This excerpt from HuffPost:
"Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano declared the slick "a spill of national significance," meaning the government is designating more forces to contain its spread toward the U.S. coastline. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said President Obama has directed more people and equipment to the area to "aggressively confront" the spill.
An executive for BP PLC, which operated the oil rig that exploded and sank last week, said earlier in the day on NBC's "Today" that the company would welcome help from the U.S. military.
"We'll take help from anyone," said Doug Suttles, chief operating officer for BP Exploration and Production.
The Coast Guard has urged the company to formally request more resources from the Defense Department. Obama has dispatched Napolitano, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson to help with the spill.
But time may be running out: Oil from the spill had crept to within 12 miles of the coast, and it could reach shore as soon as Friday. A third leak was discovered, which government officials said is spewing five times as much oil into the water as originally estimated -- about 5,000 barrels a day coming from the blown-out well 40 miles offshore."
So, "Drill, Baby, Drill" huh? One could say that a "higher power" has obviously intervened. Speaking of - where are all of the lunatic televangelists and religious zealots who should be touting how this is God's retribution for man raping the Earth?
Silence.
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