The “Black Tide”

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The President scares me. He's been acting a little like a Vatican observer here. When is he actually going to do something?

Chris Matthews a commentator for MSNBC, who felt Obama was too soft on BP

What I don't like from the President's administration is this sort of, ‘I'll put my boot heel on the throat of BP.

Rand Paul Republican senator from Kentucky, who felt Obama was too hard on BP

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On April 20, 2010, the DeepWater Horizon oil rig, run by BP, exploded in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, particularly affecting Louisiana, but also Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. It was the worst environmental disaster in the country’s history. The well was only plugged four months later. One month after the explosion, 53% of Americans felt President Obama had handled the crisis badly or very badly. The oil company was not spared the people’s wrath either. “In China, it’s a more brutal society . . . they execute people for this!” exclaimed commentator Chris Matthews.

Aerial view of an oil slick on Grand Isle coast, Louisinana. (May 22, 2010)

By the Numbers

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The number of people
who died in the explosion
780million

The number of litres of oil that spilled into the Gulf - 19 times the amount spilled when the Exxon Valdez struck a reef on the Alaska coast, in 1989
7.8billion

The amount BP paid to
compensate victims of the “Black Tide”
6,814

The number of animal carcasses
(birds, sea turtles, dolphins and others) found on November 2, 2010,
according to US authorities
22.7billion

The economic impact on tourism in the region in three years, according to the U.S. Travel Association

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Oil Spill Criticism aimed at the Obama government over the ongoing oil spill crisis in the Gulf of Mexico continued today.
Gulf Oil Disaster US president Barack Obama visited an oil-stained beach today to see the continuing effect of the Gulf Coast oil spill that started off the coast of Louisiana over a month ago.