Today’s Denver Post editorial page features a “Point/Counterpoint.” They ask “is President Obama being unfairly blamed for his handling of the BP oil spill?”
Rafael Reuveny states that “from the onset of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, conservatives have criticized President Obama for not solving the disaster …”
No intelligent ones have. I am not aware of any one that thinks Obama can “solve” the disaster. Reuveny’s statement is absurd.
Reuveny then goes on:
The president had no choice but to rely on BP’s data on the size of the oil spill. Unfortunately, this is how the regulatory framework operates in the United States, particularly in the oil industry. By allowing the free market to govern itself, all information comes from companies that have an incentive to hide or distort information
Mr. Reuveny will need to explain what incentive, market or otherwise, BP has to “hide or distort information.” The facts are the facts. The damage caused by the oil is BP’s responsibility. If BP lies about the amount of oil being released, how does that help them in any way?
The assertion is nonsense.
