Originally Posted by Bill8

Republicans are owned by the oil companies, so they will fall all over themselves to shout louder than everybody else "the oil is gone, problem solved", to make their masters happy.

And it's the south, mostly republican, so let them claim what they want, they are the ones who will be paying the long term costs anyway.

If republicans want to suck greasy oilcompany dick, let em. It's the south. Let them swallow benzene.