ml> where is this award mentioned? i've not seen anything about
 ml> it... since when does some presidential administration give
 ml> awards for corporate operations or some part of a
 ml> corporation's operations? don't they have better things to
 ml> do... like run the country??

 BK>  The Mines and minerals board gave an award to Deepwater Horizons 
 BK> in May of 2009, for their performance in 2008, when it was an 
 BK> exploratory well. Note, this was in Obama's first year, first  half
 BK> year, actually.

damn! some would have us think that president obama was personally involved
in that decision to give that award... for that matter, they'd have us
believe that he knew that this situation would occur and that he made it a
point to get the award to them before the BOP failed... i gotta wonder if
they believe that he actually built the BOP with his own two hands...

 BK>  The well was just converting to production when the explosion 
 BK> occured.

so they hadn't even gotten off the pot (of exploration) completely before
the shit hit the fan :?

)\/(ark