At the same time that the President admitted the rarity of this event he stated that he is shutting down drilling on something between 20 and 40 wells.

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They just started the Mud Stunt,, BP is definetly worried,,its stock has dropped from $60 a share to $42 a share since the well blew. Add in the civil suits, and the govt inquiries, which are not going to be buried by the press, and BP is looking at a very rough year.

The Obama Administration had just had its own Hurricane Katrina here and they are just pointing fingers. Obama had better do something defineative and fast or he is going to be a joke for the rest of his term.

Plus I would not want to be other oil companies, they might find their drilling licences under close scrutny and alot of govt employee's might learn what its like to be unemployed.