There was a fun exchange on ABC's This Week between Steny Hoyer and John Boehner. The subject was the Deepwater Horizon disaster and the Bush administration's love for deregulation.
I thought that question tied in well with this video from MNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann, where Kate Sheppard discusses a piece she wrote for Mother Jones:
When will we stop blaming the Bush administration? About the same time that their idiotic decisions stop having catastrophic consequences. In other words, not for a long, long time, Rep. Boehner. Get used to it.
HOYER: ...The psychology of neglect in terms of regulatory oversight that was pursued in the Bush administration, which led to the banking failure, insurance prices going way up, and oil companies thinking they could do whatever they wanted because the "drill, baby, drill" crowd, all they wanted them to do was to drill. So I think John's right. I think the regularly psychology of the last administration was not appropriate, and there was mistakes made in this administration, as well.
BOEHNER: How long are you going to blame the Bush administration?...
I thought that question tied in well with this video from MNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann, where Kate Sheppard discusses a piece she wrote for Mother Jones:
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When will we stop blaming the Bush administration? About the same time that their idiotic decisions stop having catastrophic consequences. In other words, not for a long, long time, Rep. Boehner. Get used to it.
