The effort to plug the hole may not be working:
BP engineers failed again to plug the gushing oil well on Saturday, a technician working on the project said, representing yet another setback in a series of unsuccessful procedures the company has tried a mile under the sea to stem the flow spreading into the Gulf of Mexico…
…The technician working on the project said Saturday pumping has again been halted and a review of the data so far is under way. “Right now, I would not be optimistic,” the technician, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak publicly about the effort…
Maybe there is no way to plug a hole 5,000 feet under water? I just don’t know – it is so very sad, especially for all the people along the Gulf coast who’s way of life is threatened.
So much, by the way, for Obama’s absurd photo-op trip to the Gulf with its bussed-in extras to make it look like things are being done to help.
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