Watching An Admiral Dance on Oil-Slick Water

Reporter–So how toxic is this dispersant being used on the oil?

Rear Admiral Mary Laundry–We have approved the use of the dispersant at the source of the flow, subsea, so we won’t have to use as much.

Another Reporter–What are the risks of using the dispersant on marine life?

The Admiral–We have approved the use of the dispersant at the source of the flow, subsea, so we won’t have to use as much.

I’m not sure if anyone else watching footage of the May 14th press conference recognized the dance being done by the admiral and two other dancers, Doug Suttles of BP and Lars Herbst of MMS, but there was indeed a dance happening. They were waltzing around questions they didn’t want to answer.

The fact is this: the dispersant’s toxic effect on marine life is unknown. Is anyone else horrified about the implications of this? From the hearings held this week we know that human error was at the root of the oil rig explosion. Are we not compounding human error with a big dose of stupidity?

Dance baby, dance!