Obama's Gulf War –
Guessing Games
Only The Shadow knows the size of the spill

No wonder BP was so poorly prepared.
They never bought into their CEO's guesses.
Was it one thousand barrels or a hundred times more?
Either way it's been one of his howling successes.

Tony would claim he's no mathematician
And hardly an expert on decimal points.
But he's flown the coop to get his life back
Eating Gulf fish and chips in Lord Browne's fav'rite joints.

Still you would think someone might spot the diff'rence.
One hundred times more is lots more than a smidgen.
Were they preoccupied with their walruses scam,
Or did Salazar tell them Barack was their pigeon?

With Salazar's help they were conning Obama.
Tony convinced Barack little would leak
Hoping to limit the drill moratorium
To what Salazar said could be less than a week.

Ken was wrong. But when plumes of Gulf oil and dispersant
Cross the Atlantic thanks to the Gulf Stream,
They could be mistaken for a weak English tea
That's laced with Scotch whiskey and perhaps clotted cream.

Though Lamar says they're sorry, rest assured they are not,
Except for additional drilling days lost.
Yet Ken will convince his Obama that spilling
Chesapeake oil will be well worth the cost.

Bob Carlson
www.politicalboondoggles.com
6/22/10

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