were, ” he tweeted. Where was Congressman Brady when the federal [...]
