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>> glenn: great. i think we should stop buying boots for the government. b.p. is saying not our fault. they're saying it's transocean's fault. here is the thing. i thought government regulation was supposed to save us all from greed and corruption. okay? that's what the government is saying. mm-hmm. mm-hmm. they are supposed to save us from all of these oil rig explosions. in the fall-out of the exxon valdez spill, the oil pollution act of 1990 required that oil spill technology be on hand before a crisis. furthermore, 1994 response plan specifically for gulf oil spills outlined how to contain...

You burn the oil off the top of the water. this was a government plan. it specifically recommends the government have fire booms on happened to stop these spills. well, the government didn't have any fire booms. eight days after the explosion, the obama administration scrambled to buy the only fire boom they could find. question number one: why are they trying to buy a fire boom when in 1994 the response plans, we should have them. why are we, why is our government buying one eight days after? why? they asked the country to patrol the countries to find them. hey, puerto rico, do you have fire ...

>> glenn: great. i think we should stop buying boots for the government. b.p. is saying not our fault. they're saying it's transocean's fault. here is the thing. i thought government regulation was supposed to save us all from greed and corruption. okay? that's what the government is saying. mm-hmm. mm-hmm. they are supposed to save us from all of these oil rig explosions. in the fall-out of the exxon valdez spill, the oil pollution act of 1990 required that oil spill technology be on hand before a crisis. furthermore, 1994 response plan specifically for gulf oil spills outlined how to contain...

You burn the oil off the top of the water. this was a government plan. it specifically recommends the government have fire booms on happened to stop these spills. well, the government didn't have any fire booms. eight days after the explosion, the obama administration scrambled to buy the only fire boom they could find. question number one: why are they trying to buy a fire boom when in 1994 the response plans, we should have them. why are we, why is our government buying one eight days after? why? they asked the country to patrol the countries to find them. hey, puerto rico, do you have fire ...

Horizon well exploded according to published reports did federal officials purchase the fire boom they used to begin containing the spillage, though a federal plan for such disasters drawn up in 1994 called for just such a response. and might if adhered to resulted in the capture of 95% of the spilled oil. that apparent failure feeds in complaints launched by the "new york times" and rush limbaugh alike alleging the obama administration waited too long to arrest control of the accident from b.p. now some are making a comparison team obama finds unwelcome. >> you know some critics are saying th...