Part of the subtext is that oil spills are natural disasters. What could be more natural than offshore drilling? Just as God made man, and man loves woman, man drills offshore. Blaming people for causing oil spills would be like blaming people for causing hurricanes.

Oh, wait...

An acoustic switch is a regulatory requirement in Norway and Brazil. They are not "required in most of the world" as the quoted article states. Also, the Soviet Union used nuclear blasts five times to quell similar off shore oil leaks. Just sayin.

The cementing at this oil rig was performed by Halliburton. Cheney was the chairman of Halliburton. And this is supposed to be Obama's fault? These Republicans have become so shamelessly contemptuous of the truth that they must make Satan feel dirty.