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My name is Patrick M McCormick and I have created this blog as a platform for my political views as well as those of select contributors.

I believe that American Politicians have lost sight of their goal: To uphold the Constitution and protect the rights of the people of the United States. They argue and bicker on the floor of their respective houses, positioning themselves for the next election, while they accomplish very little business for the citizens of this country.

Meanwhile our economy is sliding downward. Millions of our precious jobs have have been exported overseas. Our social safety net and other public services are being cut. Our middle class is rapidly disappearing and the numbers of citizens existing below the poverty line is increasing dramatically.

I plan to examine the causes of these terrible changes to our American way of life. Your comments will help us all arrive at some important conclusions.

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Leak Plugged but We are Still Bleeding

By GREG BLUESTEIN and HARRY R. WEBER, Associated Press Writers Greg Bluestein And Harry R. Weber, Associated Press Writers

NEW ORLEANS – BP began pumping a steady stream of fresh cement into its blown-out oil well Thursday, hoping to seal for good the ruptured pipe that blew its top months ago and spewed crude into Gulf of Mexico in one of the world's worst spills.

A day before, crews forced a slow torrent of heavy mud down the broken wellhead to push the crude back to its underground source. This next step in the so-called "static kill" is intended to keep the oil from finding its way back out.

"This is not the end, but it will virtually assure us that there will be no chance of oil leaking into the environment," retired Adm. Thad Allen, who oversees the spill response for the government, said in Washington.
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  1. UnknownAugust 5, 2010 at 3:59 PM

    Now that the well is sealed, we need to get down to business. British Petroleum had agreed to pay US citizens a per barrel royalty. Initially they were claiming a 5,000 barrel per day amount pouring out of the well into the Gulf of Mexico. That figure turned out to be closer to 60,000 barrels per day. Thanks to their close financial ties to our elected officials, they have not been audited for six years. We need to demand an audit. If they are cheating on this one well, they have thousands more. They could owe US Billions.

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