From the gulf, never before seen footage of the oil gushing into the water:
Here's an overview from a couple of days ago, with amazing narration:
And what does Mary Landrieu have to say about all this? Check it out at about 3:20:
Every single time she goes on TV she makes it very clear that her main concern is the oil industry. Even if she's their full-time employee, she could ask to be let off the leash to do a little less public cheerleading in the middle of this crisis. It's dissonant and weird at this point.(I have no doubt she knows how her employers want her to vote on the issue.)
This is a fundamental problem with our current crop of elites. Even when it makes good business or political sense they simply cannot stop shilling. It's obscene. Just as the arrogant Masters of the Universe refused to lay low, even though it was the smart move, you see the oil companies and their lackeys out there spinning like tops and losing all credibility in the process.
This is very stupid politics, stupid business and stupid damage control. Even whatever respect I might have reluctantly held for these sharks' self-preservation is gone. Our elites are just plain bad at their jobs and they remain powerful and wealthy by dint of their positions not their ability.
In other words, they are a bloated, decadent aristocracy. And we know what tends to happen to them.