It's Good To Be the King

Yes, the power of the throne is immense. Remember Yul Brenner's "so let it be written, so let it be done"? Remember Henry II, asking "who will rid me of this turbulent priest"? And shortly thereafter Becket was dealt with. Remember Mel Brook's King Louis nuzzling in the voluptuous brea...but I digress.

So, this clearly should take care of it:

Just Plug the Damn Leak

Yes, there's nothing like a bit of royal petulance to get some rapid results. Now that he has said it, can any one doubt that the problem is resolved?

And, we've got this assurance:

Top White House officials said they're in charge.

"All decisions about the clean up, all decisions about shutting down the well are being run through the federal government," (White House energy advisor, Carol) Browner said. "The federal government is in charge."

And yet, BP is still defying a federal order to use less toxic oil dispersants, despite mounting warnings of secondary environmental damage.

"If we can minimize the toxicity, if we can minimize the amount being used, obviously that's what we're going to do," Browner said.

I feel so much better now, knowing that they are in charge...and that BP is still defying them and working as hard as they can to apply their expertise to dealing with the issue that the feds don't really have a clue about.